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go back to stalking attractive women...

Go read it again. When setting up a top rope it is important to make sure the the locking carabiner(s) the rope is doubled through is actually attached to the anchor.

I was with Bob on Sunday and I refused to have anything to do with White Blotter. He did a fine job of hiding his disappointment, and seemed fairly content to stick to plain ole' unsandbagged WI5.

"PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS WITH TOTALS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CASCADES. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL RISE TO AROUND 9000 FEET BY TUESDAY." Seriously Fucked

I once made a double bivi sack out of a cheap roll of clear plastic sheeting and a roll of duct tape. It looked like the worlds largest sandwich bag. Cost ~ $5 Weight < 1 lb. We spent one night in it, during a continous light drizel, on the Grandstand of the Grand Teton. Spongy in there to say the least! Oh the memories....

JayB has confused Sloan Peak with White Chuck Mountain. Or maybe he's trying to confuse you. Regardless he's describing the West Coulior route (II 5.7) which might also be a decent winters outing.

So holy s!#t, two years ago these images were posted. Did anyone ever get on this stuff? It looks sweet! Pray for a good freeze-thaw cycle later this winter.... Here are the orginal posts. Phils Original Post with Photos Crackbolters lil bitchfest

+5 degrees Celsius in Hope today. It's gonna fall down in hurry, better get going Drew!

There is actually a book called "EPICS: Stories of Survival from the worlds highest peaks" It's quite good, and for $12 is cheaper than a single copy of Alpinist and has about 20 times the content. Amazon Link

I'll chime in. I've only read one of their news letters but it is very ANTI-ACCESS for everyone. If I remember correctly the entire article was about flood damage to the Mtn Loop Highway and how "we" need to make sure it doesn't get fixed. There was an article by Harvey Manning (sp?) that pretty much bashed everyone who hiked faster than he did, rode a bike, climbed etc. Came across as a real bitter, crusty toad. My take on it all was... NCCC is not the recreationists ally!

How long before Layton stops bitching about not being in a relationship and starts bitching about how the relationship is cutting into his climb time?

Looks like another great moderate! I predict crowding next weekend...... Climbed Mousetrap yesterday. 7 pitch WI 3+. Fun, asthetic climbing, the last steep pitch is a beauty. Lots of traffic in the last week and sounds like it will be good to go for another week still. We couldn't figure out where the walk-off was so we rapped the route via v-threads. Hope is highly worth a visit right now if you haven't been.

Are there any good BC websites for road conditions? I-5 through Bellingham was slow and icy. Supposedly it's a lot worse further north in the county. Semis jack-knifed, cars in the ditch etc.

Re-edited with pics. There was NO snow on the first 2.5 miles of road to the first junction. Then very little increasing to maybe 6" at Daily Prairie. That is all changing right now as we have 4" of snow outside my window here in Bellingham.

That blows. The new owner is "a new company owned by lenders that hold some $500 million of Crown Pacific's debt." A group that just wants their money back. Wonder how they'll manage the land

The outflow for Lost Lake is supposedly a sweet WI3/4!

Here's something from a NOAA special weather statement thats in more layman terms. Next week sounds chilly. 3...EARLY NEXT WEEK A SECOND FRONT WITH AN EVEN COLDER AIR MASS WILL BE POISED ALONG THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON BORDER. EXTENDED GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THIS FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHWARD ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN WASHINGTON BY TUESDAY MORNING. IF THE CURRENT GUIDANCE IS CORRECT...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY PLUMMET WELL BELOW FREEZING BY TUESDAY. THE COLD AIR MASS COULD SETTLE OVER THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS OUT...SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS AS THESE EVENTS UNFOLD.

Yes that sounds about right, thankfully, frequent conversations with Larry made most of it pass in a not to unpleasant haze.

Climb: North Twin Sister-South Rib Date of Climb: 1/5/2005 Trip Report: I would love to know the secret formula that is required for genuine alpine water ice to form. Evidently cold temps and clear skies in the January are not it! On Tuesday night my buddy Allen and I drove up the Middle Fork of the Nooksack River to the gated bridge that provides access to the Twin Sisters. Started hiking at 3:30 AM finally reaching the basin between the North and South Twin about 6 hours later. The snowpack is absymal, no more than 2' and quickly rotting out as it slowly turns to vapor in these cool conditions. The conditions on the South Twin appeared to be powder snow on rock so we instead climbed a route on the south face of the North Twin Sister. The south face is maybe 1500' high and fairly broad, it's only major feature being a deep snow gully on its east side. We climbed the rib bordering the west side of the snow gully. The rib was a mix of 3rd, 4th and low 5th class rock with a liberal covering of snow. The rock in the Twin Sisters is awesome for easy technical climbing. We wore crampons most of time and found the climbing to be a lot of fun. It was warm in the sun and the views of the South Twin were great. Summited around 2:30 and descended the north face. More snow on the north side but again the snowpack is essentially turning into 3' of hoar frost. We epiced in this unconsolidated mess until we reached the logging roads then suffered the 3 hour footsore walk back to the car. Great views and nice climbing but the approach to that area has become long and tiresome. Better conditions for ice might be found in late winter and early spring Gear Notes: We carried too much shite, a small rock rack, poons and one axe would suffice. Approach Notes: A long, long hike on logging roads

Where is it???

cause thats with a dude!!

You did... ...but can't accept it. so you're actually a ghost... . thats why... ....all those ladies.... always ignore you!

I don't care what party you belong to, being a real estate agent, should automatically disqualify you from running for public office. (sorry Dave ) Dino Rossi ... suck an egg

Apparently Sam Reed has been ruffling the feathers of the Republican establishment in this state for sometime now. At the same time he's gotten good reviews from people who know more about this stuff than I do. As a result he's the only Republican I actually voted for in the last election. Seem like he's a politician with a disdain for politicing. A good man in general, hope he stays active in state poliyics.