Coondog

Unless you only climb splitter cracks without flare, the alien offsets are great. I've got 3 of the offset micros, and they're awesome. taken one 20'-er off the smallest, which it held without moving at all. all this free banter and i don't even work for cch... if you find them around here please post where. thanks- --cd.

Check your PM's -- thanks.

Thanks Jason -- the Wasatch kit looks great.

Need: 1. Loupe (8x or 10x) 2. Digital thermometer 3. Alcohol thermometer for Avy Level 2 course next week; if someone's not using theirs I'll give them a good home... Interested in: 1. nice probe w/ gradations 2. near-new logbook (w/ snow profiles) 3. collapsible, well-protected snow-saw Thanks- --Cd.

And preferably ones that don't stink and haven't been eaten on by snafflehounds... --Cd.

Deeeaaammmiiittt. O' sure, I step away from surfing CC.com for like 2 hours to bother to get some work done and Bill's gone and given away an entire closet of his shwag, and I got NONE? What the hell???

Holy sheeeeeit do I wanna go ice-climbing...

World Cup, Bellevue -- by far the best tuners & boot-fitters in town, even though they employed a friend of mine. Boot selection is limited, so buy whatever you want then take it there to get fitted -- best $45 you'll spend in a long long time of pow-pow cruising. --cd.

Just climbed it for the first time Friday... Second Erik's post that extras in the purple & red cam's are handy. Enjoy the start of the third pitch too... easier than it looks. didn't do Lovin' Arms but can't wait to go back for it... woof.

Stick with Bostons -- find yourself a pair of HD9's -- they're 3-ways, and have great range down into the 70kHz range, which is where your sub-wooofer should be picking up for the serious floorshaking anyway. I got mine at a Scratch&Dent sale at Magnolia years ago, but you might luck into a pair on eBay or somewhere... for $90 each they're still be best speaker deal I could imagine. woof- --cd.

After work today I'm heading to my latest secret crag, which I've now dubbed the "Porcelain Messiah Wall" to finish setting my new routes, which I'm thinking of naming: Left Side:: 1. Beckey's Gotta Bible (first trad line) 2. But He Ain't No Messiah (obvious crack directly right of "Beckey's Gotta Bible") 3. Cup-Check The Messiah (first 'hard' trad line) Right side:: 1. Heathen Rack Trade-In (my first sport line) 2. Defiled With Bolts (2nd sport line) 3. Humbled Quickdraws (my first "hard" sport line) Futon Boulder (obvious large rock between L & R) problems:: 1. Squamish Teenagers Need A Messiah 2. Sportos & Prostitutes 3. Trads & Pharisees woof- --cd.

Waytogo Squish Search&Rescue (and assorted climbers no doubt). Those guys deserve a 4x4 Budweiser rocket they can crank AceO'Base in... or maybe just plenty of cold O' course, maybe next time some climber takes an uber-whipper on a face and gets a hangnail which requires attention, some local area BASE jumpers could air in and supply necessary bolt-guns, band-aids and for rescue... serious, that'd be sweet. Glad all's well and all are still woof- --cd.

Eldorado... nothing like an approach of 5000' of vertical in 3 miles or so... which I've done 3 times now, just to: 1st time: get to the glacier and hunker in tents for 14 hours listening to thunder, hammering rain and whipper winds... after every single group coming down said "o' my gawd, we had such awesome perfect weather, the summit ridge was spectacular, blah blah blah..." But learned how to prop up dead trees as lightning rods, so not all was lost. 2nd time: get to near top of the boulder field to have one of the group slip on wet moss and badly sprain ankle, so had to split up his pack, escort him down boulder field, then limp back to cars and home that night.. 3rd time: get to glacier and set camp just in time to watch white-out blow in... up early to confirm still white-out... wait couple hours checking every 20min to confirm, "yep, we're still in a white-out..." Finally got tired of tryin to convince folks weather might break and we had plenty of time, so hoofed out... bout 2 hours later were down in the spectacular sun, bout the time the white-out woulda been burning off... Eldorado, I say you, you many times! But I'll be back for you... At Smiff was BBQPope, til I could actually lead 10b then was okay... time I sent it I was completely wigged from memory of couple falls I'd taken previously... then zen'd out thinking of summit HC snack and was otay. My goal for first onsight 11 trad is Sword on Grand Wall... hoping to work up my skeels for that as my finale this summer... have climbed GrandWall up to beneath it cause of hawk nesting... Split Pillar still one of my fav pitches ever... can't wait to go back. woof woof- --cd

