icegirl

yo, slaphappy, if you don't want the beta, and want to "unlock the unknown" then don't read the TR and look at the pictures... NO one is forcing you to "click here" NOLSe, nice job, we like TR's, post pictures

Born again sprayers unite!

well, I don't solo rock, so this does not quite work for me, but I do make a point of meeting them oat exit 38 or the gym if I can't get any info on them... Case in point, my crazy kiwi friend... He said he was a .10 climber, but had been out of it for a while... Got out to Exit 38, he's more like an .11+ .12 sporto climber off the couch.... He was someone I met at work though, so i had nothing to go on.

I'm with pandora on this one... Currently all my climbing parnters have come about by way of this site. Ice, rock and alpine. They have all been stars! (not sure they will say the same for of me I have never had any problems with cc.com'ers, I attribute this partially to pub club and climbers picnics (we meet in person), and also that the washington climbing community is rather small, pretty much every is known of or about or someone who knows someone personally on the site, so you can pre-check you partners if you really want to, and if you don't want to do it publically, you can always PM one of the other women on the site and I'm sure any of us would help out... Speaking of which, Pandora, was I right about cascadeclimber? internet DATING? Oh my...

Damn! I posted it as you were at 19,999...

today today today.... in one post! That's my guess between 12:30 and 1pm what do I win??!?!?!

OMG, and I thought I had a problem with packing the kitchen sink....

I'd read you guidebook, but only if it's a collection of your trip reports Classic lines "it looked pretty in the kitty litter, so I kept climbing" You should sell a stapled together copy of your trip reports at your store... $3.00 gets you some amusing rainy day tent reading... and TP if you run out? ?? ? ? ?? ? (okay, that was bad, sorry mike, amusing myself at your expense again)

Pub Club Crawl...

I've had random people in stores ask "hey, are you icegirl" before. It's happened at work, too... I've had conversations with patients, and surgery residents from the e. coast and midwest. it is odd... I am like "uh, BTW, my name is Laura.." it's kind of hard to explain at the workplace, too, when someone says "yo, IG, pass the knife" I'm like "huh? you talkin' to me?" since it's so out of context....

this almost sounds like the set up for a bad joke.... Please bring: shovel ice ax tarp

wow! glad he worked out for you! yeah, he totally rocks! He's not who I'd go to for really complex fractures though... Did you get him talking about climbing in the Tetons? I spoke with Dr. Nork this weekend, and confirmed that he LOVES operating on Pilon fractures, complex fractures and irregular bone injuries (Pelvis, Talus, calcaneus, Elbow, and tibial plateau fractures) He has worked on a number of climbers, and understands what they want outcome wise. Winquist used to do tons of fx's in years past, now he mainly does knee scopes and total joints.

I also can't say enough about getting a pack with a frame (or soft back) sized for a small person... The Valhalla is my first "girl" sized pack, and I have been SO pleased. It's a size small with the adjustable frame set down 4 or 5 'slots'. It's like night and day to have something fit ya right. I've carried upwards to 40lbs in it, and with good packing it still rides very well. just my .02

REI Valhalla... and ya can't beat the price...

many thanks to Andrew S. and Misha M. (and those I names I can't remember) for the time and effort on those beautiful routes... Totally worth it if you are hard climber. Only one 5.9 last time I was out there, and they go up up up from there...

hahahhah 14 out of 14 right.... "you may be trusted with my dog"

Hey, Will, I've got lots of good tips about getting that nasty smoke smell out of your clothing.... Does this mean you need your tent back so YOU have a place to live? IT must be pretty bad if they are leaving TO Squarebanks??

Dr. Bruce Sangeorzan at Harborview Dr. Sean Nork at Harborview Dr. Brad Henley at Harborview IF you are lucky enough to be in Alaska, one of my favs, Dr. Bill Mills is moving up there this summer, he's one of the better reconstructive knee guys on the west coast. Seattles loss, AK gain (he's from AK, for those of you who are wondering if he's lost his mind) All deal with difficult pilon fractures on a daily basis A pilon fx is nothing to scoff at, it is a distal tibial fracture that included the articular surface on one or more planes. A good reduction is paramount. Dr. Jonathan Franklin and Dr Michael Watt in Ballard are also quite excellent. I am posting this in the thread for others who may also be interested to file it away.

will, I can teach you how to sleep out of 4 duffel bags and a tent... It's all about organization... black duffle= clothes blue duffle= ice climbing gear red duffle= rock climbing gear green duffle= scuba crap (emerald sea) surround sound, tv, dogs, etc... I'm camped under a railroad crossing sign... really (okay, the room used to be my ex's model train room, so I've got a full sized railroad crossing sign over my thermarest)

you talkin' to me? Give me a month or two of being a homeless climbing bum and I just might take you up on that offer. Until then I think I'm sticking to the easy stuff

Hey, why don't you guys go get the second ascent and then rate it. That would be more trustworthy than armchair climbing/rating from behind a keyboard.

ken4ord looked like a miniature dog? What? (just kidding)

Uh, shouldn't you be hitting the road sometime in the near future to meet us for pub club at Golden Gardens (shilshole) Oh, I have wed and fri free, but I don't think _I'm_ what you are looking for for this climb.

Sweet! awesome picts, great TR... Nice work boys!

hah.. no it took us a lot of persuading to tell us the real story as he was uh. underage... and his parents would likely have prefered a pool vent story...