sketchfest

did the shrike replace the old x-15's?

It is not a problem with the slab problems you climb. That is a funny ass picture

i overheard this dude talking on his cellphone one time. he said 'if the world needed an enema portland would be where they inserted the tube.' Dang, that's pretty harsh I'm gonna be out in the town of Verbort on Saturday for the Harvest Festival. at the gun club, back at the church.

Last Saturday while leading Lions Jaw, I was in the process of placing a nut and as I slotted the nut and was sliding it off the biner another nut slid off and began to fall to the ground. When I looked down, expecting to see the nut bouncing down the rock face, I saw nothing. Wondering where in the hell the piece had gone, I finally noticed that it had somehow fallen cable end first and had fallen straight through my shoelace and if it wasn't for the fact that the nut was bigger than the loop wouldn't have stopped until it hit my belayer in the head. I reached down, grabbed it, put it back on the rack and continued climbing.

Coming back down the trail it was really easy to see all the obvious trail signs, but for what ever reason (to much beer and stuff the night before) nothing seemed to obvious on the way up. We were about half way up the N. ridge trail when I saw someone and their dog following them down the scree field. That's pretty wild that the dog was able to make it all the way to the summit.

First pitch sounds like "YW", but the second pitch steps left and traverses about 15' and up to some nice dinner plates, then into a giant pocket, from there you join the top of the second pitch of SE corner. I'm not sure about the next pitches that you and Ivan did, but it sounds like you topped out on the 4th & 5th class portion of SE Corner.

Unfortunately there isn't anything to tell. Awesome weather and piss poor trail navigation (forgot the book in the car) lead to many wrong turns until finally accessing the North Ridge trail much to late in the day to continue to the summit. There were some very, very small smatterings of snow from the cold front that had moved through earlier that week, but nothing to even think twice about. We missed an incredible weather window..oh well, it'll still be there next year.

Funny how someone stumbles upon a spray-site and thinks it is full of wankers would waste the time register, post to tell everyone that they are wankers, when they say they don't really care....hhhmm, smells like somone is trolling a new avatar.

This is a take off of the thread started in the climbers board. Who is doing what in Portland this weekend?

Yes, I believe so: Removable Bolt You can also buy those at Mountain Supply

This is an extremely interesting topic. I started climbing, mostly volcanoes, about 10 or so years ago; I wasn't real serious about it, but climbed a few mountains every year. At that time, my primary focus was bike racing, so the training took up a huge portion of my time. A couple of years before I got married I came to the realization that I was never going to get a sponsor, that I sucked and that I was really riding because I liked to compete. With that revelation, I decided to diversify my time and hobbies and got back into climbing, both mountain and rock. Then I got married to an incredible woman who had two fantastic children from her previous marriage, at the time the kids where 5 & 8 and before I even realized it, I was fully engulfed in the awe inspiring and constantly humbling world of child rearing; little league, basketball and lacrosse filled our time instead of 5 hour training rides or a day at the crag/mountain. As our kids got a little older, they both started to gain an interest, although small, in the activities that I was doing when time allowed. My son is now 16 and over the last few summers have had some incredible moments while climbing that we still talk about like they just happened and my daughter is slowly starting to gain a bigger interest in climbing as well. My wife, since she is afraid of heights, is supportive and loves to see the pictures when we come home. I climb more now than I have for the last few years, but still less than before. I have never been and never will be a "hardman" my guess is that I'll probably max out somewhere around .10b/c for trad (if I'm lucky) and on a good day, and I mean a really gooood day, .11something on bolts. I guess what I'm saying is, I've been gone, come back, been gone again and come back again and every time I go through one of those cycles I think that I am able to bring a new perspective to the adventure, call it balance, I don't know, but it works for me.

Dang Will, I got a crew working on the base, but none of them are climbers. I might be up in about a month, we should hook up at Pikes for beers and I might be able to introduce you to a waitress that goes by the name of "kamakize queen". have you scoped any ice yet? I hear daytime temps around 26.

Err...so after 32 views it would seem no one!

Does anybody know, have or can tell me if there is an electronic version of Jeff Thomas's book "Oregon High"? I have a hard copy, but was curious about an e-version.

Aaaaaw, prolly can't do it that weekend. There's gonna be HC and PBR to be consumed at the Verbort Harvest Festival and I'm sure I'll be to hung over to do much of anything on Sunday. Good Luck, I'll be curious to hear how long it takes.

Climbing with my son has been a slow process. I tried to introduce him to the sport about 8 years ago, (he was 8 then) but he could take it or leave, he just didn't show any real desire. At that point, I backed off and let him do his own thing, occasionally taking him to the gym or getting him outside to the local crag. Then about a year and a half ago, he decided that instead of doing any school sanctioned sports, he would try out for the junior rock climbing team at our gym and he dove into the sport with great enthusiasm. Since then his abilities and confidence have improved to the point that I thought he was ready for his first multi-pitch, (Moscow 5.6) not a hard route, but nice exposure and a fantastic experience for us both, he's still talking about it. I can't wait till next spring/summer when I can introduce him to some more remote climbs, until then, it's back to the gym.

Looks like this would have been the perfect day to do this ride. Sweeet sunrise!!

then let's have our own oregon bumblies roundup After two and a half sessions back in the gym, I'm ready to start pulling down on some serious 5.6X routes, name the time and the place and I'll be there

Aaaaarrrgh! I'm out!! My kids won't be in town next weekend.

when? where? I have a 13 & 16yr old who would be happy to attend a ropeup

What is the weight and who's rear shock does it have?

Yeah, I might be interested, when do you plan on doing this ride?

I had a pretty dry summer as far as climbing is concerned. Spent the whole thing getting ready to do a 100 mile mtn bike race in CO. (definitely a highlight to have finished) I did have three great experiences that where climbing or semi-climbing related: 1) trail run around Hood with younger brother - at night 2) trail run almost up to summit of Olympus and back with mtnhigh & Funguy 3) first multi-pitch climb with my son (Moscow 5.6 @ Smith) That was by far the best of them all, makes me teary just thinking about it.

sell em anyway