When????? Token redheaded stepchild in search of sun & rock may join unexpectedly.. I hope. kickass.

Yo FenceSitter, you around??? ping... ping... ping... PM'g you my cel#, if you're around this afternoon gimme a shout.. otherwise I'm stuck at work... -deeeaaammmit-

new route on Ibex... bastard. Hmm, Squamish or Anderson River area today... bastard. so there, last post on your thread... woof- --cd.

Not familiar with details, but will crack Beckey book and have a look at E Willman spire. Found a pic online and it looks cool to me... Where/when to meet up? I'll be in Redmond in morning; could meet up wherever though to carpool. --cd.

Sitting inside working looking out at sun making me cranky/insane. Must climb. Looking to depart MSFT noon-ish tomorrow to climb... preferably not at marymoor park... not that there's anything 'wrong' with that... Anybody climbing anywhere tomorrow????? And if not, why the hell not??? Reply or PM, and I'll be back online thurs morning to exchange PMs, call or smokesignal... umm, woof. --cd.

First time I 'work from home' everyone heads out to MM and for bevvies afterward... typical... Enjoy your sun-burning and all... and i'll keep me shoes in me rig just in case this happens when I'm actually in Redmond & wouldn't have to suffer 520 to join the fun. woof- --cd.

Cman & AlpineK -- nice work... glad to hear you didn't bother to enjoy the night view from a ledge on the Fin (though I can't say I didn't enjoy it a bit...) Cheers

Kitten, I think you really meant to say "lei'd" as in the wonderful flowers, but using "laid" certainly insured you'd have one of the most popular threads of the day... It took Trask what, 2 seconds before he replied??? Looking forward to your next blatantly suggestive verbiage, but not until your pic shows up in the Ladies of CC.com thread... woof. --cd. Coon ~ I am workin' on that one. Me got a photo shoot this weekend. Does it have to be of me climbing? Have camera, Hawaiin shirt & will travel... & looking for climbing partners, if you're int'd in climbing shots... woof.

Kitten, I think you really meant to say "lei'd" as in the wonderful flowers, but using "laid" certainly insured you'd have one of the most popular threads of the day... It took Trask what, 2 seconds before he replied??? Looking forward to your next blatantly suggestive verbiage, but not until your pic shows up in the Ladies of CC.com thread... woof. --cd.

I also primarily agree with RodFox. And completely agree with MattP -- I've climbed both Dreamer (w/o tree-hugging) and TotalSoul -- tried to do T.S. w/o tree-hugging for about 2 seconds, after which grabbed onto & batman'd off that bush for all it was worth rather than fight it... FWIW MattP, nice freaking work on all the D routes... u (& all your cohorts) Hug a tree.

Wtf? Isn't it 2:00 on a Friday? if you're reading this @ work and (nearly) spraying your bier on your screen you've got a -deeeamn- good gig... As for thong/maid-outfits/nekked 'cept for harness/et al, isn't that supposed to be reserved for the "(Nekked) Ladies of CC.com" thread???

Starting next week Im' working again, but from home, so busy into early afternoons then can head out... Open weekends and probably quite a few mid-week afternoons for wherever around Seattle. I lead .10b trad. Be int'd in leading in that range & working into higher on sport-lead, and top-roping into upper .11's (as long as OW chimneys are avoided like plague... had my fill o' them for a while). Short sport or long alpine multi's cool... Post-climb , & welcomed, o' course. PM if int'd. woof- --Coondog