MarkMcJizzy

None. I am sure that given the distances you were dealing with, plane surveying is completely applicable.

The above is from a thread where MattP decided to "out" me and my avatar, without my permission, because he knew better. Also, previous to this,when I was posting anonymously, I recieved calls at my house on several evenings to discuss BS from this site. Creepy. The calls were from a well known moderator (who is not my friend Feck). If people want to remain anonymous so they don't recieve late night calls from creep moderators, they should be allowed. And moderators should leave people alone. This site, and this site alone, is the proper place to discuss CC.

I bet someone wishes they had remained anonymous

Areas that have been substantially logged are considered inappropriate for Wilderness designation. There are examples to the contrary, such as areas impacted by mining and activities ancillary to mining. Some spots inside the Glacier Peak Wilderness are examples of these uses. But areas which have undergone northwest style industrial logging do not get included into wilderness areas.

Never had snowblindness, but I have been (welding) arc flashed a couple of times, including in one eye. Normally passes quickly (a day or two).

No, dumbass. Best Friends in on Bothell Way. 522 changes at Ballinger Monday: Bikini Day Taboo Tuesday Booty Short Wednesday Thursday: Various

Kenmore Air , but very few lakes in the Cascades are accessable by float planes, and those that are, would probably offer little in the way of climbing. Lake Chelan, thence up to Holden or the Stehekin River, or possibily Ross Lake.

Do not ever do this This will remove the battery from the circuit, where it is needed to "temper" the voltage coming out of the regulator. This is a good way to fry your ignition chip and printed circuits. I learned the hard way.

You'll be down to 195 after six hours of jack hammering. Now hurry the fuck up, you should owe me money, goddamn it.

Donn Heller is unfortunately dead, and Don Harder lives in California. He posts at this site The FA was the FFA They were in existence when I first climbed Sag in 1980.

That's a laughable bunch of crap. Static was one of the very first crags in North America to have seen the extensive use of a roto-hammer. Not very traditional

Today was Bikini day at Best Friends! I can hardly wait until tomorrow!

Anker doesn't like Mallory as much as the late Dave Chesmond did. When I first met Dave Chesmond, he told me "I'm just back from Everest, buggering Mallory's dead body"

National Geographis TOPO! maps are re-packaged and re-manipulated USGS maps. My point is, except in very few cases, when you buy a topographic map in the USA, you are in the final analysis, buying a USGS map.

There was a published study in "Climbing" circa 1991-1993, by a BSME which stated that caulking in anchors could and would lead to a greater and quicker degree of degradation. I wish I could do a better job of providing references.

Whoa you're not alone pal

Some may disagree, but many feel that USGS maps are the bench mark which all cartographers in the world strive. Some smaller countries have very excellent maps, and some private endevors make good maps of special areas, but no one else has done as great a job of high quality mapping of a large country as the USGS. Most privately produced topographic maps in the US (Green Trails as an example) use the topographic mapping of the USGS.

This is weird. Second hand information, using RC as a confirmation, which is in turn using CC as a source. Chicken and the egg all together And implications that the media in Bend has "Blacked out" the story. Lame

Hey Pat, Please send me a PM Mark

The auto belayer at Stone Gardens is manufactured by either DBI-Sala, or MSA (Mine Safety Appliances). These are companies that have been involved in industrial fall protection "forever". They are expensive, and only a fool would allow anyone but the manufacturer to crack the case. Auto belayers are a slightly different ( Lowering clutch versus complete stop clutch) version of the fall arrestors which are common in construction.

I'm wrong. I believe that the original Silent Running was about 60' right of the present route. I remember two sustained 5.9 pitches protected by beer can hangers, one pitch going over a small overlap. They seem very different from the modern route, which I most recently did a week ago.

I think that what ever "Magic Bus" is now, it in no way resembles what Peter Wojcik and I did in 1979. I think we placed two protection bolts, and two belay bolts. Whatever people are doing now is cool, and the fact that the name persists is nice. I have seen other routes transmogrified at Darrington. The first two hard pitches of Silent Running must be about 60' to the left of Silent Runnings initial pitches? I did Silent Running a bunch in 1980, and the route was much different.

No, it's not a typo. It is refered to as "Broomstick" once on page 78, three times on page 79, and once again each on pages 67, 103 and 109.

Bull fucking shit. I have Smaill right in front of me, and it's Broomstick. I showed you the goddamn book, remember. You saw it with your own fucking eyes. Broomstick Why are you two such dweebs?

Dave Anderson told me once, on an attempt of the North Norwegian Buttress, that Don Harder said: "I don't know about you fuckers, but I'm going down" Any truth to this Don?