fredrogers

Ditto. Sport climbing in Spain with a hot Spanish chick for belayer and translator or, like me, working. Hmmm. Have fun with her parents!

Talapus and Ollalie Lakes are nice, easy hikes. Think they are off exit 42 on I-90. like 4 miles R/T with 500 feet of gain (if that). Little Si is nice, but can be crowded on the weekends- go early. Commonwealth Basin to Red Lake is a nice hike, mostly flat until you wind your way up to the lake and then you gain it quickly. Think it's 3-4 miles each way and 1200 feet of elevation gain. Shares the start to the Kendall Catwalk trail- first exit at Snoqualmie Pass, hang a left towards Alpental and take your first right and park at the PCT trailhead.

Mythos.

this is hilarious.

Mike- I hiked the trail earlier this year with some friends and saw a bunch of people on bikes. It goes through the burn from last year so it's a little looser and dustier that it was previously. Signage at the TH said the trail was still closed (as of Memorial Day) but we just hiked anyway. It'll be a great ride. Not sure if the season is over or not, but we must have picked 10 lbs. of Morell mushrooms in the burns.

This is hilarious http://whitehousewest.com/

Ditto. That was amazing. Nice work. The tune is Moby, from the album "Play."

"When we're done rebuilding Iraq, can we rebuild our schools?" "Why are we killing people who killed people to prove that killing people is bad?" "Read my lips: No more Texans" "Somewhere in Texas a village is missing its idiot." "Haliburton/Blackthorne in 04" (looked just like the Bush/Cheney sticker). "Too slow? Too bad!" on the back of a decrepit VW microbus. "Honk if anything falls off" on the same bus.

Try the Akai hotel. Small kitchenettes and fairly cool owners- not the lap of luxury by any stretch of imagination, but not roach infested either. I think it was around $60-70 CND a night- but that was during ice season and it may be higher during the summer.

You can easily do both in a day. I did them in a light snow last fall and we had the Beckey route all to our selves. The S Arete is a couple of low 5th pitches and some class 3/4 scrambling. It is easy to bail off in case of bad weather since you rap the route. I'd start with the S Arete first and then head down to the Beckey route- it's an easy side hill when snow covered. Also- both will probably be crowded- the S Arete more likely so. Have fun.

I remeber the people chopping at the purser's office door with th fire ax to free those "arrested" on-board. Quite a night.

Dan- I did the same with my wife a couple of wekends ago. Don't bother going to Playground Point- I thought it looked perfect (all under 5.8) and far enough from the road so that it wouldn't be crowded. Fun, with a pretty spot in the Canyon, but all are under 40-50.'

Just make sure not to camp between the road and the river and well away from the road- the further up the Icicle the better- at least past Johnny Creek CG or up towards the Stuat Lake TH. If ranger Larry finds you, it's $50PP plus a long lecture from that A-hole.

Slappy- Only using exaggeration to illustrate. Compared to many of the other sport routes in the Icicle (i.e., 4th of July Wall, Jazzy Document, etc) it is very comfortably bolted (of which I have no complaint).

Whatever, sendbot.

What's with the pig? That is perhaps the only climb outdoors where the potential to z-clip exists at almost every bolt. Pretty funny and a good waste of my employer's time. Thanks for sharing.

No shit.

Horsecock. Snaffels.

Cool video, in spite of the camera andgle on Boux Crack. Looks like you guys had a fun trip. Keep them coming.

and of course, Corner Flash, 5.7, Inner Walls.

LA- thanks for taking a look at it. I need to go buy some hangers and remember to bring a wrench with me. It is a sand bag at 5.6 and the fall from above the bolt would be bad- right onto low angled terrain below. I was definitely happy to fire a cam into the slot at the top of the slab.

Ha ha. Mountie size. We hiked into Clamshell Cave in 11worth on Sunday, amazed by the lack of cars parked at the pullout. It wasn't until right below the crag we heard the tinkling of brand new hexes and the heavy thud of mountaineering boots. As we rounded the corner, we ran into the 30+ group of mounties wearing mountaineering boots, gaitors and shorts over poly pro. Classic. We bailed and went elsewhere, since the crag was top-rope sieged and we hadn't made a reservation. They were waaay sneaky by carpooling.

I don't know about how much traffic it sees- I just assume that since it's given a fairly easy grade and right by the road that newbies will be on it. I don't really have the experience to judge whether the bolt needs to be replaced- although it is sticking out of the slab a good bit. I know the hanger is bunk and it looked like the top of the bolt had been bashed down to keep the hanger from being stolen. There is just one bolt on the route- the rest is gear. There is a three bolt anchor at the top of the pitch.

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