Cobra_Commander

There have been perma draws on many of the harder climbs at Smith for years. For instance, Chain Reaction. They can't be to intrusive then if you climb there and haven't noticed them, right? Those are not permanent. And I notice them. But there's a chance they're going away at some point. Perhaps we should have some permanent crash pads out there too, for safety's sake? Some of those routes are getting pretty sporty at the start. Might as well make the gym transformation complete.

You can run the traverse in tennis shoes late season. You have to keep your momentum up as the scree starts to push you down the hill. Definitely can be done car-to-car via Pamelia TH.

Permanent draws at smith would suck.

Would it be okay to put a plastic hold or two up there as well? Just wondering.

Well, plus the encryption, compression, and amazing software to hop from tower to tower mid-conversation. Just don't order anything with your cc# with your new radio. It's amazing how far even low-watt vhf will travel with some elevation. A conversation between handhelds high in the cascades will be audible to most of the state on a nice day with line of sight.

There are some tiny 2m band radios out there these days, with much more power than any cell phone. In addition, the 2m band is very conducive to the mountain environment, as it tends to bend around terrain a little easier than most comm. freqs. High freq digital cell phones (Ghz ranges) are notoriously bad for this, and get absorbed quickly. Anyways, I think it's a great pursuit. If anything, you'll brush up on your electrical diagrams and undestand rf propagation better. If someone marketed ham radio better, it could easily coexist with all the new stuff out there. It's very reliable. And when the shit hits the fan and Portland/Seattle get rocked by a major earthquake or something, we will be counting on it!

It's not going to replace your phone. Unless you only talk to middle-aged dudes with custom call sign license plates and sometimes questionable hygiene. You can dial out onto pots from a repeater, but it's not the same as a normal phone call. You'd have to have the thing on all the time, and make agreements with everyone you wanted to talk to about which repeater to be on at what time. There are some practical and fun things to do with a ham license though. Examples include Icom's D-STAR, a digital system that integrates digital voice/data, internet access, and lets you track things with gps reporting. With line of sight to a d-star repeater, you can have data access in some extremely remote areas. Amateur radio is a great tool if you get in trouble in the wilderness or break down on a highway. Someone's almost always listening on the ham repeaters and it would make their day to help you. The tech license test is a gate keeper to keep the FRS riff-raff out.

Pretty sure ivan's just kidding around, but do understand there are a lot of 20-something dudes here who provide a virtually limitless supply of ego to bruise. Me me me!

PROBABLY HEADING UP THE WELL-WORN SKINTRACK TO YER MOM'S PLACE LOL

someone needs to aaron burr that shit

Well it is smith after all. My wager is some mazama's belay setup off two opposed giant yellow tricams. just off camera are two bearded guys yelling about the girth-hitched webbing strength safety factor

I put my shorts on over my polypro just like the rest of you -- one leg at a time. Except, once my shorts are on, I break longest round-trip time records.

Finally a story about climbing at beacon rather than complaining about beacon

just another baconless hiker suckling on the teat of us taxpayers

Those crazy hikers - always getting into trouble on their hikes

OMG how dare you

you probably also smell bad too

in summary, you are an ass, and you suck.

Concur. Never seen this happen on properly-adjusted freerides. I have seen broken toe pieces, and one unfortunate guy who had one of his NEW model freerides crack right off the ski while skinning, leaving him with a lot of walking. An acquaintance who writes for the skiing industry says he has seen that "often". First time I've seen it, and I've had no problems with the originals after many seasons of use. I haven't used them in awhile now though.

I bet burgers and beer taste a little better now, bouncy.

I wonder if he'll stop calling Beacon's Reasonable Richard an all-time classic.

that thin crack is crazy horse. It is very short and turns into scrambling in a dirty groove quickly. I believe most consider it 5.9.

everyone just relaaaaaxxxxx,breathe, relaaaaxxxx.

Perhaps you've already seen it but here's a delightful video about shitting your pants and puking while climbing offwidths. [video:vimeo]13831211