erik

i was just wondering you know.... nothing personal....

quote: Originally posted by verve: To Dr. Jay 725 km . ENOUGH WITH ALL THE HIGH TECH SCIENCE TALK, WHA DOES THIS MEAN...???

quote: Originally posted by chris_w: . It sounds like you can climb 5.7 and above after all the chest pounding I have read he can barley climb 5.7+, he is a total wanker...why do oyu think he asks the same questions twice....sheesh... another QUESTion if it is the imtermediate class, why are they mostly on climb below 5.6???? just wondering....

so does ginsing..... i have new converts to my weedacology studies....more proof that hard climbing and hard drinking can coexist in a state of disconnected bliss......

quote: Originally posted by Retrosaurus: A 4500 ci haul bag could never hold enough malted beverages for summer climbing. And what about the ice? For Christ's sakes get a grip. What are you guys thinking about? wooooorrrrrddddd!!!!!

quote: Originally posted by Bug: For summer climbing I use a 4500 sack for 2. It is tight packing and sacrifices must be made but the nice light weight makes a big difference all around - approach, hauling, yes, sometimes jumaring, decending. It translates to speed vs comfort. I find enough comfort with a light bag, a coat and some food & water. I also have 1/8" insulite pads that I can fold to cover sharp objects. The bigger the bag, the more you can take. wooooorrrrddddd!!!!

quote: Originally posted by specialed: No haul bag no ledge no backpacks short fix simul climb fast fast fast wooooorrddd!!!!!

neri, are you rich??? you spend more time trying to buy gear, and then buying gear, that i have a hard time believing you ever even get to use it?? i mean i know there is always the perfect one, but.........how much gear does one man need?? but who knows, cuz i am weak and fat like borbon.....

doug, i think that i laid out klenke's ideas with my post in the other thread about science and christianity...and believe it or not i am serious about that...... and is it not only counter productive to say after the fact, "hey guys you are wrong, we are right...." what is done is done and dwelling on hindsite only makes your ass look bigger.......cus thats whats behind you...time to look for better ways to save the world..and cliff side ecology is such a small part of the converable world that i would say it is another lost art...just like chivilry and non competitive sports.... seriously though your battle trying to save the cliff side ecology will only make you enemies..... to try and alter north american culture and resource abuse/damage/use is not just an uphill battle it is impossible... i dunno more thoughts

AS FAR AS THE GLUING GOES, I HAVE READ AND HEARD THAT THE MATERIAL THAT the adhesive bonds will fail before the actual bonding.... this is the same technology used in aircract and many many many composite setups.....carbon fiber bikes are an excellent example of that.....and those things take some major abuse..... and i believe that the head on the raven is glued, but i dunno i have that p.o.s. that will kill me... and like dps said goretex in boots is an absolute joke..... thankz again scotteryx to alert me to another hazard in the mountains.....scottertyx are oyu part of the green party?? you and ralph sure can find the evil in the world......... current sketchiness update: mealpinekgrivel air tech racing [ 04-10-2002: Message edited by: erik ]

climbing courtesy only extends so far.....when it comes to long routes, the safest thing to do is get it done as fast as possible. having beginners or slower parties holding you back is a wrong on their part. i say wait till there as a safe situation possible and pass them, wait till they get to europe or most other lcimbing places in the world....

is it not true that 99% of all species that have inhabited the earth are now extinct?? i dunno?? and is not also selfish of humankind to think that it is our job to decied how, when, why and where all current species are controlled.... is it possible that the passing of one specie could possible open the door way for a new one?? and what about diseases and other viruses?? i think according to modern science we all started out as some pile of goo somewhere too...and now we are erradicating the possible future inhabitants of the planet, in a selfish mission to presevere ourselves..... i really think christain tainted science is very subjective and is used mostly now to sell certain ideas, laws and busniess practices..... just some more thoughts!??

