ericb
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Looks like my plans for the weekend fell through. I am looking for a climbing partner for this Saturday (May 10) for alpine. I am thinking of either the North Buttress Couloir of Colchuck or NE Couloir on Dragontail. I would like to be at the trailhead by 6:00 am requiring a 4:00 AM departure from Issaquah. I can drive from Issaquah and bring the rope/ rack / apres climb beer. Newbies and hardmen are both welcome. I fall somewhere in between.
If interested please email bighurtbob@hotmail.com.
Thanks,
Dan
Damn - two routes that I pulled up short on and had to downclimb....if only it wasn't my wife's first Mother's day weekend.
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Yeah it took long enough, 8 years. Thanks to a senator in Oklahoma, who lost his seat in the last election.
of course it had nothing to do with Patty Murray
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Why the sudden respect for sovereignty?
Because Asia is much bigger than Iraq.....
Iraq is a country on the continent of Asia, as is Myanmar, numbnuts.
You are not that dumb to miss my point right?.....and yes....i am a numbnut.....
This is an unfair insult of Kevbone. Unfortunately for all of us, his nuts seem to be quite functional relative to the rest of him.
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Well it's been two months of PT, and I went out this past weekend to do some hiking and climbing. It was sore before I went out and it got worse, and so now my therapist wants me to talk to my ortho doc about a cortizone shot. It's never been 100% in the last 2 months or much above 80% for that matter. I'm wondering if I should get a different therapist, or something. She gives me the hardest exercises she can (or maybe knows of?), and I've been doing them pretty easily for the last two months. I had a slight internal deviation when I pressed up with my right leg that I've corrected, but still having tons of pain. Even while sitting down in a chair. Maybe my original doc was right by saying PT wasn't going to work, since I'm in such good shape. Maybe a wrong diagnosis?? Fucking lame!!!!
WC - have you gotten an MRI?....if you haven't and your insurance will cover it, it might be worthwhile.
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"There is nowhere in Leavenworth where you can find as many routes as close together under 5.9 as at Castle."
according to my guidebook there are 61 routes on Castle.
13 are under 5.9, including such classics as North Ridge (5.5)
Clem's Layback (5.8) & Heavenly Traverse (5.7)
where's the beef?
KK: didn't mean to call you an idiot, I think you arrived at that conclusion yourself. BTW, what is the minimum number of posts one needs for credibility?
IMO, Ironically, I think the only way for you to gain credibility here is to have 5 fewer posts
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Part of my toenail is still black from walking off R&D in my rock shoes several years ago. Fucker won't come off.
hmmmm....I was considering taking my wife up this climb, but I'm rethinking it if the walk-off is really that bad.
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Feminists!
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Wow, those stories are boring. Where are the 'I woke up face down on an unfamiliar kitchen floor wearing only my underwear and my back and legs covered in chocolate syrup' stories?Not that my life was ever that exciting, but I had these friends . . .
boring is right....now if they polled people from my hometown of Spokane, then they would have some stories
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Hi,
I'm having trouble deciding on a lightweight, strong single wall 4 season tent and before I plunk down a wad of cash I`d like to get people's opinions. I've seen mixed reviews on both of these tents but these two seem like they would both fit my needs quite well. My main reason for choosing a single wall is the strength to weight ratio but if there are other options in the 5 to 6 pound range that would work well in all conditions I am open to any suggestions. The price of these tents is pretty high but I'm willing to suck it up to get something I`ll use for several years.
the most important things to me are:
- lightweight
- easy to set up
- strong
- less than $600
- would prefer a vestibule but not essential (Eldo doesn't have one, Alpinist does)
- I'm 6'2" so I'd prefer something larger (hence the Eldo over the I-tent)
Thanks!
I think one big difference between the Marmot and all of these is that it has a PU vs. PTFE membrane.....I'm not sure that PU has been demonstrated to breathe as well as PTFE. You might not be able to get much feedback on the Alpinists' performance in the PNW climate, but he Alpinist uses Marmot's "Membrane" laminate, so it would be interesting to see what folks' experience has shown with Jackets made out of this vs. PTFE laminates.
