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Hi folks! I'm about to road trip down from Seattle to Yosemite and I'm looking for a shot-gun driver to cut down on gas costs. The weather in the Valley is splitter right now. Get on this train! Shoot me an email at maryanna.brown@gmail.com Best, Mary

Does anyone want to hit up Index tomorrow? I have no wheels but a full rack and infinite stoke. shoot me a message at: maryanna.brown@gmail.com

Anyone been up there this year? Know the snow conditions?

Greetings Seattle Climbers, Would anyone like to head on over to Mazama next weekend to get on Prime Rib of Goat with me? It should be 11 pitches of good-old fashioned sport climbing fun! I've been leading up to 5.10a with the occasional 5.10b if I'm feeling bold and having a low gravity sort of a day. We could swing leads or if you're not into leading, I have no qualms about the leading the whole thing. I have a rope, all the quickdraws we'll need (sources say 15), and have been known to pack the best climbing snacks on the West Coast. What I don't have is...a car! So if you have wheels and feel like an adventure, hit me up! Don't worry, I'll throw gas money your way AND spring for the beers and burgers afterwards. Ladies are preferred but non-sketchy males are also welcome. -Mary I can best be reached at: maryanna.brown@gmail.com

No thank you for the fun climb! Come out to Seattle and play again. Think of all those Classic Cascades climbs. Consider my couch yours!

Trip: Eldorado - Eldorado Glacier- Car-to-Car Date: 7/22/2013 Trip Report: This Monday we did a really fun and scenic car-to-car climb of Eldorado. Although it was very hot, snow conditions were acceptable. A bit slushy, but nothing too terrible. The glacier was super mellow, crevasses easily avoided, and the infamous knife edge summit wasn't the least bit sketchy. We ended up placing protection, but it wasn't really necessary and mainly just for practice. There was hardly a cloud in the sky and we were rewarded with fantastic views! Baker, Shuksan, Rainier, TFT, and many more were out in full force. All in all, it was a low commitment high reward sort of an afternoon. We took about 9.5 hours car-to-car and were back in Seattle with plenty of time to grab pizza and beer at a reasonable hour. Approach Notes: It was incredibly buggy at the trailhead with swarms of giant mosquitos and big fat biting flies. The climb through the woods to get to the talus field was pretty darn steep. We were both drenched in sweat by the time we reached the boulder field. Navigation through the talus field was no big deal. If you look closely, there are numerous cairns that mark the path of least resistance. After two boulder fields, you shall be rewarded by not one by TWO lovely waterfalls and an alpine meadow that is simply stunning. From the meadow, the descent down the gully was super mellow. I'd barely call it a scramble.

Hi Seattle Climbers! I just returned from a 5 day intensive rock course in CO plus an extra day of multipitch climbing and am on the hunt for a climbing partner. I can follow and clean up to about a 5.8+/5.9 like a champion, am highly addicted to crack climbing, and have Sundays and Mondays off. While I don't have wheels, I'll pay for gas and post climb bacon cheeseburgers. Mountaineering partners are also appreciated. I've done Rainier, Colchuck, Sahale, and a few climbs in the Cordillera Blanca.