Kevin_Matlock

...and THIS was made from a leaking hydration bladder on a very cold day.

That's just something he made using a walk-in freezer and garden hose!

Ice is more on the limitted side around here. After a prolonged cold spell the gorge has options. Several spots up on hood can also be made to work. But, based on shear numbers alone, ice climbing simply isn't as commonly done compared to long slogs up snow cover masses are. Don't get me wrong (before I piss off all the ice climbers) there IS some ice, but it's just not as accesible as cascade humps.... THAT'S what many climbers do around here in the winter.

EXACTLY!!!! Only, I'm still trying to find the 5.easy routes.

Could be worse I guess... everything could taste like smoked feet.

1:30-2 pm was 'bout the right time and that final pitch was being taken pretty slowly (for damn good reason), so yeah must have been you guys. Thought you guys sumitted and then was headed back down the same way, but I was so f'n cold I couldn't think straight so who the hell knows what I was seeing. Awesome job!

I just nuked an old bagel that I found in the fridge. Tastes like feet! I'm hoping better for everyone else.....

Shred - was that you (looked like a team of 3) way up there on the right coliour (I was looking up from eliot)? If so, what happened on the decent? I saw what looked like the same 3 trying to come down that way, but then they went back up and it looked like a bail out onto sunshine... but I never saw anybody come around that way. I was thinking it looked like a nailbiter going up, but coming down... fogetaboutit. If it WAS you guys, good job on the accent!!!!!

Fri - went out to dinner, then back at home got lucky Sat - ice climbing and glacier stuff on hood Sun - ran, cycled, then climbed at the gym followed by negating any health benefits by going to dinner and drinking entirely too much. now - sorta hungover Very productive weekend.

Yesterday went up there with Olegv to do some ice climbing up on elliot. The road going up was fine. I drive an AWD van with decent clearance so your milage may vary. Maybe 6" deep but good tire tracks. Got all the way up to the TH and saw a couple of 4x4 truck/SUV type doodads. Coming down was shit though. It was dark and surprisingly icy. Ran into a small ditch and even with the driver's side tires chained up it took us a half hour to get underway again. My advice: take chains and use them if it's icy, and try to keep it under 50 mph and you should be fine. Looks like the forecast is calling for more significant the long awaited snow so that might have been all she wrote until next year though.

Any thoughts on using an ice axe as a snow point anchor? I'm talking in the manner you would a picket. So in the event that you are short a picket, could you use an ice axe with relative peace of mind? I recently read a blurb on the web stating that when setting up an anchor for crevasse rescue that using an ice axe won't work. I understand that it may not be designed for it, but it should be stout enough and if you had the shaft driven in at an angle facing AWAY from the climber, then why shouldn't this work?

Fuck it. I'm going to step away from this pissing match. If you want to stereotype us like that, fine. You're part of the very problem you claim to disdain. I'm glad not all climbers are the same. Us who? (continuing the thread creep...) For those not local to pdx, barkernews (aka Brian Barker) is a local TV reporter. It's easy for me or anyone else to take shots at him or his work since it's on public display; so I will refrain. Tell you what though, I sure wouldn't want MY work to be on public display; takes at least SOME balls! Not trying to fight his battles, just my .02 . (back on topic...) Cruise can go choke for all I care. But I fully appreciate the fact that since he can afford this, and much of the negative comments about the little shit, pretty much says that most people are jealous of the dood's bankroll and his celebrity. I know I am anyway. If you aren't, then consider yourself a rare individual.

What, is that with a "sherpa coupon"???? I thought it was more like $60-$65K!

Correction: I did sar it Pa.

Anyone doing the bunny slopes? Any room for a noob?

I sar it Pa.

"In the purest for of capitalism, Macy's once again is poised to mount someone from behind."

Sounds like we need a "Steal Everything Day". I'm gonna say this will be Nov. 11th, anually. Huh... guess I need to go 'shopping'.

Fine, fine... so he did this and that for/against his country. Who gives a shit. What I want to know is how this guy died, no, was in a comma, no, he's fine... nope, dead... did we say dead, we meant 'has really bad gas'... oh shit, NOW I guess he's dead. This time for good. WTF? Instead of Arnie, they shoulda got him for the Terminator. The asshole would NOT stay dead. God/budda/Mohamad/Apu rest his soul.

One time I was waiting for an interviewee for a production job we had. He never showed up out in the plant and so I called HR. The HR chick said she did the preliminary interview and didn't want to bring him out to me and waste any of my time. Seems he previously work at some Lynden Farms chicken processing place. When asked why he left that place he said he was fired for getting pissed off at his supervisor and throwing his carving knife at him. I still owe that HR lady a beer!

Check your PM's.

Is it me, or do we have the gayest sounding sport ever???

Probably the same discussion (and paranoia) with marking your rope with said pens. Maybe use those special rope marking pens instead.

BTW, I'm in the upper right...

One of me during my big-hair phase way back in the 80's. What was I thinking....