sketchfest

Craig, I seem to remember a thread not all that long ago asking this very question, you might try a quick search.

I thought they found that guy before the first snow fell this winter, seems Tim was on the recovery of that one...could be wrong!

Great weather, even warm for the first part of the day until the wind picked up in the afternoon, but still it was nice not to have to take a number to climb

Oooohh! is that what that was?

I was at Smith on Sunday and since there wasn't anyone else there, I find it extremely unlikely that the doctor was present!

Glad you guy's had success, pics are awesome once again. Where any of the steps funguy and I kicked in still there up and into the first coulior?

What you think after 3 failed attempts at Leutholds we were gonna fail again? No way dude, we headed over and did variation 14a of the Reid; two tools, no rope, no pro, great exposure and very icy. The only incident was a large baseball size ice chunk that careened off of the back of my hand 100' from the top, bruised my hand and now my middle finger is completely numb. Great climb!

Iain, Did you climb the cliffs on Sunday? Funguy and I met a climber on Sat. with PMR who said she was going to be climbing them on Sun.

Iain, What's up with your site? Did a get to it?

Mike, as always..Thank you very much!

I also have the avocet. Although some friends of mine have had terrible problems with them, mine has worked without a hitch since the day I got it and it's usually accurate to within 10'. The only thing I dislike about it is that doesn't have a light.

How many years?

While there is no comparison in the size of the two, PRG is definitely a larger gym, I would hesitate to call it a better gym. I have climbed at both gyms and have found, in my experience, a very elitist attitude at PRG. Stoneworks on the other hand, while being much smaller, is by far friendlier and more of what I would call a "climbers"gym. Everybody from the staff (who remember your name after one visit) to the regulars are helpful and encouraging. SW will never have the sq. ft. that PRG enjoys, but they have recently finished an expansion that will afford climbers the opportunity for lead climbing. Obviously your current location will have a lot to do with which gym you go to, but for my money Stoneworks is my gym of choice. Just my .02!

Ok, so for the most part, there seems to be a fairly common link in everybody's thoughts about shoes. So maybe I better explain exactly what I'm looking for and see if we can narrow it down even further. I want a light(as in weight) shoe that I could trail run in, but offers enough support to allow me to carry a light pack without causing my arches to drop. Then it needs to have a stiff enough sole to allow the use of some instep crampons. Anymore suggestions?

I'm starting to look for a good, durable pair of low top approach shoes, any suggestions?

Mmmmm...Esparza's, now that is good shit. That joint in Sellwood's got good mexy grubbin too.

Hey Iain, can you set one of these up for Rainier?

I usually do this one at least once during every trip. Get some of the instant rice, (takes about 10 min to cook) throw in some dried red chili flakes. When the rice is done, add curry powder, p-butter and whatever ingredients are in your trail mix, finally add some cayenne for some heat, mix it all up and you've got yourself some hot-n-spicy curried rice in peanut sauce

My son and I really enjoyed the Dyno comp. Some of those dyno's were totally insane, Thanks again.

Just wanted to throw this back to the top with a shout out to the entire staff and all the volunters who helped out with yesterday's comp. Scott and his crew did a fantastic job and were very organized, Lots of judges, plenty of well marked routes and the added bonus of meeting the infamous Scott-teryx, a good time was had, the drive home sucked, but that's another story. Thanks to all!

The land North of Seattle

Hey Tex, You didn't happen across a white helmet laying down on the Reid did you? Funguy would like to get it back if anybody picked it up.

Is anyone from Portland headed up to the ABS in Everwet this Saturday?

No, we were there Sat. morning. I wish I had an excuse like drinking or drugs. We just weren't paying attention and walk right on by. No worries, we climbed something much more exciting even though we didn't make the top.

Yeah, I know..how could you miss it! We were making good time and I wasn't paying much attention as we cruised by, oh well!! it was still fun. I was more just curious to know if there was a decent line up through there.