Jens

This is the BEST all time imax. awesome everything Soundtrack by the greatest band of all time=QUEEN Unreleased soundtracks from Brian May solo= greatest rock guitar player of all time. Awesome watching Robert Jasper climb. awesome alpine climbing, sport climbing, and AT skiing shots -------- Sour grapes though when the 40cm of new snow and unstable weather thwarted my attempt on the North Face when I was over in the alps climbing this summer.

I'm an M's fan. We are off to a great start. Any cc.com posters play at the higher levels when they were younger? high school, community college, etc? my thought for a few keys to our year: *Turn off the radar gun display when Felix pitches. He peeks at it and then overthrows. I think they had it turned off some last year for him? *Beltre needs to stop trying to pull the ball. He seems to have all the power he needs to just clear the fence in right center. When he went off the juice a few years ago, a lot of his deep drives that used to be dongs turned into warning track shots. * I am 90% sure the A's were stealing signs consistently from us last year. Go M's

I can't believe what I'm reading. You just don't steal draws on someone's project. No matter what kind of climber you are. It is just not done.

Alain Robert is amazing.

You can't tell me that a couple of people getting shuttled up are going to spend more than a few token dollars at Copper Creek or Alexanders. I know the businesses are hurting. My folks live down near their and go up a lot.

The thieves will certainly have some bad climbing karma coming! If you are reading this and have the draws, wait until you are six feet out from one of them and remember this thread. You'll blow the crux thinking about my post even if the draw or biner doesn't break over an edge that time.

I'm game. It should be good weather though. Can I pay someone to carry my DH boards to muir? They'll drag in the snow if I lash them to my pack.

Did I hear some rumor like "VIP's" are getting shuttled up by car to paradise for recreational climbing, skiing, and other recreation? Perhaps the shuttling is going on up the westside also?

In addition to bees...Watch out for toy rattlesnakes in the walk through grotto to sunshine wall! --- The rainshadow for Vantage today started about 1 mile west of the climbing area. Everyone else in the state got soaked. 70F and sun in the afternoon at the climbs. It was sunny for us last weekend too. ---- Noticed a lot of newer really mediocre routes that have been thrown up in the last 7 years or so near the gullies west of sunshine and jigsaw. ---- Here is a surprise: Vantage's Balls Wall gets my vote for the most sandbagged sector in WA. The times i've climbed their (today included) the ratings certainly felt stouter than index. The routes are awesome though.

I climbed it exactly that way once. We went that way when we came up and found zero ice in the runnel section that would lead to the second couloir.

Have a fun time all. I was just down in Vegas climbing. Don't forget to spend at least one day on some of the Vegas Limestone. It is awesome!

I've climbed shirtless and then been buried with snow 24hr. later this time of year. Just be well prepared if your headin' up the big stone.

Would the NPS ever let us revive the silver skis race from Muir to Paradise? I've seen some of the old footage and it is a hoot! I don't know that my thighs could stay in a tuck all the way to the parking lot but it would be fun to try!

Ouch man! Where's the love? Whether a ski, crampon, rock shoe, etrier, or mt. boot is underfoot, you are outta your league dude.

I used skateboard deck tape for one season and then this season went with the petzl/charlet stuff and found it better.

Mr.Gratz is the man. Look for some cool stories when he returns.

Wee've seen on the summit of the big easy so far: * a quadruple bypass heart surgery patient survivor * Numerous amputees * 80 something year old great grandpa * Lots of other interesting stuff.

Just to weigh in with my two cents. Vantage is much better than it used to be with all the new lines. I like to crack climb but in my opinion, almost all the trad lines at Vantage suck REALLY bad. The joy is the artistry of face climing movement over the entablature. Leave the cams at home and bring draws. In college as a vantage local at CWU in the early 90's we'd go to Vantage on a spring Saturday and would occasionally be the only car. We'd done almost every single established route but these days, their are a ton of lines and projects.

I'm not a leavenworth local, but I think it is a little early for this as a casual cragging day? Sure it would go but...

Seam grip the seams (in the REI kayaking department in a white REI bottle with a tapered tube). Then Nikwax the palms, let it, dry soak em' in water for an hour and them let em' dry. You don't want gobs of nikwax on your ice axes.

Nearly new off brand black down jacket for sale -$45 bucks. I used it on one 4 day ice trip to the Canadian rockies and one Lillooet ice trip. It has no hood, is a size Medium (but fits like a large). It weighs about a pound and a half and stuffs really small. I'm in Seattle (Ballard) and climb at Seattle Vertical World a lot. Would rather not ship. It will see you through your bivouac on your heinous alpine route. Jens Klubberud

Alpinism, mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and ice climbing are keeping me a bogus rock climber. Should I just eat WAY less to stay up with my sporto buddies that train year round on campus boards with weight belts and the like? ----------------- One old friend of mine (a former world cup competitor) said she wouldn't do any approach longer than 30 minutes for fear her legs would get to big. It's quite a curse for those of us that like to climb everything but suck at everything (like I do). Does it just come down to diet?

I would wager to guess that the compliance rate for this stipulation (if it passes) will be around 30%. The only way that the stat would be higher is if the state of Oregon paid lots of people to rent hundreds of beacons 24 hrs. a day for many aspects of the mountain. If John Doe shows up on some side of the mountain, at say 9:45pm and decides he wants to go for a summit romp, the state of Oregon better have a way for him to get one without driving all over. The funny thing is, if this bill passes, it will probably cost the state of Oregon more for enforcement, rentals, and the like then what they'll save by having climbers wear them. They will still have to pay for rescuing climbers, just it will be a little quicker to find out where they are.

Forged Friends are a better cam than the latest version (or any version of the Black Diamond Camalots). I'd tell you why but I don't have time to type my 20 reasons.

Somebody really fast and comfortable skipping half the holds could probably crank the ferry ride and Bremerton gym out to finish. Except Bremerton closes at 9pm instead of 10pm like the others.