LUCKY

When you stand on top of the Mesa after a days climbing and take in the setting sun it's definitely the Vantage point of euphoria Hey.... to some it may not be the best climbing area, but to me it is the best climbing experience. Nothing like the Coulee in the spring ...oh please let this be a short winter.

Now that I have read The Washington Desert by John Eminger and John Kittel 1991 I see how the name has transfered from that guide to the new guide, but most of the climbing is in Echo basin or off of old Vantage road not in the Frenchmans coulee. Vantage does sound cooler and I did have to look up coulee for the meaning. I call it both...it's all good I love to step back in time with old guide books.

The Alpine Experience in OLY has it in case any of you Mossy back west siders want to dream of dry climbing weather. Another well done guide book by Jim Yoder and Marlene Ford

A coworker that use to climb handed me a arm full of old guide books today, as I was going through them ,books like, A climbers guide to the Squamish Chief 1980, The Washington desert by J Eminger ect. I was saying the one I have been really looking for is .... and there it was Tieton river rock by Matt Christensen and it looks like it is brand new

It's at the printer.

I drape mine with a tarp and use it as an unbrella It's sooo heavy I hire a porter to pack it Anything that wide HURTS good bragging rights

I prefer not to touch anything old or take from the natural usless it's a trail,DANGER from rock fall or overuse thing at the top and I useually have to be ask and I only use less visual ring anchors. If you want anchors on something hash it out here. Every route should be considered separately. You can count me in for some good karma PR work I am really getting out there with this post....scary

Dude you think Vantage blows but you climb at the mud pile what up with dat? some of those cracks wig me out its like plug'n gear in what looks like mud and the sport climbing... the whole place is a slab The anti smith has some cool stuff off by yourself ... go to the right at the bridge .

Yeah! I think I will pull on some plastic Sunday. Just coming in from outside, it takes a few visits to get that plastic dialed. You know , to the point where I can crank 5.7

Yo Szyjakowski Climbing real rock in December what up with dat! RUMR says that place totaly blows, plastic is way better

Yo JETT all I am talking about is if someone will put out the effort to clean some of the dirty cracks at Vantage and turn them into classics I will buy and install the anchors and if you put out a little blood and sweat you can put your name on them.

Shut up Rudy Put a sock in Rudys mouth Yo RUMR now thats funny

The whole place is a choss pile and I would not even go there if not for the bomber solid stuff on sunshine wall aka: the bowling alley

My sweetie has been at my heals for years , it makes me climb harder A rope gun with a cute butt beats A sausage any day Girls ROCK could you put the rope up for me...my ego can handle it.

This 'community' is overrun by reactionary, knee-jerk, arm chair quarterbacks who fill these threads with pointless drivel. Sure, it's fun to read sometimes, but calling it 'the' climbing community is really a stretch. Now thats a quote I will remember Blackbelt internet keyboard climbers

All the devices you have mentioned I have tried, The Ushba basic ascender is by far the best Tope rope device , the rope slides easly through the device, it does not require a chest sling, it hooks right to a biner in your harness, is rope friendly , light in weight , is also used as an accender, is cheaper than other devices .the biner hole is small so less likely to crosslaod with a pearbiner . I have been using the Ushba for three years putting up new routes with out a problem. DO NOT use it for leading I have a soloist I will sell you, once I got the Ushba I let Yoder use it be careful if you use the soloist it is easy to make mistakes with it.

I have used the rock exotica soloist The ushba basic accender for a top rope but you can't lead with it like the soloist but than again leading with the soloist

The fire pit camping spot known as Elvis rock by the locals was cleaned this weekend, unbelievable the amount of nails around that pit, the trusty big magnet on a rope worked it's magic , if I could just find a way to clean up all that glass. Good party saturday night but we crashed too early from being spanked that day, LW was out to after 10 putting up a route by head lamp .... now thats a bold accent...hardest working dude in climbing

CBS I am willing to buy and install anchors on any crack of value that you or any one will retro clean in the coulee. Good TR

In good faith could the person that bolted on the hold remove it, could the names under the routes in marker be removed,Let the climbers that climb at Dishman decide what stays and what goes as far as bolts, this would make the crag more appealing to most. In good faith could Dane let the access issues that effect ALL of us be worked out by Lane and MattP. Either side that can't handle that has a real EGO problem! Don't shoot I'm an innocent bystander LUCKY

For the past few weekends bags of trash have been removed from the camping area 2 firepits were cleaned out last weekend. When you camp clean up your area , if everyone helps just a little it makes it easy. Way cool party with the canadians last saturday night

Oh Coulee, Oh Coulee, we're finally back...... With chalk bags, rock shoes, and dreams in our packs... Yankin' and Crankin' in the sun with our friends, Oh please dear Rock God bring us lots of new sends. Love the Moon and the stars and partying round the pits, but this political stuff is just simply the shits. poem by Mary Hume Our main concern is that we retain access to the climbing area and our camping. I believe that all climbers that love that area do their best and more to adhere to all climbers values. Pack out more than you bring in. Don't bust the Crust, and Admire and Adhere to what mother nature has behoved us. We love and appreciate the area, and please let us know, how we can continue to enjoy and help keep this area open to climbers, hikers, and folks who are just beginning to love our Washington's beauty. Mary, Lucky's gal.

It actually was a Mr Andy Harrington and his crew I just took the pictures. Mary and I did pick up a couple of bags trash ourselves to take out, I have a magnet on a rope that works great for the never ending nails from the pallet burning.

A flatbed truck full of Dave Matthews Band trash was taken out of the camping area by a group of climbers this weekend, these are the real hero's of climbing As always the climbers that camp at the coulee take out more than they bring and clean up whenever we camp there. Unbelievable what that 3 day DMB concert did to the camping area

I am hard of hearing, that makes me talk louder for emphasis at key points in a conversation