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rub it in. looking forward to hearing about your trip. and hey - we're talking about one day here! mid to late march anyone? should still be good, yes? climbed buszowski-kippan today.

What I'm talking about is that the Roman Wall is on Mount Baker between the Coleman and Deming Glaciers. I've never heard anyone call roadwork the roman wall.

HOT OR NOT and show me the girlz from pdx!

ty the johnson!

i just spent enough time for tonight on that, but as i've discovered and stand to be corrected, here's one way to get it working. after dealing with the wierd-ass loading into plab, get your photo up, right click your image --> properties --> copy THIS url. it of course helps to be working with multiple windows open. in your post compose, hit the 'image' button and paste the url in. just like the ice, it comes with time. Maybe that'll help. Good on you for making the marathon march - have fun getting into the ice. [edit] whoah! forget all that now? looks like you're in but maybe it helps someone else?

No chest beating, just a good ol' time -- Today's fun started by helping direct traffic at mile 18 (deming - distinct curve) on 542 where a 7 mo. pregnant mommy had just collided with a couple rock stars. With the situation under control, Pete and I continued the drive to sunny Mt. Baker land. Yes, the falls were looking fine - sweet deal. Flaking out the ropes, I narrowly missed getting a good (better) rip on Pete. -- Puking or postholing? The lead game was on; a bit of shiot to deal with, but all in all, ice was fine and the screwing was good. A few TR laps had to follow since it was what the doctor ordered. We embraced the opportunity to add to the pub club genre of photos such as those proudly displayed by some people I know. I like to wear those gloves sometimes to poke the turtle head back in. And a big faq-u to bombing my 2nd stats test after acing the first. Although getting the mileage in was feeling good, climbing multiple lines and all, it was time to get on something else. The dry, Tool Shed climbs could wait (although they like freezing temps) since there was ice and that needs to be taken advantage of around here. The Tabasco Kid was a great way to finish 'er off; nice and spicy today. Finally, the Kokanee was calling, the gapers were no longer getting sick air in the flats, and dusk was approaching. Today was good. ...and the ice was dry. ...and then we got to see forest fire high in the hills between Glacier and Maple Falls.

Jeepen, about your trip - the Roman Wall is nowhere close to being in the ski area. And, it was a good lead. - but thank you for the concern.

fwiw, i was on call (ambulance) when a friend split his forefinger to the second knuckle when a counter top bucked. he had some remarkable surgery and is doing fine, but my reason for responding is that i subsequently learned from a trustworthy source that this technology to stop blades has been around for a while in the industrial sector. looks like the price is becoming more affordable ($800 for contractor saw - gulp) now and goss is making the technology available to other tool makers. you can check sawstop.com HOPE YOU'RE HEALING WELL!!!

Well yee haw to #3! Prince George should make a trip down here.

glad you had a seemingly good experience despite the pessimistic beta. i bet without a rope and other beta, an epic wouldn't have been out of the question. cheers!

hey b l a k e, you deleted your old avatar - now why don't you delete your double post? and my apologies, tumblemark about the assumption about your sex. my bad,

clintoris, i know you're psyched, but this one is no guarantee. my suspicion is that it's lately been fed by warm days and coldish nights (snow above), but i've seen it fall apart in a day before, even in the midst of winter snow storms. any other theories as to its existence right now?

that 'bad' photo is great - looks like shit and then you see a little rope. yup, it's on! oh - and a report on the friend's weekend would be in order.

This fickle one surprised me as i turned around while skinning Mt. Herman today. Don't look at temperature data or you won't believe the pic was taken today, tuesday. Thursday anyone?

Hey Ike - you inbreds should take up the opportunity to cozy up again on mike's spring break. he has a singles ad out right now and it's looking pretty lonely.

too bad you're not on the same break schedule, mike - we're off the last week o' march. think you're ready for a break yet?

well now EVerybody's climbin' climbin' climbin'! grin.

time to send out the applications!

not even going for the sale, what a man. clintoris, he's just about said it all. small chance the lillooet area (BC) could have something, but I bet I ripple some smirks by mentioning it with this season. BTW, your name rocks.

Mr. Tumblemark, that was a great read; Mr. Alpinfox, you crack me up. I second the call for a list and probably move to some new threads.

This post found a rather quick death, but deserves discussion in my opinion (oh i forgot IMO!). Perhaps you've already found dual v. mono , but dry terrain isn't the subject. Gadd touches on it here , but i think the page hasn't been updated in a while. Read about it in his book and I think you'll agree he has a little different point of view. One point here is that when he said on his old page, "[sabretooths] are the only crampons I've ever used that you can truly smear with...", he does have a good point. A foot placement on a blank face/slab section with a single pointy moinopoint finds a whole lot less friction than two wide frontpoints which can be aided by the secondary points in some situations. I've done an off vertical pitch in both (first generation) sabretooths and darts and noticed a beneficial difference. I was surprised. Think of those small pockets inside corners, however, and that long mono can reach where two fat stubbies can't (amongst other situations, pro/con). FFT.

FWIW, one of gadd's plans, BUMP! I know I'll figure his older plans out sometime...

Hey - I know the author!

These (bent) conduit fasteners are what I had laying around at the time. The tools work fine this way, but then I did a climb where many moves had the tools clearing bulges and this happens: Time to find a beefier piece of hardware. I know many mixed modifiers have worked this out already. Please tell. Of course, these can be bent back and forth a few times. Good way to test if you're not sure you need to drill your tools or will even like it. They're not all for foo-foo (fu-fu?) mixed moves; they work nice when you're choked up on the shaft in lower angle terrain and such, too. [edit:] yeah, i'd say forget this idea unless the stuff is laying around/just want to check it out/cheap, etc. i think it's probably one of the quickest ways, though. next plan is to put my own spin on the ideas from this article pointed out to me by lyle.

Here's a quick, uninvasive way to put another ledge on a tool. Cheap and easy. The trimmed zip ties aren't adversely noticable under the tape. Makes holstering even more fun with two hooks.