erik

another classic! the brass monkey: one forty oz. of the bold gold ole' english! no ice or light plz..... drink er' the top of the label. true conasurrier will race their bros! for the quick buzz. next take cold orange juice(not from concentrate!) and fill er' up. now you have a true thugz drink. a couple notez. don't used calcium added oj as it does something funny to the drink. more like it tastes nasty. another tasty one, that most of you won't like is.... the tacoma (this one is dedicated to aidian) first take a martini glass (a sign of a classy drunk) fill her up to about half was with red wine. now put equal part spiced rum in it and half an ice cube, it has to be half. now you have a tacoma. kinda nasty, but in that strange way kinda good! you be the judge. quite the story behind this one! but you will all have to buy my book to get the details. out of print currently but looking for a publisher! [This message has been edited by erik (edited 05-01-2001).]

h.g.a.s. i like the fact that he never gives route names or anything like that. for someones climbing resume' it seems kinda hollow. i guess he can just join the club for all of us that have made the similar accomplishments or felt big about our first aid solo of city park. and dan, when the first part of godzilla is wet it is scary. i would do the same for anyone who wants the beta, i just completed the second and third ascent of yourmomdirect on the middle pillar of hot air spire, located in the one man ego master range. cheers

i will give team harsh tokes some props, truthfully for anyone out there maintaining a climbing website, you need to follow buddies example. i see enough pics of dudes climbing, lets get some more ladies pics out there!! as far as beer drinking goes, bring it on. i will have to say that ray is going to be the honorary drinking commisioneer of any group. cheers for ray!

what else i am going to do? work fulltime! (yuck!!!!!)

adian, i am tacoma. i live in tacoma, i work in tacoma and i love tacoma. iw ould say the people down here for the most part are realistic and very hard working. i do not appricate when people talk shit about it. email me if you want to go climbing. erik

rod, you are so old skool i love it! then again gps's = crutch

once again vantage does not disapoint- the tool and thieves working against climbers. harsh dude. we need to get vigilatante or something. remember our fess go to improve vantage. those overfilled and knocked over shit buckets are great! you notice they only enforce fee payment and not the real issue of thrivery and vandalism. we are the criminals obviously. sounds like time to write some land managers.

does she have the family reciepe for the family moonshine. i don't have money for a massage, but i could trade some services dru, you even been to chilli wack......the family trees grow there with no branches then again abbotsford looks pretty good. so canada is nullified. for now.

tim i can't believe you can even ask a question like that! i really think this category is going to be needed to moved to spray soon. i can't wait!

so scott are you going to divulge the location of canis crag? i imagine that it is in the vicinity of darrington.

so i was out in the lab the other nite screwing around with hauling and rappeling and trying to generate different fall forces with different anchors and knots. pretty fun stuff. the real question is with the munter. i know that it is a mutli directional belay knot. and you can single rope rap with it in certain situations. though the thing that i wondered most about is, can you do a safe double rope rappell? please don't tell me that i should learn the biner brake any of that stuff(cause i already know it!) i plan on never doing this in the field, but personal knowledge and fucking shit up is always fun. i only have a limited distance to rap. so the testing is limited. plus i don't want any system to fail above 15ft. we screwed around with ice screws & spectere this winter. sketchy! i did generate a fair amount of heat so i was wondering the possibilites of melting the rope. with limited success i used two and three locking biners' to attempt to dissapte the heat. all i did with that was burn my self three times. if you have any info let me know. plus i am always looking for funny stuff so i will allow ridiculous posts and spray to flow freely. in second note does anyone else like to do this stuff?

if the grand wall called you then you should have asked it what the weather was going to be like. probably similar to washington. everytime i go there i just go and worry about the weather never.

http://www.ifbt.ntnu.no/~johank/rockclimb.mpg a bunch of sar guys- i will be practicing self rescue this weekend.

jon, i would wait until bd unleashes their new crampons. these things are killer, built like a standard crampon but they vertical orianted front points. they are called the bionics. and should be priced right around the competition. if you want we have a pair of makos for sale real cheap and they are in good condition. i have the g12 and think of them as okay...i mean when you are walking on snow what do you really need. make sure the crampon will fit your boot, that is about the most important thing.....

i think charlie was meaning homey's and that is why he can never get anyone to go with him. cause the chicks in e-burg are scandalous and don't mind a little cop feeling!? charlie is vp sill alive- i heard that he was abducted by aliens.

