AlpineK

Huh... thanks I think....

I ski with a bunch of boarders. As a group I would rate them highly. However I do see some boarders sideslipping down slopes. I know skis could do the same type of powder demo job, however I almost never see skiers sideslipping down stuff. Just my observation..... BTW a young punk ass is a young punk ass no matter if they are on skis or a board. I remember being a punk on skis, but nowadays most kids are on snowboards.

Hey Dwayner I was at a pub club in Tacoma and you weren't there so don't flip dude. I would love to drink in Tacoma with you. I would also like to drink with Michelle. I do remember her asking to drink in Ballard next week. How about we drink in Ballard next tues and T town the following week. I promiss... as long as I'm not skiing somewhere. So whats the deal with friday?

last weekend there was ice on the cliffs above CMC. Nothing huge, but you could climb something there.

quote: Originally posted by z: You should see what they call POWDER in Washington. Tit for a tat...and I sort of like the angst around here. Buddy... you should have skied with me today at Crystal..2' in the S Back... Ripp it up Bra!!!

I wasn't being very serious Trask. I lived there and there is good climbing, but PNW kicks COs butt anyday in my book. You should see what they call glaciers there.

quote: Originally posted by trask: I have a pressing Colorado related question. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that climbers from Colorado seem to be always pickin' and snipein' at the PNW climbers. What gives there anyway? They also seem to have a lot more tree sap stuck to their forearms. Am I wrong here? So I lived in CO for 3 years and I quite often have tree sap on my forearms. Am I part of this problem Trask?

You can't miss it just look up as you cross the bridge at bridge creek. As to its steepness I duno 35 maybe pushin 40

I'm no lawyer and Erik may be in the right based on the law, but it seems to me a FS trail through a ski area should imply an easement. Certainly having lived in CO and skied at Eldora I think it might be equally likely that the ski area employee may have just been trying to restrict acess not based on laws but based on intimidation. There are XC trails at Eldora that the ski area maintains. Were you on one of the XC trails Max? Even if this were the case being forced to pay for a downhill ticket would still be totally unfair. If you are right Erik, and if us skiers are to stay away from ski areas that really restricts backcountry skiing. Given that ski areas are on public land and the government indirectly subsidises them through low lease rates I don't see why they shouldn't have to put up with people walking through, "their land." PS Don't get such a chip on your shoulder about us stuck up Seattle types diss'n Tacoma Erik remember you live in the city of Destiny. And it sure doesn't stink as much as it used to.

quote: Originally posted by erik: i think they are called democrats Hey man I mostly vote left

If you visit CC a lot and see something on this site that you think is bullshit stand up and say it. Rodchester you seem to have a lot of pasive agressive friends.

I've met folks who guide 8000 M peaks. The ones I've met are all good climbers with lots of experience. At high altitude you aren't working with much O2 and its well documented that your ability to think and make good decisions goes way down. As a guide you are suppose to keep your client safe and get them to the summit. Thats a lot of resposibility for a person with diminished brain power. On top of that your client's paid you a lot of money to get them to the summit. Like any person paying for a service they expect results. They might say thats not the case, but I think there are some high unspoken expectations. Plus the more people you can get to the summit the beter your business will do in the future. I think that is too much presure to put on one person despite their experience level. Guides do dumb stuff at lower elevations (RMI lunch break below Ingraham ice cliffs in the 80s); lack of O2 just makes it worse. There are lots of things that humans can do but probably shouldn't. I think we can expect more events like on Everest in '96 if guiding big peaks continues. Also its too easy to set up a scam where you get clients to pay your way to an 8000 M peak and then you ditch them on the summit day. [ 01-21-2002: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

quote: Originally posted by Dru: to Rodchester despite his name dropping habits ("DID YOU KNOW CARLOS BUHLER CAME TO MY WEDDING?????") On the subject of who is GREAT again... we got Jim Nelson aka PMS posting here... we got Don Serl posting here... we got Beckey lurking here... Rodchester you still havent told me how come those guys arent GREAT??? I mean they are in 50 Favorite Climbs as being in the top 50 of North American climbers?? wha da fa? you complain about ppl dissing Chris Boskoff in a forum she dont even read but you are harshing on these guys by saying they arent GREAT?? what kind of respect level is that huh? Exactly

Snow where we left the road was over a foot deep.

There is enough snow and the slopes are open so skiing is good down to the creek

we crossed the stream on a log and headed straight up.

R and I skied Cannon Mtn. coulior on saturday. We had good but windy weather. I cut a small slab at the top of the couloir (3"-4" crown) but nothing else. There was some nice powder on the upper half of the descent and some vairiable funkyness on the lower slopes. Overall a good day. Big drops rule!!

Yes Snohomish county... gods country... land of the slack jawed motherfucker.

I think Pope has a very good point. I would like to add the following If I follow Rod. In order to be a ledgend you must be either sponsored by a company and or talked about in a major climbing publication(s). --Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong-- Since most of the climbing media is located in CO, I would guess that they tend to cover CO first and the rest of the country less and less. If you were a great Northwest climber chances are you would have to have a big resume to come to the mags attention. Most people take a while to build up a big tick list of climbs, especially alpine climbs, so you would probably be in your 30s or 40s before you gained widespread recognition. I'm talking about guys like Greg Child, Steve Swenson, or women like Christine Boskoff. Now lets think about who the average poster on CC is: Male, 20 something, in a profession directly or indirectly involving computers. I'm not talking about everybody of course; I'm generalizing about what I see hanging out here or going to pub clubs. It seams to me that the older you are, and the less computer savy you are, the less likley you are to post on the board and thus most people who Rod would consider, "NW greats," aren't likely to post in the first place. I should also say that some of the comments about CB in the slide show thread were unfair, and if CB were reading them I bet she wouldn't be posting. And last I think there already are a bunch of people on this site that have a lot of climbing experience. Maybe not the stuff of ledgend, but enough to give some good advice every once and a while. [ 01-20-2002: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

fuck you you fuckn' dork

quote: Originally posted by Dr.E: Is Heinous a Mazama? Why the scathing reply? If I were a member of one club, I would be careful making fun of the other. Except the WAC of course. I think H might not like lil'dick thus the scathing, but I don't know for sure. I think the main reason the WAC escapes the wrath of many people is that they are a much smaller group; not high profile like the mounties. I made the mistake of volunteering to teach a WAC class one time. I went on a few different field trips and then we went to Mt Erie. I went early to help set up TR anchors. I was just there to help. I didn't have any desire to be the boss, but I soon found out everyone else wanted to be the boss. One person would tell me one thing to do and then while I was doing what they ask someone else would would come up and start yelling at me for doing what I was ask. That became my last WAC adventure. The WAC makes a big production out of their dislike of the mounties, but I think it's just envy. [ 01-18-2002: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

I hear smoking pot is dangerous too huh Scott [ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

quote: Originally posted by panther: AlpineK did I hear you say you wanted to ski Lib ridge? I don't like to spray about the future, but yeah. I've got a few other goals more important than that though.

quote: Originally posted by Dan Larson: I smell a set up ...but I will bite if I can get off work next Tues P.M. We won't beat you too badly

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: I have never climbed any portion of the Tooth - South Face included. Thats something to be proud of!