Drederek

So how much rain today, Off? Do we have a shot tomorrow?

this sounds like something the Mountaineers might have a rule for... If you place a piece of gear thats difficult to remove, and your partner has to hang to try and get it out and can't, who's the dick?

Dunno Off, looked pretty dry to me on wednesday

should be able to drive to the lower th next week

The class average of CC.com just shot up!

don't cry when ya lose em, they are... somewhat useful litter!

Are we starting today? Looks OK now...

Well, I went climbing at Fossil on Saturday and there were a ton of people there, three people showed up besides us, they climbed one route and left. Guess they figured it was despicable choss! Definitely not Mounties! I guess its all a matter of perspective.

How many of those not found in the old red supplement?

love em for walking on ice, hard snow. easy on and off. you have to have a fairly narrow bootheel for them to fit. Am pretty sure I got mine on sale a few years back for 80 bucks tho.

If you're anywhere near the Astrodomes head around to the S side and scramble up the rockslide.

Nice job! We saw one of you crossing the exposed snow finger under the ridge. We were in the basin a little after noon, where time constraints turned us around and back down to the lake. Wish we would've started earlier. It was a great day tho and we were happy to see someone made it up. Did you consider the east ridge at all? It was looking mighty bare. Or the surprise coular (sp?) D

It looks an awful lot like the "ground" around the creek coming out of Mt St Helens crater which makes me believe its some kind of hardened ash with all kinds of rocks in it. I remember someone telling me it came from Mt Rainier. Its more or less an outdoor homemade gym and the second best climbing area < 1 hr from Olympia.

summer 10-15 mins, now 2-3 hrs this ones a bit further, most likely much harder and the landing sux!

Yeah the snow conditions are unusual. It was very warm above the inversion (like 60+) a few weeks ago. Combined with lots of sun and not much more snow its made a mess of the Olympics. Theres a winding trail thru the mess you got caught in, its not so bad when the snow is gone. thx for the tr

Donuts are the playground of the bitch-goddess of Gravity so show me the money! Thats the one a ways up the Ellinor trail, Go get it!

Or perhape it attracts a more mature type of climber

You mean this one?

what, 25-30 feet or so? Glad it was my partners lead, it took us a while to find and we werent going to walk away. I always feel like I am cheating when I stick clip but I'll do it if conditions warrant.

I saw some folks come out of Gustav's a bit tipsy one afternoon as we were heading in for dinner. One of them died when their gear anchor failed a bit later.

The kid working the redpoint in October said the addendum was out of print because someone was working on a new guidebook. I don't know if thats true or not, he must be a decent poker player.

I've climbed perhaps 10 routes at Swauk Pass. Mostly crap. Short, mungy and uninspiring. However it is a great place to spend a day hiking and exploring away from the crowds. The crags are spread out over a few square miles and 8-10 years ago there was a faint trail. I suppose hunters could have kept it up. There is also one boulder there with a 40' horizontal roof. The guide is quite clear that the area known now as blewit pass is really swauk pass. If you're going to check it out I'd hit it down from the pass rather than up from below. The towers you can see a few miles down toward Leav from the pass are fairly representative of what the outcrops look like.

I think thats a great way to get better. You'll learn alot about what makes you climb well and what keeps you from climbing well. You'll learn more of the mental aspect of sportclimbing, which is what will get you up this route in the end.

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