Cobra_Commander

bottom photo looks like a still from fukin pirates of the caribbean

Illegal skiing exhibit A:

Dunno about bad form but wandering around on the upper Nisqually solo without skis on feet would be a little spooky.

Both those lines are siiiiiick.

Agreed. The sign should read "Do not not set up topropes are prohibited."

nice telegram

Who know the details but the edge is often not obvious at Rocky Butte. Pretty dangerous in the wet seasons. The white noise and other distractions don't help either. Very sad to hear.

They'll be asking for 16 more howitzers to control wyeast and the spider next year

not as legit as the ultimate bad asses on cc.com

Scott Walker is doing exactly what he promised he would do if he was elected during his campaign, something that should be commended. Any anger should be directed at the majority of the voting public of Wisconsin for putting a dickhead in office.

I prefer the spamjacket2000 myself...

It's easy to tell the fakes because they're painted with lead paint.

a category 4 hurricane at about 14°F air temp. It is amazing the anemometer heating was able to keep up. calculating windchill...

It's probably about 10 feet lower than last time you were there. There are two pitons in the crawl last time I was there (3 years ago). Check the Mazamas summer schedule and make absolutely sure they are NOT climbing it that weekend. They are a serious liability on that mountain.

There's really nothing like doing it on a poison oak-covered wet sloping dirt embankment above a cliff next to a major freeway. If you go there by bike I recommend lowering your bike down with you.

haha ivan I'm sure you can climb plenty hard these days if you want to. that second one of dd's is familiar. Almost want to say high on YW somewhere...

don't forget the russian teenagers! I wish deet worked on them.

that first one of dd's is rhythm method right? ivans are too obscure for me, but since he's free climbing in several of them they have to be below 5.7

sufficiently breathless

that climb left of winter delight

amazing how something can be so ballsy yet look so dorky.

I bet the top climbers could wear 1992 TNF cordura armor and still be accomplishing exactly what they are doing now. Debating over which $400 membrane to wear to climb run-of-the-mill routes is like arranging the deck chairs on the titanic. It's not going to make a scrap of difference. I'm still buying cool shit though, because the good guys say it's cool.

I would make a fort out of chocolate labs for them to bivy in.

Just my 2 cents -- From past experiences fixing broken people, I've found the items most useful to me have been (in no particular order): Something to write with and write on, perhaps with a pre-filled soap-style note scribbled on there. A bunch of glove pairs to give to people to assist with patient assessment, and for when you need to get stuff out of your bag after your first pair is covered in blood. Also, if you have multiple patients, you have to protect them from each other, which is extremely hard to do well. Large amounts of gauze to mop up blood/stop bleeding so you can see what's going on. You don't want to give away your gear to do this. Something super light to splint with. There seems to always be at least an arm fracture or tib/fib involved in alpine falls involving crampons, etc. I'm back to carrying a sam splint in the foam frame of my pack as I don't like to give away parts of my gear to people. 3 cravats and safety pins, kling, tape, and ibuprofen (offering it to let them self-administrate). Something for the patient to sit/lie on if possible. They're often lying in snow for a really long time. Almost every single patient has been hypothermic to some degree. Again I scour the patient's pack for something before I give away anything. Usually just dump all their stuff out to see what you have to work with. WFR's pretty much the most you need when you're not expecting to be dealing with a patient, but it is damn nice for the patient to have the emt-p to administer morphine, IVs, etc. That stuff's just not around until later though. I'd rather have an _experienced_ wfr over an emt-b along if I had to choose.

That guy is way too skinny to be a Costco patron.