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Maybe a dumb question, but...Did you descend west to Sherpa Col, or east to Sherpa/Argonaut Col?

Here's what I was able to id: 1. The Bone 2. Pitch One, Regular Route, Careno Crag 3. ?? 4. ?? 5. MF Overhang 6. S. Face Jello Tower 7. Kitty Corner, Warrior Dome area 8. ?? 9. Caucasian Corner (Nice Dan! I've never seen anyone climb that one) 10. ?? 11. Das Muzak, Castle Rock 12. Crack of Doom 13. Smut 14. Brass Balls 15. The Bone 16. ?? Far right side of lower Castle Rock??

I'm not sure. I'm hoping someone can fill in the ones I couldn't identify.

okay, if you're a little burned out on your crusade to save the stumps, take this quiz. Click the link, watch the video and see how many leavenworth climbs you can name, in order of their appearance. I got 11 out of the 16 featured. http://icicle.tv/index.php?/Video/Sport/leavenworth-rock-climbing.html

Well, since no one has barraged me with the appropriate spray to my original query, I will take the liberty to do so: "you see, John, there are these handy things called 'guide books' where they have, like, names of climbs 'n shit. The name of the climb, located in the 'guide book' is Crossing the Delaware With Your Pants Down. 5.11c" Okay, carry on... Thanks for the cool vids!

Yeah, super Dave indeed. Too bad that Dr. Paddle video of his free soloing laps on brass balls, the bone,etc. isn't around anymore. Like water flowing over rock, against gravity. He's a joy to watch, but frustrating since he makes it all look effortless.

Oh, and it's definitely not the average Vantage sport climb of 70' of repetitive moves. It's got a fun variety of moves.

If you were to onsight lead this, it would easily be in the 5.11+ range. So far my weeny ass has only done a bunch of solo toprope laps on it. The first ascentionist, Dave Moroles, onsighted it pre-bolts on what must have been desperately tiny rp's. Then apparently strolled next door and onsighted Red m 'n m's. The guy is incredible. A clarification: Dave bolted his route, but you still need a couple small cams near the top, which isn't readily apparent at the base of the climb.

Just to the right of Red m 'n m's. What's it called? It's a brilliant pitch of climbing, btw...

Pics as of 3/4. Mr. Seattle area, 8 Mile Rd., fake Bavaria (not Norway): Colchuck Lake:

View from the top of Highway Rock, definitely accessible climbing down there High up on Highway Rock, penninsula in the distance goes out to Steamboat Rock. Man! Can't wait to climb in shorts and sun! Nice teaser photo!

As of last week, 3/4, there looked to be climbable ice in the mountaineers creek area, just off 8 Mile Road. Can't recall what the names of the various crags are, but they're located east of the creek, easily visible from 8 mile rd. I snapped a few pics, but just haven't uploaded them yet. Just an fyi in case anyone is desperate for bavarian ice.

Damn, makes my 10 lbs seem pathetic!

Wow! I want to see this tr!

Terrible news. The couple times I met him out cragging he was bursting with enthusiasm.

Medial Epichondilitis?

Ok, never mind...

"8,000 meters is the beginning of what's known today as the "Death Zone", where lack of oxygen causes severe loss of strength, and the brain stops functioning the way it's supposed to, causing normal people to freak out, do stupid shit, become retarded, and then die." Never have I seen the effects of altitude explained so clearly!

As mentioned before, there's always AK47 Kurt is right. The skiing should be quite good!

Before this recent cold snap, it's been very warm and devoid of any moisture. I didn't see any ice in the icicle last weekend when I was there. Guess you'll have to go to Banks to see for the rest of us!

Oops. I lied. There's quite a but of snow on the approach still.

Oh! Then go for it. The trail is almost always dirt, especially this year, even in good eastside snow years. Not sure about ice/snow on the crag itself. The approach should be cake!

People keep dieing up there. As little snow we've gotten this year, I bet it would be climbable by march/april. A better bet would be south facing crags higher up: bathtub dome area, 8 mile crags, careno crag to name a few.

After getting the sequence wired, it feels .10d. On-sight lead of this would feel desperate.

Castle Rock.