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may also be that I grew up w/ the santiam area as my outdoor playground so I have some bias.

I strongly disagree. I have had a great time on Mt. Washington. The choss at times is part of the experience. The west face is a great route. So are parts of the west ridge and the east buttress. Yeah if you're looking for awesome granite you've come to the wrong place but if you're out for a good adventure I think it's a lot of fun.

decomposed plant matter trapped in strata pumped out by tycoons and refined to be distributed at ludicrously-cheap and outrageously expensive values.

dru do you have to piss on every thread?

what's that, a thumb compass and Technu? no, this is just a course set up for a mtn rescue team to keep the mental gears oiled. orienteering comps would be cool though, I got a navigation tips lecture from one of the better orienteerers(?) in the country and he had some cool map techniques. I think geocaching is more fun though. Especially for climbers.

It's not a class in orienteering, it is a course through which I, and other friends, will navigate at great speed.

the Ochocos are east of Prineville, kindof eastern central Oregon.

ah yes, Ma Viesturs. She is TOUGH!

first: alec baldwin is a moron. second: did you think he was serious?

Dodge's book is cool. Has a few of the menagerie climbs in some detail. The mt hood section is a little tough to follow at times though.

as my friend says, "it's sending weather!"

hey dru some canuck is up in aggro gully lately working some 14c linkup with villian. crazy canucks!

the turkey monster is an alien antenna to listen in on earthlings. don't go near it. word is, the bauman brothers disappeared in the menagerie.

finally I hear some common sense! BTW even the sisters and jeff are much more entertaining than hood.

does this mean ed viesturs will be wearing neon Bugaboo jackets and stuff?

orienteering course on Sat, skiing on Sun.

also Smoot tends to discount some of the best climbs out there as choss-fests. ever heard of spring???

some kid in middle school always pranced down the hallways pretending to be one of the super mario bros. Boy did he take a beating.

that's a pathetic score for that far into super mario bros

which one is that? Staender Ridge, you doofus! Like, duh! not Mount Tabor?

which one is that?

but I feel sorry for those ones you see roaming the canyons in Escalante that miss the drives.

I dislike cows.

I bet thousands, dare I say, millions could get up the thing. Not everyone in the world is blessed with the time and resources to bum around Switzerland climbing boulders in the forest.