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I read on tetongravity.com that he was filmed by "multiple HDV cameras". You know, to capture images of his spiritual communion with nature. Jackass.

They look like a keylock that weighs a lot and has a low gate-open strength. Why do you like them so much, Jens? Personally, this is my favorite Simond carabiner:

Thanks for the info, Arden. I feel good that we bugged out instead of going on an old guidebook's word that access was OK. I assume that the Painted Rocks climbs off the parking lot are still open. What's with the fence around the boulder? I didn't look at it too closely, though I saw some graffiti.

Keep us posted. I've got a good mechanic in Cap Hill, but it's a bit far now that I live in the 'Lard.

Yeah, RH Factor. A bird flew out of the crack, which seemed like a bad sign... if the local classic is seeing so little traffic that birds are nesting in it, "No Trespassing" might be for real. You Name It is the 5.6 dihedral just up and right from the parking lot next to the fenced-in boulder.

Ooh, we need more via ferrata shots! That third photo makes me dizzy.

A friend and I did a little climbing at Tum Tum last week, including a pitch that wasn't in our guidebook (by Jim Speaker). It's just around the corner from You Name It, starts with some jams under a flake (~5.9), and has shiny new bolts the rest of the way. Anyone know what it's called? I talked to a guy at Mtn Goat who was surprised to hear about the route, since it implies that someone's been doing some development there. He said the owners of the nearby land aren't too keen on climbers and that the four-star classic dihedral I saw in Speaker's guide, for example, is now off-limits. From the No Trespassing signs we saw, an awful lot of rock is a no-go. What's the deal? Had a good time on what little we did climb.

Not hard. There are many kinds of wiki, some as easy to set up as unzipping a file and filling out a few form fields. You could do it yourself if you have a web server and 30 minutes. The hard part is spending the time to organize things in a meaningful way and getting people to use it.

Dr. Michael Smith, veterinarian.

I was in Portland last week and think I saw Mike Layton at a Japanese restaurant on a date. Now, I only recognize the guy from photos and a cc.com sausagefest or two, but he had that desperate look in his eye that could only come from an alpinist hard-up for some soft female attention. Did he send? Was the pro good? We may never know. Ever the reticent hardman, Mr. Layton's publicist could not be reached for comment.

After ripping off the tape, there was a good deal of glue left on the rubber. Tape really is aid.

Good on ya. Now that you're a bike-riding hippie, just bring some patchouli oil to enhance your natural scent after the ride.

I relaced my Mythos the other day with 2mm cord. Got it done quickly with the help of a tiny flathead screwdriver, the kind you use to fix your glasses. The sharp, small edge helps push the end of the lace through the leather passageways. I also picked up a free blown bike tube from the REI bike shop, to cut up and glue over the toe eyelets to reduce the wear on the laces there.

And tingles going down, like Drano.

At Smith last weekend, I saw a girl fill a water bottle from the river. She showed up where we were climbing and I told her nicely that I'd heard the river was seriously polluted. For a moment, I got the deer-in-the-headlights look, then she said, "Oh, it's just for our dogs." C'mon now, friends don't let friends drink from the Crooked River. All the chemicals on all the fields for miles around get washed into it. Maybe folks working on the trails project this weekend should put up a few signs.

Any raptor closures? Thinking about going there this weekend.

Uh, do you think they ever leave the computer? Duh.

I found The Source this weekend. These dudes were putting on a clinic. Sprayin' hard in Spray, Oregon. Jon, Tim, Oly: you guys need to colocate a server here.

Sweet. Blu-blocker man meets his match.

Good luck. Check out http://tuckermax.com too

Scott's been reading http://www.hoo-ah.net/

Ouch! At least now you get to learn how to do everything lefty. Hope you recover quickly.

Glad Ben wasn't involved. Thanks for the update, Gary.

My God, Klenke, what are you doing there? I don't see any brush at all. Beautiful!

Submit a spatial plot of your sexual experiences with your resume. Must like dogs.