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Shorts OR Pants. One or the other. NOT BOTH!!

No sled yet. But I'd sure as fuck like to get one ... too much sick shit that can be accessed. I was going to get one this summer, but I bought new skis this spring and a hunting rifle, so its on the backburner for now.

Yeah, but all your friends would say "Damn Minx. You got a queer kid or what?"

Bitchiiiiin! Say ... we should go skiing this winter

But football is supposed to be a group / fraternal activity. Climbing mountains isn't. At least he hasn't taken up ballet. Or ice dancing...

Is not the Old Settle approach roughly similar to the Bardeen approach, except you hike over the ridge to the north and into another drainage? Or do you take a completely different "road?" Either way, be warry of any 4wd HC roads in the Chehalis Range. Pretty much need a 4 Wheeler to make it up through the fuckin tank traps.

This route kicks ass because (its supposed) to be a full mountain route (if you do the whole thing) requiring a variety of climbing skills (if you climb the glacier as well) such as: ice climbing, route finding,some mixed climbing ,technical rock climbing, and the ability to climb fast as well as well as exposure to objective danger (if the glacier is climbed as well). The Girth Pillar proper is probably the best three pitches of crack climbing anywhere on extremely good and clean granite for the mountains. However it stands out even more in contrast to the rest of the climb because it is a nice reward after making it through the glacier (if you don't cheat and you actually climb the glacier as well) and some of the other mixed and manky rock sections.

Marco

Alpine rock. Choss happens. Buy a copy of McClane's Alpine Select in B.C. and Northern Washington and you can plan all your 20+ pitch alpine wetdreams.

Crawford what?

I'm sure the beta will be better this time.

Fuck that. We did it in six pitches.

Tuning Fork is ass. One of the most uninspiring routes I've done. Its Wandery and doesn't follow a natural line. Beautiful area though.

Yoga

If you have to do just one: the old classic N Ridge of Stu or NE Buttress (or whatever it is) on Goode.

motherfuckers are gettin shit done these days. Yup.

Do I or Thrutch have that dubious distinction?

Yeah Buddy!!!! Crazy looking rock. Nice fawkin Job!

Here's a link to some of my photos from Girth (1st pitch being the one's labeled n,o, and p). Like Will said, the first pitch we climbed looks a lot like the one in Nelson's book with Kit aiding it in the winter. BTW: props to TA Smith who led the first pitch at wet 10+. http://community.webshots.com/user/eatmoreribs

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How Lame... Anyway, It looks like the first pitch of the piller proper is different than it was two years ago, which was supposedly after the big rockfall. Its hard to tell from NOLSE's pic's. But I'll try and post some pics of the first pitch when I get chance to compare and contrast.

Think I would have withered and died on the descent without the PBR fuel. BTW: Lunger is da man for guiding my sorry tired ass up that route. But where was my turkey sandwich bitch?

I think there was thread on that topic involving some dude plugging his climbers4christ bullshit. However, I think climbers should in general vote democrat b/c Indian Creek would be less likely to get drilled for oil, Castle Valley less likely to be developed for homes, and other Wilderness areas less likely to get shut down so it can be logged.

I spent 4 weeks in my OR monkey suit in Alaska last Spring and it smelled like fruity motherfucking pebbles b4 I washed it. Your just a dirty and smelly monkey.

Kauk's a burnout hippy from So Cal.