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Have fun TRoth. I'm bailing on Smith and heading to Tieton for a day. The slideshow at Smith sounds pretty cool though.

Anyone going? The weather looks kind of lousy and cold?

On Saturday 8/15 I left a pair of Reef flip-flops near the base of the 5.9 roof climb at Clem's Holler in L-worth. I would love to get them back. Hopefully someone picked them up. There were a few other parties in that area on Saturday.

Thank you. Check you PMs.

Lost one purple 5.10 spire rock climbing shoe on Sunday Feb 11 somewhere on the trail betwen Gritscone and trailhead.

I should be able to make this one. It would be good to see some of the usual suspects again. Some new faces would be fun too. and more

I love the REI One Gloves. They are prety cheap when they are on sale (around $20). They aren't waterproof, but will keep your hands plenty warm for spring/summer/fall snow climbing. They also dry really fast. REI One Glove

effin' weather forcasts. I'm trying to decide if I should make the trek. It sounds like there will be a lot of people in L-worth regardless. Could make for an interesting night at Uncle Uli's (or wherever) if it rains.

I skipped ahead a few pages; maybe I'll read all this crap later, but... Anyone wanna take an aid climbing newbie for a three-day weekend trip up Outerspace. We could bring lots of haul bags, a ghetto blaster, portaledges, a hammer and pitons, and camp out for a while. It might make sense to fix a pitch or two also. Does Friday, Saturday, Sunday sound good? punks

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Any Seattle folk heading to this?

I've taken a few longish falls on slabs and they don't have to be too bad, but there are definitely a few things to keep in mind. A typical fall on slab occurs when your feet start to slip. Sometimes you will slip a few feet and then stop. If you keep falling you can slid for about 10 ft on your toes and fingertips until things get too hot. I've almost burned my fingers sliding down a slab. Ouch! At this point you are still falling relatively slowly. Next comes the backwards run during which you pick up a lot more downward speed. About 15' of this and it's hard to keep up. This is when you really want the rope to start coming tight. Avoid tumbling at all costs. Trying to turn around and run is a good idea. Hopefully your belayer has taken in as much slack as possible at this point. Good belaying is a must for minimizing the road-rash of a long slab climb. Lots of good points in the above posts. Magic Carpet Ride is a project of mine for this summer. There's a photo of someone on it in the latest Climbing or Rock and Ice mag. I think he's on the .11a pitch. I haven't been on the route for two years. The last time I tried the route I couldn't get past the second pitch. I took a long zinger, then climbed a little further up the route. I basically ended up moving an existing bail biner up one more bolt. Awesome rock formation though. I've often wondered if I could borrow a full leather motorcylce suit complete with slider pucks on the knees for hard slab climbing. That might take some of the edge off those long slab falls.

Ramuta's Dropped off shoes on Tuesday and picked up another fine resole on Thursday!

-Full North Ridge of Stuart -Something in the Pickets -Various routes at Index