Cobra_Commander

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with Coleman fuel for your stove. You don't need to change the jet. You only change it to burn kerosene or similar poorly-burning sludge. I doubt you will tell the difference between MSR and Coleman fuel, apart from not being ripped off.

the guy only owns one shirt? emo haircuts are everywhere?

NB Fury is definitely not a car-to-car. No way. But if it's just to the top by any route, yes. Challenger has been done via Hannegan. Early Morning Spire would be a handful.

jim also told me to watch out for highly poisonous spiders when climbing the crumbling or whatever those routes are called at the o. and he swears peregrine falcons made him take up smoking again.

access creek twice in a day sounds like a real fun time

croft could pull it off. But I'm with Blake, it's more folks who have the low 5th skills and just grit to run many many many miles of broken terrain and vegetation and suffer through the pain. Climbing pristine splitter granite is hardly the same as wrestling alder at 2am after climbing the entire day (and putting in a half-marathon before that). Followed by another half-marathon.

the boat ride would be out for anything in the pickets of course... suuuck. that last hill up to hwy 20 from the dam would be absolute brutality

Thanks for the background, all I needed to know.

Not to stir up trouble or change the subject, but could someone explain to me the anchor on dod's by that tree? How do people usually set up a belay up there? There's good gear for a gear anchor at the perch, but then I see that big fat bolt up there behind the tree... why not have the bolts down on the perch? Sorry if I'm missing something obvious. I ended up just hanging on it and quickly belaying my partner up that offwidth bit, then taking off from there after tying in my belayer so he could hang out on the perch. Next time I'm just building an anchor. PM me if you don't want it sprayed on here.

what the hell are those things in "the receiver's" pack? wooden dowels?

There's certainly nothing wrong with having a good time. Choss-dancing is a skill, one not frequently practiced by a lot of otherwise very good climbers out there.

Yeah I thought I saw you down on the tracks there. Looks like you could have checked out my nosehairs with the hardware you had down there. Mark C., of course, tearing it up like he always seems to do.

no, I was at home sleeping after a night of debauchery. I just read "tcu" and assumed the beloved old yeller metolius.

I don't think it was an alien bill but the rock-solid time-tested yellow #2 metolius! I always fall on that thing, to the point I hesitate to place it. If you're belaying me and I place two of them in a row, get ready!

That's what I'm talking about Richard!!!

Ugh. Glad it wasn't worse. I keep placing gear to dump a bit of baggage before pulling that bulge. That's where my only yellow tcu goes! Wouldn't want to take that fall on b.s.& s. Good to see all of you on Sat. I was grunting up dod's and looked down to see a bunch of hungover dudes lounging below windsurfer.

Unfortunately I did a lot of that stuff long before I had a digital camera, but I might have a few. The bowling alley can be a real handful if it is verglas and you don't have much ice experience. The traverse is usually just steep snow, usually with a steep crest to cross halfway across. But it would protect well with pickets. Plus you get to ski out if you ski! And if you are into steep skiing I think the early morning couloir, thayer hw, or west face direct would all be great runs.

Actually I've found it to be a phenomenal early spring climb. The Thayer HW, Early Morning Couloir, and the South Ridge are extremely nice routes that are worth your time. More rewarding than most climbs on Hood for sure. There is also some water ice to be had on the east buttress for the right folks looking for adventure. The snow and ice can be steep, but it puts you in the driver's seat as far as risks you want to take. Everything is frozen together, and there is no rockfall. When you are up there late in August, it doesn't really matter if you are a hotshot climber because you could get it in the neck at any point from a slip on chopped up graham crackers or a boulder cut loose from above. I suppose this exposure to uncontrolled objective hazard is part of the allure of the chossier cascades, so I can understand that. But you should try it sometime in early spring. The snow traverse to the bowling alley or the final run up the NE summit from the Thayer with wild exposure is classic unforgettable Sisters action! I consider it the most underestimated and misunderstood of the oregon cascades.

The moraine in the foreground has better rock than the face in the background. I'm routinely amazed why people flock to this mountain at the end of summer.

Winter! Isn't that a ski run now?

the worst is when they carpet bomb the area by releasing a slow draw with each stride

whatever. it could be 110 like it is in the rest of the country. Personally I don't mind the occasional rainy day.