salbrecher

quote: Originally posted by salbrecher: Is it "skiiable"? Yes it is a very general question. Answer me!!

quote: Originally posted by dkemp: At the risk of getting this back on-topic: Snowcamping stuff: I just cant get on-board with the pee-bottle - hey, I've tried! Nothing, uh, happens. I get all ready and, uh, come on come on, (heavy sigh). Okay, gotta get outta the tent, but of course I dont wanna put the boots on. Answer: Goretex socks. Wont keep your feet warm but will keep 'em dry for the few minutes you need. Note this has limitations - postholing sucks, and in some technical terrain this could be a real hazard. Cascade Designs Pillowcase - hey, I'm taking my puffy jacket anyway, right? I stuff that sucker in the pillowcase and I'm the envy of my tentmates. Best six dollars I ever spent. Use a dip cup, wouldja please? They only cost a couple dollars and they dont hardly weigh anything. I hate seeing hands (gloved or not) go in the snowbag to scoop snow into the cookpot - hey, I know what you been doin'! Color me delicate but I think its gross. Handi-wipes - gimme an Amen, brother. And that Sanitizer Gel stuff too. This is not a thing to bring but just a tip: Dig out your tent platform, but now set up your tent off to one side, including the fly. Now place the tent, all ready to go, on the platform. I see so many people take a long time to get their platform just right, then they step all over it while getting the poles connected, etc. all while punching holes all over their perfect platform. -Dox Thanks Mom

cloudraker, lions, price, sphinx, deception pinnacles, blacktusk, foley, baker, mcgilvery, piebiter, seymore , bobb, sheba, warner, parkhurst,golden ears, anemone, arrowhead, and 2 that I can't remember because they were just numbers. I don't bag peaks . It's really about the route I take not just getting to the top

B, D, and, sadly..something I have said.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Not many lines at this crag. Yeah there are only 4 routes visible in that photo And what about the bolts! where are the bolts!

quote: Originally posted by Fairweather: My heart aches for this guy's wife and children. I understand that he had two. I heard that Jim Wickwire was leading this climb. If this is true, it continues the "unluckiest" streak in the history of mountaineering. (for partners deceased, that is) I don't believe in karma or luck, but if they exist JW's are rotten. It's not Wickwires that is rotten, it's his partners.

quote: Originally posted by rr666: Every large plane engine in production today has successfully passed the frozen chicken test. In this test, they take a 4 pound chicken (maybe a cornish game chicken, or whatever those small things are you can buy in the store), and then they rev the engine up and throw it on in. must be a site to see. They still do this test regularly for new engines. It made our headline new on our internal intranet when our latest jet engine passed the test!!! What does "passing" the test mean? That the engine didn't blow up?

Is it "skiiable"? Yes it is a very general question.

"could it be there's no such thing as a coincidence" Mel Gibson in "Signs"

quote: Originally posted by erden: Hey Fence Sitter: why don't you masturbate on your own time, dick head... We are talking about another fellow climber who died on Disappointment Cleaver this weekend. You have no room on this forum as far as I am concerned. Those who hide behind aliases and are allowed to get away with shit like this need to be moderated with a heavy hand. Erden. QUICK, QUICK, someone take away his freedom of speech!!!

Another person killed climbing with Wickwire....hmmmm. What are the odds of that?

quote: Originally posted by plexus: Actually Stefan I used to hate the French as well until I went climbing with a couple this past spring a few times. Real nice guys and were polite. And like Jens said, they climb hella-hard, leading up sketched out stuff I would be puckering TRing. I will say the one guy did have real bad BO If only they fought in wars as well as they climbed

quote: Originally posted by monkeyboy: 1984 George Orwell...You will never look at security cameras the same. I second this book.

quote: Originally posted by monkeyboy: 1984 George Orwell...You will never look at security cameras the same. I second this book.

Depends if your comfortable without ice screws. We used 2 on the way up and none on the way down; I don't think we really needed them but they were there from the team before us, so why not.

I used to hate poles and thought people were wimps for using them, until i started ski touring and was forced to use em. Now, I can't let go of them. They're great for hiking on snow because they save a lot of energy instead of slipping and sliding without them. They're also great on steep snow (one axe one pole) because you get to use your arms foe lift to. Using poles also prevents you from getting pencil arms on long ski traverses.

quote: Originally posted by iceguy: WTF! War may sometimes be necessary, but people die fighting wars and that is not a very "entertaining" thought. WTF! I wonder why movies like Pearl Harbour, Platoon, Spartacus, Apocolypse now, Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, Full Metal Jacket, Enemy at the Gate(to name a few)are so popular . Probably NOT because they are "entertaining".

(I just want to post something to get 100 posts and see what my new name becomes!) [ 09-13-2002, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: salbrecher ]

Somebody call a waaambulance, my knuckle hurts

Diedre=salbrechers first multi pitch, as of...TODAY!

Could I get out of a ticket by pleading "Canadian".

quote: Originally posted by Off White: quote:Originally posted by backcountrydog: but try not to talk too much shit because he might be more of a climber than those of you lining up to bash him on this site. Ability is no substitute for character and personality. It can be.

I once climbed with someone who is hard of hearing(only other explaination because I would yell commands) and our shouting matches would usually end with a frustrated belayer(me) lowering the climber at unusually fast speeds or paying out generous amounts of penalty slack. He seemed to hear better after that.

I prefer to wear my gore-tex and forgo a shelter. It saves the weight of a tent and it's 100% GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU DRY:yellaf: