Winter

Pentravate - Made up word describing liberal communist that houses A-rabs and funds subversive groups working to overthrow the government (ie the Sierra Club)

Bush wants to cut in Icicle Creek Canyon. The National Forest policy will have an impact on our favorite places. Steep as a cow's face?

Who cares? You using the guide service on Rainier a lot?

That's a sweet vid. Did you guys make it all the way up the saddle and how long did it take?

Can't hang this weekend. We should try to put it together over the next couple of weeks.

Winters pad? Works for me. We already have to redo the hardwoods after I hurled on 'em a few weeks back. But I think shred was gonna' host. Perhaps a slide show is in order as well?

So a bunch of us stayed in a Forest Service cabin over NYE and got in a day of kick ass powder skiing at Anthony Lakes in the Elkhorn Mountains. Yahoo! That shit rocked. Hung out with Dan, some guy new to LaGrande and got all kinds of sweet tracks. The backcountry conditions pretty much sucked with a super high snow line and crappy snow. Didn't get into the backcountry after the dump. If anyone's been in the backcountry near there please drop me a line. The central couloir on Gunsight looked scary as hell, and the rest of it looked fantastic. That place is a hidden gem run by a family committed to a responsible ethic.

X-Mas rules: - Garmin GPs unit - something like 6 0z w/o batteries - Red alien - $$$ from mom for gear of choice - let the shopping begin

Candians are losers but this rules!

stupid knuckledraggers.

I just heard third hand that the conditions still suck. Should be better in a couple weeks when they have a base. Meadows sucks.

Bahh. Sprayer of the year but to weak to show his face at the pub club (as was iain). He continues to hide behind his monitor.

holy shit I've been demoted.

Soemone was watching TV last night ... as was I trying to shake off this weird fever. Must be small pox.

You only have one star ... loser!

I thought we were meeting on Wed. at the horse's tit. 8pm? I'm runnin' a temp of 100+ so maybe only three pints.

8 hours in the office writing a brief. Freakin forest service.

I am at work kililng time, so I figured I would post this quote I just read: "Other useful, though seldom indispensible, articles of equipment are crampons, or climbing irons. These consist of iron or steel frames, with projecting spikes, that are fastened to the sole of the shoe and permit the wearer to gain a purchase on ice or hard snow which would be impossible in ordinary nailed boots. On long uphill trudges of not too steep gradient crampons can take the place of step cutting, but on extremely steep slopes they serve merely as an additional safeguard against slipping. Their chief disadvantage is that they are heavy and cumbersome to carry when not in use." James Ramsey Ullman, High Conquest . This is from 1941 ... shortly after Ome Daiber pioneered Libery Ridge. Unbelievable what these guys did back in the day - no screws, shitty crampons, wool clothes (no cell phones). How much would that suck to get to the crux of route, have to take off your crampons and start cutting steps with no belay? Here's to the old-timers.

discussions about lawyers are WAY more boring than political thread. come on people - its snowing.

Ah sweet ... can you attach a gas mask to it?

Uhh ... if you're refering to my girlfriend, keep you're lipstick covered hands off of her you pervert. If you're referring to the "hot tottie" then I think we can get your wife sufficiently blitzed that she won't know what's going on.

It ain't the ewoks, its the wookies. Check out the wookies.

Indeed. I think we all need some deep, powdery snow real soon or else this political nonsense is going to take over this board that I thought was dedicated to climbing ... and partyin'.

Yeah that's a classic story, but penalty slack?! I vote for the Horse Brass. Big tables ... lots of booze. But you'll come home smelling like an ash tray.