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planing a trip t-giving through the weekend. i have never been, know nothing about the area so i have a few questions if ya'll have the time. i assume i won't be under 10ft. of snow and it'll be warmer than anywhere up here, so... -route/area recommendations for 5.7-5.10 trad & multi pitch good, 'gotta do it' sport stuff ok too -is it dog friendly -bad weekend to avoid crowds? i've got access to a guide but haven't looked at it yet, as has my laziness kept me from researching this any further than here so thanks for any info. somebody wanna move this to the rock climbing forum?

well if you could get your hands on a low power teleportation device i would suggest red rocks...vegas baby. course i got snowed out last year this time in one of those f-ing 'storms of the century' or something.

left another post about this in the climbing partner forum but... yes there is a way around it, trails that go up and over both wash outs, the second more irrataing than the first (about 1 mi. past the roads end). one could carry a moutain bike over these wash outs and make the trip in to glacier substantially faster. i can't see how the roads could be prepared judging by the size of the washouts unless they built the roads higher on the hillside. the forest service didn't give me any indications openings anytime soon.

washed out about 1.5-2mi.up the road...long hike in. others have done an alternate approach futher up whatever that road is that parallels the n. fork of the sauk...near where the standard approach to sloan (corkscrew) is.

which two?

go northeast young man

once again...right the hell on mark! wish i had accepted your offer wednesday...no wait, i forgot you guys hauled. my thoughts exactly. i'd never climbed any rock quite like this before and had a lot of apprehension as to it's compactness. the more i trusted the 'pebbles' the more they worked, and none ever blew on me. other thoughts though slightly faded from last year; p 1 - good intro to what's higher, adequate gear p 2 - bolts...like the bolts/'is this shit gonna hold?' belay couldna been 2" higher (on a 50m) p 3 - crux pitch,(did only 5 p's) glad it was marks. maybe another bolt?? p 4&5 - fun, good gear everywhere. long as all p's before look forward to seeing what pitch 6 through higher is like especially that rad ass lookin 'tipeteetop'...wow! nice pics mark/good climbing eric

perhaps the 'hanman' himself could comment on this freakish character...

anyone who wants to upload the pics correctly please do...

Whilst on the summit of Blueberry Hill following a wonderful Tuesday outing on the W. Buttress we encountered a very strange man. We were all enjoying our surroundings, snapping some pics when up from our left (solo) was this excited ?creature? (perhaps from his lone ascent up Westward Ho or the lack of water he carried along with him) suspect in question on the right and another... This odd fellow, whom I've coined the 'Blueberry Fairy' can be found carousing on the many slabbage patches in the D-Town area and can/should be fended off with copious amounts of water.

here's to you v-dub sounds like the weather was merciful to you afterall. glad you had a successful outing.

went up today and our progress was stymied just past the 1st main wash. forest service has the road blocked. road work was supposed to have been complete...

All short clips limestone at Rimers and the G-belt but still fun. Enchanted rock good, longer stuff. Gotta stop at the brewery in Fredricksburg on the way out and grab 'a beer to go', seriously. If you have time go to Trudys central (restaraunt/bar) and look up Chris Keesler, should be bartending, he'll climb with you, knows everything to know about E-rock, good trad/crack climber...and have a Mexican Martini while there.

it was sunny and 40-ish for the 9 days i was at tahoe in dec., 20" base. had to leave the first day of the recent storm that dropped 8ft. of pftt.

how do you get to them? off reiter rd??

think the road up to colchuck trailhead is 4wd passable or open even?? thinking of a sat/sun trip if conditions permit up there.

saw a pair crossing there last weekend, have yet to figure that one out

holy crap mark, you didn't wear the green shirt this time, finally dissolve on you? and are those 'blue jeans'?

yeah, well my four day trip to 'wet rocks' netted a total of 9-ish pitches of climbing and 2 days staring in disbelief at the same shit i coulda seen up here...but a good 2 days they were...beulahs book, olive oil, and some single pitch something to the left of solar slab

thanks for all the info folks. as i look outside my window to the 'ice' pelletts raining down, i could only hope the weather is better there than here.

Heading down there in a coupla weeks for about 4-ish days. Anyone have some 'must do's' in the multi-pitch moderate grade category? Gear, sport, don't matter. Thanks for yer input.

Nice pics, for a postage stamp...now let's see the real ones!

ATT, and go w/ the GSM phones. Contrary to what others have said they do offer the same freq. as the aging TDMA networks (850 MHz) and also 1900 (not as robust and more prone to the natural interference we have up here) The GSM network has been built out significantly since the release up here, there are many more GSM sites than the TDMA's. The biggest benefit is in the possible Cingular buy-out. As a AT&t Wireless customer yoou can roam, for free on Cingulars network if there is know ATT coverage in the area. Make sure you get a dual frequency phone though, by far the best phone, as far as receptions concerned, is the Nokia 6200. I've tried them all.

...nor your appetite... tofu?? come on man, for god sakes, your in the woods! bring on the heart cloggers.

Nice Clint Eastwood look Mark, 'say, was that 5 hotdogs or six, I gots ta know!'