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Smith may be in the cards for me as well. We will see how the forecast looks.
check w/ mattp. him (maybe), hanman, myself and a few others heading down. most are leaving fri a.m., i'd like to leave earlier. let me/us know if you need a ride or could/would leave earlier.
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yeah but if you look closely in the photo you will see this guy is not an octopus, which would be a prerequisite to place and subsequently clean this pitch with tricams.
it would be funny to see tricams to 1" in a guidebook though.
now that's f-ing funny!!
i now have some comedic ammo against my 'my rack weighs 78lbs. because i have way too many tri-cams' climbing partner, thanks.
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scottp took my 'west face of peak-a-boo tower' suggestion but it's worth re-mentioning.
has a lil bit of everything on the last pitch and when you top out it has a true 'tower' feel about it. most people split off right at the start and finish lawn darts or yard art which are good too but a bit more popular.
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thanks for the recommendations, hope it's sunny cuz this rain up here's gettin me down.
my pet-sitting girlfriend is going away for the holiday week leaving me w/ the muttley, looks like i should find a replacement...pet sitter.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oh well, two out of three ain't bad.
which two?
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go northeast young man
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once again...right the hell on mark! wish i had accepted your offer wednesday...no wait, i forgot you guys hauled.
and others which just make you worry that they're going to blow any minute. In actuality, it all seems to hold together OK, but we found it unnervingmy 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
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perhaps the 'hanman' himself could comment on this freakish character...
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anyone who wants to upload the pics correctly please do...
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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.
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here's to you v-dub
sounds like the weather was merciful to you afterall. glad you had a successful outing.
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Still for sale if anybody's interested. Get it soon or it's going to 2nd Ascent.
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but I need to sell to get a commuter.
i read this last night and thought, 'why the hell is he selling ol' blue for a computer, he already has a one?'
musta been
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Pack is the 45L (2750 cu. in.) model and is brand new-ish. (got it Fri. and used it cragging on Sun.) I want the larger 55L model so I'm selling this one (can't take mine back)
Retails for $169 on BDs page BD Shadow
Selling for $125. Prefer to sell to someone in or around the Seattle area. Email/pm for pics, info etc. at turn_one@yahoo.com.
Thanks
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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...
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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.
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And why wsn't it like that three weeks ago when I had a ski trip planned for SLC. Oh well, I am going to Tahoe on friday.
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.
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how do you get to them? off reiter rd??
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think the road up to colchuck trailhead is 4wd passable or open even?? thinking of a sat/sun trip if conditions permit up there.
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you can ford the river about 1 mile upsteam near swiftwater picnic area. it is up to 3' deep, depending on your line. a boat is more efficient. approach from the boat take-out is 1-2 hours depending on snow/trail conditions (add about 30-45 minutes if fording).
saw a pair crossing there last weekend, have yet to figure that one out
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we is...you know something i don't?