Drederek

TYVM

Is there a schedule for the rest of the work on the highway somewhere? I really don't want to try and climb around a road construction site. I had no idea they started till I read the post this am.

That's whats tough about mentoring. Do you trust them implicitly? Does their "vote" count double? I'd rather be out with someone of equal experience. And reach a consensus on the objective dangers and how to address them. If ppl are not in on the decisionmaking process they are not climbing they are being guided. So as far as minimizing accidents I will try to survive the learning curve.

Yah thats the one I was thinkin of

Dunno the name but its way below the Marsupials toward the canal and looks like it might be a 12

We like fuzzy creek under the freeway. You can moon golfers riding their carts across their bridge!

Ok I'll admit it took me at least 20 tries to get "rainy day women" at exit 32. But I got "hang it out to dry" in less than 10.

Chin up old fella someone famous said if you can do it in the first hundred tries its not that good.

I just lift to eliminate "gorilla posture". Shoulders and back one day, chest one day and arms if I go a third time. I do 3 sets of 15 at 4-6 stations alternating pushing and pulling. I try not to do very much weight at all. Do abs every time sets of 30 or failure. Warm up with 30 mins on the treadmill at max tilt. I mostly lift in the winter as it definitely does not raise my climbing standard while I'm lifting. The main benefit I see is a complete lack of neck pain since I started and the pack does not wear me down as much.

I took 4-5 shots on the way up. PM me if you still want em. I'm lazy too!

Wa Pass area?

Some new shtuff at smith. The first 3 bolts led us up thru ratshit-covered ledges. The next move to a torso-sized flake wasn't so bad but when I left the flake the flake left the cliff. Then traverse up and right on the disintegrating crack. It took all my nerve to unclip the last bolt and trust the anchor (which was in a piece of rock that appeared identical to the aforementioned flake). First pitches of Freedom Rider were a bit crumbly. At least I got a few good pieces in p2! Oregon's volcanoes got nuthin on the Olympics.

The Split Pillar. Any way you get there is fine. Finish up the Grand while you're there. Godforsaken land is great too. Magic Carpet Ride. The 2nd and 3rd pitches are not much harder than the first.

Easy but not too easy Pearly Gates it is!

harder

Here's an easy one

FoundOnRoadsideDead

I'm asking this seriously. How much blood should you slather in a crack before you lower off and do something about it? The specifics are a bolted sport climb next to the road. I believe its a bit more disgusting than dangerous but c'mon, other people are going to get on the thing sooner or later. I'm also curious about a boulderer's perspective as every vid I've watched has had a flapper shot or two. I'm thinkin a couple of drips on a climb ought to be enough. I'm thinkin greasing every hold in the first 30 feet of a climb is a bit too much.

Like the routes on the 'Thumb' by clem's holler????

I've repeated so many routes its hard to know where to start. Many were repeated as 'training' such as Rainy Day Women (and all the other 12a and less on that wall) and all the routes at the Ottoman empire. I've prolly done many routes in Tenino 30+ times also cuz its only 25 mins from Olympia and its a very good place to work on technique. At a distance I've done Deidre every year for the last 5-7 with my wife. Probably done Epinephrine 4-5 times on my yearly trip to LV because it is cool on a hot day, easy to do when I'm a bit tired and its just a solid 4 star climb. Used to do Magic Light or Overboard every Smith trip as well as Hemp lib and Moons. Have repeated at least 100 routes at Leavenworth because once you get on a crag you may as well climb everything there.

Although I have never met Mattp I have read many of his posts here and am willing to give him my unconditional support in these matters. In particular I like the way he tries to avoid the polarizing statements that some/many here like to make.

Heya OW who's that handsome fella on Manly???? Hope ta be out tamorrow.

Especially women

Try "It" by Steven King. Read it at bedtime deep into the night. "It" will stir up your gray matter. "Brave New World" and "King Rat" (Clavell) very good also.

According to my Josh Guide the boulders were formed in the earth and desert eroded away from them - surely some of those formations small enough to be boulders are the tops of these cliffs, not yet fallen.