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OREGON CLIMATE SERVICE 4 DAY FORECAST GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-GREATER VANCOUVER AREA- TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION 39 64 34 61 36 60 / 00 00 00 00 00 00 Is it every gonna snow this Fall?

It's a big sacrifice, giving up a Judge Wapner episode. Let the beer flow.

Most routes on Hood are excellent in the Winter. It's all about timing and patience. For Winter access to Cooper Spur and the north face routes park at the Cooper Ski area and hike in. In good conditions (both mountain and climber) some routes can be done in a day. Camping on the lower Spur or the Elliot are great in the Winter as well.

Weekend Workers....I feel your pain. Due to major procrastination I've been writing reviews for my staff all weekend. Every couple of hours I pull myself away from this mind numbing work and escape into the beautiful sunshine. Butch has gotten a lot of walks around the field as a result. At least my dog is happy.

Attempted the Nisqually Ice fall route in Dec 2001. The route seemed pretty straight forward, the icefall was predominately buried in snow, so little or no technical climbing was involved. However, we turned back at around 11,500' after watching two seperate avalanches sweep down the Nisqually Cleaver. Got the hell out of there quick.

The Mt Hood Timberline trail is a good one. Great views, numerous water falls, clifts, meadows, major river crossings, glaciers, blah, blah, blah. It's 40-41 miles total. High point 7300' Low point 3800' I'm not sure the total elevation gain/loss. Perhaps 10,000' or so. Hiked it last year in in early Oct in 14h 30m Ran it this year on Sept 28th in 10h 20m If any of you guys are interested in the details PM me.

Wait for some more precip, warm days then cooling a period. I hiked around the entire mountain last weekend and the upper sections are void of snow/ice cover. On Coop a snow patch goes from 8700' to about 10,000', the rest is bare. You'd be on loose shit for a long way.

Years ago when mountains and climbing first spurred my interest I soloed dozens of class 3-4 climbs throughout the N. Cascades. Often I was scared shitless, yet I loved and managed the element of perceived fear and risk. Now I climb with only a few partners, all of which are much younger and most of which are better climbers than I. We all like to move quickly and efficiently. To do so often means no rope or simul climbing on exposed or difficult medium. Again, for me this equates to the subjection of some degree of risk. Each year more difficult routes are attempted in the form of technical difficultly, commitment, environment hazards, etc. Has the risk increased? The calculation of risk on each move, pitch or climb is individual and isolated. Is risk increased with an increase in route difficultly or does experience and confidence decrease risk? It is difficult to measure.

- Don't pass up the opportunity to place gear when the going is easy. It's tempting to keep moving on moderate ground and not protect it. Further up the pitch it might be difficult to place gear. - Leave a few beers in the creek and bag of Tim's jalapeno chips in the truck at the trailhead. Reward is everything.

Larch Mtn N Face Multnomah Creek variation Table Mtn SE Ridge direct Ya wont find these classics in no woos ass guide book Only the 'in' PDX crowd knows where to find these gems Yea baby bring on the hard stuff

quote: Originally posted by Tod: near Lower Thornton Lake we were at the notch by 1:00 and greeted by your friendly Volunteer National Park Ranger. On our way out Sat afternoon we passed the Ranger lady down by the second lake. She told us about climbers without a permit. You're in the N Cascades National Park. The Rangers patrol all the popular areas. quote: Originally posted by Tod: Overall, we passed three groups heading out Saturday afternoon. One of which highly recommended the SE Ridge descent, if you have double ropes. That was us you spoke to just below the col. We descended the SE Ridge. It took 3 hours to descend from the summit to the col camp. It can be even faster but we had one stuck rope situation and a bit of indecision on the raps. When looking down the two long raps the thought crosses your mind, what the hell are we rappelling into? Will this link up with something or will we be juggin' back up this friggin rope? Details of the descent will be posted here in the N Cascades section shortly. The rock on the NE Ridge was solid and enjoyable. We climbed the entire route without a rope except for the 5.7 pitch.

