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Thanks for letting us be aware of this. If somebody could clean it asap, that would be great. Be careful about highway 2 traffic getting trundled on. This is my favorite training route for cardio.

I read an article today by a climatologist who said that the models predict pehaps the warmest winter we've had in ages. The model included most of the US and Canada. Please say it isn't so! This year I'm just gonna keep rock clmbing until the ice hits and then get on it instead of what I've done for the last several years- pout and do stupid dry tooling on artificial surfaces for months on end as I obsess about how cold it isn't. Hopeffully we'll get a good ice and mixed season!

I vote that one of the kegs be rolled 200 yards west to the classic crack- eightmilerock hangout by the river Saturday night. Anyone opposed? Who's the biggest dude on this site? Carry the keg down!

Here is a crazy climbing story: A British dude named Tom I climbed with in the alps this summer told me about a time when he climbed the Matterhorn when he was younger. He and his partner passed a guide and his client. Tom and the guide exchanged pleasentries and kept climbing. A few minutes later, Tom came to a halt as his rope got stuck. The guide and his client clamly passed Tom and his buddy. Tom spent almost 20 minutes trying to free the rope as his calves and forearms got progressively more pumped. After screaming at his partner for a while and trying to move, Tom and his partner realized that the guide had reached over and clove hitched Tom's rope to a fixed pin that was in the back of a small alcove, effectively handcuffing him and his buddy so that the guide could move past. That's lower than throwing rocks at your competition!

I heard 3rd hand they are gonna have multiple guide services sharing the same hut. Can you imagine how interesting that could potentially be! - turned off alarms, fist fights etc.

I have a tiny but deep gouge- cut on the pad of my pointer finger. If I put it on any hold at all it causes agony. It is not a flapper but instead a deep hole. Is there anything I can do between now and roundup? superglue? bandaids and neosporin?

REI no longer carries it. And I believe it is not be found anywhere in King county.

I'd go with quarks and run em' leashless. All the various "ergo" style mixed tools are great for mixed but suck on pure challenging ice. Also you can almost count the total number of all the bolted mixed routes here in the cascades on your fingers thus it would be wiser to buy a "swinger". M12 has even been climbed with "swingers".

I can't find this anywhere anymore. Is anyone else having any luck finding it? Considering all the climbing barriers it has broken, it would be sad to see it go away. It's like the rolex of climbing food!

PBR works for me!

I'm glad you guys had fun. It was nice meeting you on Sat.

Since we'll be about 100 yards from classic crack, we could have a special olympics event on it with blindfolds, keg-o-beer weight belts, or other such business. --Hey and all you roundup folks, come on down to smith this weekend to for the event!

I'll be headin' down Friday night. Anybody got access to firewood? Should be nice cooler temps for sending (except for my tweaked finger )

VW has a weight belt in the milk crate by the pullup bar.

Sorry to hear the news. I'll bet we've got more (higher %) ATM and credit card fraud down here in the states though.

Wanted: A down jacket that is size medium with a hood. Also that is less than 5 years old and is realy light,and realllly cheap. Preferably in the Seattle area. ________________________ I've got an expedition down jacket that is just way to big for casual stuff.

Thanks for getting a brainstorm going on this. I would be a great gesture if the spray paint was covered. Happy climbing!

Good luck Wayne. Perhaps you can stir the passion for climbing and high places in your child.

I'd donate chain and screwlinks to replace the rig, but I won't be out at index for quite a while. Not cool whoever did it.

Check some of the early editions of Freedom of the Hills. ---------------------- It might be novel to try with a few others some time.

Your personal draw setup depends on: How you pull them off your harness (thumb inside or outside) What gives you an inch or two extra reach to the hanger (dependent on how your are holding the draw when you pulled it off your harness). How you stablize the draw on overhanging ground or when it is swinging in the wind. The arguement for safety that BD makes about gate direction may matter for a few pitches but shouldn't be considered law. Clipping draws is all about speed. Many long time sport climbers have whippered 5,000 or more times. People have been rigging biners different ways on draws for ages. My two cents worth. Anybody remember the quickdraw that had a half twist in it? That was a scary draw! It was designed for smith!?!?

The Mountaineers Organization train pic at the top gave me the best laugh I've had in weeks!

I suck at sharpening screws. I've tried all sizes and types of files and other gizmos. I may try these guys.

Sweeet! We should all go to thrift stores and buy a red T-shirt and wear the shirts climbing at the smith thing and th 11-worth roundup- Instant belayer buddies everywhere all over the dihedrals at smith and up the icicle. You'd know who the cc'ers were.