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Depends on the snow conditions and how far you can drive up the road. From Tilly Jane it takes 2-3 hours to get up there. We booted it in which is OK right now. The snow is soft below 6000' in the trees, but it's rock hard above treeline.

Nice Climb! You're one lucky dude to be alive. I watched you descending the Eliot as I was belaying from the top of the ice climb on the other side of the glacier. An hour later a huge avalance came down from the upper Eliot and traveled down to the upper serac field.

Climb: Hood-Coconut Slurpee Date of Climb: 11/6/2004 Trip Report: Spurred on by Hal Burton's post, Drew and I changed our plans to climb Adam's Glacier and headed up the Eliot instead. The road is passable with 4x4. We were able to drive to within a mile of Tilly Jane parking lot. Sweet! The hard man The NF. Looking tasty. The ice was in excellent shape. Good sticks. Higher up only stubby screws were used, and twice I bottomed out into rock. There's a little over 200' of ice plus you have to travel a ways after topping out to anchor in, so splitting it up into two pitches is necessary. Eric and Pat's Coconut Cookie Crumble, the climb to the left looked really wet.

Warning: Offical DFA sighting Location: The Mudpile Date/Time: Sun 10/24 3pm Comments shared: MtnHigh: 'Whats going on with the fixed lines over there?' DFA posse: 'Celebs'

I drove through a snow storm last winter just outside of Hope on my way to Canmore. The temp guage started rising so I pulled over. The wet and heavy snow compacted onto the front of the radiator then froze into an ice block. In the raging blizzard and I had to clear the ice with an ice tool, taking care not to damage the radiator. Although wet and cold, I was happy not to get stranded.

The end is upon us. Events of biblical proportions. Mark and Brian were right predicting our end.

Looks to me that Charley got the biggest chunk of the pie

Kick off all the spicky cc'ers and what you have left is a typical business meeting. Initiative this Charter that Imperative this Business partner that Strategic this Tactical that Analysis this Life cycle that Are we all numb yet!!!

Eric has shed the entrapments of the big city and on-line spray for a more soulful existence. You'll find him flipping pancakes and eggs at a Hood River greasy spoon and hanging with a hot little blonde.

If you are heading up the BB trail be aware of a yellow jacket nest. The nest is at the 5000' elevation in a hollow log on the right side of the trail while ascending. The little bastards nailed every party that headed up last Saturday.

Were a bunch of skinny legged and armed geeks who can't climb 5.11s or WI5 like the rest of the cc crowd, so you might be disappointed. However, we're dam good at draining kegs.

Tim, You're gonna love/hate leg 29. I ran it 2 years ago. It's an ass kicker. Our start time is 2:30, with a projected finish around 4. I'm running leg 8 this year. Keep an eye out for eachother at the beach.

So typical of Paul. Light weight in training.

I can't make it out to the crag, but I'll down a few pints afterward. If you don't head to the The Rose and Raindrop somebody call my cell indicating the drop zone.

I lived in the 'ham for 5 years and never set foot in the place (Rumurs), because of it's gay reputation. You probably crossed path with a bunch of hammered county boys looking to pounce on anything breathing. I hung out in the Up N Up a lot and never had trouble, and I was alway drunk and stupid.

Bill, my advise on how to keep the lbs from sticking do not come cheap. An introductory consultation will cost ya a couple of pints at the next PC. I'm eating a quart of cookie dough ice cream as I write, so there is room for indulgence in the program. And ya don't have to blow chunks all night long either.

Bill, for you to climb you ass off you must have done some hard core long climbs, cause there's a lot of ass there to work on.

That would be me. Somewhere around 55 minutes. That's how long it took me to run my usual trail loop near the Zoo. I slashed last month's time by at least 5 minutes. The time is not confirmed, however, cause I don't run with a watch anymore. Nolse might take issue with my claim cause he runs the trails often and I think he's faster than me these days. Ahh, and now it's time for a

You might have gotten a better turn out, but Shred's b-day party was Thursday night, so beer swilling trumped climbing for a number of us. A few on us were talking at the party about re-energizing what we had going last year. Bump this thread on Monday and the gang will turn out.

Karl, you obviously missed Wayne's slide show on his '03 South Pickets traverse that was held at the pub on Mult Bl. Take one guess who received the first FB award at that climbing chin-dig.

Although the movie is based on the actions of the current administration and is heavily sided against republicans in general, Moore’s messages cut across political affiliations. Power and money define our society The gov’t does not represent the common citizen High level gov’t decisions are not based on what the media feeds you The underclass suffer the most when power/money decide to wage war

Anyone out there with a few days on their hands. I have the week off (unplanned). Send a PM

Word on the street is Beacon fare game on 7/15

Yet another inspiring TR from the school master. Any more of these and I'll never set foot on Hood again.

My $.02 on Royal Columns ratings I find the RC ratings to be very close to how baslt is rated in the Columbia river gorge (Broughton's and Beacon)....a bit on the stiff side, with some exceptions. Orange Sunshine 10b Seems to be right on the mark. 10a-ish lower down, 10b-ish up top. The .8 crack just right of Orange Sunshine (I forget the name) Felt stiff at .8 This is in contrast to Vantage where I thought the ratings were on the soft side on many climbs.