ScottP

That would make you a cephalopod, hence, I suppose, all the past squid references. Got a 3rd degree ligament tear a while back that the doc said would require surgery to avoid the torn ends rolling over and forming a weak reconnect. I had it done and am glad I did. Despite injuring the ankle since then, it seems it is as strong now as it was before I completely separated the ligament.

Pilchuck

It's hard to tell, but the crack through the two roofs is about 4-5" and I'm pretty sure it's never been done.

I recently started using an Eclipse 42+5. The suspension is very comfortable and, despite my dislike of zippers, the pack zips open on the backpad side, which keeps the backpad relatively clean and dry. Re: the upside down look of the design : I noticed when descending while facing out, the bottom of the pack doesn't drag on stuff. I like the "straitjacket" compression system-it keeps stuff tight against my back. Also, the hydration system comes out as a separate 300ci summit pack.

As of June 8th...(anything more recent is obscured by clouds.) I'm going to take a wild guess (after comparing this photo and a topo map) and say snow line is about 5600 to 6000.

Liberty Bell to SEWS via all summits Traverse the county line and drop to Kangaroo Pass Kangaoo Temple and Little Finger to Wallabee Peak to Half Moon to Big Kangaroo summits. Traverse over to Snagtooth Ridge, tagging summits of interest. Silver Star to Wine Spires to Vasiliki Ridge spires and out Silver Star Creek. Along the way retrieving various caches of alcohol and other quality (read heavy) consumables previously placed at intervals along the route.

The difference being the height gained to exertion ratio...

It seems to me there is a company called Red Ledge that shares its name with a key passage on the Ptarmigan Traverse. Hmmm...coincidence?

Taft is the only person to have served as President & Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He considered his time on the Supreme Court more important. "Don't sit up nights thinking about making me President for that will never come and I have no ambition in that direction. Any party which would nominate me would make me a great mistake." -WHT

I climbed that concrete/rock crack in the rain with cams not long after Brian first opened E 38. Now it's got "a name, bolts, a grade, and a FA party"? What a riot!

Speaking of which, why do you suppose Taft shows up twice in MrE's picture?

How much do you think you paid in interest in that time? Let's say interest rates averaged 8% (just a guess) from '85 - '00 and your loan balance averaged $75k you probably paid around $6,000 per year in interest. You still came out ahead, just not as much as you were implying. Still need to deduct maintenance and stuff. The interest was deductible. Throughout the time I lived in that house, I was able to get back much of it in tax returns. The maintenance costs were pretty low. I never needed a new roof and any other work I did myself (Including a kitchen remodel), so the majority of maintenance expense (labor) wasn't an issue. There were some minor expenses I didn't factor in (which is why I included the 50% reduction provision you didn't include in the quote), but I still walked away with a considerable gain.

I bought my first house in 1985 for $85,000. It sits in the Maple Leaf neighborhood just north of the U District. I couldn't really afford it, but I really didn't like the idea of paying for somebody elses wealth. I sold it 15 years later for $185,000. With the principal of $65,000 remaining when I sold it, I cleared about $120,000. A return of about $8,000 a year on the investment seems a better deal than the $7200 a year I figure I would have spent on rent in that same time. Figure your return on a house investment is half of what mine was and it still seems a good deal.

Do they yell, "Outta the way GRANDPA!!!" when they swerve past you? That was YOU! Whippersnapper little fucker!

Hmm... A peeve is an annoyance. An annoyance is the state of being annoyed or irritated. As I see it, if someone has a peeve it is something that bothers them, hence the liberal use of and "WTF" in the peeve thread.

My spawn at the moment of waking...

I looked at that peeve thread and thought, "Only in America can people be so bothered by such trivial shit." I get a kick out of driving the speed limit only to have people barrel up to me, swerve around me, give me the finger and then turn to see me pull up next to them at the next light.

Agreed, but you have to admit that as Lightnin Hopkins tunes go, "Mister Charlie" rocks more than most.

Closer to 3 body lengths. As for the worshippers, I would rather hit them than those pointy things behind them.

Lightnin Hopkins' "Mister Charlie" Robbie Robertson said that after he heard Lightnin play, he practiced and practiced until his fingers bled, trying to emulate the sound. It was only after all the pain that someone told him Lightnin Hopkins was the king of the slide guitar.

After Six was my first route in the Valley also. I remember it fondly. A good route to start on, for sure.

Yeah, what he said.

The one highlighted in yellow...

Moonstone Beach has some good boulders and a nice, topropeable sandstone crag. On the north end of the beach, is a short, steep face with an ancient bolt ladder and a newer bolted sport route. Across the highway is a steep face with good trad and bolted routes on it. Just north is Patrick's Point State Park with myriad possibilities: Wedding Rock has a number of climbs, including the classic Low Tide Crack on the west face of the first sea stack. Ceremony (?) Rock has a bolted route or two visible form the road as you drive toward Wedding Rock with a trail and stairs up the back for easy toproping. To the north and south of Wedding Rock along the water's edge are more faces that should have new development. There is another obscure route called California crack to the south that was an aid test piece into the 80's that probably goes free by now. The Humboldt County climbs website is easily found via google. It provides some ideas for modern routes and bouldering scattered up and down the coast. There is a climbing shop to the south in Arcata (used to be called Adventures Edge) that can give you some good beta. Have fun, it is a great place to play when the weather is good.