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#19 Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 2197 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:13 pm
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I think it is worth discussing. The media definately gets confused and so do most non-hiker / climbers. I'm glad we have a consensus on the difference between hiking and climbing.
Maybe is it like one of the CCers said. It's like the difference cclimbers and nwhikers.
I thought the Bar and Grill was "Spray".
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Larry Member
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 1084 | TRs | Pics Location: Kitsap |
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:15 pm
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Karen wrote: | Gods Nightgown -- should not have an apostrophe in it, for gawd's sake!!
Karen
PS Tom, I like your "spray area" concept. I never thought of it that way.
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Karen, I hope you weren't referencing Tom's post about the Spray Area being a place to assert my manhood?
And, one more thing...do I need to be concerned about my small hands?
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Small HANDS! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Say it isnt so Lare!
TB
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Larry Member
Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 1084 | TRs | Pics Location: Kitsap |
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:22 pm
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Joe, Joe, Joe! Sad but true...I used to wear gloves when showering after the Phys Ed classes. But now that I'm older and more self-assured, I'm not quite so self-conscious about it. I've learned that dexterity is much superior to size.
Thank you for your support, Joe. You have helped to make me nearly sane again.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Karen Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Mar 05, 2003 4:21 pm
CAREFUL now .....
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Better to have small hands than a BIG ego ....
I wonder why they call "Spray Park" Spray Park?
One of our favorite family sayings was (and still is) "Piss on it." Easier for you guys!!
Karen
PS I should have gone to that social (it sounds like you are having WAY too much fun .....). Have one in the north end sometime, wouldja??
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
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Bungee Boy Member
Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 16 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
Well,
I really think it depends on the experiene of the individual. The physical, the mental, and the technical. As one becomes more experienced and tuned into the objective then the definition becomes obvious. There have been times where I've climbed to the top of Mt. Baker and times where I've hiked to the top of Baker. There have been times when I've climbed to the top of Stuart and times when I've hiked to the top of Stuart. There have been times where I've climbed to the top of Granite and hike to the top. It all depends on the connection to the environment and the choice du jour. We have a choice of how we want to be, and the depth of our connection.
For me it all depends on the connection to what's below my feet.
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polarbear Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 3680 | TRs | Pics Location: Snow Lake hide-away |
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
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Sore Feet Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 6304 | TRs | Pics Location: Out There, Somewhere |
polarbear wrote: | I mostly hike and rarely scramble or bushwack. |
Wimp.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
Hey, watch it Mr.!
TB
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Randy Cube Rat
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 2910 | TRs | Pics Location: Near the Siamangs |
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Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:31 am
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Difficult to pin down, but I'd lean towards "climbing" being anytime, while using your hands to ascend, a rope would be seriously considered as an added safety factor -- not necessarily used though. So, in terms of numbers, class 4 and higher and some exposed class 3, but this is where things tend to go gray. Hiking is anything not requiring the use of hands regardless of elevation, trail or no trail, steepness, or terrain type. Note that I consider use of an ice axe as an anchor or self belay device as use of hands, so steep snow can be included in my definition of "climbing". "Scrambling" is a nice buzz word that can be used to bridge the gap between climbing and hiking. In other words, anything requiring hands, but where a rope is not considered necessary or even useful.
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Backpacker Joe Blind Hiker
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 23956 | TRs | Pics Location: Cle Elum |
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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Newt Short Timer
Joined: 21 Dec 2001 Posts: 3176 | TRs | Pics Location: Down the road and around the corner |
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Thu Mar 06, 2003 6:50 pm
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It's pretty safe to say that if we take all of man kinds accumulated knowledge, we still don't know everything. So, I hope you understand why I don't believe you know everything. But then again, maybe you do.
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Slide Alder Slayer Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2002 Posts: 1960 | TRs | Pics
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Backpacker Joe, I saw but did not have the pleasure of meeting you at the last social at Starbucks. I also read the responses from Cascade Climbers, and was fully entertained by their appropriate responses. For your consideration, their response was to the question, not to NW Hikers. I mean, I don’t think either one of us would log on to a track and field website and ask the members to start debating the differences between walking, jogging, and running.
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