AlpineK

Let's see, Beck is up to at least 5 people he's been sending nasty messages over Rope Up to. He told me to, "Quit pissing into the fire." I sent him the response he deserved.

Yeah well the economy stinks right now and future projections have a funny way of changing. Bush

Rope up is a party for and by cc.com. cc.com members suply all the elements for the party. TG = Beer, AlpineK = firewood, Wayne or others could do a slide show, pms = door prizes. In addition some kind of clean up project and an auction to raise money for the Access Fund might be nice. What Rope up is not is an mega event with gear manufacturers, beer made by non-cc.com corporation, and especially not a venue to improve better relations with the FS. Who of you have been to a party where you decided to invite the police (Forest Service) The Vertical World sponsors something in Leavenworth for folks interested in checking out gear. If the local AAC wasn't such a lame ass organization they could have some kind of Climbers Rendezvuos to improve relations with the FS etc. The Access Fund is the best venue for dealing with well access issues. If folks from these organizations wish to attend Rope Up to further climbers interest in the above issues then great, but Rope Up is not a replacement for these other events and issues. If we can't resolve the current problems with Rope Up I will regretfully support a boycot and some kind alternate event.

Rope up is a party for and by cc.com. cc.com members suply all the elements for the party. TG = Beer, AlpineK = firewood, Wayne or others could do a slide show, pms = door prizes. In addition some kind of clean up project and an auction to raise money for the Access Fund might be nice. What Rope up is not is an mega event with gear manufacturers, beer made by non-cc.com corporation, and especially not a venue to improve better relations with the FS. Who of you have been to a party where you decided to invite the police (Forest Service) The Vertical World sponsors something in Leavenworth for folks interested in checking out gear. If the local AAC wasn't such a lame ass organization they could have some kind of Climbers Rendezvuos to improve relations with the FS etc. The Access Fund is the best venue for dealing with well access issues. If folks from these organizations wish to attend Rope Up to further climbers interest in the above issues then great, but Rope Up is not a replacement for these other events and issues. If we can't resolve the current problems with Rope Up I will regretfully support a boycot and some kind alternate event.

How about instead of the slogan "Fostering Stewardship of the Vertical Environment." Substituting "Fascist Stewardship of the Rope Up."

Then why in PM's did you tell me that you were the father of rope up and we should all do what you told us to. Further you repeated in PM's to me that Rat was indeed 86ed. Where and when did you solicit anything? Nobody else seems to know. Some of this sounds ok, but the question is why didn't you directly contact any of last years contributors? Where's the TG beer? Why did you only ask me last night about firewood? I'm going to hold back for a bit, but maybe we need a real party that full moon weekend. party

Last year we had an excellent Rope Up. We did next to no planning, but a bunch of folks showed up. We had free beer, moonlight climbing, a bonfire, and even Beck was allowed to have free beer. This year Beck wants to take us big time. Doing stuff like Ramrodding a date was a good thing. Organizing some kind of clean up/trail thing is also good. However Beck has not even ask Terminal Gravity if he would like to donate beer again. Instead he has us all hooked up with lesser quality beer and servers . Further, because of petty animosity, he wants to deny beer service to a long time WA state climber. I applaud Beck for some of the things he’s done , but I think he’s making way too many decisions about our party without any kind of input.

Yeah volunteer to do what you tell us. How about some discussion before we set things in stone.

First of all I dont believe gay people should be adopting. I think it's morally fucked and if it was intended they would not be the same sex. Homo bashing- Well just because I think homosexual people are not all there in the head to raise children or should be entitled to everything doesnt mean I am bashing necessarily. Some of you people that defend homosexuals alway use the same defense that we are bashing hate mongers. That's not very original and a pretty weak argument too. Ray is still uncomfortable about talking about those hot sweaty nights in the bunk house during basic training. I'm not sure about the adoption thing, but I think if you love someone you should be able to marry them.

I had 4 impacted w teeth pulled when I was 16. Ick! I was knocked out when they did it, but afterwards all I had was T3 for the pain

Way to go Wayne Let others, myself included, talk you up.

I'm not sure I'm down with this whole OR/Beer/Pyramid thing. In the first place (given that he's willing ) we want TG beer not that nasty ass Pyramid crap. Secondly, having professional beer servers entails liability and thus folks getting cut off and such. And lastly, but most importantly, Rat will not take kindly to being 86ed from the, "beer garden," and Tippi Turtles will side with Rat. Some of the stuff you're doing is great Beck! But I and others want rope up to be a fun party not some corporate fuck fuck event. I think a little give and take on decisions is in order.

Hey, ya old nut-gummer, why doncha take yer own codgerly autosig advice and save some unfortunate the nursing home costs? No shit Trask, if your going to have a sig like that, you should be able to deal with the Dr's sarcasm.

You're an idiot.

Congratulations on your climb guys!!! Wayne, you are being overboastfull. Sorry, but your comments are over the top. JoshK you are one of the most negative posters on cc, So STFU

Why do you suckers even care about professional sports. All they players are a bunch of overpampered assholes.

Looks like fun!

Either HC, Freeze dried, or the all time clasic, " tuna fuck."

How many of you folks know what the Twinkie defense was. OW and MattP are disqualified.

Dr Unamazing, You may be the only individual in this country to express such sick sentiments. As you so often demonstrate, you're a real prick. Oh take a pill F.

No searches at all. I'll I did was tell them what I was doing and show the ownership papers. Towing over the boarder rules!

With a brand new water pump in my dodge, I figured it was safe to take it for a long road trip. I picked up CJZ on Friday afternoon and we headed north. We drove to the rest area below Yak peak, and camped out on the south side of the highway. Early in the morning we hiked up the trail to the base of Yak. This was my third time on the peak. The two previous trips were failures, so I was really psyched to summit the peak. We did the first 8 pitches of Yak Crack to the junction with Reality Check. From the junction we continued up Reality Check. The climbing here was really fun. We avoided the chimney under the large flake on RC by climbing over it and continued up some nice face climbing to the summit. On top we took a nap for an hour then hiked down the trail to the car. After dinner in Hope we decided to head up to Marble Canyon and do some climbing early on Sunday before the heat really hit. We climbed Sisyphus. I hadn’t climbed at Marble before, and it’s been a while since I’ve climbed on limestone, but we had a good time on a fun route. After the climb the temps were in the mid 90s, so we hopped in the dodge and drove south. Everything was going great, fun climbing, and the truck seemed to be running well till we got to the turn off to Sumas. At the light my truck died; I cranked the starter for a while but no dice. We pushed it to the side and looked at the engine for a while. We walked to a store and bought a spark plug socket and screwed around, but eventually a tow truck became the obvious next step. While waiting for the tow truck this guy stopped and looked at the engine, but he couldn’t come up with anything definite. On hearing we were climbers he apologized for the Canuck teens that beat up those folks in Squamish. Eventually the tow truck showed up, and after some talking we decided that AAA could get us towed for almost free to CJZ’s house. So we towed my truck across the boarder, which was funny, but we avoided the back up everyone else was sitting in. We eventually got it to CJZ’s house and there it sits. Does anyone own a truck dolly?

Way to pull through!

Don't get testy. I'm just wondering why, of all the thousands of suspect, rotting chunks of webbing out there, this one is of interest.