Off_White

Whether it's for road, route, or avalanche conditions, you're better off posting these queries in the relevant region under the Route Reports subsection. You're more likely to have folks familiar with the area encounter your question, and it makes it easier for others to get answers to their own similar questions. The Climbers Board is for more general climbing related topics. thanks Off White - Climber's Board Moderator

On a related note, this has me thinking about a new helmet, so I started a thread over in the Gear Critic to see what other's have been happy with lately. Any input would be appreciated.

Dane's recent thread has got me thinking about a new helmet for cragging. My current lid is an Edelrid Ultralight, which is more of an alpine webbing cradle affair, sort of bulky and clunky. I've never really looked at the modern foam jobbies. What do folks have that they love or hate?

Wore my helmet all weekend. I did keep banging it on the door jamb getting into the car though. Seriously though, this story was in my head all weekend while I was out cragging, and I was most diligent about the brain bucket.

I find it sort of disturbing that you guys are so capable of closely examining his, um, "gun" Eeesh, this pic tops getting rickrolled any day, nice work Porter.

Holy Granite in Renton! I do believe that Windermere listing is what Linda was talking about, right down to the cobble gravel driveway. Price seems a little steep to me, I'm glad I got my little 32 acres with the cliff all back in the day when land was affordable.

You've got to show it to him. He's got a background in team sports, doesn't he? That's a mindset you've got to overcome to embrace the whole experiential approach to climbing. I think my first climbing trip to the valley included all those feelings too.

Holy shit Dane! Thanks for telling us the story, I'm gonna be thinking about this one for awhile. I think maybe it is time to start wearing the helmet all the time on lead. Like you, I come from back in the time when only geeks wore helmets. You're a good man Sobo.

Sounds like a great trip, some real classics for a first visit. Here, I just gotta put up this old picture of Werner Braun solo on Reeds... It's been a long time since I did that route, but just thinking about it makes my forearms feel pumped.

That's a pretty good one, you should write ad copy for starbucks new line of decaf.

Are you okay Fairweather? I thought talking trash about spouses and family was sort of off-the-chart unacceptable for you, so that last bit has me really concerned.

I've always liked this iteration of that well known image:

I say someone hacked his account.

Strictly as a city, not a location? I'd put Portland over Seattle. I really like that town. Easier access to the North Cascades is a pretty good trump card though.

You're probably right about the selective bit, I'm specifically remembering the week long honeymoon in 1988, and I do recall that it was far ickier than prior visits. I haven't been to Squish much in the last decade. I've only stayed in the official climbers camp once, and that was in a van. It seemed nice to walk through, but the total ban on fires would prevent it from ever being a world class climbers camp. What are folks opinions of the camp? I'm a big fan of dirtbag camping myself, it's just that I'm perpetually amazed by how some folks can trash a place up.

I've considered Scott Harpel's persuasive foreign strategy arguments, Fairweather's clear case for a sane domestic policy, and JayB's ringing endorsement of the Invisible Hand, and I'm convinced. I've had enough, I'm voting Republican. FiQJ9Xp0xxU

Ahh, then perhaps you'd most want to contact Joe Puryear, either via PM on this site or via the contact info on his site, Cascade Images. He's the point man for the crew responsible for most of the routes there and has lots of experience with that rock. I know he remarked in a thread here about Ride The Lightning that some of the bolt locations are due to where there was suitable rock, not necessarily where the stance was. There's a ton of rock on that formation, seems to me that putting up a route there seems like a sizable commitment. I'm not sure which specifc rock that is, but it's not the same as the stuff lower down in the canyon.

For instance, a doctor I know happens to be on Mt Rainier right now. A quick phone call to his son determined that he's in fact on the other side of the mountain, hunkered down, and recently phoned home and is okay. Between the likely dead person being a doctor and the party of three doctors at Camp Muir, I stood a pretty good chance of being uncomfortably close to this even. While I'm relieved my friend is not involved, I'm pretty damned sad to hear about this and join others in urging some respect and circumspection, especially given the little information actually available.

Big Lou is pretty skeptical of your tawdry antics. He chides, "Show a little dignity, Dawg."

No, even with EVERY OPTION in both Auto Format and Auto Format As You Type unchecked, the dastardly thing still auto updates.

Yeah, maybe I just haven't fumbled with the options enough, I've poked at them with no relief so far. No Zombie Clippy thank you very much, Clippy must stay dead.

Garbage Can if you ask me, but I'm certainly unreasonably irritated at the moment.

Anyone know the uber secret how-to-turn-off-automatic-style-update beta for Word 2007? When I indent one line I don't want the whole fucking document to indent. Don't suggest a hammer, already tried it and it didn't help.

How can Tahquitz be rated stiff, since that's where the YDS rating system was first developed, isn't it by default the gold standard?

Back in the day it seemed like nothing would clear the old mucus plugged cranium like a good brisk game of Robotron down at the convenience store. I'd swear I could feel the tug of the moon creating tides in the rubber cement filled crannies of my noggin sometimes. Doesn't seem to happen anymore, I guess I got better. Just takes a little generic Claritin to do away with the itchy eyes during peak grass pollen season these days. That bit where the guy pours the whiskey in his nose reminded me of the vid of the dude snorting Wasabi powder. Sheesh.