erik

i-am-a-bone fell free to send me cash in the amount of $10.00 to join to cascade boner climbing club. you will be the only official member and can do as you please. as far as your concerns go for the climbing. it is soley up to you. i don't care how you climb your projects. but they are worthy ones, as i have spent many hours flaling on them, to acheive that oh so important clean ascent. and there is nothing wrong to listening to bob marley any time. sounds as if you have an acceptance problem. or are just that rarified supe dude who transends all that is good, just without knowing. jah oh yeah good luck on your projects as well. remember your #3 stopper and purple tcu respectivly. [This message has been edited by erik (edited 05-30-2001).]

THANKS RETRO, BUT I DONT WANT NO WANNA-HALF-STEP CHICK. ONLY THE REAL THING. I AM AFRAID OF WOMEN WITH MORE HAIR ON THEIR BACK THEM ME. PLUS POPE'S SISTER SEEMS KINDA SCARY.

i think it should read tenzig norgay then ole hillary. i'll drink to the hero and the white dude as well.

PRACTICE MAKES PURRRRFECT! LICK LICK TASTES SOO GOOD. ARE WE DIGRESSING FAST ENOUGH!? EH!

bone. don't forget that the 3-1 does not include any blondes, only pulling by yourself.

he's canadian- you gotta give him a break! eh! they want so bad to be part of the u.s. that they try too hard sometimes. right drul!

i would agree with fred's statment, that all gear will work. but the celebration of false idols is pretty annoying. becky's achievments are great, but it does not change the way or what i climb and that goes for any person out there. i just want to enjoy myself and try to concentrate on what or how someone did something does not matter. i climb with good ethics and that is all that matters to me. everyone has an opinion and is free to share it, but lets get of the hype train! i would recommed a grivel air race and i am a fat boy, too. i just don't plan on boot/axe belaying my pickup, so the overkill on stength and weight shuold be the important decision. buy what you like!

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to put it to rest, yes i did submit i letter to the editor or r&i. if they published it, whatever! i have not seen or heard about it. lambone- what types of rescue technique will you be teaching? i was also wondering if you are an instructor? cause if so i have a question for you. it is good to see that someone is teaching self-reliance in the mountains, cause if we can take care of ourselves the 'MAN' will have no cause too. part of being in the mountain is taking responsilbility for ones own actions, and when the epic strikes it seems no days more then ever we are relying on outside sources to save our asses.

never mind! [This message has been edited by erik (edited 05-23-2001).]

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/ubb/Forum23/HTML/000029.html yawn! once again we cannot read! eh zeno!?

the commercialization of climbing is like anything else growing and tainted. i do not know how one could not see this coming. we live in a capitalistic society and greed is what makes the country grow and function. if we do not have greed we do not have america. so deal with it. though i doubt it could be chaulked under greed. if you called the commercialization greed then i am going to call driving greedy as well. remember when cars were xtreme and new? well shit now most people have two of them. with more horse power then 1st 10 combind. though what is really greedy is the idea that we can keep the wilderness to oursleves there are so many poeple in the world and they all what a piece of the good life. so unless you are imparting good faith and the love of all humnakind then you are greedy. greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedYOUANDME! greedgreedgreedgree greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed greedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreedgreed [This message has been edited by cascadeclimbers (edited 06-20-2001).]

really people! how weak can you be as a human being if you are letting practically anonomyuos postings wreck or even affect your day. there are so many others things to get bent out of shape over. one happens to be democrats, but that is another worthless topic in general. about once a month some yahoo gets on his/hers moral high horse to tell everyone that we need to stop being obnoxious! well girlz this is america and we are all obnoxious. i really doubt anyone that posts spray or puts up a jab towards someone else really gives a shit what anyone thinks or cares. valuable information is traded here, some might think like a rare comoditiy. i bet you all watch tv, you wanna talk about worthless shit. it only takes 3% of your brain to watch tv, and about 16% to make some worthless smart ass comment, so unless you don't watch tv you are just as bad as the next dude, who wants everyone to be friends and only converese in harmonious glee? that would be called assimalation! so watch your tv and watch boscowitz beat some filthy crook up or those 70's kids smoke their doobie, and quite fucking whining. p.s. if you feel like whining after reading this i think costco has tampons on sale.

dru i didn'y know you knew how to clean jugs!? if you want practice i think cpt. caveman has a book you can use. cpt cavman says there are plnety of diagram and color photos work with!

a consideration of the wild country line, the stem length. if have been climbing long you probably notice how many wc cams are fixed. these cams might have a "patented" cam angle offering unparalled strength, but if this bad boy walks even a bit you are screwed! granted you should probably place the cam tight, to alleve this issue. but in a non-perfect world we can't always do it. plus aleins just for some reason seem for superior. later zeno. p.s. no shit talkin here ole boy!

