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Not really but there is a good chance it'll outlast the person who drilled it.

Its allways good to get out!

My experience a couple years ago was that the guidebook descriptions were fair to good. It wasn't easy to get located and we warmed up on an easy climb that wandered a bit and I ended up on a neglected route. The good climbs are definitely worth seeking out, just be ready to bail if you wind up on something nasty. And don't miss turning left down the powerline on the way in.

The east face sounds nice, is it between the SE and E ridges? whenever I look down that way from above or on the E ridge it looks a bit messy. I think Off White may have written a tr about it a few years ago. I will have to try that one soon. I also wonder how hard the SE ridge really is, and whether it would be ok to solo. I'm pretty sure a friend of mine did it a long time ago when it was 4th class.

That's the SE end of Echo Rock, between Hidden Valley Camp and Barker Dam. Sweet handcrack left of the middle is Pope's. Did you get your rack out down there or just waste yer time pebbling? We'll look forward to catching up with ya on one of these Wednesdays.

Sorry to miss the opener, hope it went well. Just couldn't pull myself away from this one!

otherwise known as indian cove. We looked at barker dam last week, its just barricaded but you can still get to it. Did not even try to get to Indian cove, the local paper said it was completely shut down.

Trip: joshua tree - many Date: 4/3/2013 Trip Report: Had a great time at josh earlier this month, climbed 5 days, mostly 8's and 9's with the wife. Did a fair amount of hiking around so didn't get a lot of pitches in but that's not really what josh is about for me anyway. Our daughter came along one day and did very well for someone who doesn't get out much. OK I'll shut up and start the pics now. Well I guess the good pictures are too big to upload. Sorry Gear Notes: trad rack, 8 draws, 6 slings Approach Notes: Fly, borrow car.

Stone and Constance would be 2 and 3 of the the Oly's I've done so far, Stone is very doable early in the year, haven't tried Constance before august. Mt Washington is a year round objective for me, which is prolly why I gave it the nod. The east ridge is my current favorite route on Washington, with the slight variation of getting back up on the ridge well before the nasty giant chockstoned gully. Last year I dropped over Jefferson pass and contoured around to the NE ridge, which was very mellow late in the year (walked up a dry streambed thru some thickish brush). The upper north ridge looks really nice, but all my friends say it has a very chossy band lower down that none of them want to try again. but that upper ridge looks so good...

Hey Off, did it snow down there today? If it stays dry till Wednesday do we have a shot?

Smiffy is chock full of badass sportclimbing wankers! Its never to cold for lycra!

Have not been that way this year, but in the past its only been closed from Royal columns to just east of Moon rocks. Never seen the north side of the road shut down. I hope they haven't expanded the prenesting closure area.

Yeah its cool looking north-nortwest from Buckhorn, its so different from the views down south. Have not hiked up Moose, guess I'll have to look into it. I drove to the sharp lefthand turn just before the spur rd (2464). Someone in something larger and presumably 4wd made it around the corner and most likely up to the big creek crossing. Most vehicles will probably make it that far or more after all the warm rain this week.

Nope. I do have one shelf filled with easy to forget stuff I will suffer without that I go thru before every trip.

Mt Washington, my favorite Olympic mountain. Whats yours?

I know I wasn't the only one out there, lets see em!

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Its something about not discriminating on USDA property, but I could not figure out the specifics. Read like an appliance instruction manual from the 70's or 80's. Maybe they just posted some random weird stuff on this board to see if they got any feedback from it?

You talkin ta Me? Or the general CCCommie? (and thx fer cleaning up the picture.)

Sorry for the lo res picture, the original is very legible on my computer. The bottom sign in the middle says: ! Attention (small ice axe) Wilderness Users Read all signage before embarking on your journey. Olympic National Forest

I hope we're not going to get fined for ignoring these signs, are these turning up all over?

Not true, we extended it. We might make one more extension as we try to help a few people who are having trouble with the gallery. neener, neener!

Ride the Lightning, pitch 2.

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The top of the the Brownstone wall is an amazing place. Its true that its a fairly big hike in but worth it once you're up there. The Black Dagger was a very nice route and the descent thru the gunsight very cool. It should be sunny early in the day and go mostly into the shade after a coupla pitches. I think theres a low 5th route up Cactus flower tower, I've only done the Cinnamon Hedgehog which may be a little more (but not much) than you're asking about. The approach as well as the descent were more than a little adventurous on that one. As long as you've got a fullish moon walking out of desert after dark isn't that bad...