Jens

I'm not a fan of the fixed chain QD's on steep routes because they seem to add a ton of rope drag and make the rope feel heavier. Rifle has a bunch of them. ---------------------- It is pretty scary how weak some of that hardware store stuff is.

Make that 7 cc'ers last night.

Another one to mention that is on that "100" list. Sherpa Balanced Rock is the true summit of Sherpa Peak. (by only a couple of feet though).

That looks like some great limestone!

I.Thou shalt not uttereth thy names "Infinite Bliss" or "Condomorphine Addicition" in trip report on this website. II. Thou shalt not show trip report photos of shorts over polypro or write trip reports when climbing with any branch of the mountaineers organization.

And to all you thousands of hardmen and hardwomen lurkers that read this site every day, show up. This is "the" big cc.com event of the year. It is way better than the feathered friends rockfest or any other "fest". We've had some mighty fine kegs of hand crafted beer over the years.

How about the group site again at 8-mile in early october.

I often get waved through without any questions or ID requests.

Interesting post Bill about the scorpions. I've seen em' under rocks in eastern Washington. When I tell folks that we have scorpions here they don't believe it. ------------------------------------------ I was on the upper t.w. at index once and saw a Perigrine pump and go into a 2,000 foot dive toward the river. It looked to be as fast as the blue angels last weekend. The woodland park zoo raptor guru said they've been clocked at 285mph-fastest living thing on planet earth. -------------------------------------------- I was buzzed by a kestrel once. My hair blew up the thing flew so close.

You can walk down in rock shoes but it sucks pretty bad.

Thanks guys! ----------------------------- So many people don't realize what a gem static point is!

You called it.

Don't tempt me. ------ To break the speed record of 43 minutes to climb the route, I would guess one would have to do the entire route in one pitch?

I'd guess that 90% of the bolt spray is not about bolts themselves but is about garbage bolted routes like rappell bolted routes in alpine or semi-alpine settings, (ie: mt.garfield, south early winter spire, condor buttress) bolted cracks, or otherwise lame routes. Or at least that is where the spray starts. Granted a couple of folks detest bolts period.

Well done Chuck Norris!

I almost got the chop once walking solo on Rainier's easiest route. I was standing on a couple of inches of snow over a 90 foot cavern. My tidbits: *Rainier's crevasse patterns are harder to read than all the other glaciers in the state. * If you can go on skis, your safety margin will be way higher.

Don't quote me on this but I think it has gone in under 60 minutes from base to top (not counting approach or descent). ---------------------------- Anyone seen the footage of the Late Dan Osaman climbing that route in California that is hundreds of feet (500?) long in only a few minutes? It is on youtube.

Go do one of the V2 pocket problems on the carved brick on the Tav's wall and climbing partners will come out of the woodwork. ---- The Tav in downtown Ellensburg, A great stopover on the way home from banks ice or tieton or vantage rock.

RIP Any cc posters climb with Michael? Solid head for sure. ------------------------- Soloing rock near your limit is every human emotion in one tidy package for sure.

Nice climbing Wayne! What was the traverse from Sherpa to Argonaut on the crest like? I think I've counted like 15 towers with some steep country and like over a horizontal mile. Croft called it the crux.

Anyone know the lightest 2 or 3 section pole available? How much does it weigh?

Congrats!

If one wants to weigh his genitals, here is an answer to your question. It is because you can traverse out from under the serrac danger on Lib wall in about 20 minutes on just steep snow if you get scared and it has about 2% of the rockfall that Willis has. Plus Lib wall has very little rock climbing that slows you down (you can make some fast time with a walking axe in the danger zone). It is all about speed. I was hit by several stones on my climb of willis. One was going terminal velocity and it hit the top of my rucsack. The second was a small bouncer that hit me in the thigh. A lot of whizzers though. I will concede the fact that they both have high serrac kill danger though. ---------------------- I don't know anything about paragliding, but remembering thinking that a launch from the top of the serracs would be about the coolest launch on planet earth.

What is about the lightest fairly rigid 2 or 3 section pole available? I don't want some of the super soft ones that flex to much like some of the really skinny graphite ones. I also can't stand the Black Diamond line of poles either. (Or really any of their stuff). ---------------- Please help anyone. When I recover from my heel surgery, I'll need new poles. thanks so much