CollinWoods

I own that same spoon... : )

Nice pics!!! I really want to climb that this summer... Another thing on my list.

A second on this as my favorite climbing quote from a movie. For climbing literature: "Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from surviving bad judgment." From personal experience: This needs a set-up. Both of my kids (6 yo boy, 4 yo girl) are adopted from Vietnam and China, respectively. This costs several thousands of dollars to do, and there's not much in the way of "receipts" for sums paid along the way. At home one day last year or so, my son was becoming increasingly irritated with his little sister, who had been baiting him mercilessly for the better part of a couple hours... At his wits' end, he asks me, "Daddy, can we just take Elaina back to China?" Me: "Well, you know we can't do that, son." Son: "Is it because we don't have the receipt?" Sobo, my sister Ruby was adopted from China last Feb.

I will def. make note of that Reilly. Thanks everyone!

Oh yeah, also they should 'advertise' it more. Maybe have a link on the forum list...

omg, so hot right now http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/chat :lmao: That is so funny, Trogdor! Seriously, has anyone here ever used the chat room? It wont work on my computer, so no...

Does anyone know any good guide books for the "walk-up" rout on Mt. Whitney down in Cali. Im thinking about taking my mom up this summer and she wants a good book to look through before she goes. Thanks. Collin

It could have been deleted...

Does it really matter Otter??? I think you did the same thing...

Whats WB's deal...???

Anything that would be good for the mountains and keep me dry.

"What ever gets ya "high", ya know"

I would be down for sure but like i said, i cant do anything until mid-feb. Is anyone else up to it?

Now that i ordered my new MH sleeping bag, its time for a new 4-season tent... Any ideas. Iv looked at some GoLight but i donk know if i would trust them. I sorta want to spend around $400 bucks and want a free standing. What do you think?

Cool thanks. Now if only i can get Java to quite bein an A-hole...

All prais be to the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Hey, we should just make a CC group meet, once or twice a week or somthing, id be game after mid feb.

Chat!!!

Hey Denalidave, you have the best sig, its also been one of my favorite quotes for a while haha; "Some people make hard climbing look easy, I prefer to make easy climbing look really hard"

Do you have any pictures of the Trango?

Thats awsome,i like that one dudes hat.

Focus on the muscles that you wear out first when climbing... There are many good sites online that will help you. I love whey protein and would not want to not use it but it is up to you. Just look up good body building foods because diet as you probabaly know is what will get you the gains you want. If its rock climbing you do, you might want to do high reps around 15 or more one week aqnd low reps (around 6-10) the next week.

I was curious because I would like to gain some muscle weight. I am down to just 130lbs on my 5'8"s but am trying to gain some muscle/strength. I am assuming you have been doing some sort of protein shakes/lifting program? The beginning of summer I started out going to the gym around 4-6 days a week depending on what was going on. When I went to the gym I would fill up a shake bottle think with a little bit of ice then milk. I would usually do one body part a day if I had a full week (you should do the body part you wanted to gain the most in the beginning of the week). About 8 reps, three sets on almost all exercises. I wanted to improve my legs so I did legs Monday, biceps Tuesday etcetera, etcetera. I would do abs at the end of my strength training then sometime so some cardio (stair climber, mostly) but sometimes some free spinning classes. After my workout id go back to my car, mix whey protein with the milk and drink. I have not experimented with anything but whey protein much. Making time to go to the gym may be hard at first but it gets better. As much as I hated it at first diets get better when you start see results. What sorta workout are you looking for? Anything else I can help you with? Good luck, Collin

Hhaha, sorry Tokogirl, yes i have been trying to gain weight in muscle. Its my new year res to get up to 215 lbs.

Thanks everyone! I just orderd my new Mountain Hardwear Ultralamina 15 deg!!! I cant wait to test it out! I found the long version for $159.