Alex

Another thumbs up for Gothic. Its cool! I know its not on the Mnt Loop, but here is a huge thumbs up for Tomyhoi, still one of my all time favs. Any another thumbs up for a long ramble through Spray Park, before they shut down the Mowich Lake road for the year! Alex

That doesnt mean everyone will. Some guys do the North Couloir in fall sub 6 hours car to car.. Would I realistically call that a time that everyone should strive to meet. No. I agree completely, Ray. Jim was asking for a range. I was just offering one set of data for the range. Alex

We were discussing this very fact on Dome Peak. We didnt have much time and the way looked pretty long. Jim's guide said something like 6-8 hours from camp. As we set off, I asked Lowell for his guess, and he said 4 hours. I thought that was really pushing it, but since we didnt have much more time than that it would have to be 4 hours. We ended up doing the Dome Gl in 3 hours from Itswoot Ridge on Lowells blistering pace. We theorized that since the route was non-technical, it was sure to attract a whole spectrum of abilities and speeds. Last thing the guidebook needs to do is underestimate a reasonable amount of time for a route and have people who are unfamiliar with the area (and who is with Dome??) epic time and time again far from home.

I've done the E ridge in an hour from camp at the edge of the glacier. I think the entire trip can be done sub 8 hours car to car. Alex

I've been using Sprint for many years and have been fairly happy with them in-city. Their covferage is excellent in Seattle and along I-90. However, over the last year their "collection tactics" on past-due bills have made me pretty unhappy and I've considered switching because of it. Does anyone know if there is a provider that can be used in both the US and Canada? Alex

Sunset Slab on Cod Rock Moonshine Dihedral Light on the Path Moons of Pluto Barbeque The Pope Wartleys Revenge While not in your 5.9 -5.11 range, I also recommend Bunny Face 5-Gallon Buckets

Catapult to The Bone on Lower Castle

Light on the Path is still hard for me Gumby is very hard for me Carnival Crack!! Last pitch of OnLine Angel Crack!

Thats a damn fine pic of the big JBurg.

ok, you are crazy!

thanks Dave but don't need the hammer, and to clarify I am not looking for an "Zero-X" type tool .... If you are having a problems finding picks, Marmot-Bellevue used to have some and last time I was in Salt Lake you could still buy them at the BD store. Wes is correct, the "original X-tool" was actually called the Zero. Wes, I have a set of 55 cm Chouinard X-15s, however I still use them regularly. I havent seen on of the non-BRS tools anywhere in a long time, but I bet if you religiously watch Second Ascent you'll get one eventually. If I ever think about selling, I'll let you know first. As far as buying at Second Ascent, yeah, just bring in some nice stuff and get store credit towards the purchase. 80$ isnt bad for a decent tool. Alex

SSS, thats a good post and provokes thought. Scrambler, those are good questions and also provokes thought and response. But maybe we could start a different one to mince the politics an leave this thread in tact? Alex

mediocrity is the median, and the median is what the sum of the parts is. this site has great TRs and worthless coils. This site has its share of great posters, worthless posters, and a whole host in between. Lump it all together and you'll arive in the middle. You forget one thing: before very very recent history, this site was wholly peer moderated. This garden was what you the readers nurtured. So speak for yourself, Mr. Mediochre. Alex

that sucks no fall fishing on stilla for me

Its funny that at least three of the names you list are all different avatars of the same person. These people have all been replaced by others of similar character...Sphinx, lummox, Necromonicon, et al are just as "witty"... The Internet and BBSs like this are not static, they are very dynamic. People come and go frequently. Don't live in the past, no one cares and no one will remember you. Alex

You might not want to click this link, regardless of how much you like Brit...

if you think that freaks you out, you should see the tatoos I put on each of my dogs' penises. Are you the same woman who was featured in this weeks "Savage Love" in the Stranger?

For those who just cannot wait, seems like the ice is coming in early. The season is usually in full swing by Halloween. Alex http://www.live-the-vision.com/wwwboard/messages/2772.html

Its really quite simple. We want the best user experience for everyone. Not the best user experience for Dru, Muffy, Alex, jon, AlpineK, mattp, Lowell_Skoog, and Sphinx. The best user experience for everyone is not well defined, but it is somewhere between a dry boring site that Capt Caveman and mikeadam were once upon a time so frightened of, and the idiotic non-stop spray that is hard to achieve even by such illustrious posters as Dru and Muffy. For the most part, the site is at a good balancing point and everyone agrees. If you didnt agree you wounldnt be here every day. So the way this works is the moderators of this site keep trying to find a good balance between bullshit and boredom. If you don't like it, send an email to any one of us. Yes, we have a SUPER SECRET MODERATOR-ONLY FORUM that we sometimes discuss this stuff with each other, but to be honest the moderating game is much more autonomous than that. Moderators are working for free. When you create alot of work for us, it makes us bitchy...because hey, well, we are working for FREE. So if you somehow can manage to not be a bunch of little babies, then moderators suddenly dont have to do as much and are magically not nearly as prone to be pissy or ban you or whatever.

I think most people would rather hang out with icegirl and/or kitten

you wont be missed. cheerio!

I'd have to agree with trask on this one.

The web site has not changed how I climb at all. As others have mentioned, the biggest impact on how I climb this year was teaming up with new partners and learning alot of new things and areas from them The website has introduced me to a HUGE number of people that I would have otherwise not met made me notice a few routes (Back of Beyond Buttress, Clean Break, and so on) that I otherwise probably would not have found out about for a few more years...

damn!

Oh gosh! I had no idea who fredragers was IRL until right now! How embarrassing! Caveman, quite right a dumb place to camp, but we'd gotten by with it all Spring so just figured nth time wouldnt be any different. Now we paid to cost of first hand edumacation!