Kevin_Matlock

...and, did either one of you guys need a break in period with your boots? Well, Oleg, you said yours were too small in the first place, so I guess that's not a fair question. Roger... were your dialed in right off the bat, or did you have to deal with pain on the first few trips? Thanks.

Hey Oleg! Hows things? I saw you were trying to sell a pair of boots, but didn't realize it was the same F'n thing! I've already bought my... but I went with size 11 for my big gun boats. And they DO seem to be a major bitch if I got them wet; thus part of my dilema. Roger - you are spot on. Last night I threw my poons on the boots and it was a challenge at best... and this was with the boot loose in my lap. Can't imagine how much of a pain this would be with them all laced up on your feet. The salesman (Gavin @ Climbaxe... good guy, lots of help ) told me that you sometimes have to get the mallet out and litterally bash the toe bail into the front of the boot just to get the damn thing to seat. I might take an exacto knife to mine and very carefully cut the slot a little larger. But then again, maybe I'll just puss out. In playing with the boot last night I realized what that intermediate lace hook is for now. The guy at the store didn't know why La Sportiva has such an odd design. But now that I figured it out it's SWEET! It's so you can have 2 zones of lace tension. I used to do this with my hiking boots all the time, but I just laced them all wanky to make it work. La Sportiva's solution is really smart (provided that eye hook keeps it's grip over time). Thanks for the input guys; I'll probably just stick with and give them an honest trial.

Uh.... when I banged in some arbitrary figures I got this: Are these guys optimists or what?

Anyone have any experience with this boot? I had my mind set on double boots, until I saw these. They seem bomber, are lighter than doubles and seem just as stiff, but they are so much thinner and it's hard to imagine them being as warm as a double. I'm also not so sold on that fake leather in front of the tongue. Just wondering if anybody can put my mind at ease on my purchase... gotta make sure before I dirty them up and can't return them.

He didn't get "Chuck Norris"... oops, wrong thread.

I think his name is Jack or Wendy or somethin'

And The Buger King is the real one pulling Vadar's strings and not that wimpy prick Palpatine??? I KNEW it!

He got me at 20 and then again at 18. Jesus Christ how retarded... or maybe I am since I had to try it a second time.

I climbed Mcloughlin a few years back in June (maybe it was July?)... expect nothing more than a long hike up a scree trail. No real route finding issues if you can follow paint spots on rocks. Coming down is a little trickier... not difficult, just trickier. On the way up, just keep turning around to see where you came from. In June of an average year, you can expect at least some snow patches at 9000' so be aware of that. Of course this varies year to year (this past snow year you would have had a clear trail all the way to the summit in March! ) I recall the bugs were pretty bad down low, too, but there was an awesome display of dragon files for the last thousand feet (including the summit). It was a nice hike from what I remember. Can't tell you anything about Scott though.

camilo - your avatar is sick as fuck. i like it!

Oh yeah, this is totally cool with most of the non-dickhead types. I've skinned up skibowl and tline many times without hassles. I've seen a few skin up at meadows, too. Technically they may have some sort of "rights" against you doing this, but if you just stay out of people's way and kept to the lessor traveled runs they wouldn't hassle you.

an iPod Shuffle! (head band sold separately)

I bought the last 2 in boxes yesterday. There is 1 left hanging on a hook. Great deal... I bought a silver one (as in the pic above) 6 months ago for something like 70 forking bucks! Thanks for the heads up... now time to recoup my losses...

Go up the white river. After all, half of PDX can't be wrong!

Any idea what time they filmed that? Just wondering. We were on it until about 11:20. Apparently the crew was coming back from Hood River, so it was probably early afternoon. It was probably you! Chad, when you told me you were up there I was wondering if that was you on the tube. They keep showing the video (I've seen it at least 3 times now)... keep on the lookout. If it's you then you be famous! Will you sign my axe?

Glad to hear that! I gotta ask though, what was the deal there at the falls? I guess it was warmer than it felt? I was surprised to see that ice let go. And the fact that nobody else was up there implies that any others bailed? Just wondering if you had any beta on the conditions (from others perhaps)since we were looking at that for next time... until we saw your guys accident. We spent some time up at the first foot bridge on Wahclella (Tanner?) creek. The conditions were pretty nice and we hit a secondary falls back in the woods above our first route. The conditions then totally fell apart on us within 30 or so mins. Really strange.... but alas, the wonders of gorge ice I guess. Anyway, glad you guys are ok.

Snaileye, eddieb, and myself were the 3 doods, not sure who the guy was with the boy. Glad you hauled out of there in once piece. Hell of a first-timer's experience for the wife though. Some friendly advice though, next time leave the dog at home or bring a lease as he/she didn't make things any easier.

FYI, Club Sport has a special offer this month for access to their rock gym only: 10-time pass (with one addition thrown in, so 11 total) for half price. That works out to $62.50, boys and girls. Not bad for a good gym. Just go up to the desk and ask for a "flash pass". Rumor has it they are trying this program out and if sucessful they will start offering it as a normal program. I think you need to purchase it this month, but is good for like 3 months out. A buddy said that you can purchase like up to 4 at a time, if you felt so inclined.

It was earlier in the week (read WED). Most weeks they have some deal. Last week they offered a $3 Thursday night ski! You gotta check them each week.

Looking for folks to hookup for this Sat to check out the gorge ice that has been forming. Not looking for any epics, just some single pitch stuff (up to WI3) to run some laps on. If we can't find anything to our liking, then I'm even up for a full-weather punishment hike in the gale that they are forecasting for this weekend. OR/WA side doesn't matter, anywhere along the gorge... it's all good. Have car, gear, and a free day on Sat. I'm located in Tualatin. PM me if insterested.

me: "Can't (cough) make it (sneeze) in today, just don't feel (wheeze) any good." boss: "Ok I guess, but you are going to miss our big meeting and I wanted that report and......." blah blah blah Later that day... me: "OH, boss?!?!!? What are you doing up here????" boss: "Uhm, er... having a meeting?"

Bump. Yeah, I know, old post, (probably) tired subject, but just read another post that touched on the subject and figured.... What's with irresponsible dog owners? Why let your pet run unleashed. Does "oh, he's friendly" suppose to inspire confidence when he's growly at me 6" away from my nuts? And to let your dog run free while you are on the 3rd pitch yelling "no Fido, bad dog" is just retarded. Hey, here's a thought... don't bring your dog climbing, hiking, walking, running, whatever unless you plan on keeping them under control and leashed, or you plan on me kicking the thing in the head for storming up on me. No, I don't care for dogs... must I because you do? [/rant]

They show some of this on MOS V, but not the part where he falls back. They also don't show the actual footage of his last 1500' free jump on the climbing rig when the rope decides to fail. R-I-P For those who haven't seen it, MOS V has an entire tribute to him with some insane shit. Go get it!

It's what I do for aid practice. About the only additional thing I do, depending on how sketched I get, is I toss in a stopper knot on the tail end of the rope after I pull up the slack. Do this every 10 or so feet just in case the grigri doesn't catch. There is a ton of info on this all over the place... google 'grigri self belay' and you should be all set.