OlegV

This is a REAL Cooper Spur route more than 100 years ago.

No grass this time. Very odd trip: 1) Parking lot at the trailhead was FULL of dozens of closely packed cars. Yet, we have only met 2 persons sleeping in the TJ cabin, and two cranky dogs (they gotten mellow within seconds). 2) We somehow lost 3-4 hours of time and different people registered different time of events. We summitted around 3pm, not noon. Am I out of my mind? 3) Pearly gates looked like 1C variation - WI3, at least. The summit was completely calm – the wind was blowing from the direction of Black spider. 4) We saw people down below. 5) The weirdest thing was the wind generated by a strange white cloud. It tried to kill us on the way down, for sure, and was gone by the time we got down. I am pretty sure, fucking aliens were having a party at the Black Spider, playing with their antigravity engines and time-worm generators. I love mountains. The only negative is we have to go back “home”, haven’t we?...

true - used to jump of a garage head first

Thanks Jason! I am not there yet, but looking forward to it.

...doesn't mean I am retiring any time soon - thanks to Nastia for dragging my ass to Elliot.

... I WAS in a reasonable shape 3 months ago - until I decided to get a bionic leg - thanks to a fella driver. Actually a metal plate helps to keep your leg pinned to ice.

Eric, stop torturing beacon rock

looking for a rock, fitness, and crossfit gym partner. i am strong, sensitive and... well PM me! -O

eric, you should seriously consider publishing your stories. jim wickwire's writing style is nothing compared to yours. i am serious! american people need more mental and physical gymnastics - as they get excessively bored in front of their mile-wide TVs, they may think of the world as a much wider and challenging place. go to publishing business, don’t waste your time in “high” school! i still wonder why those poor guys couldn't get off the summit last year. feels like a collective suicide to me.. one can jump off the summit into the old chute variation slope and self arrest himself. it doesn't get steeper than 45 degrees. bad call.

great TR!

i mean e-mail

Jer - check your PM

i got too much unreleased energy (hmmm) - need to get on some hard shit.

I'd be glad to help, but I have to baby-sit my house on friday - or my happy-nobody-home kiddo will burn down the house with his high friends. I want to climb this weekend though!

Hey Chad! Glad to hear from you again. Check your e-mails!

does acupuncture help?

Thanks Mike! It sounds like half of the people on a board have it. I might try the Graston technique, after a couple of shots of Vodka, of cause Good bye running.

My wife had it too (she is a runner), and she got rid of it by a brutal massage. A chiropractor massaged her foot with a big metal cylinder. Apparently, it breaks down the scar tissue in your tendon and regenerates the growth. It is a very painful procedure though.

It just wouldn't go away no matter how long I taper myself. I think I developed it from the trail running and wearing wrong shoes. It hurt when I go downhill. I switched to biking but my foot still sores. Anyone got similar experiences? I tried ice, iboprofin and simple rest. It is still there. Thanks.

We thought, taking our wifes through the WR would put an end to our marriages

Thanks. The pictures turned out great - we'll have them posted shortly. We had some more adventures coming down the Cascadian Couloir

I think, we've chatted with you and Jennifer at the summit. We climbed the West Ridge this Saturday. Really nice job, congratulations! Oleg

check your pma

NF, NR or at least complete Exum rdg