max no i am not. i am mostly everywhere but no where. i sleep in lakewood and tacoma, receive mail in e-burg, sacramento, tacoma and lakewood. truthfully i really dont like the ham. most of the people i encounter there seem to be on some idealistic trustafarian trip that does not include the reality that most of us have to exist in. plus it is always overcast. though one of my best friends does live there so you can catch me there sometimes. peace out dogs!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????? fish the whole range has quite a few gems in it. have fun finding them! by the way why do ask.

fish stick i am giving you approval to hike the snow free road all the way to the base of the ridge. the becky appraoch beta is solid, but do bring you mtn bikes to add that outa control feeling on the ride back down to the car.

went out yesterday after work with my very dear friend. our objective was to have some fun while climbing some trees in the park. i will have to say that i love to climb trees and have many years of experience in the art. i have been climbing trees much longer then rock, probably twice as long. headed over to ft. steilacoom park to climb some of the classics. upon leaving the parking lot i made a the decision that we should head over to the 3 hemlocks located closle to the lake. i have been up these guys several time and thought this would be a good first for trish. nice big limbs with some spectacular stances. i gave the tricia the option to lead up first, though she relinquished to me, citing nervousness and inexperience. i gladly took the chance to show off and scampered up the tree in good form. about 60ft off the deck i called up to her to follow me. with a little difficulty she made the first moves with nervous anticipation, shaky at first but with an underlying hint of excitiment. as she reached my perch, the clouds broke and we caught a glimpse of the olympics. really it can't get much better than that. girls, trees and mountains! after a nice little session high above all, we made the downclimb safe and quick. upon reaching the gorund i was recieved with a cheerful glee and a hug. "i have never been so scared and excited at the same time!" (it's working!) after the first success i was addicted to bring her more fun. and her excitment only pushed me to find a big and better tree. after some simless wondering we came upon a big douglas fir with a nice lumbar stance about 50ft up. without hesitation trish fired right up to the stance bypassing some of the stronger limbs to make her advancement up more graceful and direct. a natural! since the doug fir was tucked away in the forest the views were less then stellar, but anytime you can observe nature while being part of it, it is wonderful. the downclimb of this guy seemed to go a little slower, she forgot her sequences. upon reaching the ground, the excitment was building for the big one. i had the right tree in mind. another spectacular douglas fir squirreled away in the forest. we made the quick approach through a poor example of native underbrush and signs of past logging. to come to the center piece of fort steilacoom. a large healthy 2nd growth doug fir. this tree presents some challenges as the first solid limbs start about 15ft up. the crux is climbing some deep hangin limbs. chimmany skills are a must. after the intial inspection trish backed out, citing that this was her first day. being the compasionate person i am(if we are climbing there is no backing down! bros!) i accepted her thoughts. so off to jaunt through the woods. after a nice little trapse with a few side trips into the underbrush we found ourselves nearing the truck. with an urgancy of a short lived excitment i picked out a medium sized cottonwood. an easy but nice little tree. upon reaching the crowning limbs, the poor tre started to talk under our weight. reverse mantel, reverse mantel and we were back on the ground. tricia's excitment over the day really brought me happiness. i would have to say that these ast few weeks climbing with people who are less experienced has only made me want to climb more. wether it be trees or rocks. the simplicity of movement with out limitations is truly what we are about. the lack of ego or attitiude towards anyhting has reminded me why i climb. bolts no bolts runout or sewn up it is all still climbing and we all share the same passion for it. some people express their feelings in different ways, but are all people. exceptance of the enviroment and all that exist in it, will be the key to enjoying our existance within it. love thy earth and covet all that belongs to it. jah [This message has been edited by erik (edited 05-19-2001).]

crack diva plz email me, asap! and no dru not you! [This message has been edited by erik (edited 05-17-2001).]

dru, thought you lived in a socalist country! why are you even working in the first place? as far as dogs at the crags go, if they are hot and can swap leads, then let them be there. otherwise no candaian would even be allowed to bring their old ladies into the u.s. i saw that you posted something about being searched at the border everytime. my recommendation would to quit rubbing hot dogs all over your mid-section, then maybe those border dogs might not sniff so hard! as far as sisters go i have one for sale. cheap! and no ray you cannot buy here. she wants to be married off to a man. $3.00 and a neutrino biner is all i ask!

i always knew you catholics were nasty. chaulk up one more for rastafarism. big lou, little lou, yew! peace

it is a demo fee project. you not buying one of those passes is your no vote for the demo fee project. go tell them to f$%k themselves. well you probably shouldn't do that, but the deforrest service is not up front or truthful about the whole situation. if you challenge that you should win. you already own the land. it is called double jepoardy, last time i remember we hucked a bunch of dru's relatives tea into the sea for that bullshit. there are many links and conversations about this subject on the site do some searching. power to the people!

hmm, sounds like mt hood and mt st helens have switched locations. i remember side routes on hood being sandy headwall, leuthold and yocum ridge. maybe things have changed since i was last up there. but do bring skis and becareful of the glaciers. low snow fall!

party on garth!

and i like it!