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I'm looking for a pair of insulated leathers to supplement my Scarpa Charmoz. The Scarpas are a bit narrow in the toe box for my liking, so I'm interested in trying a few other brands. The Sportivas I've tried have also been way narrow. They're always fine in the heel, I just need more room across the toes. Anyway, I'm looking at these: Lowa Cristallo X Pro GTX
Any feedback on these boots? Any other suggestions? I tried the Kayland super ice (sold those to Couloir), and they had the same problem, although the Apex Rocks fit fine.
are you looking specifically for leathers or just a single boot...the Lowas you mention look like they are mostly synthetic
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Bstach...where'd you get that little wind/rain suit? I could use something similar for our little dude
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You guys want to help out the non NW posers and tell us what those evidently so famous they don't need names routes are?
edited for accuracy - you had an extra "t" in there
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Ditto on the Megalight - also, it's even lighter if you are bringing along trekking poles that the thing can be pitched with instead of the provided pole.
Not sure how it would keep the bugs out.
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Hubba Hubba from MSR is highly rated by my long distance hiker friends who have one. Right about 4 lbs.
Never used one myself, but the specs on the Seedhouse mentioned by Lambone are compelling.
If you can handle 2 1/2 season products, check out tarptent.com I loved the Squall Classic (03 model) out on the PCT in 2006. They have 2 person models in the 2 to 2 1/2 lb range.
I've got a hubba hubba, and love it....for the use mentioned it would be great because it's a great bug dome if that's all you need, but use in the alpine might be questionable as I don't think it does great in high winds. I don't know if they've changed the design but my only real beef with it is that the there are tie downs on the fly, but not a corresponding anchorage of the fly to the poles near these points, so anchorage of the fly does not translate to the poles.
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As the cutting edge/edge of the envelope gets pushed further and further to me what is "moderate" becomes harder and harder...
I call bullshit. "moderate" has little to do with what the world's best athletes are doing. "moderate" has to do with what a majority of the athletes are doing. A synonym of "moderate" is "average".
The world's best marathon runners can finish in a little over 2 hours. By your definition, a "moderate" finishing time would be around 3 hours. After all, 3 to 3.5 hours is achievable if you train. In truth, less than 10% of marathon runners finish in less than 3.5 hours. The average is 4.5 hours to finish.
Sorry, I had to bring some logic into the discussion.
No apology necessary...this is on the climber's board and not in spray
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Now that you've got the stones, Eric, lets hear your recs for moderate climbs for the moderate climber. I listed one that most of the regular posters here probably wouldn't even rope up for!
I also don't have the stones to tip my hat as to what MY definition of moderate is on this BB. Remember my Outerspace thread??? Once bitten.....
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Just what I was thinking but didn't have the stones to immortalize it on a BBIt's new wave chest beating. Instead of spraying about the hard climb you've sent, you casually mention it in passing and call it "moderate". -
I've got the day off and would like to get an early start for a ~6 hour outing in the Snoqualmie area tomorrow (Friday). I'm Thinking maybe Snoqualmie mountain - Phantom or Slot, but open to suggestions. I'd like to be back by early afternoon if possible.
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This weekend's weather is precisely why the Pinnacles were created and developed.
C'mon, ya know ya want to...
I'm actually not totally opposed to that but 1. I think the weather will actually be bad there too, and 2. Kind of thinking about some cardio workout.
You could always slog up to the colchuck col and beyond if vis is good
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My wife said that, despite what seems to me eternal rains, we're actually below average for rainfall this year, and significantly below average since November. So maybe the watershed isn't quite so primed as it seems.
we store a significant portion of our summer water demand as snow.
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Who's been up Colchuck's NBC lately?
It's been a month - wish I would have carried my skis up it even then.
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Jared - I might challenge your assumption that more flexible will equal more comfortable when you are carrying a picket sized pack that many days. I've found that when carrying a heavy pack over uneven terrain, my feet actually fared better when they were protected by a more substantial sole and shank but YMMV.
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You got a bike......right nancy-boy?
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from my experience, one other thing to consider is since this is a big relative warm up, the sections of the road and trail that were a nice boot-pack in cold conditions will likely be a post-hole party, so floatation might be more necessary now than when it's cold.
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True dat....just aint gonna happen in time for Panos I'm afraid
Measles outbreak
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The MMR autism link is certainly causing pause. Our 11-month old is coming up on his MMR vaccination soon. I think the reason people are looking at MMR is more about the timing of when the MMR is given, and when symptoms of Autism begin to appear.
The thing is, if you start asking yourself what 1st world children are exposed to today vs. 20 years ago....well shit. Think about our diet, chemicals, radiation.....