LUCKY

Lets see who is laughing last what a jackass!!!!! Anyone got a picture of alpineknt...KURT

So I get this PM from alpineK that reads Quote: what part of T hornbein's book inspired you to chip holds or glue shit. I am pretty well known and a lot of you have climbed my routes. Anyone know of me chiping holds or glueing holds?

What a pain in the having to logon every time I visit this site

Recently there was some confusion and a accident on a route I put up at X 38 called Rhino Rave , it seems because I set it up with chains hanging over the top for top ropers to use, top ropers were not hanging the chains back over the top after they were done, making it hard to get to or see the anchors when leading . I have added two more bolts to this climbing making it safer. Anyone top rope'n this route please hang the chains back over the top.

Thomas Hornbein author of Everest the West Ridge, seen crank'n the rads at x 38 A man of great accomplishments that still enjoys getting out and climbing ...now that "Everest the west ridge" was a book that inspired me long ago to take up climbing and get off the beaten path of hiking trails. If anyone wants a read of Everest The west ridge, I would be willing to lend my coffee stained copy out.

If you still can't find one, you can have mine. I know everything there and don't use it anymore. I could update it for you, some things have changed a little.

If it's the route I think it is , it's a 5.13B project by a local hardman Red tags usually mean a project or unfinished or dangerous route. He is look'n for a partner to work the route if anyone is up for it

BOLTS!! Oh my god... I clipped them all... but than again I am such a clip whore Which ones did you guys skip? Bolts get me through times of fear better than fear gets me through times of no bolts I hiked farther for Outer Space because like CA it's way cool, but I would not hike to the base of Condor for the other routes there ,what it is, is what it is! Did not mean to step on anyone toes , but I back up climbers that put up routes I enjoy... it's thankless hard dangerous work! Let's climb and discuss it over this keyboard is giving me a pump

Not trying to stir you up but ....with over 2500 posts how do you find the time to climb and Thank you for all the fine routes you have put up for me to enjoy, can't a guy give credit where credit is due and say something good without a bunch of negative spray, I guess Becky and I are just a couple of dumb

I had been trying to do Condorphimine Addiction 10-B in Levenslab for some time , but something always happened , like the rain storm on Sunday of Rockfest So my partner that likes to call me dad because of our age difference ( I guess that's because I have been call'n him Son )says for fathers day he will pack the rope for dad and we can do CA ,he will even let me have the crux pitch.. what a guy!! I can't get my kids up off their couch, let alone up a thousand feet of vertical gain I lead pitch 1 and 2 in one pitch ,partner leads 3 and 4 in one pitch, I than lead pitch 5, partner leads pitch 6 and I finished the the walk to the top of pitch 7. We started at 6:30 at the trail,the sun hit us on pitch 3, 6 hours car to car with over an hour of sight seeing ,nada sole did we see and the weather was the best. NOW THATS A FATHERS DAY PRESENT! There use to be a lot of negative spray about this route by a few I thought it was killer and one the most well engineered routes I have been on , and the guys that put it up deserve a metal for all the hard work they put into this route ....just think about lug'n harware and your butt up and down that hillside multi times to clean and establish such a fine route. Leland and Ron a special thanks to you for Condophamine... I'm addicted And a special thanks to my partner Rusty (son)killer day!

Like they said in a recent climbing mag STFU and climb! If you guys climbed as much as you spray you would be leading 5.12 by now instead of being tope rope gapers

A stiffy or boner draw is best made with metal banding tape, the kind used to rap heavy pallets . a double length through the beaner and taped around the sling with cotton climbers tape, tape the beaner well to hold it secure. TALL CLIMBERS MISS ALL THE COOL MOVES!

Anyone ever stay at Farragut state park or know of good camping around Post falls ? Come on give up the beta

I got the guide book, planing a trip this long weekend. Soooo camping and a fire? A little free beer is a small price to pay to hang out with the local crew and have a good time! Im sure I can wing it but I would rather climb and party than look and gape.

