Gary_Yngve Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 There's a classic quote from the Beckey excerpt of Tim Egan's The Good Rain. "As teenagers they (the Beckey bros) joined the Mountaineers, a formal climbing group whose members are given to long and somber discussions about their long and somber mass expeditions to the high points of the Cascades." This quote came true to me when I was sitting in a talk there from some folks who climbed some peak in Tibet. There was a couple hundred feet of alpine ice face to the top, and the audience was insistent in finding out exactly how many pitches and what angle it was. I found the repeated questioning of that minutia nauseating. So what questions should Layton be prepared to answer? Here are some possibilities, and I encourage more to be submitted: How many pitches did you climb? How long was your rope? Isn't it dangerous climbing as a party of two? We always climb as a party of 8 to 12. How many rappel rings did you need on the descent? Do you use belay gloves? How did you take those pictures and still belay? Quote
Dechristo Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 did you have to poop? how many poops? Quote
DirtyHarry Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Layton and Eric pooped back and forth, forever and ever. Quote
Dru Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 What classes did you take to qualify for this climb? Why didn't you just climb up the easy side? I'm shocked that you left all that gear behind on your descent. To my mind, that's just littering the wilderness. I myself have climbed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier along with numerous other Cascade jewels and I have never been required to leave gear behind. Quote
ALLCAPS Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT RAINBOW STICKER ON YOUR CAR? WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE MEAL ON THE TRIP? IF YOU COULD POST ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR ACADEMIC ADVISOR IN A PUBLIC FORUM, WHAT WOULD YOU POST? WHAT SORT OF SOIL SHOULD I PLANT MY DEVILS CLUB IN? Quote
DirtyHarry Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 How come you weren't wearing shorts over poly-pro? Quote
Dru Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Why do you have a death wish? Does your mother know you are doing this? I see you're in the new issue of Alpinist. Can you give me Christian Beckwith's email address? I'd like to report my recent climb of the Tooth to him. Quote
tomtom Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Does this count for Intermediate credit? Quote
layton Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 WHAT DO YOU POST AS? -best post of the year To those going...i will be hurt and dissapointed if I am not thouroughy (i am a bad spewelellr today) heckled and shit during the show. I expect the crowd scene to be similiear(see) to the opening of the muppet movie, fish and popcorn flying. I am bringing several bottles of tequilla to pass around under the table. and party afters...at somebody's (who?!) house, or bar. Quote
cj001f Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 How many inflatible sheep were required? Lube or no lube? Quote
Johnny_Tuff Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Isn't alpine climbing easy as fuck? Why didn't you do something difficult like a sport route, and why are you being rewarded with your own lecture for doing something that any gradeschool dropout with a beer gut could do? Quote
tomtom Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Was this Mox Mountain your sequel to Brokeback Mountain? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Quote
Dru Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 What was your turnaround time? I'd like to try this climb. Can you give me the GPS waypoints? Quote
Dechristo Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 what model and length piolet did you take? Quote
Dru Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Do you feel that you can call this a successful climb even though you didn't summit? Quote
dalius Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Who was the trip leader? Who was the designated rope leader? Was this trip approved by the climbing commitee? Quote
Alan Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Did you use official timers, and if so, how many? Quote
catbirdseat Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 How come the "less experienced guy" led the hard parts? Quote
ALLCAPS Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU TURNED AROUND BEFORE THE TOP! I'M GLAD I DIDN'T PAY TO SEE THIS SLIDESHOW...YOU DIDN'T EVEN SUMMIT! FRAUD! Quote
Dru Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 I would like to try a first ascent like this. Can you name some big unclimbed faces or walls that would be good for me to try? Quote
Cobra_Commander Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 no life jacket on in boat - reckless? please provide gps locs (wgs84) for switching from french to german tech, and for your webbing sausage depots did you know I post on cc.com too Quote
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