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Yeah, a friend, Kimball used to do it on purpose once he reached the anchors without telling his belayer. Funny expression on the belayer's face when they would shoot 15 feet up the wall!

Yeah, Specialed, a '72 volvo wagon!!!!!

Name the brand and the specific markings put on the shoes by the owner and they're yours. Found around Karate Crack area Sunday night.

She is a way stronger climber then you will ever be. And besides, when is Dru a guy's name? I always thought you were supposed to spell it Drew, like most normal people. But then again, you are a geeky, glass-wearing computer dork from Canada who lives his life through cc.com. Her and Ian are responsible for most of the draws that people rely on in the park when working projects, responsible for all the nice trails you walk on when in the park, and responsible for keeping it a climber's park, as Ian also works for Smith Rock State Park. When you can do something useful with your time at a place like Smith, then you can be sarcastic. Otherwise you just sound like a dumbass.

Sweet ascent and sweet pics! Congrats. Unfortunately, those were my tracks and I bagged the summit on Friday afternoon!!!! Bwhaahhahaahaaa!!!!!!! Just kidding! Good job!

I'd like to reiterate, Thanks Steve and Kris and Kristen!!! You all rock. Good slides and stories as well. Looking forward to the next one!

So I should not have include Smith in that category. I wouldn't classify most of those mentioned as alpine as well. Red Rocks alpine? Yosemite? Zion? Nope......just trying to point out that I don't really see a route as an arrete in the alpine but do at other places mentioned above.

So, I usually equate alpine routes with summits. If something has a summit, then typically I wouldn't call an entire route an arrete, but a ridge, like in Dru's photo. Yes it is two faces coming together like an arrete, but I equate arrete's with smaller features of a bigger picture in the alpine. You can have short sections of arretes in the alpine but the route could also have face climbing, dihedrals, and chimneys too. An arrete is much smaller than a ridge, obviously. WHere it gets tricky is places like SMith or places like the dolomites. Red Rocks, Yosemite, and other big walls come to mind as well.

Most of Cayman Brac is tough climbing, so be ready to lead over 5.11. Most of the climbs are rap in. I have a few friends who have been. For a different spin on things, you can climb Orizaba and only 4 hours away be sitting on the beaches in and around Veracruz. I think it may the only place in the world where you can stand on an 18k foot peak and be at a warm tropical beach all within the same day.

Great article to read! I was up on the col sleeping to do NE Ridge of Triumph the next day with larry the llama and a few other ccers, when two rangers carried over Triumph about 2am and said that a helicopter would be landing in our bivy site at 5 am and we needed to be gone by then. It was Reece and they were headed to pick up the injured climber on N. Ridge of Forbidden. Reece came screaming inot the saddle, spun his little copter aorund and they were gone in a matter of seconds! Glad to see everything worked out well for him. Interesting read too. Not bad for a Mountaineer!

While you can definately get on some decent rock in/around Austin, the music scene is insane! Skip 6th Street and check out Toni Price at the Continental Club. Call ahead, but I think she still plays on Tuesdays. SHe is amazing.

Climb: Wallowas-No name falls, Fall Creek Falls Date of Climb: 1/11/2005 Trip Report: Headed out to Enterprise with my friend on business and got two mornings of ice in. TG helped us with beta and we set off in the morning to explore. Headed up Hurricane Creek TH and soon found Fall Creek Falls. Very wet and brittle and looked like it might need a little more time (although it is probably all gone now) so we headed over to the gulley on the left side of the canyon where there was a nice easy line with several WI2 steps finishing it off with a nice WI 3 half-pitch. We soloed all but the last WI 3 section and it went quite fast. We decided to come back the next morning where there were rumors of ice further up the canyon. We got lost, and headed back to play on Fall Crk Falls. Overall a fun quick outing interspersed with work and excellent weather. I will go back as there seems to be a lot of potential. Thanks to Steve and Dean as always! Gear Notes: Two ropes, screws, tools, poons Approach Notes: easy approach up Hurricane Crk trail - will need 4wd later in season or ski in once trail is blocked - makes the approach 3 miles instead of 3 mins.

