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Eric, now that's a public service, good on ya! Mark, you'd have a good time I'm sure. I'd love to check out your Big 4 tower route too.

Well, I'll post this just to complete my momentary trifecta of having the most recent post in all three spray forums, even though I know you're fishing for cute little children pictues. I still think they're cute though, Ben age 30 and Nora age 20: Mark my words ya'll, they do grow up, and having them stay your friends as they become adults is as sweet a trick as anything you'll pull off in your climbing life.

Oh Selkirk, now that's funny

Here's a solution: [video:youtube]

[video:youtube] A clever individual could spot my daughter in this video. She'd be the one in the straw hat.

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Yard sale drama humor at its best.

no 11.5?

Its a good crag where you're best off with a full bag of tricks and your wits about you, folks who mistake it for a sport destination have gotten into trouble. I'm putting this one on my list.

Do what you want Sobo, just don't get caught. I'm still hoping to go climbing with you sometime. Colossal screw up on the prosecutors part. He's almost as due for a beating as the perp.

Trip: Fossil Rock 7-24-11 Date: 7/24/2011 Trip Report: Went out to Fossil last Sunday with Miladugga and had the rock to ourselves and a really swell time. Only others we saw was a team of three hikers who just about blew my lid chatting at me from the top as I was finishing a route. It was a nice day, Mt Rainier was visible with a nice cloud hat, though you'd never tell from this photo The chossy chunks of the Boyal Bobbins Wall provide a fine way to reacquaint oneself withe the joys of cobble pulling. There's a fine perspective of the Battle of the Bulge from up there, pity there was no one to pose on the route for me More fun choss next to the cave where the trail comes up to the rock The peculiar igneous conglomerate of Fossil makes for some interesting textures, kind of like a coarse aggregate concrete Why do people suck so much? This party people trash pile is up at the base of a great wall on the north side. I'm bringing my big pack and a couple contractor trash bags next time I go back. It's interesting that I have a faintly negative image of Fossil, but I have a great time when I go there. I think I'm getting over that problem. While it's not destination, its a fine example of a local crag with a lot of entertainment value. As an aside, any of you folks out there who've restored bolts to the closed Ottoman Empire and have been climbing there, DNR is hip to this and planning to clean the wall of all gear to protect the habitat, nesting peregrines, and some obscure rare fern. If you want your bolt hangers, best you should retrieve them yourselves. I had this from the mouth of a DNR employee just last night.

I'm just glad you didn't get shot. Seattle Police are the top gang in Seattle.

It seemed worthwhile to exhume this thread just for this video: [video:youtube]

I've always gotten along fine with my bullshit detector... [video:youtube]

No Steve, it's this guy: That Russell Brand blog post linked above is pretty great.

That's one of my favorite routes I've done in the Cascades, just a fine romp that requires the full range of skills without actually being difficult. I like how the west ridge descent turns it into a circumnavigation of the mountain too.

Funny how? Conservative anti-muslim Christian kills 92 and counting? Somehow I'm neither amused nor feeling smug that my belief that terrorists are not always brown skinned is vindicated. Simply wretched all the way around.

Oh, it's a crowded field, no doubt about it. I think I was just quoting something I read in a music rag somewhere. It probably changes things if one talks now and back then, because Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, and GG Allin are all in the running if you're talking present day.

What, are you implying that the ugliest man in rock and roll has never looked better than he does today?

I guess we're all just dust in the wind

Can't ya'll find a sharper criticism than just the guy's weight? Was Donald Trump's comb over his worst issue? Tee hee hee, he's fat? Is that all you've got? How about the fact he's an anti-abortion candidate with a right wing christian position on gay marriage? It matters more to me that the guy has no experience or opinions on foreign policy than what his waist measurement is.

No rain in Tenino yet today. Floater & Gloater are wet, but there's dry stuff on the crag. Hope it works out and I get to see ya'll.

Trust me, I'm from the Pentagon.

There's a chance, but it all hinges on how the day delivers on it's promise of 50% chance of rain. I should have agitated for last night, but I was otherwise engaged.

There's worse things to be than a hippy, though Raindawg won't endorse your lifestyle.