AlpineK

Yeah well they do have some good beer down there, but you can't pump your own gas. Fuck OR.

I thought the debate was pretty even. I heard nothing that might convince me that GW and Dick Cheney don't need to be gang raped by the Borax 20 mule team.

I discovered Sparks 2 rope ups ago. Malt liquer + energy drink. Bud is late catching on. Beer with LSD sounds like a dumb idea unless you only want to drink one beer and then spend the next 6 months thinking about whether you should have another beer (that is unless you're really into tweeking your brain)

I think you need to study the climb you plan on doing and know your climbing ability. After that you should bring the least amount of gear that will make you feel safe. I don't know weights, but here's what I would bring. A set of stoppers A set of Tricams...they're lighter than cams and I love em. Enough cams to make me feel happy. Enough slings/quickdraws to place gear on the hardest pitch.

Last time at Smith we were looking at a climb on Spiderman buttress when this guy says to us, "Were going to do that climb next..." He was standing at the base of the cliff next to another route, and while we were sitting there he started to lead that other route. I watched him for a couple seconds and then told my partner to go ahead and climb the route we wanted to. I was itching to go off on the guy who told me he'd reserved the route, but he never confronted us. The point is that there are lots of folks out there with crazy ideas like reserving climbs they're not even prepairing to do. If someone is waiting in front of me I respect that as long as they don't bumble around. I also wouldn't climb right up on someone, but I figure that's for my safety as well as being polite. In the example given in the first post I think you guys gave them plenty of space, and they had unrealistic expectations on what other climbers should do.

When I go to the Grasslands I always bring ear plugs. I expect folks to be making noise there, or at least I figure it's highly likely. Last time we were down there nobody was partying but the cows made a lot of noise every morning starting about 5 AM. I figure you should always ask someone to be quiet before you call the cops; however I might not have the guts to ask a group of Hells Angles to shut up. I wasn't there, so I don't know that much, but it sounds like there was a clash between folks who were a little too uptight and folks who had a few too many to know how noisy they were. Anyway I hope there isn't a big dispute down there next weekend.

Just for the record Scott. I banned you, and you were never banned for posting . You were banned for 20 obnoxious posts before you posted . It's never one single post that gets someone banned.

When we climbed the east butt of El Cap Jeff spent the night before taping 4 cans of red bull so we could clip them to our rack. It worked too.

I don't know how steep it is... but they can winch some pretty hairy stuff if they want to. Once they get skier compaction, and grooming, then it is not likely to be avalanche prone anymore. Yeah once you've got a ski pack, winch cats and dynamite those pesky avalanches go away.

I believe he is in Yosemity, but I'll send you his #

If you're interested in what I've been doing recently Lambone look at the BC section. I haven't climbed der toof since '81 if memory serves me right.

I know the truth is embarassing Don. Speaking of which I hear one of the two things you climb now-a-days is der Toof. How many times have you climbed it.

No it's $8.25/hr to stand on the ski slope with a video camera and offer to take videos of people skiing. I'm sure the computer job pays better, but being as it's CO I bet it doesn't pay much better.

Rahm is not too far from the road, but if you're a Yankee it takes a long time to get there since you've gotta go to Canada and drive to Hope and then come back down to the boarder.

I thought we were only talking about issue 1 here? Maybe I am wrong but hand-drilling bolts in the wilderness seems almost a non-issue, same as leaving a nut or a cam on a route. I mean, "it happens" but is hardly a threat to access? How were those bolts at Alpental placed? And I don't really care if it's technically just outside of a designated wilderness boundary...it's still two miles from a road. You're all into the letter of the law when it comes to power drills violating the rules of wilderness yet you're willing to stretch the wilderness boundary 2 miles past it's legal limit when it suits you.

I more or less ski on Dynafit tourlight bindings all the time(that's at ski areas too). I've got them mounted to some K2 skis, and I use Dynafit boots with a stiffer Garmont liner. I've found that my present set up is more burly than my old set up with Fritchi bindings (I cracked the toe plate on those). I bought my set up with long tours in mind. It's true that it lacks the weight and rigidity to be a great ski area set up, but I figure I'm spending my time in a ski area logging downhill practice time for the bc.

Yeah, I was thinking it might be a little cold and wet for Chimney. I'd be really like to get back up there one of these days. Thanks for the info.

I'm headed to Cour d'Allene for the last week of September. I was going to try and get in a little climbing while I'm over there. Is there a good guide I can pick up for Chimney Rock, Dishman? Also I seem to recall that there's basalt climbing near Post Falls and bouldering on Tubs hill. I'd apprciate any info. Also has anyone been climbing up at Chimney Rock recently? Am I nuts to think about climbing there next weekend? And how's the road up there?

Not really I'm just trying to make money off of cubical workers who dream of being around heavy equipment but don't have the 100K for that fancy truck.

No, but I've got a hoist on the back of the truck that can pick up big logs.

For $20 I'll give you a ride around Lake City in my FRR, and for $10 more I'll let you operate the dump.

The folks behind ski resorts are trying to make money. The ski area and the golf courses are just hooks for the real money making business which is selling real estate. How else would they jack up the price of land out in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately proposals like the Adams resort are a dime a dozen. I bet you don't hear a lot more about it.

I pay monorail tax on 2 trucks and 2 trailers.

Yes I agree Bush and his supporters are bent on turning the US into a totalitarian state.