bobbyperu

wed... index! who down? -bp

you drivin? i'm thinking smiff this weekend too-bp

yeah well i'm up 4 whateva, something intresting...could go to thursday as well. all absurdities will be considered, as well as good ol' index. also whattup wit da weekend? ... and climb! tia-bp

mr nattyice said: does this mean you 2 are goin 4 somethin' cause i'll ride with y'all, should be in b-ham tues nite, neighbor... and nuggs send me a p/m if you gots time -bp

yeah sorry we missed ya... well we set a tr on it... it was looking a little hardr than what we wanted to lead at the time, probly wouldda been safer that the sketchfest setting the tr, but it was cool, and hard-we'll be back sorry we missed the -next time-bp

so TimL and i met up on saturday at index for some cold rock climbing, we saw some friends in the lot and headed up to the upper wall... my day had started off with a drive from b-ham, espresso and excitement over where the day would take us, i was buzzing just like neon... i had never climbed with Tim but was psyched to share a rope after meeting him earlier in the summer in shazama, and now we were at index on a beautiful day... tim wanted to get on a root that had been put up recently on the section of cliff to the left of davis holland and the sport wall. "heavens gate" the climb starts with the 1st pitch of lamplighter, a burly chimney, to a sweet corner crack, and on to a good station. the next pitch involves moving the belay right 30 ft or so, where you can ditch the rack, grag all the qds you can carry, and get psyched for 400+ ft of lovely steep face climbing. The route is set up wonderfully! great protection, clean rock, bomber stations, and set up for straight forward raps. the first ascentionists did it right. the climbing itself is amazing... cruxy bulges, long, sustained, thoughtful face climbing with awesome exposure. good stances or ledges at belays. and the final pitch as out there as anything, pulling two roofs with distintly different moves, hanging hundreds of feet over the forest... heavenly, much props to to those involved with establishing this route, and to tim, a great partner whom i look forward to climbing with again "Heavens Gate"- go do this route or go to hell -bp

its soo on...-bp

whattup? thought you might stop by last nite...purps!!! have fun this weekend -bp

hey rod fox, i couldn't agree more... wanna hit those two routes up some day, makes for quite the 10 pitch day at index! shoot, then why not do slo chillin' on the way out index is such a fun place to cruize around, and when its dry this time of year the frictions good, the air is crisp,and you can have the place to yourselves -bp

this shits funny how seriously do y'all take yourselves?... would climbing help? nice weekend comin up -bp (not to be taken seriously )

yeah heres to anyone out and lovin the beautiful fall weather... skuzzy, bill, and all others doin the do thats what i call responsibility, and a great way to "make a LIVING" -bp ya gotta passion?!

heres to you two thats precious really i love hearing that kinda stuff... too cute-k

ahhhh yup... good times heres to ya alpinfox see ya tomorrow nite at the baltic room for some sweet live hip-hop right?! its gonna thank you for a great time yesturday, and all the treats you rock! heres to index mondays -bp

hey tim... pm game on... youre it -bp

yup yup thats what i'm talkin bout, the wide stemming in the chimney(1st pitch lovin'arms), was the way to go yesturday as the back and left side of it was slimy wet moss... the splitter hands before the chimm was wet too but still way secure buried hand jams, combining the final 2 pitches only adds to the root imo, awesome freeclimbing, and goofy exposure i' can't get enough of this rt. i've been dissed on this site for climbing the same roots over and over, but like yesturday and all the times prior, its a new experience every time. new partners doin it for the 1st time, trying linking pitches together, swapping leads, leading all, fast, slow, whatever... you find somethin good its hard to not go back -bp

so whos up fer some shit dis week/ weekend... my sched is wed/thurs/fri nites need to be in seattle at nite for music, but would be down to climb during the days and this weekend, like drive out sat to wa pass, hike in to wine spires or somefin on vasilly ridge where the roads gated, or ride bikes up to the spires, camp, and do some link-ups on sunday-maybe play on monday as well... or alpine lakes or somefin', coldstlye rock climbing up high, outsomewhere. smiff in the sun the last couple weekends has been great, but high places are callin' -bp

friday nite in seattle theres a good show to be happenin' at the tractor. critters buggin' halloween extravaganza, then either crack climbing somewhere, or freshies up high... we'll see -bp

so tru... pretty much as good as it gets. -bp

uh huh...600' of granite bliss, one of the best 5.10 multipitch routes around, if youre into that sorta thing -bp

o.k. i've looked at that route whilst rappin off and it looks fun!, and way exposed -same number if pitches?, well i'll be back there soon... i wanna do lovin' arms (or maybe stp?), and centerfold some day, seems like it give ya a bunch of good climbing and variety, on the awesome upper cliffs -bp

sat: started the day off right at vivache... drove to smith... went down to find friends, cruized around, met up with friends, went to bend to see amazing show sat nite , drove back to grasslands, hit up sunspot (a.m.), then cragged all day in the lower gorge i like basalt now, and couldn't beat the climate and weather... bella!,drove back to c-town, back to the boat and crashed... checked out this site monday a.m., and quickly decided to get the fuck off the computer and go climb... DH/lovin arms wit alpinfox in the afternoon- had a blast, 4 pitches, epic dark descent, sesh at the river, now back in town, what to do tomorrow???-bp

climbed davis holland/lovin arms this afternoon with alpinfox, and if anyone was interested in checking it out soon heres some things to think about; the first (.9) and second (.10a) pitches of DH can be combined easily/safely with a 60m... all of DH is dry. first pitch(.10b) of lovin arms is wet, the chimney is pretty slimy, but one can climb the steeper right hand wall and keep out of the worst of it. the last two pitches(.10ca0, or 11b, ,.9)-dry, link together very well(60m) and provide amazing exposure from the first move to the last. wonderful day out there today, not a single car in the lot, great fall colors,fun partner,spectacular route, a perfect monday afternoon at index go get some -bp

why is this dude putting this bullshit in a climbing bullitin board? also you didn't see me anywhere near your circus, i was climbing... when your ass recovers you should go hit up the crags, and find a nice sharp tree to whip your bung onto... you turned on yet -bp

i wouldn't cut wa pass off your list bill... from the eastside its a pleasant cycle to the pass, and the combo of solitude(no vehicles,no people)/ fall loveliness is rare... if you can swing it i'd go there! see the possibility, where others see loss... -on the bright side-bp