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Are the powers that be trying to keep World Wall 2 and the surrounding short crags somewhat under the radar? I didn't see the areas in the latest Garth Bruce guide. World Wall 2 is quite a gem of a crag and perhaps only second to World Wall 1 for sport crag quality within a 100 mile radius.

Some people say it is ok to pour rubbing alcohol all over your hands before you go rock climbing and other people say it is seriously fubar'd. I've heard several people say it is absorbed into the pores in your skin and can cause, posioning, nauseau, and dizziness, and other nasty long term side effects. Any medical proffessionals have the lowdown on this?

Anybody climb the trestle all the way at exit 38? I'm at 38 a lot and frequently mess around on the thing while waiting for partners to show up. I looks like a #4 friend is in order for turning the lip if you are using a rope. (Maybe 5.10-?) I chicken out at the lip. The rungs make great warming up and there are some bachar-ladder-esque angles down low to fart around on. Man- the stone is drier than I've seen it some Junes!

Best TR I've read in a while. I laughed my ass off! --- What about the Dwayner plastic produce bag chalkbags of yore?

I know it would not be all good, but can we load the old software that we had before? right now: *About every 3rd thread won't load for me *My preview balloon doesn't work with this new software (means I don't read half as much stuff as I used to) * Doesn't remeber me on my log in * Plus cc is WAY slower than before People I've talked to at the crags lately have said they are experiencing all the same things as me so it isn't my computer or me. __ You guys do a great job. Let's just write this up as a mistake and go back to the old software. Thanks for giving us CC it is a great resource!

I've climbed at the crag you mention. It's perhaps worth stopping at on your way out from Mt.Daniel or maybe grabbing a beer or Pizza at Roslyn. The rock quality makes Vantage look like yosemite though. ____ It would be cool if somebody would open a nice spring/fall crag just on the east side of the pass right off I-90 for the rainshadow effect. It seems like the rain always stops right about the Easton exit? And for many puget sounders, Easton is less than 60 minutes away.

I know this probably doesn' t belong here.... It used to be that when I pointed my mouse arrow at a topic title, a white bubble or balloon would pop up showing the first sentence or two of what the post was about. This has disappeared and I can't find a way to make it come back. Anyone care to help?

Thanks for the smaller picks and the option to view them under high res. elsewhere. It is great for me. Those of us with dial up connectons never have the time to get a look at a lot of the pictures people post on this site.

I've always just bought the cheapest polypro long underwear tops and pants (rei, sporting goods store, ore whaterver) and saved my $$ for the other stuff -(softshells etc.). Does a $70 polpro top really make life much better than a $9 one? ___ Also on fit, how snug do you like your base layer? It seems like I stay warmer with a snug layer but it also seems restricting and confining compared to loser layers. --- I guess this is a portion of gear that I've never given much thought about. Any other tidbits of advice for me?

What's your vote for the cascades most dangerous individual pitch (not overall route) of aid currently? You don't have to have climbed it but it could have been a story told to you by a buddy at the bar over a pint. I'm not talking the pitch with necessarily the longest fall potential or the most jingus or hardest to place gear but instead the individual pitch that you would be most likely to get the chop on?.

I hope Fred is using all the info contributed to A.A.J.'s that have come out since the last edition of his alpine guide.

Great idea. This place has tremendous potential and is closer than index. -it even has some slabs, cracks -some longer TR'able lines. __ I have never climbed a Zeke's, but a great summer day would be to hit Zekes in the AM and then boulder in the PM at the boulders?

-- That is great news for those that choose to speed. Anyone else have a similar experience or know the exact details? Anyone on this board an insurance guru? Is it that way for all US insurance companies?

And what's the story on the "photo radar enforcement area" signs? There's one near Yale that a lot of climbers blow through at 80mph in the middle of the night going to Lillooet but I have never heard of them getting photo'ed and cited. ______ Where, when how? on the photo radar enforcement.

