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kachoong
Aug 2, 2008, 6:18 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray?
Are you?
I'd love to dig out my rusty tools and head to Ouray this year, but realistically I reckon 2010 would be more achievable.
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sungam
Aug 2, 2008, 6:25 PM
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when is it?
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stymingersfink
Aug 2, 2008, 6:29 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: granite_grrl wrote: stymingersfink wrote: the_climber wrote: granite_grrl wrote: the_climber wrote: I hate my job. I came the the conclusion yesterday tht I have absolutely zero job satisfaction, if fact it's so non-existant that I may infact be into negative job satisfation.... It's just a shit problem that I really do need a paycheck. *Fingers crossed that the new jorb will come through soon* I bet I hate my job more. The only stisfaction I get is when the pay chack arrives in my bank account. Yeah, I'm well past that point. Yes, but you don't have a house-husband spending all your hard-earned money now, do you? When you gonna make him getz a jorb, bekka? After he finishes my kitchen? Sure the walls in the rest of the house don't need a fresh coat of paint? How's the roof lookin? How about a new nursery?   The roof needs to be done sometime. I was thinking this fall, but maybe we will have to wait until spring. Nursery? Like a greenhouse?
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stymingersfink
Aug 2, 2008, 6:30 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray?
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kachoong
Aug 2, 2008, 6:53 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: granite_grrl wrote: stymingersfink wrote: the_climber wrote: granite_grrl wrote: the_climber wrote: I hate my job. I came the the conclusion yesterday tht I have absolutely zero job satisfaction, if fact it's so non-existant that I may infact be into negative job satisfation.... It's just a shit problem that I really do need a paycheck. *Fingers crossed that the new jorb will come through soon* I bet I hate my job more. The only stisfaction I get is when the pay chack arrives in my bank account. Yeah, I'm well past that point. Yes, but you don't have a house-husband spending all your hard-earned money now, do you? When you gonna make him getz a jorb, bekka? After he finishes my kitchen? Sure the walls in the rest of the house don't need a fresh coat of paint? How's the roof lookin? How about a new nursery? The roof needs to be done sometime. I was thinking this fall, but maybe we will have to wait until spring. Nursery? Like a greenhouse? Hmm... you ARE living in one of the more uh... friendly(?) regions for such things, though that wasn't quite what I was alluding to.
A sandbox, perhaps!
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 7:42 PM
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kachoong wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: So WMD.... What side of the slide are you on? The right one...as soon as it dries out, that is.... They haven't even started excavating yet.... What I would give to be stuck in Squish right now! *sigh*  My best friend from Aus is turning up with his wife in Van this weekend and will be shocked to find out he can't get up to Squamish. Once he does finally make it he should be able to tear that place up!
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kachoong
Aug 2, 2008, 7:46 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: So WMD.... What side of the slide are you on? The right one...as soon as it dries out, that is.... They haven't even started excavating yet.... What I would give to be stuck in Squish right now! *sigh* My best friend from Aus is turning up with his wife in Van this weekend and will be shocked to find out he can't get up to Squamish. Once he does finally make it he should be able to tear that place up! Did they post somewhere on this site. Or am I just confused with somethign else?
Oh no, they don't post on here... I also wonder if they knew before flying out on the 1st about the landslide.
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 7:48 PM
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kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray? Are you? I'd love to dig out my rusty tools and head to Ouray this year, but realistically I reckon 2010 would be more achievable.
I'm wondering about the Festival in particular. I was thinking about applying to climb in the comp, but you need to have someplace reserved before you do that. They don't tell you until Dec. if you are in or not. Honestly if I was going to fork out the money to rent a room for myself I'd rather go when it isn't so crowded. So I'm trying to find someone I can bum a place on the floor from if I was accepted. I'd pay my share.
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 7:51 PM
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Next ice season.
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 7:52 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray? +1, though possibly as many as +4, if the usual suspects make the trip.
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 7:57 PM
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kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Next ice season. It's usually mid-end of Jan.
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kachoong
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray? Are you? I'd love to dig out my rusty tools and head to Ouray this year, but realistically I reckon 2010 would be more achievable. Maybe. I'm wondering about the Festival in particular. I was thinking about applying to climb in the comp, but you need to have someplace reserved before you do that. They don't tell you until Dec. if you are in or not. Honestly if I was going to fork out the money to rent a room for myself I'd rather go when it isn't so crowded. So I'm trying to find someone I can bum a place on the floor from if I was accepted. I'd pay my share.
Sounds like a good plan! Good luck with it all! Should be a blast!
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kachoong
Aug 2, 2008, 7:59 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Next ice season. It's usually mid-end of Jan. See above post.
Buggah!
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 8:10 PM
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kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray? Are you? I'd love to dig out my rusty tools and head to Ouray this year, but realistically I reckon 2010 would be more achievable. Maybe. I'm wondering about the Festival in particular. I was thinking about applying to climb in the comp, but you need to have someplace reserved before you do that. They don't tell you until Dec. if you are in or not. Honestly if I was going to fork out the money to rent a room for myself I'd rather go when it isn't so crowded. So I'm trying to find someone I can bum a place on the floor from if I was accepted. I'd pay my share. Sounds like a good plan! Good luck with it all! Should be a blast!
I wonder how many people apply? I think there was something close to 50 people who climbed in it last year. I'd never win unless they had devisions, but it would be cool to do. I think I could do okay. We met a couple of guys at St.Alban last Dec. who were climbing in it. Will was good, but not like "OMG that guy can climb!". His buddy was definitely nothing to write home about. I think I could climb as well or better than buddy and I was still using my heavy boots with Sabertooths. Maybe he was just climbing poorly?
Actually Will can really climb, but sport mixed really isn't his thing.
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 8:11 PM
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I need to devise a 15k post.
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dr_feelgood
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chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray?
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dr_feelgood
Aug 2, 2008, 10:02 PM
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I gave blood today, and they did a special procedure where they take the equivalent of 2 pints of red blood cells and and one of plasma. I'm pretty exhausted.
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stymingersfink
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chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think. It was 26 C today and you guys are talking about ice tools!! I'm ashamed of you all Is there something wrong? I don't see anything wrong. Just needed a second opinion So who is going to Ouray? +1, though possibly as many as +4, if the usual suspects make the trip. Where do you stay. Did you reserve a room somewhere?
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 10:51 PM
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: I need to devise a 15k post. It's been done before.
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chossmonkey
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dr_feelgood wrote: I gave blood today, and they did a special procedure where they take the equivalent of 2 pints of red blood cells and and one of plasma. I'm pretty exhausted.
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chossmonkey
Aug 2, 2008, 11:21 PM
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Now all I need to do is create a loving environment with my remaining 5 posts to drop it in.
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granite_grrl
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dr_feelgood wrote: I gave blood today, and they did a special procedure where they take the equivalent of 2 pints of red blood cells and and one of plasma. I'm pretty exhausted.
Nathan and I still need to go give blood. I still haven't given back what I needed to take during my accident.
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