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This question was inevitable...

Nice job guys. With Pete's custom made man-pris, how could they not send?

You elitist sumbitch.

Forecast is looking good. Snow Creek Wall if dry? General cragging? 8 Mile Buttress? Some fun stuff up there... Give me a PM, call (509-699-9810)! John

Flail? Flail is funny but not appropriate for free solo artists His last name starts with B. For God sakes it's Dave fucking Bale.

I've climbed Tarkus. Is that a totally different climb or does it share the last pitch?

Well that would explain why it's starting to feel a bit greasy these days!

Great TR Matt! It's so funny how Classic Crack figures in so prominently in a lot of people's climbing experience. I have scar tissue on the back of my hands still from trying to jam that crack into submission as a noob 8 years ago.

Thanks Matt! I'm noit sure why the colors are so brilliant this year.

Yes, please do gawk, then keep driving..

Sorry! I didn't downsize that second photo enough. Annoying, I know...

Great time Geoff. Thanks for sticking around! Your equestrian pants need some coat hangers though.

Trip: Tumwater Alpine - Recurve Dihedral Date: 10/10/2009 Trip Report: Geoff Cecil and I climbed the Recurve Dihedral today. Nursing a sick hangover from an excessive Oktoberfest, I was over an hour late meeting a very patient Geoff. We scrapped plans to climb snow creek wall, and spontaneously decided to jump on the Recurve. The approach is very nice up a dry creekbed, on mostly solid rock. The climbing is what you would expect: Dirt, loose blocks, some gardening, and some fun moves here and there. We climbed it in 7 pitches, and descended by downclimbing and rapping a ridge trending northeast from the top. The temps were damn cold, but we had a great time, climbing a formation that many climbers gawk at from road. The Recurve River crossing, trying not to step on massive spawning salmon. Approaching the Recurve The climbing: Lots 'o moss The top of the Recurve How many of you can say you can do this while choking a smoke? Geoff channeling his Ron Kauk The Descent gully Deproach Parting Shot, Colchuck Lake

This one's getting framed and going up in my cubicle! Porter may want a copy too.

Yes, please, use someone else's rope....

Bump! Offer still pout there! And the weather is lookimg pretty stellar for this weekend!

Thanks Kat! And excellent job on your bike tour!

Porter, don't forget the sexy mistress Asgard Pass.

Gorgeous day in the hills Saturday! Porter was spraying so much about Asgard, I had to hit it.

Around 4pm.

I had a great time Friday night! Thanks Porter for taking the time to set this up, schmoozing the hosts, making prurient comparisons of people's brats.

climbed Serpentine Arete Saturday, and walked around Witche's Tit, a scrambled class 3 rock down (North) to the trail, safely back to Asgard Pass. I started down about the same time two guys were setting up their first rap, and I was back at the pass as they were still picking their way down. You don't need to go all the way to L. Annapurna at all. In fact, not even close to it.

Trundling on one of Washington's busiest crags ia bad idea at any time.

Hah! Naw, just an averag day's climbing for a below average climbe like me!

Still looking to do three routes on sno creek wall this saturday, weather permitting! Outer Space, Iconoclast and MJD. So if this sounds like a good day to you, PM me, text or call: 509-699-9810, carrier pigeon, smoke signal, telegraph. However you want to arrange it! Thanks, John