Dru

I have climbed a lot in dry parts of Washington but everytime I get within 5 miles of Index it starts raining.

the pix will prove it homeboy also i have 2 witnesses but no gps record

the smell of the wind blowing through an alpine meadow with a hint of forest fire in the distance is truly a thing of beauty

overrated Canadian, she's from Nanaimo. i don not like Diana Crawl. her jazz is not mine.

i have found a turtle head in my shorts upon occasion

I heard there is sweet granite bouldering in Renton

Dude, right on! Details please. Was this the big climb for which you were soliciting bivi secrets? no cause we could only go for 1 day. see BC forum for details.

pix in a week or so? when i finish the roll.

Begin ~200m WEst of the SE ridge, right of the centre of the south face. Look for a bunch of right leaning slab ramps at the bottom. Climb left hand one. 1) 5.9 50m up ramp to hanging belay after turning lip of undercling section. 2)5.10c 25m slab traverse to thin tips to 10' of perfect hands to offwidth finish. belay on small ledge. 3)5.10b 50m climb chimney off belay for a few m then step left to slopey face traverse. up flakes beyond switching cracks a few times as necessary past trundled block scar to final fist crack. ledge belay. 4)5.10a 55m move left up grassy corner then undercling and chimney right facing overhanging dihedral to tricky move (will be trickier when dead shrub breaks) to ledges. up easy flakes & ramps above to stance belay. 5) 5.9/10a 60m rope stretcher climb flakes above belay then move right to avoid grassy section. downclimb and traverse crack then step up & right to sweet diagonal crack with tricky polished feet. belay at tiny ledge in exposed position. 6)5.7 or 5.8 10m move out of crack and up polished edges on face to ledge. slung block belay. walk to summit. RAP Se ridge or downclimb NW ridge then walk off by appropriate valley. we did it by approach & descend up valley from creek on Anderson River south main km 23. 3 hrs up, 2 hrs down hiking. 13 hours car to car. real nice, clean, solid cracks much less vegetation than on SE ridge.

i climbed and it was shweet granite and the climb

its the very left most one the one at the very, very end not the first one you come to.

if u are going to be scrambling up there for the weekend do the NE ridge of Needle it is and good views of the rest of the Anderson River group and of Yak s face slabs Nak is pretty pointless as a climb. there is some oK scrambling but if you are gonna go up there you might as well just hike over the ridge on your way to Yak.

for the same impact force, the rope with lowest elongation is best cause it will stretch the least. less stretch is good cause it means you fall less distance when you whip and can keep u from decking or hitting a ledge or slab generally speaking though, low elongation = higher impact force and vice versa. what's the impact force of the rope in question compared to other ropes of the same diameter?

First time ever to Red Rocks. No guidebook so we figure we wil lwing it. Drive to Calico Basin. Get out of car at Red Spring. Look for routes. Split up. I hike upwards towards the Fox. See the fox. OOOOH!!! Hike back down & meet climbing partners who had gone to look at stuff over towards where "Moderate Mecca" is now. They point at some dude who has told them there are climbs on the loop road at the pullouts. I think they are saying this guy is a climber and has told them where the good climbing is, when in fact he is just a picnicer who has seen climberrs from his car. But anyways I go over to ask him what the name and grade of the fox is. ME: Hi Him: Hi Me: What's that climb up there. Him: There is no climb up there. Me: No, that route up there. Him: There is no route up there. Me: That crack up there...with all the chalk on it? Him: That isn't a climb...it's just a product of geological erosion and weathering. Me: Him: Are you are climber? Me: Oh, yeah Him: Are you good? Me: Um, yeah. Him; how good are ya? My buddy: "Oh we're good" Him: How good? My buddy: REEEEEEAL good (holds hands up about two feet apart like he just caught a fish) Him: Well. Ya better be real good ya hear. Cause if you fall off those rocks you can squash your head like a dropped watermelon! US: YES SIR!

Where's ya goin' dancin' kittn'? i am going to go home and make 1,000 spray posts over the weekend because as everyone knows i never climb just spray about climbing on the net Does anyone have any proof dru exists? I for one think he is some automated program producted by the BC board of tourism to promote squish. i think cappelini's nose (what's left of it) knows that i exist! and what of this person? why is he passed out?

are you going to give us a properly bruised chest TR on Monday then?

that's not early - we had beer at noon here!

Where's ya goin' dancin' kittn'? i am going to go home and make 1,000 spray posts over the weekend because as everyone knows i never climb just spray about climbing on the net

if index is so good why are all the seattle climbers going to squamish this weekend? to pad out their resume with some easy sending?

ya mean you arent going to INDEX

this image should go the way of trasks waterfall shot and QUICKLY

dihedral on diedre was my first ever leads 12 years ago, and it was 5.7 and well protected then and now. it may have polished a bit but it is not 5.8. st vitus at 5.9 is not only the easiest 5.9 on the apron but pretty much one of the easiest 5.9 at squamish... no real OW moves are necessary as there is always a crack or hold in the back... compare it to a real 5.9 OW like march of the kitchen utensils or a 10a chimney like on papoose one (or a 5.8 squeeze like hiphugger) and it feels more than 1 or 2 grades easier!

if i took your lei off does that mean i've deflowered you?

iam iam greg w i do not like this mary lou so i say that she's a shrew to distract sprayers like minx and dru from a secret i must hide and closet up deep down inside: that i like trask with astroglide and all perfumed with scent of Tide i cannot climb but launder must for trask i feel a mighty lust and when in bed with him i cuss and talk about my blunderbuss

the thought of mr. clean in a french maid outfit (but packing) trying to persuade trask to stop spraying and come to bed, while a visually arresting image, should come with a warning - i just about sprayed my beer on the computer laughing