Kimberlee

Both are now sold. Happy Climbing!

Mammut 9.2 mm x 60 m. Duodess (bicolor sheath pattern), super dry treated. I bought it last year (still have the receipt & looks like I ordered it 7/31) with goal to improve my trad climbing & take it alpine climbing. Fall came quickly & now it's June & it's still in the package. I'm moving next week to where there is a bit less alpine climbing so decided to sell so I could buy a different rope that I'd use more there. I paid $259 plus tax & shipping. It's been stored safely inside my house out of UV rays with temperature controlled (basically in the box in the bottom of my closet). Will sell for $195. Unfortunately I can't offer to deliver or meet to exchange it because it's getting a little crazy with packing to be ready for movers. I live in South Everett for someone to come pick it up. You are welcome to PM me, but I'm posting on a couple different places in hopes of moving this soon. Not sure how much response I'll get, so if you want to tie it down faster feel free to call 425-348-9512 if interested. I should be around packing but feel free to leave a voice message. Cash only please & would sure appreciate in denominations of $50's or smaller so I don't have to go break a bill at the bank to use it easily on my road trip. Happy Climbing! Kimberlee PS - May not be not worth the trip for itself, but I also have a brand new copy of John Long's Climbing Anchors - 2nd edition. Never been cracked because I accidentally bought a 2nd copy online when I was ordering other climbing books. - $8

Area 51 and Stripe Rock? Just bought the Bingham book at Feathered Friends tonight - I will definitely look those up!! And thanks for the tips about Kevin Pogue routes. I am certainly still at a climbing level that I love the ego boost of playing the hero! While I still have to embrace being fair to middling - I just tell myself who am I to question the FA climbers -- I take the credit from the softer rating... and run! Thanks a bunch!

Gee, I didn't know that about older crags. So, maybe that's why Leavenworth's Castle Rock's ratings feel harder than other places... Thanks a bunch!

Thanks, Drederek! I think I'm sold then! Especially knowing I can beef up it's beta how Iain said at the Ranger Station.

Sweeeet, thanks Iain! I will DEFINITELY buy a copy of that book then & swing by the Ranger station to look up corrections on climbs in my range. Thanks for the heads up on best times to climb & avoid the heat -- so much different than the strategy I've been employing with this cool spring in western Washington. And about watching when routes were put up - so, are the routes put up more recently graded tougher or more chossy? Wow - I see you are in Bend. That must be awesome to have Smith Rocks in your backyard! Been there once & on my list to go back to again. What a gorgeous setting & so many climbs for everyone ... plus the best smelling compositing toilets I have EVER been in! Mmm, cedar chips. thanks again!

I have heard great things about the City of Rocks for a long time and am going there for the first time the Friday & Saturday of 4th of July weekend enroute to Utah. Excited!! I've been trying to research which guidebook (or books) to get. (I'm moving to Utah just 3 1/2 hrs away so I plan on getting lots of return trips to use it/them). Sounds like the most detailed (and still in print) book that I've been able to find mention of is by Dave Bingham - City of Rocks, A Climber's Guide, at least the 2006/7th edition. But... reviews I'm reading say the descriptions sometimes don't even mention what length of rope you'll need (says a lot of climbs need 70 m or 2 ropes), to be careful to make sure u know if it's a mixed climb vs. sport so you don't run out leaving your pro with your belayer, and that the book isn't really clear if you'd need to bring pro to make an anchor at the top. A couple of people said they supplemented info by resarching online. Any opinions on what's the best guidebook(s) for there? Any recommended sites for beta? I'm a pretty fair to middling climber compared to many people I see posting on here - hardest sport I've led has been 5.9 thus far (quite a few) except my one 5.10a last yr (yes, I know at a Hero's crag) - Chica Rapida - so I really DON"T consider myself in the 5.10a's yet to lead. Have learned trad but climb trad in lower grades than sport. So, I'm not looking for crazy hard or epic climbs, but wouldn't mind lugging a bigger book around with lots in my current range plus climbs for my skills to grow into. Would sure love any tips/input/opinions!

Hoping to do a snowshoe/crampon snow scramble to North & Middle Chiwaukums this Saturday or next - depending how weather & buddies' schedules align. I saw some great looking trip reports on here from Feb/March, but am a bit new to figuring out snow bases in this area & wondering how the snow has held out. (A summer TR I found looked like it's a cool rock scramble too -- but rock & snow mixed might be quite a bit more tricky). Has anyone been in that area recently? Would sure love to hear any info on conditions. Thanks a bunch!

For sure. Alrighty, so ... that tip about the Oz biners?? Scratch that. Those partial ounces I pinch... sound like they'd be pretty much less than a drop in the bucket to you. Geez - no fair. Excuse me while I go cut my toothbrush handle off.

Sooo, I'm definitely NOT an "old hand", but as a "newbie" I tend to ask tons of questions... and asked a bunch of people at stores, fellow students & instructors a similiar question when I took a class I took a couple spring/summers ago & was building my rack. So here's my 2 cents. One of the instructors told me that she & her husband had all kinds of stories of why they never climb without their .3 BD C4. I bought a .3 and .4 and was really glad I did. Later wished I had something smaller for more shallow cracks but wanted to stick with flexible stems -- added a Metolius MasterCam yellow - love it! If you decide to get more wire gate biners, BD Oz were highly recommended to me as lighter than Neutrinos & still insanely strong. I use them on all my trad draws & to rack my pieces. Seems like Neutrinos are the ones that can come color coded - I just added the color I wanted my Oz (ie if I wanted to easily see from the biner which cam was on it while it was on my rack) with a Trango rack tag. They come in a bunch of colors. Pretty sure I came ahead weight wise even with the weight of the extra rack tag & I like the feel of the Oz. I also heard lots of good things about CAMP tricams & liked them when I experimented with ones that others had. Seems like people love them... or... really don't... so you may want to try out a buddy's. I got CAMP's 4 pack of pink, red, blue, brown & have used all of them. John Long & Bob Gaines (in Climbing Anchors 2nd Edition - great book if you don't already have it. Lots of great info on pros & cons of different gear, materials, great pictures on good & poor gear placements...as well as anchors) Anyway - they say these smallest 4 sizes are the most stable sizes when placed so I have stuck with just those. They are relatively cheap, small, light &, well, I think their action is super cool. Last thing. I ended up doubling up on some cam sizes. I bought all my duplicate cams as BD C4 because I liked their features & acton & didn't want to have to debate which cam brand to save for further up the climb. However, C4's are quite a bit heavier than Metolius TCU's - & it added up that my rack is quite a bit heavier (& I think probably bulkier to cram into my pack) than my buddies' who stuck with Metolius. I think MasterCams were just coming out the summer after I'd already bought my duplicates, but if I were buying any duplicate cams now, I'd seriously look at MasterCams (flexible stems) or TCUs (non flexible stems) - for their lighter weight. I think I've heard Metolius cams tend to come with a smaller price tag than the C4's too. Happy Climbing!