Gary_Yngve

Ok, fine. A week ago I bought a 512MB CF from buy.com for $80 - $15 mail-in rebate for $65. So with this single piece of data, it's more like 1.65X instead of 2X. But there aren't any 1G SDs, whereas there are 1G and 2G CFs. And CF doesn't have any Digital Rights Management bullshit. I don't want my money going to anything that supports DRM if I can help it. I also like the idea of being able to nuke music on the spot from a flash card if I need extra space for pictures.

Is there a decent way to approach from the SE on skiis? The Whitechuck/Chiwawa area looks badass.

SDs work with cameras too. But SDs are pricy as hell. I can get a 512MB CF for $75 and 1G CF for $150 from buy.com. SDs are at least double that price. By CFs work in your camera too, I was referring to other MP3 players that have built-in, non-removable memory (most of them).

Photos were taken with a point-and-shoot Canon S400 (~35-105mm) first is at the cornice just past SEWS second is on the backside of that third is in the gully just below the col that takes you back to the hairpin

I just got a Nex IIe by Frontier Labs. Dimensions: 90mm x 60mm x 20mm Weight (without 2 AA batteries): 65g Playtime with CF card: 20 hours You can buy it barebones ($80) and supply your own CF card. CF cards are dirt-cheap these days compared to MMCs or SDs. And CFs work in your camera too. And you don't need to fuck around with any software. You just put mp3s onto the CF card, just as you would take pictures off the CF card, and that's it. Plug the CF card into the player and you're ready to rock. Or use the mp3 player as a USB drive and cut and paste the files to the USB drive. So it's not the lightest, but it has long playtime and is geek-friendly.

I didn't trundle on anyone. Though I did test and pull off a football-sized handhold that I placed out of the way.

I like the red hues in #1.

Climb: Washington Pass-Birthday Tour Date of Climb: 4/25/2004 Trip Report: in a Birthday Suit

The gray action suit was key.

Klenke, where was this taken from, and what's its prominence?

Climb: in search of the mystical webcam-north ridge / west face Date of Climb: 4/26/2004 Trip Report: Wide crack on northeast buttress gains ledge system. Traverse to friction slabs to gain north ridge. Drop down to the West Face. Do a rising traverse on friction slabs to reach the summit ridge. Thing on an eight-foot pole on the summit ridge may or may not be the webcam. A stickclip with a camera attached to it may be necessary for further investigation.

Weird, it lists BillG as CEO, but he's not. He's chairman. Ballmer is CEO.

billg Motherfucker.

I had issues with my toe-piece popping when I first got the TLTs, but it turned out I wasn't yarding on the lever hard enough (it goes through several clicks before fully locked).

Yeah, the Blue Flake crack widens at one point, but a few feet higher it narrows down again.

Silent Running and Total Soul on 3:00 Rock are well-protected 5.9-5.10 routes. The slabs on Dreamer will be easier but less protected (bolts every 10-15 feet for 5.9 and 20-25 feet for 5.8). Careful rope management / pro placement is required on the crux 5.9 pitches to avoid unnecessary ropedrag or getting the rope stuck beneath the roof. Expect on certain pitches to have to climb as much as 20 feet beyond a belay (on 5.7- terrain) before getting in your first piece. If you can, choose a day that won't be scaldingly hot. Dreamer is south-facing.

With just a little more driving, you could be at Index instead.

Note the camera tilt and the lack of any scratches on the tool.

Norman Clyde too

trying to remember who all showed up... ToTheTop, MattP, Diana, Tim, Dave Schuldt, Beck, a few others apparently not the narcissists

a Flintstone facsimile of the chalkboard in the guys' bathroom at the bar:

Sweet, I was about to ask the same question!

Climb: Chair Peak-circumnavigation Date of Climb: 4/18/2004 Trip Report: Ned Flanders and I left Seattle early in the morning, wondering what the weather will bring us. The sun danced among the clouds all day, softening up southern slopes that never froze the night before, but leaving northern aspects icy with breakable crusts. We ended up booting down from Chair-Bryant col to Melakawa Lake, not wanting to skid/crash down frozen avy debris. We wanted to do Kaleetan, but the top looked melted out from below. The snow on the rest of the trip was skiiable, perhaps even enjoyable, though you had to work for your turns. We got back to the car around 2:00 PM and got hit by a few rain showers on the drive back. Approach Notes: Snow Lake is still solidly frozen. Pretty slushy out there.