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quote: Originally posted by James: so can we get the full story on the girl that broke her leg at the rambles this weekend? was she in that WWU group? if so who's picking up the tab for that one? i was at the rambles on saturday and icy bc on sunday, so didn't see anybody breaking their leg.

quote: Originally posted by ScottP: There are three things that smell like fish... what's the third?

we stayed at the mile-o and got a climber's discount of $48 CDN per double. then heard the victoria has lowered their rates to $30 CDN. the rambles was good with the best ice on the right side. icy bc also fat but fairly kicked up. slim pickins just that. it was warm and the ice is starting to get soft.

quote: Originally posted by ScottP: Some alternate viewing for those of you about to be sick... http://homepages.tig.com.au/~mcgarry/paul/chphgall.htm i don't think i've ever laughed so hard looking at a computer

i watched a bunch last night. really enjoyed the short track. when do the bobsled come on?

quote: Originally posted by specialed: Ubiqitous head band. Sweatshirt with arms and neck cut off. knee socks. Looks like John Long. All around 80's style. that's him, the guy i'm talking about. i friend of mine was bouldering there and this "coach" dude told somebody else that my friend was a private eye hired to spy on coach because of some hit and run lawsuit.

the coach dude or whoever that hangs out at the UW rock is really wierd. at first i thought he was really paranoid from all the drugs, then i thought about all the drugs i've done and i'm not paranoid.

The suspect jumped into a taxi, and as authorities tried to stop the vehicle, the man pulled out a grenade and was apparently trying to throw it when it exploded in his hand, sources said. the story

shop around. i got mine for $89. it's not that great a jacket though.

andy warhol and ray bolger appear twice. WTF.

it would be pretty cool if they had curling on 75 degree slopes

quote: Originally posted by Dru: what the hell show is that, super friendz or something? it's from saturday night live. you are sooooo uncultured...

oh no! erik called me gay! now i'm going to go home and cry! waaaaaaahhhhhhhh! what can i possibly do to prove my masculinity?

maybe rocket robin should team up with the ambiguously gay duo?

is that dancing baby from ally mcbeal or something?

i got tired of itchy and scratchy.

before anyone hikes up there i bet they've got a video camera hidden in a tree and you show up on this show that's a cross between candid camera and america's most wanted. i saw something like that where some guy was stealing a bicycle.

does anyone know how ice climbing conditions are on narada falls right now?

belay slave - silveretta 500's are $155 plus shipping at http://www.telemark-pyrenees.com/e_index.htm get those now and buy a pair of real rando boots later. yeeeesh.

quote: Originally posted by hakioawa: I'm not a huge fan of the Dynafit binding system. It is light. And tough too. But it awfully difficult to get into and switching the heal hight is a pain in the . my $0.02: spend 5 minutes practicing on your living room floor and you will never bend over to switch heel hieght again (you use your pole tip). still tricky to get into; marking a line where the holes are with a sharpie helps greatly though. my size 9 feet lazers with thermoflex liners weigh 7 lbs, my friend's size 8 feet TLT 4s with thermos weigh 6 lbs. i can't comment on differences in hiking-climbing-skiing because lasers are the only AT boots i've used. the lazers aren't as comfortable hiking as my T-3 tele boots, but that's a much lower boot. i'm very happy with the way the lasers ski. i have a beater set-up for climbing boots.

quote: Originally posted by erik: i was referring to the ski patrol and my friends who are on it. so i think your sarcasm is lost. whoa! erik has friends who are SKI PATROL?! hello, brush with greatness, i'm in awe!

i wrote the article. i'm not interested in having a flame war but i'll attempt to answer some of the questions raised here. phil and i assumed when we first booted up it that people probably skied it all the time. given it's easy access and moderate angle we didn't think it was a big deal. mike adamson emailed us saying people had been skiing it for years and were calling it the slot couloir. we were not surprised. i originally submitted the article last may or thereabouts. it was originally somewhat longer and went into great detail about how we got the route out of beckey, skied it, found out other people did, and so forth. they asked me to trim it down for a "peaks and passes" segment; a brief description of backcountry skiing people do in different parts. they asked me to look at other "peaks and passes" stories and make mine similar. i attempted to comply with their request by making it a simple but entertaining description of some dudes going backcountry skiing, and in so doing left out the "slot couloir" name and a lot of other details. it didn't seem important given the nature of the subject matter; it's just another line. i had already sent them my final draft when i happened to flip through an advance copy of martin volken's book at second bounce. i had originally entitled my story "enigma gully" as a descriptor of our experiences. couloir made the title "discovering enigma gully". i don't think they were implying a first descent. in summary: 1) i don't were all this first descent allegations came from. 2) volken's book wasn't out when i wrote the story. if i had known it was coming out yes it would have been useful to people to call it the slot couloir. 3) given the nature of the story i think who did the first ascent is a technical detail most readers would be uninterested in. other "peaks and passes" stories don't include that kind of thing.

another tele vs AT debate. yeah yeah yeah. BORING!

quote: Originally posted by dyno merchant: damn it! that's my dad, you bastards!!! yeah dyno my boy, i've dropped too much baby batter in these parts to keep track of it all. so how ya doin ya little bastard? and do what your mom tells ya to, ya hear.