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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 14, 2007 - 01:10pm PT
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Same question for those who ski lift areas with Packs or camelbacks. WTF? Ya drove there in a car, and theres a lodge at the base. Posers...
Some ski resorts let you ski out of bounds. Bridger Bowl is a great example. You need a pack, shovel and an avalanche beacon...I'm such a poser, accessing the backcounty...
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Tarbuster
climber
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Sep 14, 2007 - 01:14pm PT
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That's why I'm a lead hog Jan,
So I'm not the one lugging that darned extra water bottle.
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atchafalaya
climber
California
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Sep 14, 2007 - 01:39pm PT
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TK, I was referring to those who ONLY ski in the area, and wear a backpack while doing it. Cheers
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 01:41pm PT
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Khanom: do you wear the camelback when you dig out your van?
Really though.... maybe see an internist or something. You might have a tapeworm or a potassium imbalance. Maybe LEB will come along shortly and diagnose.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Sep 14, 2007 - 01:45pm PT
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All of you's guys suck.
I'm wearing my Camelback right now.
Microphone for voice-activated software hanging off the left side of my gob, Camelback spout on the right.
(Drool cup straight under the chin).
hahahahahahaha.
But seriously, Khanom:
Russ might have something there, because that's about where I'm sitting.
E-mail me if you want more detail.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 14, 2007 - 01:49pm PT
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You're cracking me up here Roy!
I hear ya atchafalaya...
Cheers
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 14, 2007 - 01:51pm PT
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Kumbaya...
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:00pm PT
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What are you talkin' bout Russ! Where else can I put my Jetboil and pad thai/egg mcmuffin sandwiches??
I commit the crime. I climb with a 2L water pouch. AAAAAAAUGH!
And 50%lycra/50% denim jeans and a beanie I found on the Friction Descent.
I have thoughts of jury rigging a 5mil Perlon cord through some surgical tubing and making a badass climbing rack slash hydro pack... its not a monster thing, has a tiny ass pocket for a couple of snikers and a gameboy. Man, that would be cool. I would be so cool, in my Prana pre-faded jeans, climbing with my boyfrei-, er, climbing partner.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:02pm PT
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what tha fukkkkkkkkkk..............
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 02:07pm PT
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EarMuff Pack™™™ ??????
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:13pm PT
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Hey, the great thing about this world is that all of us can generally do what we want, and tell all the rest to go f**k themselves. By the same token, I have every right to laugh at you for hauling your half gallon of water and turkey sub from Togo's up the Dike Route.
What gets me is the n00b trail runners who, having been told they'll die without rehydration, carry a liter of Expensive Sports Replacement Product (TM) on their 20-minute run.
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pdx_climber
Sport climber
portland,or
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:14pm PT
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Fill pack with hippie lettuce, bowl and lighter.
climb, get cotton mouth, need beer! only pikers climb with water...
climb, get munchies, need food! mmm, roast beef sammy!
climb, get lost, need guide book
climb, go slow, need headlamp
climb, get cold in dark, need sweater
climb, get baked again, and sleep, need bivy sack
wake up, clip sport anchors and lower to ground!
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:17pm PT
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Dougal Haston - summit of Everest
his pack - Karrmor
the contents, not much.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:22pm PT
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Hahahahaha Lol hahahahahaa
WTF? Huh? WTF am I laughing about?
That reminds me when I took that kid up Astroman once in the summer 95 degrees hot. I told him I'm a camel and don't need no water nor am I bringing any.
But you (the kid), better bring some or you're hosed.
Of course what's he do, hahahaha. Jason Cambell it was.
We get 2/3 of the way and he drops. White flakes are coming out of his mouth, LOL. He's dust for sure.
Dragged his ass the rest of the way hand over hand up.
He was cooked for dazes after ....... lol.
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davidji
Social climber
CA
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:30pm PT
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I was a late convert to hydration bladders, but I've seen the light.
This year I've climbed several times with an excellent partner who often carried less water than me. We climbed Snake Dike, West Ridge of Conness, and South Face of North Dome together. Don't think he used a hydration pack on any of them. But he borrowed water from me on at least 2 of those climbs, when he didn't carry enough.
As far as carrying a pack on short climbs, it makes a lot of sense at the Leap. What doesn't make sense to me is the common practice of taking a crag pack there and leaving it at the base of climbs that it's inconvenient to return to. If I'm at the Leap, unless I'm cragging, I carry everything with me.
I used to carry a water bottle or 2 there. Carrying 2 water bottles on a climb is more annoying than a carrying a hydration pack. And if I only carry one I eventually end up filling it in the stream on the descent. Safe? Maybe it is. But I've dealt with intestinal parasites before, and I like to be more careful now.
Oh, and hydration packs rock for resort snowboarding too, depending on the resort and conditions, and if you keep the water from freezing.
I still prefer bottles when bicycling (which seems to be where bladders are most popular), unless I need a lot of water for the ride. It's always a hydration pack when I take water on the unicycle though.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:38pm PT
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I usually don't carry shite. I hate the weight. Sure, my piss is often dark brown and melts granite towards the end of the day, but at least I am not bothered by a bunch of extra stuff.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 14, 2007 - 02:40pm PT
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Once did the Naked Edge on a 90° day in a party of three.
We drank some water at the base and brought one Budweiser between the three of us for the route. Cracked that sucker after the thin crack pitch and we shared it. Yummy!
In the chimney-flair pitch, my hat actually got in the way, so I had to knock it off on its chin strap and let it hang around my neck on my back for a couple of moves.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Sep 14, 2007 - 04:07pm PT
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Where else are you gonna store the emergency rolls of tape for chrissake, Russ?
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 04:34pm PT
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After this thread I'm out of the pack market..... maybe I'll get into slab specific gear after reading the museum thread.
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bob d'antonio
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Sep 14, 2007 - 04:39pm PT
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My partner had a pack on when we did the Goss-Logan (grade 5) in the Black.
I lead all the pitches and got about two mouthful out of the deal.
Seems she like to keep that little tube in her mouth (no wise remarks) while climbing.
All the water was gone by pitch ten and our friendship by pitch 13.
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