jkrueger

Liberty Bell approach gully.

Though it has its merits, Frenchman Coulee (of which The Feathers is a small area) isn't worth the drive in and of itself. If you're going to head to WA, seek out the granite!

Rumors of the feat preceded your return to the PNW, so it's great to finally read your TR. Nice job Texpossible!

As if you would -- not in your nature.

Those two don't sound lost! If anything, it seems they found something -- TLG found (remembered) that she likes to lead; BBW, though still a boulderer to the core, stepped into the vertical realm and found a new challenge.

I see it didn't take long for your BBW moniker to become official!

No slight to bouldering intended -- just sharing the flood of imagery evoked by the phrase Bouldering Boy Wonder. Holy runout... back to the bat pad!

And a utility belt with an assortment of chalk formulations and a complete range of brushes and scrubbers.

Now Distel is etched in my mind's eye climbing in a superhero outfit -- complete with mask and cape blowing in the wind.

"In dream cipher, climbing -- whether up a ladder, mountain or stairs -- is a symbol of the struggle for self-improvement -- personally or professionally. Climbing can represent a rite of initiation, personal development and progression through the various stages of consciousness on the route to self-actualization. The achievement is all the greater for the suffering involved in its attainment. Despite the danger, fear and effort involved in scaling the heights, once the summit is finally reached, the climber is rewarded with feelings of exhilaration and achievement. Climbing thus symbolizes transcendence from the lowly aspects of the human condition to higher more spiritual values. In Freudian thought, climbing can signify a yearning for sexual fulfillment." :: Signs & Symbols, Clare Gibson, 1996

You're calling ME names? That's really pathetic.

Some things never change... how entertaining.

mysql_query("UPDATE posts SET user='muffy_the_wanker_sprayer' WHERE user='sk' LIMIT 1715"); mysql_query("DELETE FROM users WHERE id='sk' LIMIT 1"); And just like that...

Confidence, when not tempered by humility, is foolishness by a different name.

For me, it was actually the other way around. I saw a good friend take a ground fall soloing. I had no desire to climb after watching him bounce off the deck ... until I saw Muffy on the rock with appropriate gear and the such.

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." ~ Master Yoda Thanks to Texplorer, my boys can recite this quote verbatim.

Yeah, right...

Not too old -- still getting carded on a regular basis... Thanks!

What's the point of putting up routes so close together that the experience of one climb is virtually indistinguishable from the next? Jamming routes together, simply for the sake of putting up routes, makes it difficult to even find a particular route. And when routes start to share holds, it just reaches the point of being ridiculous! This mentality lacks an aesthetic appeal, shows a lack of vision, and favors quantity over quality. Personally, I would rather climb one exceptional line that makes the most of what the rock has to offer than three mediocre lines that are just kinda there.

Some of the newer stuff is in Rock Climbing Southwest Oregon by Greg Orton.

Good point, fern! Not every route must be considerate of the lowest common denominator. Besides, if retro-bolted, the name would have to be changed to Not-So-Grim-Anymore Reaper.

Considering what has been happening at Flagstone over the last few years, I'm thinking that Hydrotube has been turned into an escalator -- actual climbing of the route may now be considered optional.

Can anybody substantiate/dismiss the rumor that Hydrotube, the classic line at Flagstone, has been retrobolted? I'm beginning to fear that there really are no ethics in climbing -- especially in Oregon!

Seeing as it was an aside in a thread titled Erden on Denali, it's really a wonder that any of us missed it... Please forgive those of us who lack your omnipotence.

Same old and tired bullshit, different day...