Drederek

Great to hear you're doing well and you're so upbeat!

I'd recommend a trip into the wonderland of rocks, just getting around and finding the dome you're looking for is a blast. Its not the way to get a lot of pitches in but it can be very rewarding nonetheless. Hike the Astrodome, cross the Barker dam, find Lenticular Dome, go to Siberia, find the Bighorn Mating Grotto.

Best climb for the grade in the park. IMO...... Made it into Fred's top 100 That final pitch is one of my all time favorites. How can you not love overhanging jugs with great exposure and good gear. And once you're on top you're sitting on the most excellent belay ledge with a 180 degree view of the madness far below you.

You really should let the weather guide your choice at any time of year here. Erie or Exit 38 if its hot (It'll be much hotter east of the cascades). Index or Leavenworth if its warm and Vantage if theres a chance of precipitation (its much dryer there). The weather can flucuate quite a bit around here but in july it'll probably be nice.

Another way to start may be to get some ornithologists to study and scientifically back up your premeses. Now might be a good time to find some underutilizing their degrees. Bottom line for me though is if they need the protection they should get it.

2 weeks ago you could drive to within a mile or so of the "lower ellinor trailhead"

Lots of good stuff here so far, granite slabs, sunny days, introducing technical aspects slowly, learning to trust the rope at the gym. I'd like to share some mistakes if thats ok. Continuing to climb at Peshastin when it started raining "Its only 5.6, honey" At Fossil, "Don't worry about the holds breaking, you may excavate a better one!" "Sorry, I thought I told you this climb has a 50m free hanging rappell" and lets not forget "Baby you're more than just a belay bitch!" .

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If you use a dozen sheets of tp once a day and your so uses 20 10 times a day chances are you're gonna get in trouble for never changing the roll.

All the elevens on the middle wall at the cave are great sportclimbs. The cracks at Royal Columns are all good, Inca Road and Orange Sunshine are stellar. Salmon Song, Tiers Roof and pure Joy are all excellent cracks at the bend. Its well worth the drive up to Lava Point and the Beehive for more 11ish sport routes and wildcat crack (below the beehive) is an amazing stemming and fingerlocking testpiece. Southfork has a few short multipitch and some harder sport routes. Don't go to Moon Rocks if you're at all tired, its a little more full on than the other areas.

Thanks, the last pic was about a hundred yards south of the summit, where you can first (on the way up) see back into the range. The traverse would have been pretty doable as the snow was much firmer up high.

I know I wasn't the only one out enjoying the weather, who else got some pics in the Olympics lately?

I know way more people who died from alcohol and driving than mountain sports but I know they all spent way more time drinking and driving (sometimes not at the same time) than in the hills and I have very few acquaintances who jump off the tops of mountains. I am sure it is more dangerous in the mountains than driving to them, I'm not so sure about driving home sometimes. That is also in line with the drinking thing. But the bottom line is as long as we think we're getting more out of the mountains than we're risking we'll keep going up there. Mountaineering may be a disease or condition like alcoholism but the side effects seem highly beneficial to me.

I'll back him up on that, he never did get back to us on going out to Fossil last weekend. (It was great, FYI)

Perhaps you'll retard yourself enough to require pressure chamber therapy

Fossil is closer, just as dry and sunny and every bit as solid!

Be honest, do you fall on gear there? I've only climbed there a couple of times, but I definitely was not falling. You're going to miss out on a lot of great climbing if you don't think the Tieton is solid. Forget about Red Rock and J-tree for starters as well as Washington pass and the Stuart range.

Another vote for the Tieton, especially Royal Columns and the Bend. Theres just a much wider variety of placements there. Placing gear at Index or Squamish will for the most part seem very straightforward after putting up 10 - 20 routes at the Tieton. And I hope you're a fast healer if you start out on First Blood!

I don't know about anyone else but I like to think I could hunker down for a coupla days if I had to on a day trip. I sure hope they find him soon .

You're hanging with the wrong crowd. Last sunday at Fossil.

I'd think it would be more effective here than at the belay though

Yeah that chute is weird with just a little snow in it. Washington is probably easier in the winter starting from the last crossing of Big creek than the lower Ellinor lot. Angle up the north side following the path of least resistance. You'll end up a quarter mile or so from the regular parking lot.

Its not just climbers down there, I'dve informed a ranger or someone affiliated with the park. Chances are someone would be happy to trundle it.

Only till next may when she turns 50

I certainly hope you're not paying for aid.