Lucky Larry

I was amazed to see you guys(2 couples?)heading up there so late in the day with big packs on. did you use the snowshoes going up Asgard pass?

I was up there a week ago; big stuff coming down triple, snow was like whipped slurpee on Colchuck Glacier.

thanks.

I recently saw something the looked like a rough draft for BR etiquette and it looked like a rule etiquette book from hell; no one is going to read all this bull. climbers don't make rules, i sez ta me-sef, they break them. here's the only rule we need-The Golden Rule: do not put up a route here until you talk to a local; more than likely the route has already been done years ago [so buzz off bolt head].

another shitty subject: a book called "going higher and faster" or such and such said to toss the toxic stuff down a crevasse. a friend who use to work with OB did the same. I say if you pack the kids along you should pack em out esp on popular glaciers-which are probably most of the ones people are on-bag it and drop in heavy duty bag or nalgene bottle FCOL.

what are some of the clues a person from the states should look for to camp for free in Canada?

overheard 2 weeks ago at smith rawk: leader to group, "what's warmer, being totally soaked with your clothes on, or naked and wet?" Student, "naked and wet." Instructor, "that's right." What the hay? What about wind chill? Maybe that's why some people are found woundering around the mountain naked.

yes he made it to the top.

$300 clams utl incl

good gawd the men's room at c-4 always stank from the nasty shit climbers eat and drink IMHO. the valley is done with me.

you sound like me PM

a few years ago krazy Kenny and I just drove further up the road for free camping sans pit toilet and developed sites: is it still possible to do that?

anybody got place to rent up there cheep?

a while ago, approx 10 yrs(?), at skull hollow cg, a little ways from smith rock, during some busy holiday this dude jumps out of his camper, walks up to juniper tree and unloads all his rounds into it then jumps back into his camper. There were people all over the place. It really pissed me off but I wasn't about to knock on his camper door.

Just curious about the reliability of these weather sites regarding temp. histories and current reported temperatures at different elevations. After reading the TR report on Mt. Hood temp. at the Hogsback there seems to be a huge discrepancy; specifically, the temperature inversion. Am I making any sense here or FOS.

HEY LASH, WHAT THE F&@K IS UP? THAT THAI FOOD REALLY TORE ME UP SOMETHING FIERCE LATER ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON! I found out that it is under new ownership-hehaw

The little Hill has claimed many lives.

Thanks for the TR!

I use to work in outdoor retail and I will swear by this statement:Boot sizes do not run true for a given size/brand/style; there are differences between boots of the same given size. I rest my boot. Good luck.

Be on guard; even when you think your partner knows something they may space it out eg I did a rap that barely reached the ground; my partner had also done it before and was swinging out at the base over our heads- I just thought he was messing around- the second time he swung out he popped off the rope about 12-14 ft off the deck, hit the deck between big boulders on his back. Busted his wrist-very fortunate no head/spine injury. I could'a, should'a, would'a, and he could'a...... And yes, we had been smoking the ganja. I don't loose any sleep over it but i think he still blames me.

I have had more than my share of problems with boots-darn feet. I suggest getting out there and use them but take a back up pair(whatever) that you know work for you. Hike really steep rocky trail/off trail if your not close to other stuff-then decide if they are too small. I have had to switch out more than once to the known good pair before the new ones worked out. I have also stuffed them with soft balls, shoe irons, soaked with rubbing alcohol/water, even used heat(very carefully), beat them, etc. Shoe shops would not touch them; I'm guessing because if they ruined them somehow the customer would hold them liable. Good luck.

By now everyone Knows it's a good thing to have, esp climbers, but I do not. Is there a good(oxymoron)net medical plan with a high deductible and low premium out there-anyone?

must use wadka for pro

Bill shame on your one tool advice; I'm with Ivan-two tools is more fun (personally safer too).

ya; me too