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How's that? tie off the rope and smoke a joint?...and they failed you

I've worked outdoors for about 14 years. I've never taken a NOLS course though. I can tell all you young'uns all you need to know in one sentence. Cotton is the fabric of the future. My second bit of advice is: fuck that goretex crap(or equivalent) If you want something waterproof get yourself some rubber rain gear. You can dump a gallon of bar oil on that shit and it's still waterproof.

Not quite. They poop in the branch crotches of trees, and you don't always see it while climbing.

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I've heard the same thing as Dru. There's some nasty parasite in racoons that will fuck you up.

I had no idea Don was so broad minded; he's always come across as a stick in the mud Not everyone's willing to stick a sparkler up their butt.

I think your writing needs some work, but I thought the subject matter was good. With some work it could be something worth reading in a mag.

Oh there are some major down sides to Colorado, but there are some cool things too.

Ecofeminism That would be great if the ecofeminsits got together to form a group like ELF and started burning down stuff for their cause.

Let me put it tthis way; Winter Park is flat. People who say, "I like A Basin in the spring," are poseurs. A Basin is . If it only had a snow base like Baker it would be

Well I bet they have a lot of garbage can lids in Iran. It may work a couple times, but I think they'll figure out the defence quickly.

Weren't you unroped taking that picture?

Jason is right about a 30m rope being too short for the standard 2 person roped technique. I've never skied on a glacier with a rope, or at least I've done it so infrequently that I don't remember. There are some major downsides to sking with a rope. From Jason's link. You're probably going to be survival skiing here so this isn't a big deal Well the skiing's going to suck, so you really need to get somewhere. Sounds like high avy conditions...do you really want to be skiing? The skiing's going to suck and this is clasic high avy conditions for spring. Do you really need to be out skiing? I always start early and finish early if I'm skiing on a hot day. ...sounds familiar. I don't plan on too much skiing this spring...rock climbing. You're a sucker for going out with a group like this from the get go. Basically all the conditions where roped skiing is advised are probably going to suck for real skiing. I've taken ropes on a couple multi day traverses in case we ran into conditions where we needed to move but there was a white out (for example). For weekend stuff I think you'd be better off choosing a different activity if any of the above conditions are likely, or at least taylor your skiing to fit the conditions.

So you're saying Dru did a FA on some wet chossy gully on the backside?

Are you going to ski with it Or are you going to do some glacier travel and use a rope labeled randonee?

Boo fucking hoo.

I am truely in awe of Bobs ability to rant.

OMFG I don't go looking in the gear section too much because I find discussions of gear totally stupid. If you need something then go buy it. If you're not sure of what to buy then talk to someone like Jim N. I'm sorry NOLSe, but some of the stuff you post is funny; and funny being that I'm laughing at you not with you.

My thoughts exactly.

Yeah If you're looking for skiing I would try and pick between A Basin, Loveland and Eldora. A Basin has the best terrain and the Polli lift rules. Loveland is pretty good. Eldora is really close to Boulder and there's some good skiing on the backside of the mountain. I'd stay away from Mary Jane...boring. The other big resorts are mostly dumb though Keystone can be fun for night skiing and Breckenridge does have some fun lift served hiking.

I just pulled out a couple canuck 20s and they've got the queen on them. And the $5 bill's got Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was a PM, but by his title he was knighted by the queen. queen

Actually they do have a loon, but they still seem to love the queen. I hope I never have to choose between Jeb and Hillary. Basically you're pro monarchy if you vote for Jeb, and Hillary is kind of the same thing.

I thought climbing was...well just that--"climbing". Why does one have to climb something "great"? It is a great activity, even it is class 3 or 4. I didn't know you had to chestbeat or do something great. Dwayner's been a loud voice claiming the moral highground on many climbing issues based on him climbing in the PNW for years. In fact just recently he or his buddy Pope made a post on Ass.com saying that he was climbing hard shit before the climber he was arguing with was born. Well that may be the case, but I don't know. In fact I don't know anybody who knows what Dwayner used to climb. If Dwayner is going to make being a burly climber from back in the day part of his shtick then I think it's a fair question. As far as this goes I'm not interested in some kind of measured competition, but I'd like to know who the man behind the long winded posts is. It's not cheastbeating to say that actions speak louder than words.

Not that it matters, but my take on the whole thing is that the complete north ridge has been mostly but not fully climbed during winter. I don't think the start really matters too much. The specific pitches at the base of the ridge don't seem that important, but I would say that the pitches on the great gendarme do matter. There is still a challenge, but it won't be a huge first. Anyway you guys , but next time you're on a really well known route; research, research, research.