Looking for back ground beta: camping, camp fires, best place for a tailgate party, entry,best wall, classic routes not to miss , swimming, or any beta that would make the trip more enjoyable. in exchange for local guide PM, email, or post LUCKY

Any one up for some moderate sport climbing at Vantage tomarrow thursday 5/19 LUCKY

F&W have a blanket closure of Middle East wall. The proper signage is not in place and I don't think F&W really knows where they are nesting. If they drive by and see climbers climbing I don't think it would be good PR so please avoid Middle East wall untill the closure is lifted

Thanks to John Crock of Hyperspud and his organizing effort to spread grass seed natural to the area last fall, the camping and surrounding area is much greener than usual this spring Andy and his band of Heros are willing to picth in and bring back the flat bed truck for a cleanup after the next concert season The camping area seems to be clean and green , the Echinacea Plant/flower is quite abundant this year. The hawks are nesting at the far end of middle east wall, please avoid climbing there.

RUMR sent me a link to a post on Ascensionist .com, a judgement about climbers, trash and the way the Frenchmans Coulee use to be. Here are the facts: I seen the trash and instead of talk'n about it I picked it up and hauled it out ,like 2 trashcans of it. The way the coulee use to be ... well I have been spending the spring and fall over there for over ten years and know of friends that have given me the skinny from way back when. The place has been used for illegal dumping by locals for years and it will proably never stop, I remember before the clean ups, old trash barrels,car motors, untold nails from pallet partys and all sorts of illegal trash dumped there. If it where not for climbers the place would be a large trash dump.Proff would be ..go to Frenchmans Falls , look accross the coulee and look at all the trash where climbers don't clean up or climb. Some people are worried about the loss of sage brush(after all we all know how endangered it is over there) and I don't even see a loss , the coulee seems to bounce back every year with new vegatation The climbers that climb and camp at the coulee don't want to see development ( we like it rustic ) There are not that many climbing areas that you can camp and climb, lets all do our part to enjoy it for as long as we can . We can all do our part by takeing out more trash than we bring. TALK IS CHEAP!!!! BTW the Hero with the flat bed truck is at the coulee Saturday.Maybe we can talk him into another trash haul

Ther are two reasons I mark my hangers 1: To deter hanger thieves 2:As I have stated before I will pull myself any unjustly placed bolts I have put in. CBS your a right on guy... it is a lot more work doing good than spray'n The best way I have found to stop hanger thieves is to cut the end of the wedge anchor with a hack saw , place the hanger on the bolt, than when you hammer it in, it will smash the head stopping hanger removal, except by sawing off the head. If you are willing to do the work ,I will hook you up with some hardware and a drill. Good luck LUCKY

Ok I climbed with some of my usual partners yesterday , but now I find myself belayless on a nice sunday and I could be climbing in the local hills. So any locals willing to climb with little notice on suprise nice days let's hook up! PM me or take my email from my username A good belay is the only requirement LUCKY

5.10 Guide Tennie I allways wanted to try this shoe but no one stocked it. The Alpine Experience in Olympia had it so I picked up a pair.More of a climbing shoe than any approach shoe I have tried so far and not near as ugly as the pictures in the gear catalogs. The Alpine Experience carries alot of out of the norm gear Great store, great people

BTW last fall I saw them doing there thing again but they ID'ed me before I could plan a group ass kick'n and of course you know the responce time of the KCSD. Last seen driving older white Subaru wagon ,Tall kid short light color hair arm band tatoo ( slim jim dude ) shorter dark hair dude ( does the scanning ) they now have a long dirty blond hair girl(good look'n) in tow, they all seem to be in there 20's They also like to hang by the river and nail the fishermen One fisherman told me there was just kids down by the river they know when fly fishing the river the fishermen leave there wallets in there car. What a cash cow that parking lot is , no wonder they can't be scared off. THEY WILL BE BACK

I just got a very nice hand written thank you card from Rebecca Lavigne, Trust for Public Lands. Now that was unexpected and way cool Talk is cheep, what the SAM HILL is up with the rest of you