erik

we used to go.....it was fun.... sad thing as i grew up and realized all the leftist political bullshit that they sprayed there it made me sick.....i guess it is very easy to pump emotional partially unfactual inforamtion into a clouded mind!! now i would not go there on a bet....kayaking the lower tummwater canyon sounds more appealing!

always having a pice between both climbers. never simul on terrian near your abiliy. communication is paramount. if one person feels uncomfortable, then stop simuling i cannot think of more right now erik

pabst its what i drink! snoop its who i listen too!

who can say pissing match??? i know i can!!!!

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: once again, shutdown in my quest for pubeclubage :GRR: SOMEONE GET TIM A RAG TO WIPE UP HIS SLOBBERING MESS PLEASE!! [ 07-30-2002, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: erik ]

quote: Originally posted by trask: what the fuck difference does it really make? the important thing is that they are alive. give em' a fuckin' break, i'm sure they're none too happy about the whole deal. just my .02 cents, but what do i know? hear hear trask!!! you know enough to be reasonable when it calls for it!!! most of the time!

here you go off....gleen what info you need from that!! see y'all there! the swiss

i would like to nominate my friend grizzley. he performed like the true alpine wilderness master that he is in the face of a very unfortunate situation. he was stoic and calm and exercised his abilites in a stressful situation. doing this he was able to save our friends life and get him rescued. in another thread there is talk of what makes a person experinced, both of my friends are this and grizzley proved it to all through his actions. i know that he is a person that i can depend on all situations wheter it be climbing or difficlut personal issues. he is strong and reasilant in many aspects of life and is always willing to give himself to help all others!! grizzley is the quinessential partner and best friend. i know in my peer group he is most respected and deservedly so. he does not .com it, but he knows what i and our other friends think of him. he is a hero!

i found a good link.... current conditions

no high horse, just intollerace today...my fault......

listen up gurlz go spray on some other topic....i m about to erase all your impertiant posts....... thanks!

rod, the headlamop deal is an easy one for me.....lighter... well i think the tika is stupid.........if you want light go with the ptec single led on a bungee cord with a toggle....and then have the bigger ptec for other applications..... that way you are more flexiable with your options... i read something about the screw that pivots the ptec getting losse...well after 2 years i am still waiting for that happen...... i have no opinion on tebd lamp..... also all led depending on battery life are pretty equally as bright.....the ptecs have a voltage regulator which allows them to stay consitantly bright over the entire life of the battery..... i do not know who carries them, i got mine straight from the company....

i called lamebone last night and left a message......not a good thing i think.....damn....i think i am going to hide in may cave this weekend..... two friends two incidents... godspeed to all......... [ 07-30-2002, 08:46 AM: Message edited by: erik ]

yeah icegirl i do not think having a random access databse is a good thing. much like what ray said is that sometimes the sources are less then credible or all the facts may have not been complied and displayed in a format in which all can uunderstand. ontop of that each person may get something different about each accident. so to have people comment on it, may just cause the lesson to be lost.... and i think it is rude of you to go "oh i forgot who i was talking to" because you may be suprised at who is the best anbd brightest in the world. accidents in n.a. mtneering is a good source as it has professionals interptating the rescue reports and it allows for the accidents victims to give their say in the incident as well.

hope the best for my friend not me.... i was luckily enough to be enjoying the mountains a few drainages over.......and did not hear the news till later that evevning after waiting a couple hours for their return......

as of right now i can attend, not all night, but i can make it....... just go to the normal place....the swiss, that wat the seattle-lites do not have a problem navagating the ghetto streets of tacoma....

chris what is not 'real' about climbing the w ridge of prussik??? granted the weather was not good and it soundslike you were dissapointed with the route, but man cannot you take anything else from that area....the natural beauty of it alone warrents many hikes back there with nothing but a water bottle and some snacks...... THINK POSITIVE!

we atayed at the apex mine a last summer...we elected stay slep outside the hanta virus testnig cabin....the amount of scat there was unbelieveable....... the hike into casthedral from chewuch is prett mellow with the only real threat is from the elev/. gain leaving the chewuch river up to the mine/cabin....granted our climbing trip was turned into a backpacking trip with climbing gear..... we hiked out in one day........ and mr goodtimes margarita's ruled

gary, i used a rack of them last weekend up in squamish. they seem to work fine. one thing to note is this summer i have pushed myself to make some substantial gains with my ability. number one reason why?! i quite worrying about crap like what cams are better or if my rope is dope!! i now concentrate soley on the climbing....it is a miracle!!! the more and more i think about it all, is that it does not matter which cam you use or own, they all will work. spend your money the way you feel you should. ihave yet to find the weight an issue with camalots. then again i try to spend my worries on other aspects of the climb....like the climb. the pro will come, you will place it wheter it be a 6lbs camalot or a 4oz tech friend. go with what your bank account allows.

i should say i was accross the valley climbing anouther objective. he also has some severe swelling in his brain.

my friend fell from just below the summit block into an east facing gully. my other friend heard him yell "oh shit" twice, heard some trundling and then nothing. he went up to his last spot and could not find him. after several minutes of searching he located him approx 200ft down the gully. upon reaching him, he performed first aid and attempted to stablize him. he then descended the mtn creating his own rappels and ran to the car. the resuce got underway shortly after 530pm, he fell around 130pm. he has not cranial fracturea, only a sever lacerations next to his temporal artery. when the resucers reached him, he was in hypothermia and his bleeding had stopped. he is now at harborview in a coma with brain swelling at most of the bones on side of his body broke. my friend is not sure what exactly caused him to fall, specluation is he either slipped or broke some rock. he was climbing unrpoed to the summit, though he was wearing his helmet at the time. when my friend got back to his house saturday night and told us what happend our worst nightmares came true.

i think i want to start a club called, "the lonely bitter liberals".... T.L.B.L. anyone up to join???

bp, when you were on the flycathr route what gear did you bring? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

bp, i like the boothy placed all over the northwall of the sews.....make me wonder why and why??? cannot direct aid be used to link the tasties??? who knows...have yet to do all the others first, still attempting that mess this summer you know....this weekend, next weekend and the weekend after that....i know your addiciton.... erik

a couple of years ago i got crooked thumb....it was kinda a climbing related thing......though she didn't talk to me for like a week afterwards!!!! sorry ole' boy had too!!!