Bob_Clarke

1958: First Ascent of The Nose; Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, George Whitmore.

quote: Originally posted by TimL: I got in my car and drove to work this morning. Your working now?

quote: Originally posted by russki82: alright...thanks to the folks that enlightened my dumb ass ] you're still a dumb ass

man wakes up one morning to find a gorilla on his roof. So he looks in the yellow pages and sure enough, there's an ad for "Gorilla Removers." He calls the number, and the gorilla remover says he'll be over in 30 minutes. The gorilla remover arrives, and gets out of his van. He's got a ladder, a baseball bat, a shotgun and a mean old pit bull. "What are you going to do", the homeowner asks? "I'm going to put this ladder up against the roof, then I'm going to go up there and knock the gorilla off the roof with this baseball bat. When the gorilla falls off, the pit bull is trained to grab his testicles and not let go. The gorilla will then be subdued enough for me to put him in the cage in the back of the van." He hands the shotgun to the homeowner. "What's the shotgun for?" asks the homeowner. "If the gorilla knocks me off the roof, shoot the dog"

Go vote today - For anyone in Washington, No on R-51.

Next weekend is another try at The Connection. I'm staying home this weekend.

Dreamin is a great climb. Nothing hard on it just a head trip. Go Dog Go is all right. I prefer Rawhide and Vision. Tim, did you send Go puppy Go?

It comes to mind the route I did last week in Red Rocks - Levitation 29. Great setting, incredible climb with an approach to make a team work hard. One of the best climbs anywhere!

Quote - I'm just wanting to know what to add to my climbing resume ! You're worried about a climbing resume? Wait - you keep a climbing resume? Oh my gawd

Some routes seem to just call to me. I glanced at a picture of Alpamayo and the peaks of the Ishinca Vally in Peru and had to go. Some of the most daring climbing I've been fortunate enough to do. It's the same way with mountaineering - Denali, Acongacua, they seem to have had a key to my brain and guide me to their flanks. But you're asking what routes do I like? First of all the ones that nobody does. Like at Smith Rock there is a climb called Crossfire. No spandex boi's playing on that one. Chanti Spire in the North Cascades. Soloing long alpine climbs. This question is getting frustrating, I guess I don't have a straight forward answer.

Jon - You are DA MAN Peace out

Muffy!! What's up?!!

OJ didn't do it, his kid did it. According to Art Bell.

Drug testing is a good thing. Stop whining.

Hey DP Balck Diamond Chaos - I've used it on hard sport climbs. Did Levitation 29 in Red Rocks last weekend in it. And big blue Canadian ice in Banff. NF of Buckner, Baker. It's the only rig I'll tie into.

My wife and me made a long weekend trip to Red Rocks and just returned very late last night. We stayed at Sam’s Town on the eastside of Las Vegas that is one of those all-inclusive places that have shops, a bowling alley, 18-cinema theatre, a great sports betting pit. Also included are the obligatory retired folks sitting in front of the slot machines 24 hours a day smoking cigarettes while being hooked up to an oxygen bottle. We hit town Friday afternoon and went to the Gallery for a few sport climbs to soak up the warm sun. Saturday after sleeping in, we stopped by a local Starbucks (it’s good to see Vegas ramping up on the number of corner Starbucks shops) and headed to the Panty Wall for some great slab climbing. There was a 5.10c slab climb next to panty prow (an awesome 5.6 route) that was unusual for Red Rocks and technically demanding. Next a stop at Fixx Cliff where I did Free Base, a 5.11 crack/face route that was incredible. A must do. Then to the Dog Wall for some 5.10 & 5.11 face climbs. All in all a nice climbing day. Saturday night I met a friend of mine from California in the sports pit for a great Cuban cigar and put $100 bucks on Philadelphia to cover the spread on Tampa Bay. Easy pick, Philly had a bye week and Tampa isn’t playing sharp. So Sunday morning we get an early start and head into Oak Creak Canyon to take a run on Levitation 29. Now this is a fabulous climb. I would agree that this is the best climb in Red Rocks (I haven’t done The Original Route) at any grade. Every pitch is long and sustained. The crux is wild. We got back to town very late and my hands were sanded down and sore from crawling over the boulders to the approach, the climb and the walk out. Cashed out my wining ticket and bought steak dinner for everyone except my vegetarian wife. Yesterday I thought a nice climb of Cat in the hat would be nice with my wife (many of you have posted that it’s a great climb) and the fact I was a little bit tired and we had a plane to catch. So a nice short hike in and the climb turned out to be just as everyone had described, and I must say that it’s an incredible route for the grade. BUT. Rappelling the route was a nightmare. Stuck ropes, traffic, there was a party of three that had a guide and he felt it was necessary to tell everyone a better textbook way of doing everything. Note to any guides out there, that no one asked you your unsolicited opinion. We marched out to the car, drove straight to the airport where my hands were checked for explosive residue six times (I still had black hands from pulling rope on the rappels) and onto the plane. Back to work in a daze. I’d rather be climbing.

How about squats? And hamstring specific exercises? These generally help my knees stay in shape. whatdayathink?

I soled the route in early august, I second the recommendation on the two tools, it may not be dicey scarey climbing in those sections but it helps to stay confident. Light and fast will help, but keep in mind the shorter days. The appraoch is a grunt. Have fun. [ 10-17-2002, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: Ropegun2002 ]

stupid double posts [ 10-17-2002, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: Ropegun2002 ]

quote: Originally posted by Jason Martin: Ropegun, I think Mike is joking. The Swain book is one of the worst. Jason Thanks - whew - now I can go on with the day!

I beg to difference the comment on the Swain guidebook. I respect your opinion however have you ever thumbed through the Climber's guide to Smith Rock? Now that is a propah guidebook. DFA - do you concur!

A Highball? - I've downed a few of those.

Didn't she die on the FA try on Nanda Devi as well? DOH

or Anna Purrs

This day in mountaineering history - 1978; First women's Annapurna expedition summits. The book is good. I'd love a T-shirt