Doug

I can't believe it!! Wilber is gone!?!?! Oh my god, he was such an inspiration, a man amongst men, a stellar climber. I will never forget all that he meant to me. I'll neve be able to look at an alcohol stove again without thinking of him Oh by the way, WHO THE FUCK IS/WAS HE?!?!?!?

Years ago I was living in a condo (irrelavent). An old college buddy (Ed) began dating a gal I knew who lived in my building. Another old college bud (Guy) ran into Ed's ex-girlfriend and she asked guy if he would return some of Ed's stuff to him for her. Some of this stuff incuded a set of key's to Ed's car. Now Ed's relationship was really beginning to blossom, and he was spending the night at his girlfriend's place on a fairly regular basis. Guy and I cooked up a plan to mess with our old buddy. I took the set of keys and a couple of times per week, late at night, I would move his car at first 10 feet or so (parked on the street). Sometimes, if we parked in a guest parking spot, I'd move it to another. At first, Ed was acting funny, like something was amiss and he either couldn't figure it out, or didn't want to admit it. After the next couple of bold moves (across the street) he began to get a little irritated After he began talking about it and was convinced someone was fucking with him, we finally fessed up. So, ehmic, could this be happening to you?

10 days into September and we get our first Freshiez!!!!!!! Post. Gotta be a record. Ran into some of those on Saturday just above Pebble Creek.

Hugh Jess, Sir, you have issues. Maybe a little well placed HC is in order?

Hugh Jess, Sir, you have issues. Maybe a little well placed HC is in order?

Why do Rednecks have sex doggie style? So that they can both watch NASCAR on TV.

quote: Originally posted by trask: someone's sporting an extremely large clitoris I guess that depend on your standards.

Not counting autosigs, anyone want to venture a guess at ho long it will be before someone starts at thread on when the first FRESHIES will fall?

There was some sort of relay or ultra-marathon along the PCT from Stevens to Snoqualmie about 2 -3 years ago. I don't know who put it together. I do remember that one of the participants was unaccounted for for a period of 12 or so hours and the organizers were a little freaked out about it. I'll see if I can dug up any information on it.

It was an awesome time! I was on the team that Paul runs with and was the lucky son of a bitch that got to jump in the lake at the finish. Apparently, there was some female topless running going on a few teams behind us! I'm surprised that Paul wasn't promoting the Beezly Hill run in Ephrata.

[/qb] Dude your not try'in to start shit are you? I like that If I was trying to start shit, these guys would have been TNF Sponsored Climbers lost on their way to the Muir Hut (not to worry, they did have a cell phone and plenty of HC) where they planned on indulging in copious quantities of da kine prior to going out and grid bolting every conceivable rock on every mountain in the Pacific North West. I was just trying to get caught up on the latest jargon and it's proper usage.

So does thi mean that they "Pink Pointed" Mt. Si trail? WHOOOPS! Thread Creep!!!! Maybe they were looking for a place to do some "Brown * Pointing", nudge nudge, wink wink!

Shit, how can you even stand to be on this board with all of the side-splitting laughter!

Maybe Ken Schram can pick this up and rune with it?!?!?

No one mentioned Mt. Dickerman. I also second Mailbox & Tenneriffe.

Anyone up there this past weekend? From Snow Lakes, where do you begin running into snow? Heading up on Thursday, and trail beta appreciated.

quote: Originally posted by Colin: " Excuse my ignorance, but what are stock bikers? not stock bikers. stock. as in livestock. llamas, horses, mules. ellensburg climber bivi partners.

quote: Originally posted by Jason Martin: The way that they train their club members is to have them go through a one year course. At the end of a year those same participants are required to "teach." I believe that this is the root of the problem. Jason Actually, just because one graduates from the basic course does not automatically make one an instructor. There is no "requirement" to teach for basic grads. If a basic grad decides to tackle the intermediate course, then yes they are required to teach once at each of the basic field trips. And all basic grads are invited to contribute back to the club by volunteering to teach. There is some limited weeding out of potential instructors, and "new" instructors are supposed to be paired with someone of more experience the first time or 2. That being said, I've had both frustrating and relatively good experience with the Mounties.

quote: Originally posted by Jason Martin: The way that they train their club members is to have them go through a one year course. At the end of a year those same participants are required to "teach." I believe that this is the root of the problem. Jason Actually, just because one graduates from the basic course does not automatically make one an instructor. There is no "requirement" to teach for basic grads. If a basic grad decides to tackle the intermediate course, then yes they are required to teach once at each of the basic field trips. And all basic grads are invited to contribute back to the club by volunteering to teach. There is some limited weeding out of potential instructors, and "new" instructors are supposed to be paired with someone of more experience the first time or 2. That being said, I've had both frustrating and relatively good experience with the Mounties.

Jules, You're not just doing this for attention, are you? I would love to see REI get serious about being a respected leader in climbing gear. As hard as it may be to accomplish, REI needs to a) hire knowledgeable people to work in all departments. This phenomena is not unique to REI. Been to Home Depot or Lowes's lately?b) Do a better job stocking inventory in every department. The last 3 times I've been to the flagship store, I've walked out empty handed because they didn't have the simple things I came to buy (fuel cannister, LED bulb for my petzl zoom, etc.c) Do a better job of weeding out the weenies. A year or so ago, I went to the service counter and the person working there seemed to be very put off by having to interrupt a personal phone call to ask if I needed help. If REI's looking for a place to solicit opinion's, I think they've come t the right place!

Jules, You're not just doing this for attention, are you? I would love to see REI get serious about being a respected leader in climbing gear. As hard as it may be to accomplish, REI needs to a) hire knowledgeable people to work in all departments. This phenomena is not unique to REI. Been to Home Depot or Lowes's lately?b) Do a better job stocking inventory in every department. The last 3 times I've been to the flagship store, I've walked out empty handed because they didn't have the simple things I came to buy (fuel cannister, LED bulb for my petzl zoom, etc.c) Do a better job of weeding out the weenies. A year or so ago, I went to the service counter and the person working there seemed to be very put off by having to interrupt a personal phone call to ask if I needed help. If REI's looking for a place to solicit opinion's, I think they've come t the right place!

An empty gun holster on the front seat is also a great deterrent.....

THE QUARTERA dad walks into a market followed by his ten-year-old son.The kid is spinning a quarter in the air and catching it between his teeth. As they walk through the market someone bumps into the boy at just the wrong moment and the coin goes straight into his mouth and lodges in his throat. He immediately starts choking, going blue in the face, and Dad starts panicking, shouting for help. A well dressed middle-aged, moderately attractive but serious woman in a blue business suit is sitting at a coffee bar in the market reading hernewspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, puts her coffee cup down on the saucer, neatly folds her newspaper and places it on the counter. Then she gets up from her seat and makes her unhurried way across the market. Reaching the boy, the woman carefully takes hold of the boy's testicles and squeezes gently at first and then ever more firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the quarter, which the woman deftly catches in herfree hand. Releasing the boy, the woman hands the coin to the father and walks back to her seat in the coffee bar without saying a word. As soon ashe is sure that his son has suffered no lasting ill-effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts effusively thanking her saying, "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before-it was fantastic. Are you a doctor?" "Good heavens, no," the woman replies. "I am a Divorce Attorney."

I highly recommend this climb. It is of similar difficulty to the Tooth, but the alpine ambience of this glaciated area make the climb a forgotten classic (I'm betting we'll see this in Nelson's Cascade Select Vol. 5). Yup. He and Potterfield can just cut and paste Peter Potterfield's last experience on Chimney in to the guide.

No Toes, It didn't look like he was set up to make shoes. Try calling Ramuta's Shoe Service in Seattle, he may be able to point you in the right direction.