Dru Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 This is the worst TR ever posted on cascade climbers. com Drove to Cache Creek Realized in Yale I had forgot my bibs - OK I will climb in Carhartts Realized in Cache Creek I had forgot both ropes Fern had a rope - 60X9mm I didnt want to lead Oregon Jacxk, or at Marble, on a single 9mm We went to explore canyons on the Thompson River. Hiked for half an hour Nice canyon but no ice. Drove home. Now I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 I figure you have to build up good Karma to climb long and or interesting routes. If you have a great trip and do a bunch of stuff you want to then you've got to be prepaired for those trips that end up being total bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 yes, i must have developed a karma deficit, since end of january, the suck trip to good trip ratio is like 2:1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric8 Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 i think there are a fair amount of us with shitty ratios this year so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracked Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Eric, you're wrong. If you don't go on any trips, you will never have a bad trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 5 for 6 this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 you forgot the part where my truck ended up in a mechanics ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 and the part where after i dropped you off at the bus station i got a hole in my bumper courtesy of dumb ass chain smoking vietnamese guy backing up at a red light and smacking his trailer hitch into the front of my innocent Subaru . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Dru, I will beat your dumbass TR with my own tomorrow about hiking in the rain, climbing on my bouldering wall and eating Cheesy Puffs!! Then I will a six-pack of Skagit Brown. Sorry about the bumper. Bummer eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrueger Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 At least you have TRs! This weekend has sent my ratio of jk trips:muffy trips spiraling into the toilet. At least I can now consider the piper prepaid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 DOOOD muffy is out sending? noway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse_mason Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Dru, come on you were getting me stoked I was gonna wait for your info on lilloet then head up there tonite. Now Im gonna have to head back to manning, I checked out a scottish tale can you enlighten me on why there is a discrepancie on the number of pitches available? Is it because the lower part has no ice but you can still climb it to the upper ice that would produce 4 pitches or sometimes the whole gash is iced up that would produce 9 ? Oh and by the way next time you forget your ropes dont hesitate to call I woulda drove up and met you guys with gear no problemos. cheers jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 9, 2003 Author Share Posted March 9, 2003 scottish tale - mclane sez 9 pitches but he counted all the approach snow slopes as pitches i heard havent done it myself i would bet Lillooet is super fat right now but only for a day or so. usually when Fraser Canyon has that much ice Lillooet proper is massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 "Is it because the lower part has no ice but you can still climb it to the upper ice that would produce 4 pitches or sometimes the whole gash is iced up that would produce 9 ? " the original CAJ ref says 3-4 pitches . There's a long low angle gully (terrain trap!) then a left option (longer, little easier) and a right option (2? pitches,steepest). If you take the right option you can wander back left to catch the top of the left option. or so I'm told. was there any ice in there at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse_mason Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 I brought my binoculars, and yes it looked as though there was ice. A left option with some ice and a right option that was alittle hidden but looked like it contained some steeper ice leading to the same place as the left option. both lines looked as though they had decent ice. However the rock was fairly devoid of ice lower down and I had a hard time in discerning its steepness from my vantage. Thats why I was wondering if it is 3-4 pitches then maybe the lower rock is easily climbed. I looked at the link dru posted about sqaumish ice and there are two pictures of this flow, the second I beleive is a picture from the top of the route. I'd like to give it a shot, first it needs to stop raining though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 OK here it is as promised the exciting Sunday TR. Names of gumbies have been omitted to protect the innocent and ultra-gumby. Eds Note: Please note the precise AP writing style, my editor would be so pleased. Jim Cour eat your heart out. SEDRO-WOOLLEY — A number of gapers spent the day inside pulling on plastic on Sunday, under the shinning canopy of an off-white, dry-walled ceiling. The day had a slow start as much spray was spewed about which state had better climbing, Utah or Washington. However, after the rock wall was introduced to the St. George-native bolt clipper, the stretching commenced and the slippers were donned. "Now the route is to use every hold marked with an 'S' and follow it in sequence, down to the other side, and then reverse it," said Plexus, the resident gumby. "You can use anything for your feet." After all three members completed the three established routes on the crag dubbed, "The Bouldering Wall in my Bedroom", the beers were cracked open and the serious burn was to begin. A minor mishap occured at the area said Plexus. "Our Utahn guest tried showing off her big-wall skills, opening up a beer with using a Black Diamond carabiner," he said. "The carabiner got stuck and the bottle necked needed to be broken. She said that only Black Diamond biners would work. If I didn't know she was the cop & courts reporter at my work, I would have sworn she was a gear rep. "Everybody came out alright, except for the beer which was given a ceremonious flushing down the kitchen sink." After several hours of burn, the group retreated to turkey melts, potato salad and Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life". "We'll be back to find some more lines on this crag," Plexus said. "There is plenty of potential and the access is wonderful. we just have to stumble out of bed." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Dru said: This is the worst TR ever posted on cascade climbers. com Drove to Cache Creek Realized in Yale I had forgot my bibs - OK I will climb in Carhartts Realized in Cache Creek I had forgot both ropes Fern had a rope - 60X9mm I didnt want to lead Oregon Jacxk, or at Marble, on a single 9mm We went to explore canyons on the Thompson River. Hiked for half an hour Nice canyon but no ice. Drove home. Now I am Ha! Now I don't feel so bad for pocketing Cappelini's keys on the way to do Louise Falls. Atleast we climbed something that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Dru said: DOOOD muffy is out sending? noway! YES I WAS OUT SENDING And I have all the boo boos to prove it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 10, 2003 Author Share Posted March 10, 2003 On a positive note though, I found my Tikka!!! Buried under my tire jack. So I guess neither you, erik, danimal, micro, notgotmoney or jeff stole it after all, neither did lil' do rag from the can-ho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Dru said: On a positive note though, I found my Tikka!!! Buried under my tire jack. So I guess neither you, erik, danimal, micro, notgotmoney or jeff stole it after all, neither did lil' do rag from the can-ho. NO shit! Mystery solved. I could have sworn Old Man Witherspoon did it. And he would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 10, 2003 Author Share Posted March 10, 2003 col. mustard, with the ice axe, in the library..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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