Off_White

Nice, thanks for the pics. I went that way once 30 years ago (great rock on that peak above Spring Lake) but one of the two folks I was with split her head open in a talus incident on the way up Hands & Knees, so we applied butterflies and beat a retreat. Your shots all summer have been reminding me how much I miss that range. Heh, I bet you wear out partners fairly frequently on these jaunts, you've had quite the summer.

Just to be clear, even if you're the pitcher, you're still gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

La Nina isn't doom, really wet and really warm is doom.

The naked no shoes free solo in the offwidth shot is pretty hard core. Oh, not in terms of sexual content, it's probably even work safe, but it seems like a gnarly thing to do with all that bare flesh.

He leans a little heavily on life expectancy humor.

Nice vid, and nice job using some gear instead of all bolts. It was clear that he had his choreography down for the lower part of the route, but he did a great job of keeping it together after the roof where he hadn't prepped as well. You saw that part where he was pawing all around, this hold, that hold, no the first one again, no, over here? Its so easy to lose your shit when you get rattled that way, but he got settled down and worked through it. Still Stewart, there is too such a thing as a pink point. If it didn't make things a little easier, why would they do it? It's not dissing Kelton to point that out, but it is another step if he wants to push himself further on that route. Placing gear adds to the complexity of a route.

It wasn't for calling someone a name, and it wasn't about politics, you were just being an asshole about a missing hiker and that shit irritated me.

Hmm, you're coming from Portland? Easier and cheaper, you could stay in Packwood on Hwy 12, the motel on the left on your way out of town Eastbound is alright, at least they have a jacuzzi. The skiing/snowshoeing out of White Pass is fine in either direction, the wilderness areas mean no clear cuts, and at 4500' the pass is a little higher than many other options. It's not a mondo romantic type hotel though, if that's what you're looking for. Oh, and obviously it's not the North Cascades either.

Oh, I didn't think you were offering it to me. I'm pretty sure you and I are not the same size though, so I'd have to cut off the panel and attach it to my leather jacket with safety pins.

Really? I'd love to have one.

STFU noob The term is "premature" uh, bill, sorry about all this, hope you're on track to get what you're actually looking for.

I'm starting a new line of magnetic ribbons for your car that say "support our security contractors" but I'm uncertain what color to make them. What color is still available?

STFU noob , the term is "happy finish"

Portland must have a decent massage school, and students need to get in quite a bit of practice, so you might check that possibility out. It was a great year when two good friends did massage school, "Sure, I can come over for an hour massage."

Take the boat up Lake Chelan to Stehekin, I think there are several lodging options for what is essentially a quiet off season there. I'm sure Blake could give you the low down.

Hard to tell from that chart Jay, but it does seem to suggest that you'll be getting a little more of the polar jet stream, so here's hoping you get a decent winter to help tide you over until you can come home.

I have a friend who does some rock poaching for his yard, but he's not your guy, since he's in Truckee and restricts himself to snagging some of those lovely sierra granite rocks from public roadsides.

Exactly! Analog life is in decline. Compare hours spent climbing versus hours spent spraying about it online and tell me it's not true.

May as well announce that you brought a machete on the approach! Expect a call from The Man anytime now.... Thanks for the TR

You too? It's hard to find aficionados of those long attention span board games in the modern age.

When I get mad Yeah I get pissed I get out my pen And I write out a list Of all the assholes That won't be missed You've made my Shitlist

The Hellacopters version of Gimme Shelter?

Do tell us a story when you get back, even if it's ghastly and you're unsuccessful. Everyone loves a TR, and we seriously discourage anyone from trashing them. I know I'd love to see some pics of that side of the hill from this season.

I guess it's just the high profile Catholic Priest stuff that has skewed my perceptions of who the victims are.

Arch, is that statistic from "all forms of sexual abuse" or pedophilia? Adult rape is overwhelmingly perpetrated by men against women, but I really don't know how it goes with kids. Yeesh, what an icky subject.