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Sheesh, and here I thought FW built a gym in his garage.

It went free a couple years ago, about 5.4, by a couple of visiting Coloradans. Jibby, you need a copy of The Frustrated Rock-Jock's Guide to The Evergreen State College. You might also start considering applying to colleges in other climates...

Wet and blowing, the cliff is dripping. Not tonight.

Lightly raining now, forecast looks a little doubtful, but I'll update later this afternoon.

Avitripp - I believe that's Abracadaver (brilliant route name btw) dead ahead, with the wide goodness of Knead Me just to the right. Vis-a-vis JayB's comment on the mild effects of his urination, southern Arizona also sports an old Karl Rickson route named "My Urine Melts Rock Like Acid"

You're so harsh Mark, like cheap Columbian smoked through a chillum.

Few enough of us will live to 94 with a life so full lived and touching so many other people and such a stamp on a place. Here's to Bill:

Everybody wants to be on a postage stamp, but nobody wants to die.

Aberdeen is in "new seattle"?? I don't think so.

My deepest fear is that rural Thurston County will become Spanaway. The horror!

You could also try to outcompete the assholes, but you might want to borrow some of Donny Baker's brass knuckles.

oooh, no lack of scars on that wall, eh? Nice pics Hoodie, thanks for adding to the story.

Oooh, penile bondage is so cutting edge!

Trask is from Darrington. 'Nuff said, case closed.

Most of the climbers I know in Olympia only lurk, though some occasionally post. I'd guess the percentage is considerably lower than 25% of NW climbers, though one does tend to run into folks from here when out and about.

Next time you should add Donner Summit to your climbing agenda, one of my favorite cragging areas anywhere. Looks like a splendid vacation.

Weather looks good, cool and cloudy, should make for some good friction. Let's put a rope on the route formerly known as The Bolted Flake, maybe some other seldom done things like Never Give A Shit, eh?

Pope wrote a TR?

It's a great route for an epic, plenty of bivy spots, good rock, etc. Everyone's right about the descent though.

Wet sloppy spring snowboarding always gets that song stuck in my head.

Aside from the fact I wouldn't drive to Seattle to go to a climbing gym, my objection is entirely personal. Rich Johnston, the owner, flat out ripped off a friend of mine for $18,000 in non-payment for gym construction. There was no question of quality, work performed, or ability to pay, it was simply because he could get away with it. This was for the gym down by the Fremont Bridge that was only open a little while before some software firm bought the whole complex of buildings for their "campus", giving Rich a huge profit in the process. Vertical World: The Wal-mart of climbing gyms.

I always thought your tone was a little butch.

Yeah, here's another vote for Lifewise, it's what I've got and provide for my entire company. I don't need bells and whistles, just some serious backup for the possibility of an "oh shit" moment, and that high deductible plan is just the ticket. Only $50? Damn, you're younger than I thought you were.