Jens

-lots of rating errors in that photo. but it's all fun!

The flyer I saw was brand new.

Yeah, the steep line was the one I was talking about.

Mountain tools is good but they were slow.

I saw a map and write-up of the planned Alpental expansion. Gondola to the top and a new chair up the intenational area. Anybody know a timeline for when this is gonna happen? It looks way cool. The only bad thing is it doesn't really open up any new terrain. It would have been cool to see it push toward Pineapple pass.

I'm ashamed to admit it but..... Their are a few new lines around the "Freeway Gun Show "area that are actually granitic and really really really good. I was really surpirsed and had to do a double take. I felt like was at Leavenworth. It aint' all choss. I redpointed a sport route that was a dead ringer for a sport route I climbed at tioga pass east of Tuolomne meadows.

Anybody know anything about companies that will sell a bunch of gear for you on the internet? I'm thinking of "sell it on ebay" style stores. My sister said they exist but I've never seen one. Where are they? How much do they take as their cut? Is their one locally? Anything else? I'm gonna be selling a bunch of gear all at once and I am tired of trying to sell stuff on the yard sale section. People want to try to meet at lots of places all over the city to buy one small item. Anotherwards I'm so busy right now, I'll pay someone else to do it. Anyone have any experience?

Possibly looking for midweek cragging partners next for next week:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday If .....my finger stops hurting and it doesn't get as cold as they are saying it might Thinking exit 32 (can climb in downpour), exit 38, vantage, index, fossil rock, or possibly peshastin, or smith for 2 days. pm me if you are also looking to get out midweek any of those days.

Will water ice climbing (that is sanely close to a road) virtually be non existent in Washington as this place gets warmer? We are getting more and more bummer years. When I was a kid, Leavenworth was like ice mecca but in more recent times we are all getting burned for larger and larger chunks of the year (no ice). Maybe we'll all just be craggers, ski-mountaineers, and alpinists and we'll leave the ice/mixed game to the Colorado and Canmore folks. (My rant for the day)

They kick ass. Way better swing than any of the companies ergo style tools. If your'e gonna climb big drips leashless, they are the way to go. I put skateboard grip tape above the orange grip to facilitate a high grip.

Cool, maybe everyone will play the State of the Union Speech drinking game before they show up. That will make for an interesting pub club!

If people go for a later start time I'd like to down a pint or two this evening.

Sure it may be good and may work in nicely, but I'll guarantee it's not as sticky as some of the other rubbers that are on the market.

Here is a stupid question.... Why do I feel the impulse to binge eat from dawn to dusk like their is a famine coming whenever I get a cold? It's like I eat like 7000 calories a day no joke. After the week is up, and I get well I can't crank any routes. Anybody else have this? It's always been like this for me.

Is it just me or is this stuff really slippery (It's just like the old boreal maestro rubber).- Definitely could be the difference between sucess and failure on smearing routes.

If the Hawks go to the superbowl I'll actually not climb that day if somebody throws a superbowl party. Anyone got a big TV and a bathtub we could fill with ice and beverages?

Awesome pics of rock and ice matt ____ I'll probably end up going to the rockies again. ___________________ I did manage to get 14 days in before the warm snap though.

my bad (typo) it was 1/16 yesterday

Throw away your new camalots and buy these!

After crying over the ice falling down, weeks of rain, and the avy hazard high, eric8 and I were desperate to climb anything. We waded through the mud in a deluge to the base of world wall 1. I walked in with a hughe IKEA unbrella but still managed to get wet. We climbed reptiles (totally) dry and did some dogging/ A-zeroing on chronic (mostly dry) as mixed rain and snow fell around us. After about an hour and a half it was miller time. When I got back to the car, I looked like I had played in the mud but at least my umbrella and my lycra survived!

Man..... the long term weather projections are brutal for ice reforming. I've decided to morph into a gym rat. Anyone else?

Off the Renton-Issaquah highway (900).

An old sport partner of mine (C.P.) found a limestone outcrop that I heard was a solid 5 mile march from Baring. I don't think anything was ever opened there though?

Yeah my owner's manual showed to also have a portion of the yellow strap to run around the back of the heel. You have the newer version but the concept is still the same. Maybee I'll just email grivel.

My glove motto is bring a lot of cheap thin pairs. ___________________________________ I personally don't think mitts are needed hardly anywhere on this continent.