Squid

A nice compromise if you're not willing to 'go commando' like Mattp is to pick up a non-goretex (goretex is a racket, a cultural myth waiting to be exploded) bivy sack like the BD Winter Bivy. These things breathe very well, yet do a great job shedding water. They're also much lighter than Goretex. Ever since I got mine about two years ago, my sad Goretex bivy has been collecting dust in the basement.

I've used the 8.1 Ice Lines and loved them, but I've also seen their single ropes get trashed in a very short period of time. If you do a lot of sport climbing, or intend to regularly take whippers, I'd stay away from Beal because their durability is lousy.

My pants are very multifunctional. PM me to find out how!

Thanks, old bean. Don't know what I'd do without those fond memories of transcribing amphoras.

No more guide book recommendations! They're all I've read for too long- time to get out and remember what life is like in the subalpine. BTW- AlpineFox- I just picked up The Island Within and enjoying it so far.

Greg, I see you've been studying the Bush guide to winning friends and influencing people. Now's the part where you run over to Gowan's flat and smack him with a stick.

Thanks, Muffy! Let's not drift off target. Focus on the debauchery, kids.

you promised not to talk about my bark....

Well, hell, we should just grab a keg, the NEW UW BUILDERING GUIDE and climb by headlamp and klieg lights until the sirens come.

I was browsing the library recently and absolutely nothing looked interesting. I've gone and read every book with pictures in it, now it's time to step up and start reading those books with hard covers and no pictures. I'm taking all recommendations- fiction, nonfiction, Chomsksy to bodice-ripper. What are you guys reading these days? (aside from spray)

Makes me kind of misty-eyed. It's just like Ole Yeller.

They're sending you to banned kamp

Dead on, Greg. Kinda sounds like a quote from "Way of the Rock Warrior"

The Ice Lines are sweet. They inspire me to climb REALLY hard, cuz I know they'll blow if I fall

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I hear I have this effect on people.

Silly- I'll shave before Pub Club

Way to go, Mark!

Eat the plastic, just don't bite the rope!

That's the funniest thing. I generally don't bite the rope (see irrational fear, above) AND people far away claim they heard my high-pitched shriek of fear as I plummeted. Others claim they heard me yell 'take' (not likely- this wasn't a sport route). I have no idea what happened. One minute I was shitting bricks trying to jam the wrong cam into the crack, the next I was hanging in the harness, spitting blood.

Poke fun- that's why I'm posting. I figure if I stand up and take my spray like a man, it'll serve as a reminder to some poor sucker in the future. I believe my role in this life is to serve as a warning to others.

Silly me- I chose the cheap dental plan. 50% coverage for extracting the remains of the teeth, 50% coverage for the falsies. No more No more On the other bright side: I now get to claim that my liquid diet has a valid medical reason.

While in the midst of enoying a beautiful weekend down at Smith with friends, I took a whipper with unfortunate consequences. When clipping, I rarely bite the rope (as some do) because a deep and morbid fear of falling and having the teeth ripped from my head. Oddly enough, this weekend I bit the rope, I fell, and the teeth were ripped from my head. Just got back from the dentist- looking at a couple sessions of oral surgery in the near future. The real bummer (aside from the humiliation of falling on an easy route, the lameness of ending a beautiful day early, etc.) is that this is not covered by my dental plan. The money I'd been saving to go to Europe will now be invested in a set of false chompers. Sucks to be me today.