Cobra_Commander

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holy crap would that suck having someone skiing above you on that route I'd climb it in a suit of armor

I know, hardly a "quiver". I need more stuff to do more better and be happier. I am confident that upgrading to a seamless jacket will take me to the next level though!

The GPS thing is nice, but maybe consider just doing it by your own observations of the terrain. It's a lot more fun to climb w/o all that crap. I mean, an arrow drawn out with koolaid would be nice too but...

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Don't you guys have enough climbing shit as it is? http://www.patagonia.com/enviro/reports/2004/dont_buy.shtml

It has not happened in awhile. I know of at least one person choppered off in life-threatening condition after a fall in the hourglass area, and 2 died after being avalanched off of it awhile back. You are certainly right about the false sense of security provided by the rope. Almost every recent serious accident on Hood has involved roped up climbing teams being swept off by the fact they were all roped together, yet were not secured to the mountain in some way.

Nothing wrong with roping up on leuthold. You parallel and cross several crevasses and a bergschrund on the reid. People have poked into them and will in the future. People have also died or have been severely injured falling out of the couloir.

Atomic always has some superlight cheap touring ski each year. In the past it has been the TG:10/TourGuide Superlight. No idea what it's called this year. They are solid skis for skiing, and quite light.

Caution! Those rear shots w/o front view can get you into quite a bit of trouble.

the fact that people run into major routefinding difficulties on a "ridge" climb should be a good clue about it's nature!

After descending it my soul felt like it was watching a Nicholas Cage film marathon on Alcatraz.

To this day, I still weep at the injustice that was perpetrated. But in reality, you have fern to thank for the pagetop phenomenon. imorris simply beat it into an annoyance.

perhaps, but what groundbreaking pioneer first used it as a dramatic device to claim page tops

Based solely on discussions on this board, Spokane climbing areas seem to be good Gaza Strip simulators

sweet, I'll steal one of the 4 laser disk players in existance from the local high school biology classroom.

no, but make no mistake I have watched it.

Will I be featured in your next movie? I have a good working three-word title: "adjective, preposition, noun"

Aikido is for peacenik pussies who are too chunky/can't handle the striking arts.

There is NO shame in owning a copy of Breakin. In fact, like a mid-60's Dom Perignon, it is a mark of distinction to be the owner of such rare genius. I have a copy of my own in my betamax cellars on the estate.

sorry, I edited the distance. That extra 100 miles makes your authority all the more legitimate.

Well if you want feedback you've come to the right place. And now it looks like you have justification from someone almost 300 miles away about a crag he's never been to. Just tell that guy who was pissed that catbirdseat approved you.

It would appear Seagal might not be able to "take out the garbage" as quickly as he used to.

good thing you brought a rope

Correct.