I will be in Vegas the 24th-27th of March for a B- Party and will not be playing golf on Friday. Looking to head to Red Rocks. PM me if interested.

Also, if you do not wat to carry another sleeping bag in addition to the SF, use a vapor barrier liner in the sleeping bag or a fleece zip-in insert which will add about 10 degrees of warmth. You could also use a bivy sack over it which would accomplish the same thing. You should be fine in June though.

I drove from Portland to Enterprise and back over the last few days and it was warm in the Gorge last night around 8pm with temps in Hood River in the 40s. The ice will not come in solid without at least a week of beloe freezing temps. Put out a water bucket in your back yard and monitor the ice from there. When there are several inches of ice in the bucket, head out to the Gorge. Ice in the Wallowas however is a whole different ballgame (TR to follow when I download images).

Is the flow in a Ski Bowl to the right of the main run? I am out in Enterprise climbing ice today and it is awesome! There is also a curtain that forms near Pete's Pile in Hood River, but probably not cold enough. Paulina Falls south of Bend is another choice and is at 6k feet. Don't knowe of any reports though.Post if you find out!

That is a huge waste of money! Definately pack your own meals. If you cannot take the time to prepare for something as simple as meals, then how will you do with everything else? Break up into cooking teams and have at it for dinners. Let everyone do their own thing for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Use the NOLS cookbook for beta or ask me or Pete_A for an excel sheet prepared for 28 days on Denali with meal ideas, lbs. of this and that and what is needed. Also has fuel calculations on it. Good luck!

Yeah, it all depends. I would say Big Mountain for Oregon but nothing beyond those borders. Pretty much every big mountain in the west has Bachy beat. Plus, Bachy is not a destination for skiers and boarders. I've skied all over Co., lived in Jackson, and skied up in B.C. and Bachy cannot even come close. Bachy will remain a weekender and locals place, nothing more.

Chelle, Here is some info on climbing Thailand.com. I assume the long message is from Sam Lightner, Jr.

If you have to ask, then you are a NEWBIE! (On this site of course). I never thought it had anything to do with one's climbing ability. if it did then Dru flashing all of Tommy Calwell's bold grade VI routes in no time!

Yeah, it's called snow camping.......

Chum are a listed species down here in Oregon. Combining the ruling on the Snake River dams with opening roadless areas, which are areas where the majority of bull trout, chinook, and coho spawn, it shows a huge detriment. Do all you can if you believe in sustaining fish. I have heard that some of the hatcheries around here are trying to create hatchery fry by mimicing wild fish and by letting fish spawn "naturally" in a free flwoing stream (inside a hatchery facility of course) and then releasing them. It will be interesting to see if the strength and genetic make up of these fish compares. In each Columbia Basin state, there are "Water Trusts" working with farmers, ranchers, and local municipalities to transfer water back instream for anadromous fish habitat. Check out Oregon Water Trust and Washington Water Trust's website. Idaho is through the state. These organizations have single-hgandedly created contracts with landowners compensating them for crops they lost due to shutting off irrigation, but it restored miles of dry streambed and allowed fish to get back to historical spawning grounds. They also work to change points of diversions and remove barriers like push up dams. Cool folks!

I believe two years ago in Eugene, they made regulations against city offices showing any signs of x-mas decorations. christmas trees, presents, reindeer, carolers, santa, and present-themed items or painted windows was forbidden. I think they may have reversed this after some serious complaints.

Sounds like a simple case of not conducting due diligence. Alex finds this film in his Dad's attic or was scammed by some antiques dealer, buying the farm or jumping to conclusions, wastes $10,000 on a 35 mm film he can purchase completely clean and new for $800, then throws his story out there thinking it to be true. He did not do his research and neither did BMFF. It is both of their faults and one I am sure they will learn from. It doesn't sound like there was any ill intentions, just lack of due diligence and communication. Makes them look bad and disorganized, but not mean spirited.

It looked like they tried climbing a choss and moss gulley from the video footage on the news!