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Yeah, but "Pedal" played live was a revelation. Of course, they broke up the next day.

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He may be only one old man with a fiddle, but John Specker is punk as fuck. [video:youtube]

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Oh, now I do love me some Black Keys, thank you very much. It was ol' DFA on this very website that first turned me on to them, and after seeing them open for Sleater Kinney I've been smitten ever since. [video:youtube] get up on the stage for the dance party [video:youtube]

If you like that frictiony stuff, Crest Jewel offers a comparable view from the other side of the valley, highly recommended. Kind of the anti-wide, the wide open...

Yeah, things just haven't been the same around here since those two guys are gone. At least that Dru guy seems to have left.

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No more bannination by self request. Squid asked me to ban him in exchange for a six pack, but afterward he welched on the deal, pissing in the pool for all the rest of you weak sisters.

Is Snake Dike on a page of Ed's wide fetish ticklist that you didn't post? Have a great trip, take lots of pictures

Yes, I believe we have room for you on the lanai...

[font:Arial Black]October 7th 2009[/font] Weather looks stellar for this Wednesday, and you never know which week will be the season closer. Crisp temps are good for climbing hard, a fine opportunity to put your end of season skillz to work. It's getting darker earlier, so come early.

I'm with Pope on this, at least for Thanksgiving week, climbing family reunion at Hidden Valley.

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Thanks for the link Tazz. I think one of John Long's current mantras is "Anyone can fall anytime anywhere." I think he's come about 180 degrees from the days of his youth as an immortal. I'm glad your friends are alright, reminds me of the accident on N Face of Terror this summer, which also worked out amazingly well considering the potential this sort of thing has.

Oh my, I don't know if I was more taken with the high fivin' white guys on teh summit, the dramatic soundtrack, or the lowering instead of rappelling. Certainly that terrain was unclimable by any other means!

You must be older than I thought.

See the lines of sight map I posted on the first page of this thread. I think anything to the right of baker has to be in line with San Juans (Orcas Is is highpoint) or Vancouver Island. I'm unsure of if it is Orcas or Van Is....anyone for sure on it? Doh, I missed Darin's "back right" qualification and was looking at the center landmass in the back. I'm gonna retract my rash statement and park myself in the "uncertain" group. You're fast with the revisions, that map in your first post is a rapidly changing item, really splendid. I'm down for a print.

Ignorant buffoons, tricams, at least in the smaller sizes, are splendid devices that work in the damnedest places. I knew folks in Tucson who'd always bring three each of pinkie & red when climbing on Mt Lemmon. Of course, that was before they bolted the bejesus out of things and the rack list got simpler. Tricams require craft, I don't leave home without 'em. Your second better have a nut tool and an ability to visualize in 3d though.

There you go, a pragmatic approach from a guy you couldn't label a "sport climber." Bolt protected routes are scattered all over Der, but a lot of them are slabby and often bolted like slabs: no z clipping opportunities. Dog Dome was great, sorry to hear its overgrown. Then again, I love me that slabby stuff. Groping Oprah's Navel was pretty sporto, I liked that one. They can also throw a TR on some cracks and develop some skills that way, nothing wrong with top roping, and Der is full of half rope or less wonders. That off-hand crack across the road from the Snow Creek parking area springs to mind, easily TR'd off a tree above. Those Alphabet Rock routes all TR easily too, right? And they're close enough to the road you won't be bulking up your legs on the approach.

Nice additions, I was thinking Davis needed to get labelled. Graybeard is pretty prominent in the caricature, and has certainly grown in the climbers eye since the N Face route got done. Its a little funny that Early Winter Spires rate but Liberty Bell doesn't, but it is lower, and maybe that spot is a little busy. Torment might deserve a mention, while it's pretty busy there, that seldom done N Ridge is highlighted, and the peak gets a lot of traffic. I'm gonna vote Olympics rather than Vancouver Island, the southern bit of VI just doesn't present that kind of elevation, and I don't think its in that location. Nice job de-emphasizing the park boundary, its much better in that fainter yellow. Awesome project, clearly lots of interest in it too. If you want to go non-profit with any money from sales, I know the Index purchase project would love to be a beneficiary.

We're dragging down to the end of the season, but the weather looks good this evening and there are dry routes. Unfortunately, I booked a meeting for 5pm tonight back when I thought it would be raining, so I may not make it, but all ya'll regulars should think about coming out.