Choada_Boy

You should use the sleeping system that works best for the temperature at the time. You can expect temps from -20F to 80F, so plan accordingly. I would bring a light weight down bag and pack extra insulation so that if it does get really cold, you can stuff the bag with the extra down.

OLN is showing a commercial where a T-Mobile (I think) rider gets decked off of his bike by some crazy fan while on some climb (L'Aple D'Huez?). Anyone know the name of the rider?

I didn't know that the family came "here" to grieve. My bad?

When I fuck up on rappel and fall, I just create my own reality by asking the ground, in a loud, clear, positive tone of voice, of course, not to hurt me when I land. Next, a quick pass of the sage smudge to purify and align my Chi with the ground's before impact. Finally, the instant of impact, I take the time to ponder the painful fact that all the new-age mumbo jumbo bullshit about positive energy, and mind over matter, and aligning the atoms in my body with the atoms in the ground like I saw in "What the BLEEP to we know?" isn't going to do shit for me because I FUCKED UP and I'm about to take a long, dirt nap. All of this can be avoided pre-rap, though, by PAYING THE FUCK ATTENTION and telling your partner "I will see you in HELL" before any rap. Of course.

I would have ripped that dog in half with my bare hands.

Looks like the world's problems have been solved. Where would we be without academics?

Reasons why the guy isn't Mike: 1) The guy it too fat. 2) The guy is drinking expensive beer. 3) The guy isn't bleeding enough. 4) The guy isn't gay.

Carefully. We have a culture that expects that we can use systems of technology to ensure safety in almost any endeavour. People put their faith in poorly understood systems and expect the systems to keep them safe. Sometimes they don't. Oh well.

I have been training to climb K2 in the 2007 season but I have significant facial burn scars from a stove accident on a previous training climb. Does that mean that I wouldn't be considered because I'm not "camera friendly"? That would be a shame...

Whatever. How about this: Climbing is dangerous. Don't fuck up. If you fuck up and get mauled, oh well. If someone else fucks up and you get mauled, that's part of the game too. If you get hit on the head by a meteorite, that's just shitty luck, but it's your problem. If you're not willing to accept the consequences, or admit to the fact that life is 100% fatal, stay home.

Maybe it'd because people form Portland climb like shit.

Good food is where it's at. Just be warned that the staff and the environs can be a bit freaky for the uninitiated. Think "Deliverance", or perhaps Lovecraft's "Lurking Fear", but with burgers and fries. I reccommend eating outside, even if it's raining.

I bent my crampons and brought them back to REI to demand a refund, even though I bought them at MEC. HARDCORE!!

Bend. Do not heat.

Um...Twin Sisters in WA, according to all the readily apparent details. See above.

Let Talk = Action Since Talk = Action, therefore Talk - Action = 0, and Infinite Bliss just got chopped HARDCORE!

Joeseph: You sound really hardcore. My bad. You'd better stay away from the route. It's clearly in everyone's best interest. ...and Johnny Blitz?? I thought it was Polish Bob!!!

In the words of a great man: Talk - Action = Zilch

When you get out of the woods, you'll slog up the lateral moraine for about a mile or so. You'll get to a spot near a big dip in the moraine where you can either wrap around a hill on it's right or head up left through some light but steep forest/scrub. Go left, it'll get you up top to the ridge morer easily. We built a big ole cairn...

Ivan, Joseph: Just interested, not trying to flame, but have either of you climbed it? Is it really that bad? Or is it just the thought of a multi-pitch sport climb in the cascades? What about Sysiphus?

Hypothetically.

If you steal his rubber boots and velcro gloves he really freaks out.

This is the reason why 70m ropes are so popular. Try simul-climbing with 26 people on a 60m rope and you'll see what I'm talking about. It SUCKS!!

Gay Shoulder cannot be properly diagnosed with CT or MRI. The only available diagnostic tool is CPH, Contorted Perianal Homography. CPH is available next to any urinal at all popular gay bars.

I want your hot, gay shoulder.