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Cool pic on the top of the invite matt. Where is that at?

Every year we have these complaints when the mounties or boealps teaches their classes. It's getting boring. How do you think non-cc.com people feel when we take over Smith or L'worth for one of our rope-ups or lovefests? We string up top ropes, climb as big groups, all in the name of being social and having a good time. News flash, it's a crag. There will be other people. Did all of you learn how to lead or perform self-rescue from a book or did you take a class somewhere? At least they aren't stringing fixed lines up the South Arete on SEWS and not letting anyone pass. My understanding is that there are only a couple weekends a year that the Boealps intermediate class "takes over" a crag. Primarily to teach the very basics of leading and rock rescue. Unlike some other climing orgs, they have a one-to-one ratio of instructors to students, so pretty much every other weekend during the class they are climbing in pairs or as 2 groups of two. I think it is sad when people on either side can just communicate around the issues so everyone can have a good time out there. No one is entitled to climb anywhere. Dan, if you want to climb at Mountaineers Dome this w/e get up and do it before 7 am and I'm sure you'll have the whole place to yourself for an hour or so.

1) My favorite little ledge on the approach hike to Snake Dike in Yos, great view, no tourists and great sounds of the river when the falls are running. 2) the boulders below Thin Fingers at Index 3) the Methow valley here in WA 4) the valley around Joseph/Enterprise, OR 5) Prosser, CA 6) Polish Glacier base camp on Aconcagua 7) Tambopaxi hacienda in Cotopaxi Nat'l park in Ecuador

I love that climb!

Yep, but the remoteness and chossyness as far as I know puts it off many people's list. I guess I could be wrong though. I'm just making an assumption.

patagonia and black diamond catalogues.

Not sure if it's been mentioned but I don't think Bonanza gets climbed very often.

I should be more like Dru and do a google search before posting a response. Here's a link to more information about the Waldorf method for anyone interested... check it out...

Nice post MrE. Many adults learn best through experience much better than through wrote classroom theory. For kids who need experience to stay engaged and learn, there is an alternative type of learning method available through private school education. I can't recall what it is called at the moment, I'll have to check with my sister who's an educator. It's different than Montessouri but just as expensive. A friend of mine in CA truly believed in it's value for her two rambunctious but really smart boys. She shelled out about $8k each per year for elementary school.

I emailed the guy at UW to see if he is interested in seeing the remains.

Thanks, Iain. It could have been one of those. I tried to catch it, but the damn thing was too fast and kept crawling to the corner of the window where I couldn't get it. So, I flushed it out to the middle of the screen by spraying some tinactin on it and then went outside and killed it when it started to run again. Yeah, I know it wouldn't kill it but it was the only thing I had to spray on it. And that stuff is cold so I thought I could maybe slow it down a bit. Let his squished body on my window pane be a warning to all hobo or brown recluse spiders. They are not welcome here! Enough procrastination via spider patrol..I've got homework to do.

I got a couple spider bites (well what I think are spider bites) a few days ago. They're healing and haven't caused any major annoyances, but now I am paying good attention to any of these 8-legged creatures around my house. I usually don't kill them unless they keep making their way back into my studio. So, today I see a spider hanging out on the window screen (between the screen and the window) and decide to take a closer look. And, by gosh it looks like a brown recluse from all the pics and info I can find on the Internet. But the web also says they don't live up here in WA. Strange 'cause one of my old roomate's friends was supposedly bitten by a brown recluse last summer and had to undergo some nasty stuff. So do any of you know if the dreaded brown recluse has made its way up to the PNW, given the warmer temps and all? I think I'm going to kill this one just in case. But I am tempted to capture it and take it somewhere for someone to identify. Anyone know who in Seattle might do that sort of thing?

WooHoo. I can probably go on May 1st & 2nd. Count me in 80%. I tried my new AT set up this past Sunday and am hooked. It is sooooo much better than riding the lifts. But I'm gonna bring my rock gear just in case the heat melts all the snow before then... not to rain on the ski fun but I talked to a friend who lives in the Methow last night and he said it's been so warm the past 2 weeks that it is melting pretty quick up at the pass and he expects the road to be open by the end of the week.

Mark your rope by sewing a piece of GORE floss into the sheath at the midpoint. It will not wear off, does not damage the rope, and is easly felt for if you end up rapping in the dark on a long alpine climb.

I use purple sparkly fingernail polish. Tape sucks and falls off, leaving litter. The marking stickers they sell are expensive and dumb cause there are only like 3 colors. Spend $3 on a bottle of polish and paint your gear somewhere it won't rub off. Bottom of the gate on biners, in between the wires on stopper heads, and on stems for cams... I write my initials on my webbing with a permenant marker.

What pressure inside the plane is equivalent to pressure in terms of elevation? I wouldn't think going from sea level to 6k would be that bad cause the plane's pressure is gonna be less than at sea level by a decent amount in the first place. Most jets are pressurized to about a mile high.

I'll have to play it by ear too since I have an exam that Monday. Bummer. But who knows, maybe I'll be prepared ahead of time. Testing the new AT set up on Sunday.

What about Battered Sandwich?

Bill - The Kathmandu Guest house has a very nice patio courtyard. I'd prefer that location to the Yak & Yeti. Glad you're having a great trip Dryad. Bring some pics to pub club when you get home.

Chicks dig scars? Yep, especially when they are their own from climbing a fun hard crack. I used to love the little gobies that I got when climbing cracks a lot a couple years ago... I learned how to make tape gloves when I was down at Red Rocks. It is totally aid, but it keeps my hands from getting messed up when I fall out of the cracks and lets me still make my clinical hours without getting into long discussions about open abrasions with my instructors... Aid is sometimes necessary. ;p

WooHoo!!! I'm down for a spring sport climbing trip to Smiffy. So long as I don't have an exam the next week. Somebody start putting some dates down...I'm starting to have withdrawls from sore hands and feet and warm rock. BTW Red Rocks absolutely

I've bought the WWO insurance before. Thankfully haven't needed it. Make sure you plan in advance or you'll have to pay extra to expedite the paperwork.

Pilchuck and Granite are good options. Haven't done mailbox or McClelland, but hear good things... For a nice lazy hike with a good picnic spot at the end try Lake Annette.

Actually as long as a WFR is on the scene and is the person with the highest training CPR can be called after 30 minutes. While you may not think of Vantage as a wilderness, it fits the legal definition of wilderness and calling CPR is within their protocol. Practically speaking though, most people will not stop CPR if more rescue personnel are on their way. It's a tough call to make. Anyone of the MDs out there know if there is any benefit to continuing CPR when the person is not revivable and some form of transport is on the way, just in case they are an organ donor?

There was a discussion on this topic last week. Do a search or go back a couple pages of post and browse around...