iain

That's good to hear. Did he say what he's up to next?

He has looked worse:

Tom Stoppard, of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead fame (both the early play and the recent movie). Also, screenplay for "Shakespeare in Love". That or it's Jimmy Page.

Sorry, I shouldn't say a walk-off w/o knowing your skill level. But in comparison to the face it is. There is some exposure, and some new climbers choose to rap twice, others downclimb the whole route. The face is rated 5.6 but I would make sure you are solid at the grade as the pro was questionable at times early on though the climbing is quite easy (maybe we were off-route a bit? I don't think so). Enjoy. [ 08-29-2002, 12:11 AM: Message edited by: iain ]

smoke 'em out and get 'em runnin'. see the problem with forest fires, is that there's too many trees around. it's that simple. Talk about lack of mental abilitude. Well in trask on the pic removal, now the working set will have to guess what you had there. that'll be about as fun as the hardman contest over in the corona challenge thread.

N. Ridge is a good descent. A virtual walk-off w/ one rappel if you don't like the looks of downclimbing. Watch out for Mazamas. Check their climb schedule before you set a date to be anywhere near the N. Ridge of Washington. BTW the West Face actually has another pitch once you get into the gulley but it is very easy climbing, basically exposed scrambling to meet up w/ the West Ridge near the summit. A rope is barely needed, but be very careful as anything you knock down will funnel directly on top of your belayer, who is totally unprotected in the gully.

GWB's real response can be found here .

if that is someone on this site I hope you got permission to post that, otherwise I'd say it's a little over the line.

"Cops" is doing ride-along filming for next season with the Portland Police and Multnomah County Sheriff right now, so if you want to get on film may I suggest this avenue? :-)

That's what I thought too. I think I saw it in the AAC gazette a few months back or maybe in the calgary section's newsletter. whatever.

yeah, it's a pretty big co-op of people who have wireless networks. Find out more here . Unfortunately, Starbucks in now getting into the wireless business, and are pissed about the interference caused by the free service in Pioneer Square. There are actually a lot of coffee shops around town you can head in with a laptop and pick up a really fast web connection from some nearby hipster business who is unwittingly beaming out this stuff. (usually in nw portland)

a business that has opened up there dual T1's for a wireless co-op. they're about 8 stories up overlooking pioneer courthouse square

Isn't it Ha Ling now for obvious reasons?

for those PDX sprayers, in case you didn't know there is a very fast wireless access point in pioneer square. now you can spray on even when that psycho gal tries to sell your ass to jehova with the pamphlets.

wireless stuff means you don't have to stop spraying when you hit the can either! g'bless 802.11

according to some here, a toprope is just as dangerous as lead climbing, so of course! congrats on your willis wall onsight.

enough of this ethics stuff, I'll just toprope the sucker. I'm off to toprope Eliot Headwall. Later cats.

so if there is a chairlift, do I need to place my own chairs? or is a pinkpoint unacceptable?

we are mostly fat and out of shape. we waste our time on things like baseball and american football. plus we always have jeff "own-goal" agoos on our squad to keep the competition fair.

And more importantly, why can't you guys ever field a decent side for the World Cup?

that smith rock buffalo meat has been sold out since the beginning of time.

you've got a bit of a stoppard obsession. was that second picture taken when he was on vacation to tatooine?

There is usually a pretty clear belay station after the first pitch with a bunch of webbing in the middle of the face. Beware, you absolutely don't want a party above you in the exit gully, as anything they knock down will be funneled directly on the west face route. It is steep enough that the rocks don't hit the face, so you don't have any warning. The first pitch is so-so rock, the second starts bad but gets better to a belay ledge of stacked pitons, and the third is short, but excellent climbing. If the climbing seems too easy, you can up the ante to 5.9 by following the crack on the left of the white corner up to the nasty gully. I found that pro was sketchy at times, particularly right after the first belay (but the climbing is relatively easy). Enjoy, it's a great route.

looks like some monty python skit.