Formaldehead Posted October 6, 2003 Author Posted October 6, 2003 Rain==>Winter==>Snow==>Ice==>Struggling to place an ice screw Quote
cracked Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Muffy, buy some skis and start dancing. Quote
murraysovereign Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 cracked said: ...buy some skis and start dancing. Hear, hear! Summer's fun, but I LOVE ski season - bring it on!! Quote
Dru Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 skiing is an acceptable pastime only when climbing is climactically off line Quote
sk Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Dru said: skiing is an acceptable pastime only when climbing is climactically off line RIGHT ON DRU Quote
iain Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Dru said: skiing is an acceptable pastime only when climbing is climactically off line spoken like a true non-skier Quote
Dru Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 skiing is to climbing what nutmeg is to mushrooms Quote
Dru Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 come up with a better one, ExtremoMtnFlash! LOL! Quote
Fejas Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 yeah yeah suckars!!! Jib on fools... Ha HA Ha.... Quote
iain Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 they are as ying is to yang, one cannot exist w/o the other Quote
ryland_moore Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Dru, how do you approach and descend from your ice? Oh, I get it, you go climbing with some partners, get flown in by helicopter, telling your partners that it is dangerous, then while belaying them on a climb, make one get "accidentally hurt while yarding up the rope as your partner is swinging his tools, breaks his nose, and whala! An accident! "Thank god we didn't ski in and rented that chopper!!!! Coulda been an epic!" stated Dru. Quote
Dru Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 ryland_moore said: Dru, how do you approach and descend from your ice? Oh, I get it, you go climbing with some partners, get flown in by helicopter, telling your partners that it is dangerous, then while belaying them on a climb, make one get "accidentally hurt while yarding up the rope as your partner is swinging his tools, breaks his nose, and whala! An accident! "Thank god we didn't ski in and rented that chopper!!!! Coulda been an epic!" stated Dru. i admit to smashing cappelini's nose but i dont think we needed to chopper or ski in to weeping wall... good old packed trails in the Rockies made by hundreds of eager ice lemmings... anyways it is usually more efficient and faster to snowshoe in to ice climbs than to ski in skiiing is for jibbing and picking up snow bunnies not a proper tool for approaches...if its skiiable terrain you could snowmobile it anyways and save time for climbing Quote
ryland_moore Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 Since I dispise snowmobilers and think slednecks are no better off than ATVers or jetskiers on snow, you will never find me in a pristine mountain environment riding a snowmobile. Those folks can continue to high mark and clean up the gene pool so the average IQ will increase. I am faster on skins than snowshoes unless in a heavily treed forest and I descend faster than a guy on snowshoes meaning I can leave later (hence, climb longer) to get back to the car. Just pulling your chain, Dru. Quote
lI1|1! Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 ryland- cut the crap. skiing is for skiing more than skiing is for approaches. jib and be happy LOL. Quote
cracked Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 ryland_moore said: Since I dispise snowmobilers and think slednecks are no better off than ATVers or jetskiers on snow, you will never find me in a pristine mountain environment riding a snowmobile. Those folks can continue to high mark and clean up the gene pool so the average IQ will increase. I am faster on skins than snowshoes unless in a heavily treed forest and I descend faster than a guy on snowshoes meaning I can leave later (hence, climb longer) to get back to the car. Just pulling your chain, Dru. They should send more bilers up on Baker in the winter...crevasses eat them for breakfast. Quote
ryland_moore Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 lI1|1! said: ryland- cut the crap. skiing is for skiing more than skiing is for approaches. jib and be happy LOL. Skiing is both for me. If I want nice groomers and snow bunnies, that is where I go. If I have a long approach or winter/spring ascent up the volcanoes, I would take skis over snowshoes anyday. I am not up there to ski, I am up there to climb, just hate long slogs back to the TH or parking lot that is all. Obviously, you do not ski and wish you knew how. Quote
Dru Posted October 6, 2003 Posted October 6, 2003 pristine mountain environments are for alpinism; ice climbing is just a form of cragging, don't kid yourself. Quote
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