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quote: Originally posted by Charlie: Hey! That was me (the other fat dude) on Saber in the tennies! Not Mike A. My bad! Sorry for the confusion. Credit has been given to the proper KTK hardman! Whoa there Charlie, easy for me get confused these daze. I figured that there was only one huge ass kicking stud that tied in with Cavy. How was I to know that there would be more? Have some HC on me

Rope up is over for this year. What a blast! I had a good time meeting everyone. A special thanks to TG for the party favors! The keg was put to good use. Special thanks to Leejam for partnering up with me and keeping my sewing machine legs off the deck. one of the crew with crackbolter after sending the S face of Jello Tower Lets do it again next year!! To everyone that showed, partied and climbed, you

Lighten the load!

No beta here just a PAGE TOP!!!!

$300 for a gadget? No thank you. As Greg points out there IS a certain amt of risk in the hills. I am a cheap bastard, and don't want to take more gear that cost bushels of cash in my climbing pack. Plus, what gives any of us the right to expect a rescue for doing something as reckless as climbing? If we think that rescue is an option are we really climbing? Maybe we are simply making poor choices.

Hey you peak baggers Nice Work! Great job with the climbin' and sprayin' !! Keep it up and Dru will get jealous

Could it be? Why YES! Free Beer and a Page Top!

quote: Originally posted by Juan: Wear your helmet and take pitons. Too true!! Nice to hear from you "Sharp One" where you been?

I did the route in the end of June back in 00. The upper shrund was open and impassable then, we detoured onto rock and made about 75' of rock moves to 5.8 with our crampons on. I would "guess" or expect to find worse conditions at this time of year, but I would also expect stellar ice in the icefall.

Nice Tr (Solar?) Plexus. I need to get back that way.

Sorry to hear bad news. Heal fast Heal well Stefan. Have a

quote: Originally posted by North by Northwest: S-10s and S-10 Blazers suck. So do older Rangers and Bronco IIs (aka Canadian Land Rovers) though too. Bigger simpler and more accessible is the way to go. More power is good too. Unfortunately I owned an S-10. I had it for 10yrs. Engine broke at 135,000 and I bought a short block and put it back together with the right parts (2 years into my ownership) I put another 150,000mi on it before selling it for cash! Besides a few clutches thats all I had to do. In the end I got my moneys worth. I replaced the clutch cable with an old piece of 5.5 spectra cord, it never broke again But it was still always a piece of crap.

Jimmy Paige Top! Oh, and I might even show up too

quote: Originally posted by Fence Sitter: cadaver gap is good if the snow sets up...it is a really nice direct route that doesn't see much action... I agree, I have done it twice, (once in winter, once in spring) If conditions are good and firm, it is a great line to the Ingraham Direct.

Ok, I know I started some thread creep with the water fowl input, So lets hear from you..... Who got off the couch and filled their bag yesterday? Salmon? Upland burd? White tail, Black Tail hell even a Mulie? Who shot sumthin? S

I did some slab climbing with a guy who belayed me using his figure 8. He said that he could pull in slack faster with an 8 and so was a little better for belaying when long falls could occure. I wouldn't know for sure as I didn't fall that day. We were on the Apron, adventure climbing? and I soon got off route. 100ft of gearless climbing later and I didn't think that a figure 8 or a tuber would of made a difference in a fall.

quote: Originally posted by Dean Lowery: Thats some backin'up! A few more like that and you'll no longer be a Lurker I want to hear about the time you yodeled your way through Asguard pass only to find that you were 2 months too early and all the enchantments were under 12 feet of snow. Didn't you harvest a bunch of snaffle to make a oil lamp so you could get back out in the dark? Nice! Ha Ha, Page Top! [ 10-12-2002, 05:28 AM: Message edited by: Smoker ]

Lurker

Oh yes, the lucky fog shot! Ya hear em coming and usually they never show except for that rare time they dont know your there AND your ready for em. BOOM! Yes you do need a permit, as of a few yrs ago it was only available by written request from Olympia. You were required to log the kills over a season and return a form for the Dept of Game.

Ahhhhh....Waterfowl...usually found and hunted on.....the water. I quit hunting a few years back, I tell myself that I'll pick it up again one day but havn't yet. The last trip I made we maxed out on out limits. We both had full bags of snowgeese and Mallard. Sunset was near, meaning the end of the days hunt was close. We just limited on ducks, with out a single Snow. The limit was 3 each at the time which is like 100+ lbs of geese between us. Anyway the tide was goming in and the snows were begining to raft about 100 ft off shore on this mud flat we used to hunt. The dead log on shore became bouyant as the tide came in and we decided to push the log slowly out to meet the mass of birds that were building by the minute. We pushed the log out as they began to drift/set closer to shore. Within about ten minutes we were in the middle of this mass of sqwacking geese. Keeping our eyes down pointed, we comunicated by touch, never saying a word. The air stopped smelling like a salt water bay and the smell of wet dirty fowl filled the air. As I stared down at the water 18 inches below my chest, I could see birds swim within 1 ft of me, oh if I had only had a net instead that day instead of my rusty saltwater shootin iron. Did I have "T" loads chambered? or did I still have the #2 steel I was throwin up at ducks 30min earlier? Turns out it didn't matter, the adrenalin was flowing and I began to shake. My partner gave the sign and we both raised up from a crouched position to what we'd shoot first! Instantly the bay eurupted with the sounds of a raft of aproximatly 2000 geese trying to get air born. The spray from some of their wing tips beating the water moistened my cheeks and stung the eyes. I didn't think, it was all automatic. BOOM!..Boom Boom! three shots rang out, and then my partner was yelling, "No more, no MORE!" At first I didn't comprehend why he had called off the slaughter. I had led and dropped my 2 birds, he had dropped his as well. Then I saw the toughest thing I have ever faced hunting. As I realized what was happening another few birds dropped out of the sky and slapped the bay with the sound of a kid falling and smacking the pavement. Kind of a sickening sound. Around us in an ever widening arc was a trail of dead and wounded birds. As I watched, (the raft well across the bay by now)a few more birds fell from the sky maybe a half mile away. It looked like someone had littered the bay with styrafoam pieces. There wasn't much to do except take our limit from the many laying at our feet and go home. We left easily more than 60 birds that day on the water. I haven't hunted waterfowl since. Thats my tall tale for the day

quote: Originally posted by mattp: ..... How about a rope-up cam, for those who can't make it? The knots been tied for 30 days? and already your getting what? Short Roped!

Damn Chuck, Thats a lot of work. Anyone that try's that hard for a line deserves it. Nice tr. Nice work putting it to rest!

Back in the "day", this route, provided access to the enchantments via Sheild Lake without need for permits. "The man" has since wisened up about access It is possible to climb into the enchantments through a pass off the side of Enchantment peak, coming from the LWP. Some classic 4th class involved

Just for flavor I'll add that from Mountaineer cr TH, turn due east and follow old road bed up to the ridgeline, then make a descending traverse to Coney Lake near the foot of Cannon. We climbed to here on a Fri nite and biv'd many moons ago. We found an old bong (the smokin' kind) in the fire pit. Continue E to Earl lake then South to Shield Lake, around Shield and up/over Prussik pass and Viola! Into the Enchantments If you ever do wander in that way, take the time to visit the Lost World Plateau. [ 10-09-2002, 06:08 PM: Message edited by: Smoker ]

quote: Originally posted by mattp: Is Mrs. Smokeout going to have to return the insurance money? You bring up a good point Should Mrs. Smoker ever need to present evidence of my demise Smoker is insured, enough to meet her needs. For me it is the right choice for those of us with family, that continue to climb.