Szyjakowski

maybe gym climbing ain't so bad afterall.

I am already there! YEEEEEHAAAAAWWWWWW! say hi to the famdamly.

slot machines are for gumbys!

hey alex, i too first did it left-hand in the crack...this way for sure feels 5.10 as all the killer knob foot holds are behind you on the slab, virtually unusable (see above picture in will's post). To send it 5.9 way, put your right-hand in the crack and milk those chickenheads of ease. This is more than just my opinion...friends who have done the route a bunch of times feel this is true as well.

everyday is pub club las vegas!

are you old enough to carry the keg? i change my vote to dragontail...i mean si.

Is this a hot or warm carl??? Just kidding...that 'crap' is gross! kinda like a dirty sanchez....

Question to all the people who think the chimney is 10a. Which way were you facing in the chimney? Right-hand or left-hand into the crack; that is back to the wall on your right-side or back to the slab on your left-side? I most definitely think, neither pitch warrants a 5.10 rating, too many rests.

yeah i can't believe alpinfox's parents dropped them off at garden of the gods... i hear that place is some-what chossy. as drul said people have the right to be stupid...good 'ole free will.

The only drawback; which IG was implying is this will be at the end of August when the days are not as long. Traffic does suck in the woodinville-monroe corridor...it sucks bad and that will most definitely lessen the amount of time on the rock. Perhaps a few sparymonkeys would be willing to go early to "setup" a few TR's so more time is spent climbing by the bulk of the after work climbers. I would volunteer but leaving work early is hard to do when I am babysitting construction workers. Possibly I can prearrange if people commit to the granite.

many people bitch about walking more than ten minutes anywhere, not just boulderites.

Sounds kewl beyotch!

shouldn't you be on your death run by now?

actually, i lied the hold that broke was a tree. i uprooted the little fuker and stared at the root for a split-second; thinking to myself, i guess this is it.....

Hey thanks Greg...i really don't care either way... just needed to reflect on the entire ordeal and let my body rest before i felt it was necessary to post about my mistake that almost cost my life on this planet.... Around 8pm on 8/7/04 Dan and I had just hiked off the south side of the owl... we decided to descend to our camp in temple canyon via the western gully. This is almost visible in the picture of the owl to the right of the pyramid-shaped spire right of the owl. (no this isn't the black pyramid mentioned in the beckey guide) At the top of the gully Dan and briefly debated rapping. I said it looked reasonable and do-able...before I finished Dan was already heading down. The gully is slightly steep at the begining; sort-of a chimney down climb for what i remember as ~10-15ft. Dan easily reached the bottom of the sketch section and continued down to the base of the gully where he hid around a corner to stay clear of falling projectiles (as the gully did have some loose rocks) After I trundled a bit of the loose rocks from the starting notch/ledge i began the short downclimb. I was in the process of stepping down with my left foot when my right hand-hold broke. The next thing I knew, I was falling backwards. I did attempt to "grab" the rock but just scraped it with my fingertips. I fell approx. 12 feet straight on my and then flipped over, bounced down the gully, glancing off a rock with my head, flipped again and landed on my back atop a heather-loaded slope. This was about 35 feet from where I first fell. I guess I was slidding backwards headfirst towards more "tree-lined cliffs" (visible in the photo) when Dan was able to grab a tree and snag my legs as I slid by him. He said the force was so great that he felt like his arm would dislocate. fortunately for both of us, it didn't. Dan saved my life and I am very grateful to him. It took us about two hours to scramble (lower me occasionally over small cliffs) our way back to the bivy area in temple canyon. Dan retrieved our gear and we took the necessary goods to exit the mts. We descended temple canyon to nada lake in approx 50minutes (this went much faster than I would have ever guessed but the watch said it was almost 11pm). Here we took another break and minimized the gear we were to take again...leaving most stuff hidden. We finally made it to Dan's car at 3am. We arrived at the Central WA Hospital at approx 420am and I finally got to my parents house back in Leavenworth at 730am. Like I said, I was very very lucky as I only inflicted upon myself a very slight concussion and received 19 staples and 20 stiches in my head. No broken bones; just bruises and scrapes. My still hurts. I got my stiches removed from my forehead last saturday and I am getting my staples out tonight!! If we would have had helmets on this trip, I probably would have taken it off already.......besides i am polish (built-in helmet) doctor said i have no brain-damage! Life is great...despite our world being fuked in the ass by the shrub and his comrades. And if any of you spelling Nazi's care, i spelled words incorrectly before my accident too. 19staples i think are visible. Anyone want a ??!!? BTW- we already got all our gear so there is no booty to be had....

we were not on a route. we were hiking/downclimbing off the great-horned owl.

shite, i really didn't want to reveal my mishap as i am abit embarrassed by the entire ordeal... but, i will post more later. i need to go weigh a grip of water content samples now.

THEY (K and R) are both dickheads in my humble opinion.

i totally agree but when you are in the backcountry with no one around except your buddy, do you start a forest fire to attract attention? cell phones are heavy to carry and don't get service in many places in the woods. pax- you mentioned my name in a previous post so of course i will respond. i am in a great mood...climbing withdrawl or not. I am just happy to still be around to spray and talk serious shit.

Pax you should fukin stand back before the llama and misses fukin spit in both of your eyes... were you at either accident? do you know the details before you fukin judge about whether people are able to walk out on their own power? Mitch(retrosaurus) broke his ankle a few years ago on the same Stuart west ridge route and walked out on his own. it really is just a matter of wanting to survive or sit there and wimper. if it were not for dan i would not have walked out...that is for sure, since i bumped a lot more than my head. i KNOW i was lucky... lucky lager anyone?

no thats granite.

CBS read the first post again and be enlightened.

well it was kinda raining...so we did some cool dihedral crack...mmmMmmm wet jams are so fun.

no shite....petty bickering.