AlpineK

If your always right then answer this classic riddle If a faggot jumps on your back do you beat him off?

's never flip over while rappelling

That's a pretty common climbing story from the old days.

why lurk here then? sounds like you need to get laid. that was the meanest thing i have read all day! Indeed

Yow! Drink up then tell us about your trip. Those of us not in AK will be at the Ballroom.

Also I wish we had a canoe to paddle out the Nehannie(Sp?) when we were done

Are you cutting down 20 trees to park your boat behind your megahome in the suburbs? Lambone has other problems besides being from the land where, "Men are men and sheep are scared." ....he's not even a member of the KTK even though he came up with the name.

Also I ain't driving a truck and chipper out to Index. This would all be dice and scatter with the brush.

Yeah I've done it, what's it too ya?

I just got back from a long day out in Woodenville killing trees at a mega-home so the dude who lives there can build a driveway to the backside of his house to park his boat. Talk about bullshit. What I'm talking about at Index is clearing the wall. There will be plenty of shade, and plenty of trees left. In some cases you can cut entire stems out of a tree while leaving the tree in place. In a couple cases the entire tree needs to go, but there will still be a lot of trees left. Other areas where I've thought of pruning/removing trees are Rattletale wall, and at the lower lump. The Lower Lump first inspired me with this idea. I remember climbing Beatle Bailey to Racer X about 10 to 15 years ago; last year we went to the Lower Lump and found the routes totally covered in moss and a large big leaf maple growing into Beatle Bailey. In this case you could prune back the tree without killing it. Anyway, I'm not talking about a major logging job. After all I would be doing this for free, and I loose motivation quick when I'm not being paid. The way I read this is Lambone and Sphinx are against this, and Michelle likes the aid the tree provides. Lambone is from Montana and thus clueless about the way things grow in Western Washington. Sphinx, I have a couple questions for you. What's the house you live in made out of, and when you shit do you use toilet paper, or do you stick your thumb up your ass?

This is the kind of comment I'm more interested in than tree hugging crap.

Japanese Gardens was originally named that because the route went up a moss and lychen covered crack. In fact the whole lower wall has been scraped clean. Climbers have already killed a ton of plant life at Index and destroyed a lot of wildlife habitat. Someone cut back trees about 10 years ago from around the lower wall and now they've grown back. The question is one of maintenance. Cutting back trees will increase air flow, and dry out the wall. Someone has already girdled one of the maples I was thinking of cutting down. As things stand right now there are a bunch of great routes at Index that 10 years ago were nice climbs, but now they are totally swamped with tree branches, moss and lychen. You can cut stuff back and still have a beautiful lush environment. In fact someone will have to cut stuff back again and again in the future; that is if folks want to keep the place a good climbing environment.

Up yours beotch, I'm just trying to improve the climbing in a previously (many times) altered environment.

My prime example would be a couple of the big leaf maples at the base of Godzilla, and some of the vine maple by J gardens could be pruned back.

There are only a few trees that need to die.

maybe she ment you were effecting spelling.

Every time I go to Index I see more and more trees I want to kill or at least prune back. I'm not sure if I'm actually motivated enough to hike around with a chainsaw, but the thought has crossed my mind several times. Removing and pruning would cut back on the dank mossy factor at the base of routes. So what do you think of that? Disclaimer: If you're a tree hugging hippie, I'm really not interested in listening to your crap. When it comes to trees there are two types of folks that suck ass; people who hate trees(consciously or unconsciously) and people who think all living things are sacred

You'll know that's happening when you hear chainsaws and smell soy beans burning.

I will freely admit that I would not vote for Hillary if given the option. Also I have never, and I will never read or buy a book by a politician.

These things take time to build up. If I remember right it took a while for Whitewater to get play in the media, but once it did the media sure went after the Clintons. They didn't jump on Newt pronto either. This post is yet another example of how you are an Angry White Conservative I'm sure your buddy Rush is trying to whip up a frenzy.

How much Mountain Dew do you drink on a regular basis Extreemo? Jib this

You sure can. I hope MtnRanger and Glacierdog among others are safe and doing well. However I would like to see Bush, Cheney, Rumpy, and Asscroft gang raped by the Borax 20 mule team.

I'ma gonna fuck you up

Looks like none of them...chain reaction

And 39 years ago little baby Feck came into the world.