tyman

Point taken, C U IN THE B C

41, Free The Heel, hike for turns, hike for health, open the mind, bla bla bla.

Just put him in front of a ski lift and tell him this is where you will be stuck most of the time if continue with the snowboarding. And mommy and daddy will be skiing the back country. LOL

Its dry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have climbed at Elwha when it was wet and i found that you still get good friction on most holds although they feel a little greasy is all. Watch out for rock fall, I almost killed my belayer climbing during the freeze and thaw period. I love the Elwha. It is not LAME!!!!!

Am wanting to go this week anytime, I have never climbed ice and am jonesing to try it.

That would hold my scrawny ass.

Right on. Kids are so much fun for us adults, However, i am very very happy that my kids are teens. Almost done with paying my kids way. Was going to say "almost done with the kid thing" but i have learned that they just dont go away, not that i would like for them to go away, Ahhhhhhh, not sure i said that right. Merry Christmas everyone, and enjoy your kids while they are little.

Wow, had to break out the Thesaurus. Didnt expect to learn such a variety of things @cc.com Another example of how one should stay open minded and continue to learn until one becomes an elder.

Am going to be at Stevens on x-mas with my son. I tele, son snowboard. Avy danger to high for bc.

Yeast is a vegetable?

Why does it say 100% vegetarian on it?

Its to vague.

I believe that this is one of those freek things that happen to people every now and then. It takes a good amount of force to get a biner to clip in ones shoe or shoe lace, especialy if it is dangling. As i have this rout dialed i was able to map out the moves in my head. The one move that caused the biner to clip my shoe came when i force my toe into the wall to hold my balance so as to reach for the next crimper, my foot must have been in the perfect position up against the biner at this time. In the future i will be using a longer draw through this section to avoid this from happening again. I am not going to worry about clipping my shoe in pro as i climb past. Its just highly unlikly you will get cliped as you climb. I am more concerned with rock fall when i climb than anything else. As i have had many close calls. Gotta love climbing in the Olympics.

Yes. It Goes was the rout. Ive been wandering if this is something i need to watch out for as i climb past any pro.

I was leading a 5-11 and had just pulled several crux moves with one more to go. move toe to tiny ledge then let go with one hand and clip bolt now at my face. What the, could not reach ledge because the caribiner was stuck in my shoe just below the shoe lace? How did this happen. I start shaking my foot in hopes to unhook the caribener. Not hapinin. I look at my belayer and other climbing partners and there was a stunned silence. OH SH_T im going to peal. The result, one bent caribener, one torn shoe and a few fraid nerves. No injuries. Yes i should have gotten back on the horse and finished my lead but instead it was time for a cold beer with good friends.

I put my kids in tele gear for a number of reasons, the main one being its the only skiing that know how to do. I dont think it matters what gear you give them they will figure out how to use it. Feck, I also thought that it was a funy way to ski with my heels free when everyone around me was skiing with locked heels, BUT after i figured it out, there is no better feeling than linking tele turns. It is a feeling i best describe as dancing. Ah yes dancing on my tele gear is a feeling i would not trade anything for. If everyone could experience that feeling the world would be better place. I am addicted to tele skiing and i know my kids would be also if they had kept it up.

I started both my kids on old school tele gear. I wanted them to learn tele so they would be future backcountry ski partners. They both ride snowboards now and have no intrest in hiking for turns, unless there are no lifts running and i get them dreaming about making turns. I think it is best to learn tele turns when you are young, although none of my kids could link tele turns now or back then, they can get in any kind of ski gear and get around ok. The most important part of learning to ski or ride is to get out as much as posible because we all know, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT! And have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I noticed climbers on Index upper town wall during the Nisqually earthquake, am interested to here about they're adventure.

Did you guys find a register on Petunia Peak? We found one there back in 94' and added our names to it.