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Asking for a friend 😉 Looking for anyone's experience with pet harnesses, especially strength rated ones for climbing. Ruffwear has their Doubleback harness that's rated to 8.9kN which seems like it would check a lot of boxes. Other thoughts were to get crafty with some Bluewater 1" tube webbing. I know a cat that's interested in sending some of the local classics. He's built like a stacked ferret, very long and medium girth so he usually fits a small dog harness. He's a shit belayer (no belay loop needed) but MAN can he run it out on some of the local slab boulder problems.

Also interested in lending a hand where I can. Always happy to throw some pennies towards the @olyclimber coffee/beer fund. I'll nudge some of the LTown posters that I know to get back to work on trip reports here. Raising kids and being busy with life is temporary; shitposting on CC.com is forever.

Jason and his AAI crew continue to support this site, providing the financial backing that pays our monthly hosting bill that keeps the lights on. We have continued gratitude for that! I also added a second advertisement to the site for NW Alpine. It's not in its final landing spot, as I've got to figure out a better way to host the advertisement. We are hosting this ad for free for a while, with Jason's blessing (AAI continues to be our sole sponsor, aside from donations from you which help pay the other costs like software licensing, etc). If you know NW Alpine, they are a local, Northwest company making great outdoor apparel.... manufacturing in the United States. In the past NW Alpine has supported Cascadeclimbers.com, so we are returning the favor as Bill Amos and company continue the battle to maintain domestic manufacturing. The ethos we see for Cascadeclimbers.com is as a local, non-corporate alternative, a community of people who share the same passion. Oh yes, we have our differences! But we are here because we love to climb, hike, ski, accumulate closets full of gear, photograph, and spray about all of it. And I think the story telling format of our TRs are the crown jewel.

Hey fellow climbers. I was glissading down Mt. St. Helens on 5/15/2024 and my phone fell out of my pocket somewhere between the summit and the bottom of the vertical beach. Please let me know if it is found. The phone is a Samsung Galaxy 8 and has a white phone case. If the phone still has power, the lock screen is a picture of Obi-Wan from Star Wars.

I have this on 78

Maybe not fair, but definitely reality. My guess is that rural landowners are increasingly likely to take matters into their own hands as predator populations continue to expand in the wake of hunting regulations changes in WA (elimination of spring bear, elimination of hound hunting, etc.).

If you have chickens and cats and small dogs running around your yard that abuts the forest, then you're asking for all kinds of critters to come in and eat them: cougar, fox, coyote, raccoon, bear owl, eagle to name a few. It's like leaving an open bag of Doritos on the counter and admonishing your teenagers (or stoned friends) for eating them. Not fair.

Lake Leland. Two cats. One I believe is dead. The other is wearing a collar now. Were you at (in general) in Quil?

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Hi! I stumbled upon this site recently. It’s amazing! I mainly use it to view trip reports. I have no tech skills or experience, but I am interested in keeping this site alive and non-profit. Let me know if there is any way I can volunteer

Hey folks, this might be a bit of a long shot but I recently I have been doing a deep dive into Bellingham and Chuckanut climbing history, and I am trying to track down a few old guidebooks for some info. The main two I am looking for are "A Rock Climber's Guide to Bellingham Rock!" by Jason Henrie 1997, and "Boulders and cliffs : climber's guide to lowland rock in the Skagit & Whatcom Counties" by Dallas Kloke 1971. I reached out to Henrie, but he said he no longer has copies of his guidebooks, and there is an old thread on here saying the WWU OC had a copy for checkout in 2007, but it no longer seems to be true. The WWU library is supposed to have the Kloke book in special collections but when I went to see their copy they were unable to find it... The UW library might have a copy though. If anyone these books and would be willing to send me some photos/scans, or if you are local and would let me come take a look, I would really appreciate it! Thank you so much

Where is this? I sometimes start my hikes by headlamp in the Quilcene area.

What.....the.....hell!!! @rob is back??!!

The final few feet are not dog friendly (slabby, exposed 3rd), but Kiba could wait below? Would only take a couple minutes to tag. That summit area is less than 50' of vertical.

Looks pretty thin for snow already. How tough was the summit…as in could a dog do it? Thinking of adding it to my yearly trip through that area with Kiba.

Howzabout $150

Nice. I hope to find similar conditions this year.

Thanks Otto!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/video-captures-cougar-chasing-pets-coming-within-feet-of-family-in-wa-backyard/ar-BB1mopOr dang I can’t seem to escape these dang cats!

wooohooooo!!!! 20220722_060955.mp4

sent you a PM.

Maybe @Juan Sharp or @mattp still lurk around and could help?