I've found that the Triumph's SE Ridge is a much faster descent route than the NE Ridge. This descent route was used on 9/21/2002. Following the route is very straight forward. Double ropes are necessary. Here are the details. 1) From the summit scramble SW toward Thornton Peak for 70'. Locate anchor in a short W facing gulley. Single rap. This section can also be down climbed. 2) Scramble 200' toward Thornton Peak. Locate the anchor at the top of a deep gully to the right when facing Thornton. Double rap about 140'. 3) Exit the gulley left and scramble S for 100'. Locate anchor on top of vertical walls above the glacier. Double rap 180'. A second rap is available for the bottom 20' if 50m ropes are used. 4) Scramble level ridge towards Thornton Peak to a low angle SE facing slab that leads to the glacier. Double rap 180' to the glacier.

Climbing competitions. Give me a break. What are your climbing motives? Who are you all trying to impress? Some of you wanks sound serious. This is the stupidest thing cc has ever dished up. As a joke it's not even funny.

Through his work as a photogragher and writer, and his reputation as a climber, Galen Rowell has undoubtedly inspired countless climbers. Before my days as a climber I recall thumbing through one of his photo publications and saying to myself, man I want to do that shit.

I saw both the 60 minutes story last night and the orginal story in March and was moved by what this man stands for. His employees come first, personal wealth is last. If you are a climber with even the slightest care of the American worker and USA produced products then do your part through support. Look for and purchase PolarTec labeled clothing products Via la Malden Mills and PolarTec

That pair of hands is the only action his horsecock is getting these days.

Don't listen to all these wankers, especially Iain, their motives are not genuine. Half of them can't even find their way to the local crag parking lot without getting lost. I'm sure if you hang around cc for a while climbing partners will be knocking at your door before too long. Be patient.

Chill out anti-dog crowd. Who said the crag is for humans only? Don't get me wrong, unsociable dogs should not be left unattended at the crag. However, the world is full of dogs that are mellow, loving and cool with new people. Climbers just need to make better decisions on what they are bringing to a publically shared place. My mutt Butch, is an attraction at the crag. People are drawn to him. He just kicks back, gives you that I'm adorable look, and waits for passerbys to get him a Butchy snack. Butch is a positive experience to whoever meets him at the crag.

I think the wife kicked him out of the house and the hick friends he's staying with don't have a PC, so he doesn't have access to the Internet. Also, DH refuses to hang out at those fru fru 'Internet coffee houses'. Perhaps donations should be collected to purchase DH another PC. Then order can be restored and all of us will once again get our daily DH fix.

I chose MtnHigh cause back in the day simply being in the mountains gave me a natural high. Now that I'm old and washed up I just get high then dream about the mountains. I didn't affix one of those little pics cause I didn't identify with any in the selection cc provided and I'm too computer illiterate to link in a custom pic. If I could I'd have something swanky like what trask has.

Texplorer, aka TexBarbie on ch, I know it was your post and the pun intended was obvious. I'm prety stupid, but I got that one. And I'm not about personal slams. The intention of my post was to remind everyone that ch doesn't have to spin off into the crud that's found at cc. Constructive and informational posts will start ch in a positive direction.

CragHag...it's a great idea. However, when you see posts like "A Shopping Odessey": A shopping excursion for capilene panties, little credibilty is developed. http://www.craghag.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15 Come on ladies, don't turn CragHad into Marta Steward or Victoria's Secret. I'm sure I'll take shit for this one.

Yo agress... your friend is one lucky dude. I was watching the whole fiasco. It was like watching Cops on Fox, who’s gonna get nailed by the shit first. Later in the day we saw another close call on the same lower scree slope your friend was on. When Iain and descended, we passed about 10 wankers in the upper gulley who were sketchin on everything they stepped on. We practically ran down the gulley and the scree field to avoid the firing range until we reached safe ground. Nonetheless, great mountain and climb.

Hey Dyno, Jason Henrie seams to ring a bell. You're the dude that put up some of the local shit around B'ham years back. I lived and climbed in B'ham in the early 90's. I think I have a copy of your guide book somewhere. Back for some more action?

Anyone been up on or looked over the following routes: - Nisqually Ice Fall - Kautz Headwall