On one hand E-burg is a college town close to decent cragging, skiing, and has ok weather, on the other hand south Tacoma has a plethora of titty bars.
I have family on Vashon Island. They go every year and say there are killer deals. But some people are real hardcore about it and get there at six in the morning to be first in line and shit.
Volkswagen TDI diesel engines sold in the US recycle the exhaust back into the intake so that they'll pass emissions in the U.S., resulting in a marked reduction in performance and gas mileage.
You can take that shit to Canada to get fixed though.
I think that shit gets climbed alot. I know 3 parties who did it this past summer and I'm sure there were more than that. Its a sustained hard climb but its super clean rock, solid pro, and not too long. Plus its in Nelsons book.
But Fox News would have said,
"Two Japenese Climbers died yesterday on El Cap, while President Bush was meanwhile working hard defending our freedom from terrorists."
Maybe that's all the information that's available.
"They were dangling from a 3,200-foot sheer climbing face.
El Capitan is among the world's best-known rock climbing spots."
Top notch journalism