NO, MOBILES The Bush administration yesterday let stand a rule approved by former President Clinton to ban snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, but it said that it hoped to craft a compromise in the near future to amend the rule and allow some snowmobile use to continue. The rule, finalized on Clinton's last day in office, outlaws recreational snowmobiles in the parks by the winter of 2003-04. To the dismay of enviros, attorneys working for Interior Secretary Gale Norton are trying to reach a settlement with snowmobile users, manufacturers, and others who have sued over the ban. The U.S. EPA has found that snowmobiles cause "significant environmental and human health impacts." straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Deborah Schoch, 24 Apr 2001 <http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environ/20010424/t000034604.html> straight to the source: Billings Gazette, Associated Press, 22 Apr 2001 <http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=wyoming&display=cont ent/wyoming/0snowmobiles.inc> YEAH!

don't have the khamsin, though i do have the nozone which is made from similar rip stop nylon. after a little less then a year of fair use. i have several holes in the pack from abrasion. the ripstop has done its job and not ripped anymore. i believe that the khamsin's are more of technical hiking pack where abrasion shouldn't be as a big a problem. lightweight fabrics equal lightwieght use. a note the nozone fabric is double layered so might be a little stronger. where as the the khamsin is not. these packs are great though i highly doubt that the pack will last the summer without extensive repairs. either way spend YOUR money the way YOU see fit.

the sign is a memorial to a guy who died or something. it has been years since i have been out there but it is a memorial. those cliffs are mossy as shit too. i hope you had fun.

pretty hard for 10c

chcuk i thought that midway direct direct was the one with bolts 5.9 and then miday direct was naturaly protected. when i did it ac ouplw weeks ago i felt the climbing and protection was all there even without the bolt(s). fun route though eh?!

http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/msg00828.html here is the unfortunate official report for the recovery of one of the missing climbers on Baker.

simuli climibing is a valuable tool. i try to practice simuli climbing with my standard partners on most routes 5.8 and below. and sometimes harder than that. i agree that the less experienced climber should always lead as a fall would result in some serious consequences. though a little tip that might save you is to use tiblocs on pieces that protect crux moves. it allows for a micro belay and you can still keep moving. soloing i can climb in givlers in about 10 minutes while simuli i can do it in about 15, depending if you want to fiddle with gear. i have seen parties take forever on this nice little climb. simuli climbing saves some serious time is my point. arches in yose can be climbed in just over an hour with competent teams . dragontail is another one that we climbed simul and flew up the poor thing. (plus i had to be at work a couple hours later in tacoma) but climbiing with running belays should only be undertaken by experienced and confiedent climbers as the chance for mistakes is too great. i never simul unless it is wihthin the brohood. climb safe and never take unknown risks. $.03 have fun this weekend cause i am going too!

blakely, in the late 70's and early 80's in the valley epoxys and other adhesives were tried, so that "clean" climbing over blank faces could happen. mixed results and a stoners attention span killed it off. this is evident on the cololmbia boulder(the one with midnight lightning on it) so sarcasm is not at all called for(on this occasion). mitch is right, we can do all sorts of crazy techno things, though it comes down to money and time and money....... it has been said over and over and over if you can't do it ground up you can't do it. and agian i request that the other side shed light on their side of the story....so we may all make a more informed discussion....

sheeezz....bro a smokescreen...you better becareful with threats like that you are going to get every crazy/lazy american chargin the borders..... if you canajuns fly like you drive we are in trouble...and if i remember right canada doesn't export potatoes....(watch out idaho!!foreshadowing!?) i would also try to kill myself i if lived in a socialist country.....long live capitalism!!!!!

there are reports of a small american strike force making a move on the canadian front of squish... mothers...fathers....all american wish these brave young men luck as they venture into the canadian zone. mission log advanced kayking scouts went up earlier this week and checked out some crazy canadain creeks....these creeks seem similar to the steep kayaking creeks in washington...though the natives seemed friendlier....except for the ones with fishing poles. the granite was dry with a light covering of patina. ground forces will be moved in soon to over take the splitter cracks and maybe even lower some grades. task force 69 out......................