wayne

Sounds fun, get the weather window, or get on home

Sorry to break into this stimulating dialogue, , I sent you the photos John, so.... Where is the secret goddamn road??????????

Ahem.. What about the Sawtooth Ridge Traverse , as long as you are expanding the debate?

Great tr John, Brown and I are headed out there next week.So tell me about the secret shortcut

I had a boot do that near the top of Ice 9 mt Mendel. My partner made me carry them all the way out to the trash.

Its at Dantes

Tele call

Mike you just earned my blessing to embark on your new life journey, Thanks, Wayne

Aberdantes!

Wow what a great story, Thanks for inspiring my evening

I have seen their state flag on the summit.

Hey she is a highly paid entertainer, you are supposed to worship her

Hurry , Its annoying waiting here over the computer , I have to hit a key and reload every couple of minutes or it goes to my screen saver!

OK Coez and Joez, I knowz ya gotz em! Quit holding out !!!

We're all gonna miss you Mike, Dont be a stranger.

In case anyone is wondering , He will NOT tell you where those climbs are located so dont ask , because he is not saying where they are!

Can anyone get out that day, looking to do a stiffy,

It was 1974 and I was so fascinated with climbing but hadnt even met one yet. I was trucking down the trail after a family outing when my great grandmother reset the summit-age record at 90 years old. A short way down is where I ran into Jeff Thomas and Tim Miller. It was hard to talk to them because Jeff wanted to free it, but couldnt pull it clean. I must have asked them 20 questions until I knew they were annoyed with me. That same year I found a way to climb for myself and havent looked back. Except for oct-may, there is not much else to do but reminisce.

I have seen that thing a couple of times. There is usually crappy snow and avy danger to get up there , but it is the best pure water ice route still unclimbed. It should tickle some fancies, but it is at least a WI-5.

Pinnacles or summits? The debate widens. I havent done alot of either in the range, I know a bunch of them are hard to get to

Ironically, Cruiser?

Dennis Hemminger repeatedly told the story of when he was leading Dods and fell while his belayer was rolling a smoke. He didnt come out of that one real well.

I got a bad ass cap storie

Guess I will just keep this rolling, Jim and Ron and I were getting ready to do Flying Dutchman, when that old sound of falling rocks made us duck and cover. Not really anywhere to go we just got lucky the trundle effort did hit any of us as it came down right above us. It was mid week and off season so it was weird feeling. I thought they might do it a gain, so I suggested we move down the cliff. We went down to Free-for-some and got set up again only to have another even bigger volley head down towards us. I was so pissed I dropped every thing and ran towards the parking lot to try to find the bastards and f them up. I was salivating when I found only one other car there. It had a time card from the Camas bakery. I took note of the address, and boogied up the trail. They must have been on to us with our screaming and they split down the Beaver Pond trail with me in hot pursuit. I sent Jim up the Beacon Trail just to be sure. They must have bushwacked to the highway and ran back to their car. that cleverness saved their butts.. I still buzzed the now closed bakery looking for blood.

After rapping the first 2 pitches of Pacific Rim. I walked up into the cave to do a king swing. I did a tame one to start It went way the hell out!Very freaky. Tim got Psyched watching me and went all the way up into the cave for a major launch. I am sure there was no way he thought he would have collided with the tree 100 feet or more out there. It was amazing watching him try to flail a different course once he realized he was going to do some branch trimming. > he came back bloody and pissed at me for laughing so hard.