Gary_Yngve

Yeah, I was a bit disappointed with the turnout. (The club lost about $300 on the show.) We advertised the same way we do with other shows and we made it later in the evening than before, so I'm not sure what happened. But Will's show was totally rad. In addition to his pictures, I loved his social commentary.

tonight, woohoo!

I bet Fred Beckey wants her phone number now.

I resemble that remark.

July 10, 2002: July 11, 2002:

Nickerson is cool

There's like four firetrucks, two fire-chief cars, an ambulance, two big gray vans with sirens, and maybe even a boat down by the waterfront behind the stadium. But there is no visible smoke nor cause for an evac -- there are folks playing on the practice fields. Toss in a Channel 7 heli circling overhead. Any guesses?

skiing

I don't know the numbers, but I'm pretty sure it was more like 70. The room seats 130. A lot more people must have cancelled than had emailed me.

About 5-10 people emailed me today saying they can't make it, so we have some more spots open for folks to see Hans. He'll be talking about his <3 hr ascent of El Cap and his trip of climbing all of California's 14ers.

In Georgia they have pickup-truck limos.

to the HUB on UW Campus? Check out http://students.washington.edu/climb/florine I added a link with directions.

Looking to ski... Midweek or on weekend.

Good idea, Jon!

Where to go for beer? Bigtime is walking distance, and I like their brews.

I was seated far right about five rows up, wearing a red vest and yellow/orange shirt. (Was teaching Mounties at Mt. Erie earlier that day.)

yep, sent out notices on fri

I enjoyed her show.

What/where is Winco?

Did Outer Space today. (Remorse start, 5.9 pitch above two tree ledge, 5.9 start to the last pitch) What a classic route! Those chickenheads up there are wild! Partner was quite late picking me up in the morning, so we weren't at the base of the route ready to climb until nearly noon. After my partner (who intended to swing leads) spent well over an hour following the 5.8 traverse pitch (I protected before and after each traverse but not in the middle of the traverse, meaning the follower could be subject to 12-foot pendulums) and spent an hour leading the 5.7 pitch between One Tree Ledge and Two Tree Ledge, I ended up leading the remaining pitches so we'd top out before dark. Luckily there were no parties behind us. Well, we topped out before dark, but it took partner 2 hours to descend from the top to Snow Creek, and we took, as far as I can tell, a nearly optimal descent route. At least there was a full moon and I could see my moon shadow. No snow on route, though some on the approach and descent. It's raining ticks over there. Brushed off many of them over the course of the day and picked six more off of me when I got home (most of them in my hair).

I did an unverified speed ascent of the route!

I'm sure you can get a route named in your honor too. Minx's Mantle?

"He's got prominence!" Klenke can now explain the difference between clean prominence and dirty prominence.

Yeah, that last pitch of GM is pretty burly.

in the HUB Auditorium. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance at the HUB Ticket Office. UW folks: $3, non-UW folks: $5 We'll go out for beer afterward!