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Seems like that building he put up is worth way more then the gym itself. I don't blame him for wanting to sell it. Good luck, hope you guys can find a way to keep it open!

glad to help out Brian, and it was nice to meet you! good luck down there. curious if you caught a glimpse of Castle Crags on your way?

kind of a mini-tauntaun...

catbirdseat, sorry to hear about your troubles. yes Castle Crags is pretty well snowed in now, but if you find yourself taking a pit stop in the Medford/Ashland area give me a shout and I can take you out climbing on some of our local crags which are nice this time of year as long as the suns out...like today. cheers and good luck! Matt

nother vote for powder... followed by seeing a good jam band live.

I wadded the river once to get to Synco, about 200 yds west of the approach gully the river widens out and it's doable. The current was stronger then we thought it was going to be and it was actually quite scary. About waist deep in the middle. Plus I was cold all day after that... So, I'd probly walk the river again rather then ford it. The ice on Syncro is fat, 1st pitch is in, but the quality is mostly poor. We did Oregon Jack today and it was nice.

oops, well you know how it goes with time and dates on a road trip...

Climbed: 1/15 - Marble, ICY BC and Deeping wall, both are pretty fat, but top pitch of Icy BC doesn't look ready yet. 1/16- Carlsberg - Sweet 1/17- Synchronicity - Ice was good, a bit rotten, tough to get good screws but the sticks were bomber. The approach is hard now, you can follow our crappy posthole trail, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's cold here tonight! Cheers from the Mile-0, they have free wireless now.

we hiked the river today, it sucked. there was a crust layer underneath 6 inches of fresh that broke through randomly every ten steps... but the climb was pretty cool! a little rotten from the sun exposure, good sticks but bad screws. seems like the avy danger is high now with that crust layer underneath, it rained here Monday then got cold.

HYALITE IS CLOSED

Hey Mike, good luck in your venture...I know how it feels to wanna be on da move! Not sure how set on SLC you are, but fwiw I have never really felt 'at home' since I left Bozeman. You might want to spend little time there and check out the opportunity. You'd dig it for shizzl. Cya!

Not much snowpack yet I don't believe. Te whole mountain was bone dry just a couple weeks ago.

That's cool...it will be interesting to see how they turn Hyalite into a competition venue. Seems like loacals run laps up most of the routes there... November 29th seems a bit early, hope all the good stuff is in. My bet is on Pete!

they make a clip on vestibule for the Eldo. I've got one, works pretty good.

Eldorado

COME AND GET IT! ARRRGGHHHH!

I bought the Nokian Vattiva Mud Terrain tires for my Tacoma. Love 'em! They have about 3k miles on them now. The other tire I was strongly considering was the Cooper Discoverer STT.

6 is too young. way to young.

Hi Bob, good luck getting volounteers. i will help if I can. One thing i can say is please make sure the judges are well trained in the rules, and that the lead belayers know how to belay kids. One thing I saw at Regionals was some poor static lead belaying, which may be ok for an adult but not for a kid. My team kids were afraid of the belay while leading. Thanks.

Layton, C-Ya, enjoy Seattle...its a cooler city anyway IMO. Jeff Taylor says hi down here in Ashland. you should join us sometime.

Eldorado Wall Company distributes "Rose Autobelays," I think they are around $1,500 to $2,000. Most of the risks have been identified above. The devices require maintenance, and testing. Also they need to be calibrated for the appropriote weight of the climbers. Documented failures have been seen with the devices, particularly worn cables snapping. Also user error including people not even clipping into the thing. They don't nescesarily allow for climbing without a qualified supervisor, especially with kids. Someone needs to be there to check that their harness is on properly and they are clipped in right. I don't have any in my gym because I think the negatives and $ ouitweight the positives. We rely on good old fashoined belaying. Also i wouldn't recomend putting anything but a bouldering/traversing wall in a schoold, with adequate padding and a system to keep kids off it when unsupervised.

Wild Things Epic Hoody, with Primaloft. It's the bomb. Pro Mountain Sports

don't thank me thank Chicken Skinner, I'm just sharing his work with you guys because I think it's cool and something every climber should see. If you go to Supertaco and search his name you'll turn up tons of cool threads that he has posted with classic Yosemite climbing memorabilia including old gear and photos. I think he runs or is putting together the climbing Museum in Yosemite. Cheers

Wranglers nab the Lost Arrow Spire This is some classic stuff right here! Check it out! Thanks to Yosemite Climbing Historian Ken Yager (aka Chicken Skinner) for scanning the article.

nice post on the front page. volounteer days rock, and Index rocks!