jja

justin why don't you go and see for your fucking self, then you can clue in the rest of the "climbing" community

Amber was the best troll ever .. especially when the evildooer publicly posted all the drooling pm's she got in response.

9 hours ?? .. really ? If that's true that's not bad at all. It took me 12hrs seattle to the upper hyalite parking lot driving as fast as conditions allowed - up to about 85 - with normal stops for gas and such for just a 2 day weekend. So 9 or even 10-11 for banff sounds doable. - off to mapquest ... FROM: Kirkland, WA US TO: Bozeman, MT US Total Distance: 676.99 miles Total Estimated Time: 11 hours, 0 minutes FROM: Kirkland, WA US TO: Banff, AB CA Total Distance: 599.54 miles Total Estimated Time: 15 hours, 40 minutes .. roads in Canada must be smaller / slower.

How does that drive compare to Hyalite? ... Either way it's Lillooet or bust this weekend for me, as I can't leave 'till 9pm on friday and need to be back sunday night.

Mt. Washington in NH has got to be the most bad-ass little 6000' mountain in the world. Great ice climbs to boot The Mount Washington Observatory on the summit holds the world record for highest measured wind speed, as well as the N.H. state record for lowest measured temperature, -47 F. Weather observers (l) have been gathering data at this mountaintop station--which sports concrete walls two feet thick--since 1932. Their instruments often record extreme cold, dense fog, heavy snow and very strong winds all at once. The mountain claims the names of over 125 people who may have survived had they visited on a different day. The world record wind speed measured using a conventional wind instrument stands at 231 mph atop Mt. Washington, N.H., on April 12, 1934.

fine ass lip sync'n psuedo-country pop

huh !?

never tried drunken climbing, but skiing and drinking definitely go well together - instant courage in a bottle. As for the little nasty bugs, a packet of gatorade and a little pill is all I ever use, and I haven't had any problems - but that could just be luck so far.

that's ok, mostly it was the wife thing. That and the weather is going to really suck even up in lil' - warm temps and rain. I think I'm going to scope out the approach on something in 11worth. have fun at the pass. -john ... didn't scare you off with my bad ass skill on plastic did I?

hey cracked I'm just trying to figure out what to do this weekend after like 6 different people bailed on me .. including you maybe I'll just sit at home in my underwear, watch tv and

As I recall they would stand on that single axe in the snow, which of course makes it bomber.

Thanks to everyone who pm'd me. Staying local this weekend is probably the right thing to do: Fraser Canyon: Issued 4.00 PM pst Friday 24 January 2003 Tonight.. Clear periods at first. Periods of rain mixed with wet snow developing overnight. Low zero. Saturday.. Cloudy with showers. Snow level near 600 metres at first rising to 1800 metres during the afternoon. Wind becoming south 40 gusting 60 km/h in the afternoon. High 10. Sunday.. Periods of rain. Low 2. High 9. I think I have fairly firm plans for lil' next weekend, it's gotta get cold some time this winter, right?

I was gonna use my normal user info, but it needed a username with at least 8 characters, which 'jja' ain't got. So I just made new stuff up.

tim, I just posted a link to the nwac site. Why does the submission page ask me for a username, password, and email? what's that got to do with anything?

two potential partners just fell through, is three the lucky number?

The ususal suspects I guess, Rambles and Marble canyon, maybe oregon jack. Unless I run into somebody that tells me something else is in (like in bridge canyon).

I wasn't cutting on you - that's a great little 3,000' workout, especially when you can go during the day when no one's there. I hear you on the descent, I had the great idea of running down it one time with a pack on. It was a ton of fun making great time, but my knees paid the price.

Mazama ridge to reflection lakes.

I was at franklin falls on new years day, the main fall was flowing with some ice on either side (but not enough to climb). There is a rock wall on the right that had a lot of ice weeps on it. If I had a rope I would of tr'd it, looks like it could be a lot of dry tooling fun with even minimal ice. Google'd this pic, so the main falls must freeze up sometime:

Cops sleep on the job?

Well how about some chest-beating - what was the round trip time, and did you go all the way to the top "the haystacks"?

Anybody want to go to Lillooet this weekend? I've got a car and a rack, the only thing is I can't leave until 9pm or so on Friday, I'll drive the car, you can sleep (I sleep at work, so I'll be ok). PM me, -john

I didn't get it from the website - they sent me an email, I'm on their list. You know I patronize the local shops as much as the next guy, In fact I recently paid a lot more than I needed to get a pair of boots, because I wanted to try on a lot of different models. And Jeff at FF spent a lot of time with me, and I didn't mind spending 100 bucks more, because I felt the service was worth it. But why the hell should I not buy ice tools or other stuff that requires no service on line. Capatilism ain't pretty, people get hurt, life sux, get over it.

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