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quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: Maybe you'd get a better police response if you told them the bandits were stealing Trail Park Permits. now that is funny

Saw a funny thing up at Washington pass the other weekend. On the way back from NEWS, on the trail to the lake, saw a black gentleman, he was a duffle bag over one shoulder, and a gallon jug of dasani in the other hand. It was already about 5:00, and he was only a half mile or mile up the trail, and asked us how much farther it was to the lake... now that he was black, white, green, it doesn't matter, he just really seemed out of place with that jug o' water and duffle bag...

Exit 38, of course

I remember many nights sleeping under the quiet glow of the gypsum mine. Won't it be so much better under the glow of street lights, traffic, chaos I can't believe that they are doing this Eventually the whole US is just going to be one big subdivision. Next they are going to buy el cap meadow and turn that into a subdivision. They will find some law that lets them get past the fact that it is a national park.

Cavey can't make it today, anyone else? I can meet you in Monroe at about 3:45-4:00ish, or carpool from Everett

Anybody game, sun is shining? I can get out of work by 3:30, and be on my way!!

That list made me crave ramen! but I went to my cupboard, and there was no ramen AAAAAHHHHH, got to run to store and spend some change

I wear my helmet always when climbing trad, usually when leading sport, for some reason, I can't get myself to follow wearing my helmet unless the rock is a bit suspicious.

Skid Road

quote: Originally posted by glen: Can't forget these guys... Red Elvises! I feel lucky, I got to see these guys for free!! playing on the Santa Monica Promenade beggin for change a few years back... They are very amusing!

That was probably us up there on the NW corner of NEWS. Greg_W and I hit it on Saturday. Great climb Heading up an obvious line. Almost surprised the first ascent didn't happen until the mid seventies, but then again the big dihedral pitch probably would have been tough to protect with gear back then. It shares the first pitch with the west face, and then scrambles through some easy trees to a small dihedral and face climbing to a nice ledge atop the third pitch. We were able to link the 2nd and 3rd. The 4th pitch was where the fun began. A wonderful lieback, undercling, short pitch to a nice stance. Then the long dihedral off-width. It wasn't too bad, once we brought out the Those two pitches were a bit tough, but all the moves were there. The sixth pitch looked a bit scary and loose to start, but was solid and enjoyable. From there it was easy on to the summit! Recommended

Who would want to boulder when Exit 38 is so close?

Climbin the basalt cliffs outside of Boise with some friends. Teaching one of them how to climb and rappel. Went through the whole rappel thing on the ground with her, got it all set up, good to go. Drove into her brain not to let go with the brake hand. What does she do, but starts rappelling just fine, but after about 10 feet, she just lets go... Starts dropping, but luckily we were backing her up by holding the ends of the rope on the ground, she only dropped about 10 feet before we stopped her...

47%, boy I guess I really did not listen to much of that music. Am I lucky or what

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: quote:Originally posted by rr666: ----- Rockfest ----- Seattle show just got cancelled. Is that a bad thing?

----- Rockfest ----- [ 08-08-2002, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: rr666 ]

So how hard is it to get a permit? Should I try to get a permit now, or hope for the best and show up at 7:00am... I am looking at heading up there in mid September with my gf, starting mid-week, going to do some scrambles, hikes, easy climbs, for 5 or 6 days...

Got to hit 100, graduate from HC Lover Rock On!!! aaaahhhh

quote: Originally posted by James: and for using the new emoticon in an inappropriate context... next time try this: ... weather moved in on us and left us tent bound. fortunately we had brought tunes and rocked out for the remainder of the storm ... Don't mean to jump in on all the fun here , but I did not realize that there was an appropriate context for using the emoticons. That is just funny

These critters are great! Thanks

About once a month, I go through mine with a weedeater mainly so I can get to the barbecue. It is amazing why so many people care too much for their lawns

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: Viva Danzig: [/QB] Any chance you went to the Danzig show last Wednesday?, He played at the EMP. He is a bit rusty, but the show was not too bad

Elephant Buttress outside of Bozeman Montana, great long climb with a bit of exposure, especially for the newbie I was back then, wonderful setting, awesome partner. Just a great day. Super Slab - Sawtooths, Idaho. One of the best settings on Earth. Unfortunately finished after dark and missed the boat across the lake, and had to walk 7 miles back to the lodge in the dark with no light, and only 2 beers between us. White Punks on Dope - Needles California, just an awesome climb, with a great title too! Exasperator, Squamish - no need to say anything about this one. Holland-Davis, Sloe Children at Index.

I would not think that alpine climbs could be considered sport routes. There may be bolted alpine climbs, but they are by no means sport climbs. Somewhere there is a line as far as how long the climb is, how far of hike in (we all know sport climbers do not like to hike ). Any thoughts on this? I would not consider any of Darrington's bolted routes sport climbs...