layton

what a heart-felt movie! i watched it with MtnHigh and snuggled up with a dryer warmed blanket, a big sinful bowl of chocolate ice cream, and a big glass (tee-hee) of white/blush wine. ahhhhh....just puurrrrrfect!

what's the Eerie grade?

'cept that 10d sport 2nd pitch is SCARY!!!!!!!!!! yoinks! Wish i was taller.

Mount Hood is snowy

sometimes I say stuff that is nasty on this website, help me, won't you?

oh boy! should this forum be for the desert? colorado? wyoming? the midwest? east coast? this is where the cascadeclimbers.com hostile takeover begins.

although I applaud the attempt to create a spray free website for the PNW, it feel that cascadeclimber.com has gotten so big and contains so much beta and members, that other sites are doomed to failure. plus the sterile clean environment is really boring reading. if you want boring beta, buy a fucking guidebook. I hope one day cascadeclimbers.com will evelope all climbing websites and take down the entire climbing comuntiy to our level. jon! timmay! start buying out the other websites and lets have forums for all over the world!!!

yes, well that's a good date too

don't use the treadmill, use the stairmaster with the weight on. i've done that and it works good. lunges with weights in both hands work good too...or with your pack on. whatever you do, plan on looking and feeling pretty stupid at the gym.

Rad, that's actualy my perfect date climb too. Do the whole tulip, pretty oceanside thing, go climbing, get some peel and eat shrimp from the shrimp shack, hang out and eat shrimps while watching the views, head over to la conner and get some beer and pizzza.

I'm leaving Lance Armstrong...oh yeah.

thanks for the info DAN!!!

will, the inflatable rubber ones with nubs for proprioception should only cost between $10-20. 24hr fittness has stacks of them, so they gotta be cheap. i don't have a source, but you're a smart guy. OR! find any thin flat piece of wood bigger than two of your feet side by side and glue 1/2 of a ball to the bottom if you want the free version. if you're a big guy, duct tape a football to the bottom of a palate. charge children for rides and MAKE money.

get your shots first!!

will, there's a really good book with all sorts of swiss ball exercises. that on top of a pilates book and you're a stabilty guru. toss in a wobble board or inflatible pad or two and you are Sta-blor, lord god of stability.

the most offensive climber is the one having the most fun

yeah, that's kinda hard with a 43 credit load this quarter. and doesn't my t-shirt business count? got my financial aid today. $3,200 until the end of june. hooray! shit, i better sell some t-shirts.

you'd read about my poop if I wrote about it slappy...wait i already did.

looking at the bright side, I did get to hang out with my girlfriend a lot. that was very nice. $7K is about how much i get for living expenses with my student loans plus a little credit card padding during a normal quarter. so if i take the summer off to climb again, i need that so i don't go bankrupt, which i live on the verge of doing every month. Unless anyone has a really great idea (that doesn't involve a full time job) I'm gonna apply for another credit card and get a part time job with a chiro, ortho, or physical therapist in portland or bellingham.

you're right, the climbing gods are petty fuckers.

Sure give it a try, but expect major failure. 1. there are too many little crappy gyms (three total!) everyone would say, we already have 3 gyms. 2.bellingham climbers are the cheapest mo-fo's you will ever meet. they will not buy shit from your gear shop. i'd shop there and go to a cool gym, and so would a handfull of other people. but nobody else would. maybe, maybe in 5 years...?

I sent a copy to my mom so she could see what I've been up to ...she doesn't own a DVD .......but ...gave it to a friend who showed it to her girl scout troop in Chicago. I wish I could've been there for that. Here's a graemlin version of what probably went down:

So I get two weeks off for spring break, but I don't have enough money to go anywhere but around here. Anyway, somehow i wind up putting in around over 30 hours of driving in, ascending over 10,000' of mountain slogging, and getting under 30 goddamn meters of climbing in at a local portland crag. I got snowed out, rained out, and on my last fucking day when I have a chance to at least climb something at smith, I get a really bad cold. After 11 trying weeks of intense school, i get nothing, and now i get 11 more fucking BITTERLY SPENT weeks back in jail...er school, and now it looks like i can't even affort to take the summer off unless someone knows how I can earn $7,000 to cover all of my bills. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you climbing god!

anything good in the book worth doing compared to the last?

torment forbidden traverse isn't on my list! I'd like to know what makes this traverse so special?