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thanks. i've tried them on already, feel good, i just wanted to here some opinions before i shelled out the dough.

There are tons of caves in southwest washington both by Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams (and I'm not talking about ape caves). Almost all of them are unmarked and you'll be lucky if there is even a faint trail so you pretty much need prior knowledge.

Anybody used em? How are they temperature wise? Seem very comforatble with a lot of ankle flexability. Good climbers?

Blake, I've been up there several times always from the Yacolt side though. Always a good time. There is definate potential for some steep runs off the ridges and through the forest. Enjoy.

Gripped, The bouldering at Carver is pretty good, definately the best that I've found in the portland area. Although each time I go back there, some new boulders seemed to have been smashed by that road?, house? that there building. When I used to live in Battle Ground, WA, I made the drive out there for just a few hours of bouldering many times.

There's gonna be a bouldering comp at the Leading Edge on 3/13. Sign ups are $10 and start at 1:00. The comp starts at 2:00. Everybody gets three hours to climb as many and as hard of routes as possible. Top ten get counted towards their score. Prizes for top three places in all three divisions (beginner, intermediate, advanced) for both men and women. Extra prizes get raffled off.

Lynn Hill is doing a slide show "Exotic Rock," at Western Washington Univ. on Sun., April 4 at 7PM. The location is still TBA but the cost will be $5. She's showing slides from climbing in Madagascar, Cuba, Thailand and Vietnam.

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thats what i thought, thanks.

Gripped, that's pretty much my opinion on it too. I know tons of good climbers who are good simply because they climb a lot and specifically train never.

Has anybody tried this workout, out of Horst's book "How to Climb 5.12." The whole concept seems pretty sound but the prices of the holds he's peddling make me think otherwise.

Got the opportunity to go the tele demo days for next year's tele gear up at Steven's Pass yesterday. Skied on the Atomic Tm-22 and Tm-x, bd crossbow and mystic, and some fat kahru ski. Got into the Garamont Syner-G and the new T-1. Tm-22's and Syner-G boots are the business. Need to save up for next ski season already.

All my potential partners for this weekend bailed on me last night. Anybody wan't to go out this weekend? I'm willing to do anything (rock ice skiing). Can leave right now, don't have to be back until 10am on tuesday. farrnr@hotmail.com.

Thanks, sounds like J-tree for me this spring break.

I went up the weekend of the ice gathering and did a scouting mission for Oregon Jack. Is it the climb along Hat Creek Road about 2-3 k from where the road stops being plowed?

Has anybody been out to the city of rocks in late march or better? The guidebook says the season runs april-november, is it realistic to go in march or not? thanks.

After all the crap that REI gave me about the resole, the new soles only lasted less than two months. I know that MEC sells kits where you can resole your shoes at home. After my experience with mountain soles that is looking pretty attractive, I couldn't do a much worse job than them anyhow.

I made the drive out to Banks Lake after hearing Lillooet was possibly cut off for the weekend. A couple of lines left, literally means a couple of lines left. Electric Avenue looked in, although I didn't cross the private property to swing at it and Devils Punchbowl was still there as well as some really brushy lines. My advice is to not bother with Banks Lake unless you live in very close, as it is in BFE and there really isn't much to climb at all.

I went up on 12/26 via June Lake, and the snow was awesome and temps were definately freezing as it has snowed hard everyday since then. Going up tomorrow, maybe to reach the summit with an awesome ski down, avys permitting. I hope somebody has broke a trail through all of that fresh powder by then.

I took the Ptarmigans basic rock and mountaineering courses about 10 years ago. From what I've heard they've changed a bit since I was in. Looks like there more in depth, longer. Even though it was a good experience and a good introduction to climbing. If you got the time and money, go for it.

It's also gonna be coming to the 'Ham on Nov. 19. Its gonna be at WWU in Fraser Hall 2 at 8 o'clock, tickets at the door. Check it out.

What y'all think about the Silverton Sickle route on Hall Peak for this weekend? It looks like a pretty sweet climb, at least the way that the new guide shows it. Anybody climbed it? Is it worth it this weekend, or is it better to hit up some more hardcore alpine stuff since its in?

I'm trying to go down to the C. Blanca for some climbing this summer and am looking for tickets. I have heard that you should be able to find tickets for 600-800 but from the quotes I've been getting off of the websites its more like 1200 is the cheapest. Does anybody know of a good place to look for tickets or a good travel agent that could help me out? Thanks.

A friend and myself headed up to squamish this weekend to do a link-up that would climb bottom to top of the chief. Considering that neither of us had done that much multi-pitch we decided to start out easy and do Banana Peel. That climb was way easier than either of us expected so we ended up simul-climbing much of it. It's not a bad way to go at all considering that it's a mild slab and there really isn't anywhere to place protection other than slinging trees. After that we walked along Broadway then headed up Pig Dogs on Parade. It's just a straight shot up a feature-less slab, watch out for the healthy runout after the 3rd bolt on the first pitch. To finish off we went over to climb the Ultimate Everything. What a sweet climb, the moves are really varied and though it goes at 5.9+a0, most of the climbing is far easier than that. Also, every cruxy section has bolts on it so there is no need to worry about the whipper. The final pitch is fairly tricky, we had hopes of freeing it until we got up there. In the end after all sorts of ugliness we finally chopped are way to the top. Great climb, great day.

Broughton Bluff at Lewis and Clark SP is pretty sweet. The crag is clean, especially compared to the butt and there are some stellar routes there too. If your gonna make the trip out to Hood River though, then head up to Bulo Point There are some nice bolted routes there, the only problem is the road in.