specialed

Can anyone recomend any longer (5+ pitches) free routes on any of the spires at Wash. Pass? Something with good exposure, good rock, 5.9/5.10/5.11 range. I've already done Lib. Crack and Boving route on NW EWS. Freedom Rider perhaps? [This message has been edited by specialed (edited 07-13-2001).]

Its really sad about the firefighters killed. One was 18, one 19, one 21, and the other in his 30's. All local kids from Yakima and Ellensburg. Bummer.

Yeah those Llamas are pretty hardy. they don't eat much, and they don't drink any of your beer but they're always praying and blabbering about enlightenment this and five perpetual truths that and yadayadayada. They've got these cool orange robes they're always wearing though.

Rent lamas. That way you can take the kitchen sink and not have to carry it. Bring steaks, beer, camp chairs, and don't forget the pink bunny slippers for those cold belays. Apparatly people take llamas into the winds quite frequently.

Sorry, my subscription to the National Enquirer ran out last year and I haven't renewed it. I must have missed their story on that one.

Cap't everyone knows its always the latent homosexuals who go around accusing others of being limp in the wrist. Just don't take Will's suggestion to "go hard or go home" too literally.

George Michael's "Faith" when you're going for a long runout.

Thanks but I got a bunch of shoes with no toes too. I just want the ones I lost that had toes.

Dude, sounds like slogans from No Fear t-shirts.

I've got a couple Rock Empire's. I admit I haven't fallen on them but as far as I can tell they work fine. They modeled after Wired Bliss cams and to me seem to be comparable. Rock & Ice's recent cam review said pretty much the same thing: they're legit and a good value.

Hey yall I know I'm a bonehead, but I left a pair of red Scarpa Infernos at UW practice rock on Tuesday. Did anyone pick them up or know who might have?

They've got Alien offsets now too for flares , but for mostly free climbing why worry about it? unless you climb on funky, hard-to-protect rock.

BD's have a significantly wider range than Metolios or Aliens though. This is nice, espescially in cracks finger size and smaller since a couple millimeters of range can make a big difference.

Rock Empire Rock & Roll, only 26.95 each.

I like Bridwell's altitude training concept: chain smoking gets his lungs and body used to not having much O2, so in effect he's always altitude training.

I just tell myself the beer will taste better after I train hard. Of course if I'm drinking beer while I'm training it tastes pretty good too Dru, how do you define something like bouldering or trail running that's fun in itself but is also training for climbing. Cragging is doing something, but to me its also training for long alpine climbs. [This message has been edited by specialed (edited 07-11-2001).]

Johnny, my good friend in Missoula has your job. He plays with fish DNA and flyfishes for a living a couple hours a week. The rest of the time he skis. Bastard. I currently work for the man at a software company, but plan to enter the legal profession so I can be like that lawyer in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Fuckin Mapquest and shit.

I might even manage to wander down south to the homeland to join ya'll for a beer or two. The Parkway will be fine, but just to let you know the Unicorn Tavern down by Titlow serves PBR tall dogs !

Bouldering around Tacoma - ha!

Thanks Cap'n. I'm headed out to meet some folks for beer and food after work but thanks. Its cool there's many other days and lots of rocks. I love goin to Index anyway, can't complain about that

Lucky fucker. I wanted to do Colchuck Balanced Rock this weekend but couldn't find a partner... again . So I go Index instead.

I don't know dude, the Backstreet Boys are coming to the Tacoma Dome.

Dude I must agree. I actually grew up in T-town. At the time I thought it sucked but after living in Seattle for a while, I'd way rather live in Tacoma. All my buddy's who live there have these phat apartments and houses, I pay the same rent they do and have this little piece of shit studio. Seattle sucks cock, T-town rules [though Seattle's closer to Index ]