who signs registers anyway?

[j_b]

i like the idea of preserving old summit registers for the historical perspective they offer on the evolution of our sports in the Cascades. But, what is the purpose of summit registers nowadays?

[sobo]

 

...unless, of course, you did something like this, which is humorous, and thereby acceptable.

[catbirdseat]

But, what is the purpose of summit registers nowadays?

Once a summit is visited frequently the register's function is purely for amusement. I see nothing wrong in that.

[iain]

you could fry up some good eggs and stuff on that cast iron mazama model.

[olyclimber]

They are useful in case you can't remember if you climbed a peak before. Just check the register, and if your name is there....well...you probably climbed it before. Its sort of like scratching your name in the bathroom stall.

[sobo]

iain, are those cast iron or cast aluminum? They don't seem to be rusted at all... but still heavy as shit.

[iain]

the best are the guys who carve 420 into the actual toilet seat. dedication!

[iain]

iain, are those cast iron or cast aluminum? They don't seem to be rusted at all... but still heavy as shit.

 

I'm not sure. I just assumed cast iron frying pan material knowing those burly early folks. I know someone was going around tossing them off of summits in the central OR cascades back in the 70's/80's. I think only the Mt. Jefferson one remains. I seem to remember one on Stuart too, and I'm sure lots of other summits in WA still.

[sobo]

The Goat Rocks area is full-o-'em.

[Macson]

But, what is the purpose of summit registers nowadays?

 

Alibi

[Ursa_Eagle]

A summit register entry on Mt. Washington was what prompted me to climb the SE Spur... it was a great route!

[Thinker]

But, what is the purpose of summit registers nowadays?

 

They give Howwitt da Liar something to obsess about, and some of the cryptic messages contained in the registers provide him fodder for endless hours of speculation and accusation.

[j_b]

allright, lots of funny answers!

 

doesn't something have to be amusing to amount to amusement? as for chestbeating, i have always been of the school of thought that bragging about not signing registers was much cooler

 

didn't there use to be an argument about registers between land agencies and large outdoor clubs?

[sobo]

...i have always been of the school of thought that bragging about not signing registers was much cooler

 

Ah ha! Now that attitude right there will get you branded as a chestbeater!

[MCash]

Those heavy pipes can make you lose your balance...

 

[klenke]

What a dweeb!!!

[olyclimber]

no kidding!

[Blake]

Nice Pirate shirt Paul.

[BlackHawk]

Dude, grab a clue! What on earth makes you think you're not playing a part in the history of the evolution of sports in the Cascades? 200 years from now, when there are no longer any glaciers in the Cascades and the forests have burned away, some miserable grad student will get a good laugh uncovering data on the topic. Climbing registers from the early 2000's, along with the ancient archives of this very forum, will clearly reveal things like what the climbing season once was, what people used to consider real wilderness to be, what obsolete climbing techniques were once deemed necessary, what used to be considered really hard and, last but not least, what the social life of climbers and their dates was once like early on in human evolution.