AWESOME THREAD! 1. Climb into a plexi-glass case filled with snow creek wall ticks (just like fear factor). 2. Wear pink lycra into the Reynolds Bar in Lillooet, B.C. on an ice trip 3. Strongly endorse the traditional ethic on this website (like Royal, Yvon, or the other of America's greatest climbers would) 4. Drive all the way to central Oregon to climb a volcano other than Hood 5. Hike out of the Pickets in August in a pair of Downhill ski boot shells with the liners removed. 6. Be forced to make Vantage the only area you are allowed to go to for the rest of your life. 7. Take a huge whipper in a Whillan's harness while wearing a pair of briefs. 8. Bivy in the shitter at Muir on a hot August night in preparation for your thousandth trip up D.C. 9. Start up the approach drainage to Drury falls during an avy advisory. 10. Take a Mountaineers or NOLS course 11. Move to North Dakota 12. Eat a case of cold 10 year old malt nut Powerbars in 24 hours.

Yes this was a long time ago. Yes it was a grizzly. I've hunted black bear with my dad and I know the difference. My dad has shot em'. I heard a rumor of a confirmed grizzly (by biologist?) sighting in the Dome Peak region -pretty close. Was that rumor on this website?

Scott, I did the exact same thing coming off GG Butt once. __ One of my worst invovled a blind drop down the south flanks of j-berg. It involved all of the following in about 9 hours -almost dying by pulling off a monster rock, arresting on steep moss, cutting the rope with an ice axe for a rap, wet 5.8 down soloing with mountain boots, arresting on snow, jumping a moat, a grizzly bear encounter, a bushwack, a haulucination, and a hitchike back to cascade pass. (this is after being avied with a metric ton of shit in the Cj couloir on the way up). although the drives back to home sweet home are also sketchy ___ How about the worst approach (or most suffering) in a 1 hour or less approach? Nothing sucks worse than getting molested by bushes looking for a new sport crag a few minutes from the car.

Sorry to hear the news. On the bright side, injuries have let many sport climbers launch great alpine climbing careers....... My advice is never to use finger tape- even when you are healthy. I've suffered tendonitis or ligament damage in every finger (except for pinkies) on both hands. Another tip I've done is if you are craving rock and have a finger strain, get into a sqeeze chimney and offwidth phase.

Oh but the North Face fleece jackets have become the rage in the last 3 months with the urban teenagers. North face stuff (coats, bookbags, etc.) was trendy with the kids about 4-5 years and then abruptly fell off the radar completely. And since about thanksgiving they can't keep em' in stock. Don't believe me?-go to southcenter mall on a Friday night. ___ And the funny thing is, in my opinion a lot of the north face gear is way better than many of the "climbers brands" (mountain hardware, etc.)

Here's a twist to this thread.... How about the worst approach that takes 120 minutes or less? -anotherwards what approach in the cascades inflicts the most suffering but has a total duration of under 2 hours from the car? I remeber getting off route approaching mt. Index in winter when I was a teenager and suffering pretty bad in fresh snow and slide alder.

I'd be interested in something like this in the late spring or summer. Not necessarily a kidsclimb, but instead a climb-belay-kidwatch-climb rotation at the base of a route. ________ I haven't summoned the courage to take my daughter and let her run around the boulders while I climb on them. I guess it would have to be a flattish bouldering place without any roads, rivers, steep terrain, brush,or other hazards around. Anyone have good luck or bad luck trying this with a 2 year old? -Or is it irresponsible? Score some brownie points for watching the kid and also get some climbing in!

I seem to remember reading in the sports page of the Seattle Times that when the Mariner's old shortsop Carlos Guillen got pulled over for a DUI he refused to blow into one of those breathalizers. Did he automatically lose his license for a year? Does this article imply that one should say "Sure, I'll blow into your device, but only after you arrest me." ? What is the law here in WA? Should the Mariner's shortsop have said, no I won't blow here, but I'll blow into it at the station?

Because when we're old and laying on our beds in a rest home suffering we won't remember which 60 feet piece of volcanic mud we climbed in how many hangs.

--is in. I climbed there Sunday after spending Saturday at Alpental. I talked to a dude on the phone a couple of hours ago who lives in the region and he said that it hit -10 at his house recently? ___ Somebody seriously needs to bolt a bunch of mixed routes out there because that place has more mixed potential than Hyalite in my humble opinion. Huge overhangs to hanging daggers.