Weekend_Climberz

Arrggg! It be a good thing this Global Warrrrmming! The more ocean, the more swindling, pillaging and raping! Arrrggh!

Ask CBS. I'm sure he'll know.

And then I went back to work at my old job for a few hours... When will the madness stop!!!

The weather is holding all right, not to mention dropping:

I have several DVD's made up of the "9/11 conspiracy" stuff. Some are intriguing, then others a bit far-fetched.

Is this the one with the LA Cop (what's his name)? They haven't killed him yet?

Wednesday Showers likely. Highs in the 50s. Light wind becoming west to 10 mph in the afternoon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What happened to the forecast??

It's cool if you bring your mom. [insert derogatory mother joke here]

I could definately swing this. What's the locale? Somewhere near WA Pass?

Beer and hose!

Only true snaffles eat their own feces. I think a few other CC.comer's favorite animals are included in the list of creatures found.

Unfortunately I have to work my other job the next few nights, so I won't be making pub club. I'm basically screwing them for Wednesday night (that's back at them cause they're screwing me for having to work).

Is there going to be a Vantage Cleanup party coming up anytime soon? We otter notify the FCCA about the outhouses.

I usually just hang around "We Did" or "Substation", but whatever is clever. Just want to get a good hour or two workout on the rock to add to my gym workout.

Trying to get some people together (read: someone to belay me and who wants to belay) to go out Wednesday afternoon after work and do some climbing. Maybe an every week thing now that the time change has taken hold. Leave town around 4:00, should be climbing by 5:00. CBS, did I beat you to the draw?

I was thinking about heading out to Vantage Sat/Sun to get some stone pulling done. Good trad there and I have rack.

I really love that area and can't wait to return. It's nice to hear of some other possiblities of tours, which I'm sure must be endless up there. Nice trip guys!!

Got a big smile from Dave S. after telling him you ski'd this Ross. Being that he's an avid AT skier the only question he had was how you passed the runnels. Cheers on a bitchin' descent.

Sorry. It's hard to get the camera to line up with the binoculars.

There are certain procedures that are required when declassifying "Top Secret" information. Bush circumvented these procedures to gain a political advantage. If that is not illegal, then I'm going to move to Canada. Who's with me??

Climb: Pine Street Stub Tunnel-East Stairs Date of Climb: 4/7/2006 Trip Report: A late email for a little tour that I signed up for a while back came to me this morning and read: “Sorry for the late notice, but I am taking a group on a tour of Pine Street Tunnel today at 11:30-1 pm. If you can make the tour, please RSVP ASAP, so I can fill the spot if you are unavailable. All need boots, hardhats, eye protection if you don't wear glasses, safety vest, and ear plugs. All are available on the 16th floor except boots. You must be comfortable climbing a three story construction staircase” After finding out that tennis shoes were less than sufficient footwear for insurance purposes, a quick tour of the equipment locker in the hub revealed all the needed equipment required. A pair of size 13 goulashes worked as footwear, though it was kind of odd walking downtown with them on. I whipped on my borrowed eyewear, safety vest, and hardhat, then signed in to the job site inside of the construction management building located in the hotel across from the Paramount. Being that it was the first time I had ever been on a construction site (legitimately) it was very intriguing to see all the rebar sticking in all different directions. The west end of the tunnel floor, just below (80 feet) the front of the Paramount, had already been poured, but the walls were still being put together. We made our way down a narrow, spiraling construction staircase to the recently poured 6-foot concrete floor slab. Before us was where the North End tunnel will start (when they decided on a design) and to the right, a utility and ventilation shaft that will serve this end of the new tunnel. Above us, 3-foot diameter steel piping, gouged lengthwise for about 5 feet on either side to accept metal plates that are welded to the shoring walls, supported the walls in three distinct layers. As we walked east, our tour guide explained how they had to support all the utilities that were zigzagging underneath Pine Street. You could see where they removed all the concrete surrounding the ducts and piping yet they left the concrete they were sitting on. It was unusual to see the underside of what appeared to be suspended sidewalks, where the original utilities are still sitting. These apparently will not be moved, but reburied once they complete the “cover” phase of this “cut and cover” project. On the far East end, where the existing tunnel and the new tunnel meet, is where a majority of the work is being down. This is directly underneath the concrete panels that make up Pine Street between 8th and 7th. Here the rebar cage that will soon become another 6-foot concrete slab is still being built and the smell of welding torches was very strong. I could not help but joke, as we talked with a worker about when they would be pouring more concrete. “They are supposed to do it at noon,” he replied. It was nearly one o’clock, and they only action that could be seen was six workers standing around, seemingly waiting for something to happen from above. We stood there for about fifteen minutes, waiting to see if they were actually going to start the concrete flowing but they never did. The old adage of one person digging with four people standing around make sure he is digging in the right place came to mind. All the different problems that had to be engineered for this connecting tunnel all seemed immensely complex for my non-engineering mind. Though actually seeing it and being able to roam around a little bit really put such a huge project ($30 million) into perspective. Digging a hole underneath moving traffic while trying to maintain a quarter inch variance and monitoring the movement of some of the historic buildings nearby is way over my head. We made our way up another construction staircase to street level and signed ourselves out of the job site. Across the street stood another one of our projects on 8th and Olive, the new 40-story high-rise residential plaza. I cannot wait to take a tour of the high steel on this one, but that will be for another trip report. Gear Notes: Hard Hat, Orange Safety Vest, Eye Protection, Boots, and Ear Plugs (optional) Approach Notes: Steeps stairs up and down.

Well at one point she had her leg up on the bed and was rubbing lotion all over her body...Damn, I'm a perv and I just realized it. What are the next eleven steps to recovery?

Damn, I missed it! Had to work. Will there be pictures next month on First Thursday?

So, another Tommy Caldwell injury it sounds like. At least he was climbing and not remodeling his house. Get well Steve!!

I've been liking my new BD hotwires. Though I have to admit that those wire gates still bother me a little bit.