mikeadam

Freney's weren't designed for approaches. They were designed with pure climbing in mind. In the alps with short approaches they are great. In the Cascades they are a nightmare. I've had a pair for 2 years.

I skied/investigated in the pass areas this morning and afternoon. The base layer is about 8-12 inches (aspect and valley dependent) and there is already a significant rain crust that developed over 4000ft making for some really shitty conditions. The new snow falling right now will probably make conditions 100% better by morning though.

I agree Sisu. Why bother. My response was to sign a Title 10 contract yesterday to be federalized back into FT service.

What's in for *you* would be something you could lay flat on the ice when you get tired (got photo proof too) TLG so CALM YO ASS DOWN!@

We're projecting our stated interest in the region by preventing the intrusion of weapons into an area that may be used against soldiers, marines or airmen (American and our Allies) and you are saying you may have an issue with us doing that? Or that politically we are chestbeating? I just call it smart intelligence and correct military action. Get out from behind the PC dude.

The climb known as alpental 1 formed briefly and thinly except for the curtain of the upper section which may have been climbable, but not solo by myself. If I had to characterize the ice that did exist I would call it WI2 M0/M1.

Does anyone know Jeff Hoff or his girlfriend Lisa that works at the Vertical World? I would like to contact him to get copies of some photographs we took during the WTO. Please PM me here or contact me at info@alpinelite.com.

In some cultures (like the biker culture) it's considered cool to offer your woman to the homies, but in your case Dave I think you should keep her to yourself.

I'm kind of disappointed that no one's thought to bag on the movie Extreme Ops. It's obviously so shit bag no one took the time to notice. Good for you! http://www.biglines.com/stories/xtremeopps.php3

No, I think most people, even right wing oriented persons decry the outright usurption of their basic freedoms. However, I would think that the right to live is the most fundamental of our liberties. If providing some non incriminating information to a government entity guarantees that right then I for one am fine with it. Most of the information is freely available anyway and no one freaks out when a creditor delves into their background. It's the same thing in essense.

I'd say the bottom line is that if you're not up to anything then you don't have anything to worry about. Being that you're all good Americans, and I believe that if bad turned to worse we would all hold together, then we have nothing to sweat. If you are on the other hand up to something...well...it sucks to be you bullet catcher.

I recently was told about a new 24 pitch bolted route on the west tower reputed to be in the low .10's. The engineer was LW. Does anyone have information about this route?

homos

The smell of diesel really made those climbs special for me... <<<<SNIFFLE>>>>

I looked for it after the two boot packers mentioned something about. The mountain was armor yesterday. Would have been good climbing conditions. From the marks in the snow it appeared that the mountain was mushy the day previous?

quote: Originally posted by Skisports: after skiing boiler plate ice this weeekend and losing a ski it is not my type of ski year. I think I am going to have to head more contiental. Were you the guy that lost the dynastar?

Monday 11/25 hard freeze turned the mountain into a solid sheet of ice. Turns were treacherous at best...

No, I'm not *stirring the pot for my amusement*.

here's how Muslims show their outrage: http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/11/21/nigeria.missworld.ap/index.html Kill these savages with prejudice...Crusade.

I have to agree with Beck. I enjoy tearing down 38 degree slopes in the dead of winter. I will always wear a beacon. I've been buried fully and partially, and known folks in the same category. At least with a beacon you have a fighting chance. Phil is right, not all Cascade avalanches are heavy and wet. Most of the heavy wet ones are slow and you can get out of the way. Another good thing about a beacon is if you go into a tree well. There have been several persons killed falling into tree wells that might have been saved if they had been locatable.

quote: Originally posted by Scotch-a-Go-Go: If you don't like protestors/free speech maybe YOU should take the boat ride, little buddy.... You got every right in the world to be uninformed ifn' ya wants ta be. I think you need a Tim Horten's danish and a coffee eh?

I think Caveman's point is that as far as he could tell for the day, we raged up to Pan Point before anyone else that morning-promptly hauled ass in bad light - and yo yo skied some nice leeward aspects filled with coarse granular *including some trees* and some open slopes below the cloud ceiling. We started to ski the waterfall, but decided against it. With the exception of the usual snow tweakers building kickers and landing fakie-pretty much everybody else we saw seemed intent on the cattle trail up to Pan Point and beyond. In the afternoon a group was heading up to the slopes below Paradise glacier which always yields nice turns. The snow cover over on the Tatoosh is looking decent.

Personally I think the snow has been really good, but the weather and visibility haven't.

Are those UVEX goggles?

You heard wrong. I work in the adult entertainment industry Alex. Please send resume to fatboyclimber@hotmail