I GUESS i should mention alllll the ticks...i mean i think the tick mother ship crashed up thar in those hills and waves of them just walk down the hill to suck the blood...the blood...the blood.... o the horror...... think ticks think ticks think ticks!!!!!!!!!!

quote: Originally posted by sketchfest: Skull Hollow? Only ever camped at Grasslands and the Bivy. I might have to give it a try. Anybody know why we have to cook in the p-lot, seems like fire danger is pretty low right now. SAME PLACE IS SKULL HOLLOW AND THE GRASSLANDS..... FIGURE IF THEY JUST MAKE A SWEEPING NO COOKING ZONE, THEN THE ISSUE OF ENFORCEMENT DROPS TO MINIMAL......DEAL WITH IT.... THEN AGAIN I THINK THE LAST TWO MAJOR FIRES WERE SET BY THE man HIMSELF......... just like the only people who ever mess with raptors are the biologists.....but us climbers get blamed for messing with them>>??!! i dont get that....then again those biologists are specially trained to mess with animals and distrub they're habitat........for the sake of sch-ence.......

actually stefan it does not affect the access to garfield...... as for chimmeny it does, but that is a brutal approach anyways...much nicer to come in from the rachel lks area........ and dont frogot big snow and all the stuff in many wayz this is bad, buti think in the end it is the a good decision and i am notifying the tool that i agree... we should be less selfish about the mountains and let them be or atleast give them a chance to relax a bit too..... and just think now to bring your drill up there to rap bolt those alpine faces will be soo much more difficult...

let me rephrase my original comment.... would the route not be more desireable if it were to have less snow or maybe even more consolidated or even better something with lotsa ice??? i personally believe so, as that to me is the desireable portion or conditions of the climb that i seek for.... good work guys on the early ascents.......

quote: Originally posted by crazyjz: AlpineK and I did the Inferno Route in September of one year. It was a great route, and I have no idea where all this scree was. We thought the approach was casual. isnt that on sews and not the kanjas???

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: When were you at Smith? I was on Koala Rock last Sunday (3/31). yeah i was out there then, but i think we were on koala on sat and then else wheres on sunday...though over there and not over there....

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: Erik, so insulting but that is ok by me. I did and now you have not. Hehhehe hugs ray......

quote: Originally posted by jon: As admin of this board I am really pissed off. What the hell just went on here? I was gone for 8 hours and people are being all nice and shit. This is not freakin martha stewart here kiddies! Listen everyone, if you want to be nice, then go to summitpost.com, not here. This is an incredibly uninformative website for people of all spray skill levels, and I will not allow this crap to go on here. That is all for now. jon sjut up and go to hell, and i am renegging your stock options and kitten privalges from www.jonsdirtykittenwebpageandgoatemporium.org stupid webpage owners think they have got it all figured out....shit anyone need beta??

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: Gotta work on that tan whitey hehhe i gotta look good for all pic in utah.....we see how easy that triple dealy bob is soon enough..... when it is in tacoma conditions....thin and icy..... much like you spine.... [ 04-09-2002: Message edited by: erik ]

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: Erik you are couch potatoeing the route conditions hehehe. Maybe if you got into the peak and climbed both or one route I would not give you so much shit but you didn't even walk in. [ 04-09-2002: Message edited by: rayborbon ] i know i was in smith working on my tan......

NOT TO take away from anyone, but dont you all think it is still early to be climbing an ice route when it is all snow?????? or mostly snow??? semi steep snow is much easier to climb then ice..... sounds like colin and wayne found the goods out on the n face....... just a thought feel free to hate on me when ready.....

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Bringing it all home – Pictures I have seen of Index (eg old Beckey guide, Index Museum) show much less plant life on the cliffs. If you look at the new Squamish guide there is a an old picture I think from the 20s of the Chief. The lack of trees and plants on the cliff compared to the present is remarkable. PP YO PETE DONT ferget that index was being quarried for a bit of time...so when da man be choppin da granite da trees got chopped too....alot of the granite there (lower wall) has only be exposed for a couple decades.... maybe a good comparision would be upper town wall (natural??) to the lower town wall(quarried)..... what do you guys think....

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000055he already done that one this winter...... think bigger and sicker and longer and harder....