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Here's my alpine wishlist: Tantalus Enchainment (including Witches Tooth, Serratus, and Alpha) Torment-Forbidden Traverse N Buttress Fury Articling Blues Buttress - Wahoo Tower Ptarmigan Traverse (slow version with lots of peaks) Looks like I've got a lot of sideways on my mind....

What has he got in his pocketses?

At least they have wi-fi in the hospice.

I think Dru's tub is full of squid. If he'd move somewhere with a pool, I bet he'd take a manatee if it was offered.

According to CptCaveman (on Ascensionist.com), they are near a seam that can be aided with bashies and copperheads. That's quite different than adjacent to a fine crack, which would not be acceptable. Ergo, I think more information is needed. No doubt, we will be revisiting this topic when more is known come summer, but until then I think its sad to be getting your knickers in a twist over a speculative issue.

Here's your 10-27-04 Update It looks pretty much the same as last week. Most routes have wet streaks at the top, and it looks like Calvin & Hobbes, Virgins, and Futility Bill are the only fully dry lines. It is nice to finally see some sun on the wall though. I'll be gone this evening, but if ya'll show up, have a good time for me.

You guys are so mean. I don't even ski, but I'll answer this: North Face NorthWest Ridge on Mt Adams. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge is better than the Nooksack anyway.

Ditto what Sobo said, thanks for your input Lepton. Hearing it straight from the FA's mouth is exactly what the sport needs, thanks so much for taking your time to formulate your position into such clear, considered, polite language.

That's a good Q&A about the electoral college, thanks FW.

I moved this to the N. Cascades forum.

For rockclimbing, it's tough to beat this combination. A vintage Stubai holder, without all that pesky padding, drills a tidy 1/4" hole for this 1-1/4" long rawl bolt, lovingly pressed into an old thin steel SMC hanger. I recommend a 10oz ball peen hammer for drilling, so it doesn't hurt so much when you hit your hand. You can rest assured that the 1/4" bolt, from the batch of bad bolts that came out around 1980, might sheer unexpectedly before the breakage prone hanger could fail.

This Salewa screw offers a full 12" of penetration, but removing the core from the small diameter bore offers a bit of a challenge. It's a pity I couldn't find the old coat hanger screw that this one replaced.

I'll check things out around lunch time on Wednesday and post here if there's anything dry enough. This will be the last Wednesday at the crag, since due to the upcoming time change this weekend, there just won't be any after work daylight worth messing with. If you want to be put on an email mailing list to receive notices during the fall and winter when things dry off enough, send me your email via PM and I'll set it up. We have climbed on the crag every month except December, so windows of opportunity do arise.

Really, it's a bummer about your shoulder Dru. Maybe you need to develop a couple new hobbies...

Thanks for the history Blake. I'm sure you'll understand if we pronounce things differently down in Tenino. I've always thought of the manly wham as a fairly significant lunge maneuver, enhanced by a firm grunt as you hit the jug.

"Sometimes people just explode. Natural causes." Repo Man is certainly one of the ten best cult movies of all time.

"I saw a 16 point buck" "Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction" Please compare and contrast the importance and impact of these two lies.

It's a lovely 5.11a on Tenino Sandstone with a wide variety of moves, about 60' long, and in my front yard. It is in fact a great route, but a bit of an in joke nonetheless. PM me if you wanna come out climbing sometime. BTW, the origin of the name is a campground on Lake Chelan, but it has a certain poetry to it.

Shut up, mean Canadian-head. DFA has climbed many of Smith Rock's classic 5.8-and-under trad pitches! Yeah, don't you hold the FFCOA of Spiderman? That's the "First Face Climbing Only Ascent" for those not up on their acronyms.

First time was some bar in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin courtesy of an 18 year old drinking age, accompanied by gal pal Jane who was an underage regular. Bar had a light up plexi dance floor and some band that played Foghat covers. That four hours was the only time I've ever smoked cigarettes. The day before was my mother's funeral, so I can't say it's the greatest memory of my life.

So you're saying Bush has always been a cheater? Gosh, that's news.

The Manly Wham Black Elvis Futility Bill Hercules The Riddler

What are you suggesting Dru, that your favorite sammich might be a..... blt?

Right on Luke! A funny thing: I was leaning back from my screen when the index came up, and what I read for the thread topic was "I got arrested today" Glad that wasn't the case.