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Great, as long as everyone is 100 percent perfect on belays. Melisa: to get here, drive up Fremont, past the cliffs (where the road is parelling 205 on the mapquest link). as you pass the last bible domes on the right, but before the road takes the hard right and heads to the top, park at the last parking spot on the right, you generally will see some cars here. Walk approx the 30' stright back to the cliff, take a 90 degree right turn at the cliff edge and follow the cliff for @ 60 feet. We'll be there. Mapquest Now a note of caution: people scramble unroped here to get to the top of the climb, and people have died doing it. You want to rope up to get to the top of these climbs, I'm down with that. Most of the bad shit that happens up there is due to bad belay skills and unroped slips on top. Both can and should be reduced as it's so fucking needless. Here's what this chick said about this very scramble at that very spot: Link to full thread

What the hell you talkin about? We all really care. We hear that this fucker controls some of our oil now, in fact they are our 3 rd largest import country for oil. Isn't this dude like Ceasear Chavez's brother or something? Where is this f*ing rat hole anyway? I think I remember it from risk, it's by Irkutz isn't it? Kamchetka?

For sure on the last sentence. But, Nofh Portland? Dude, gotta learn Ebonics as a second language in some places there. Too hit and miss although some places are great, I'll agree. Oh, I've lived in St Johns and still live in Nofh Portland (but real, real close in now). There are some amazingly cool neighborhods, like this Brand new overlook townhomes link - 1/2 a block from max light rail and a 15 min ride from downtown ...ON a BIKE! Great neighborhood. But there are other places..... Muffster, if the munchkins ski? Mt Hood meadows passes

Well, sorry all these pussies canceled on ya Tim, but I will say that my pissy excuse is that my finger hurts. In fact, both ping pong and typing sucks now. (spoken sotto voice -very high and in a whiney sound) In fact at work, Kev broke my damn my unbroken streak of wins and I'm like 2 of 6 today. Thats cause I fell off a stump and ran a rock through part of my hand out climbing, and then later sliced a finger the other night trying to notch some arrows for the lil fellas and had the blade part of the knife upside down...sigh...(ok it was getting dark and I was drunk a bit). Melisa is talking about getting out with us tomorrow, as is John, Ujahn, me, you, and Bri as a minimum. We should accommodate Mel with some easy routes and John and you with some harder ones ...I'm thinking Silver Bullet. You guys can take turns trying and falling off of Glenns route direct if you want something hard. Maybe 5.12 something? I reset the first bolt and tried to dig a small flat platform for you. Folks will be less likely to eat dirt if they miss the second clip:-) I want to hear what you think the grade really is, cause it's hard to say anymore for me. As you know from laughing at me last week. I cannot even get up White rabbit buttress with tension on toprope. I've been climbing mostly unrated stuff lately, so I'm curious what it really is cause I don't get out that much on real stuff. Silver Bullet good?

Tomorrow after work is out? Most likely Silver Bullet (assuming Melissa is there too) Cuba, WTF? Must have an interesting job. This being the internet thats all I'll say about that. See you tomorrow on Thurs or the next time you have time, pretty flexible. See, no crying or accusations here:-) is all good.

MF&@#XX@ Venti soy triple gingerbread latte half syrup no whipped cream grrrrrr

That's fu*ing bullshit: I call COVERUP! WE ALL KNOW it happened when Dru/G-Spotter changed his avatar to Decristo. Seriously, did you trip over the powercord and rip it outta the wall again?

Bring yer Velcro mitts

There are @ 300 up at this lake (Twin Lakes) in the Elkhorns. @ 4 mile hike from the road just up out of Baker. Too long for a day trip, but gaurenfrikanteed goats. Lots of em. I was there like last month.

Right now, hit anywhere @ the 2500-3000' level in the southern Washington area and brace yourself. They're in big time.

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Where ever you want....:-) I'll most likely get there @ 5:30 as well. It's your turn to call it Bri. I haven't been on Tiger paws and Dreamweaver in a while. Since I cleaned off the route on the buttress - Dreamweaver now goes to the ground via that start and not off the tree 25' up on the wall, but I see that the great handhold that use to be off the ground there has already been pulled off:-( Whatever is good for you. If it's just the 3 of us: how about Emotional Rescue as an alternative to Tiger paws/DW, and-or if others show, maybe all those routes on Silver Bullet or Breakfast Cracks where we can accommodate everyone?

100% agreement. My wife and I said EXACTLY that. She walks the 3 blks to work daily, I use to ride my bike to work for @ 10 years, now I get a 1/2-45 min hour car commute. Unfortunately, trying to cross into Vancouver to hit Beacon or O, or even just heading further out to Broughtons after work SUCKS. I friggan hate that rush hour drive. The Butte is an hour and thats about my tolerance level, although climbing out of the car to get on something at Beacon does take some of the sting out of that commute. There isn't much time left to climb after the drive: traffic dependant.

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Your wife will love that flowery smell! I stick with Woolite and that alone, and haven't heard any rope mfg recommend Downy as safe: but you'd think it would be ok as it doesn't ruin other fabrics.

Ha, except you were already outclimbing everybody else when you were 14 years old!

Sounds great! What do you want to get on? I think I'd rather be on cracks than face, but if its just us 2 though, we could do Phylynx and the offwidth to the right of it. Tim: sorry I missed Toothpick on Tuesday! Maybe we can get a headcount for Thurs?

too much beta. It's pretty much a total trad area. It is special. Sometimes in the winter, when the storms are a raging and it's not fit for man or beast, I'll go out and just hang out 20' up on a ledge or under a dry boulder. It's definatly special. Timcj, when will you be out there? Maybe you can hook up with some local and run up a great (trad) route using their gear.

His company, which had build the Rose Garden, declared bankruptcy, which lead to Paul (4th richest dude around) having to buy his seat from the very bondholders he'd fu*ked over. However, he recently came to terms with them and some kind of repurchase was announced. The Paul Allen people just committed big money repurchasing it, and I suspect that the terms may be a little more onerous on Paul given his reputation as a sh*thead who will f*uck you in the ass sans lubrication if you give him a chance. It could still happen that they would move, but given how loyal the Trailblazer fans are, and the fact that PA would need league approval to move, and that kind of thing is not something easily granted.

Tommy Chong? No wonder he's so pissed, he got arrested for selling bongs.

Johnny, last night when I posted that, I had tried to finish off a neighbors wine cellar. Today, sobering reality - that lil slice on my finger hurts and I'm takin a rest day (*cough wussie*cough * wussie). Kev, love to - but fridays are my worst days for free time.

I already read about this in spray. They needed donuts,......

need a belay Tuesday, should be easy stuff as I sliced my index finger open. Good belayer only.

Kevbone has that answer pretty much nailed correctly. All that needs to be identified is what kind of monkyees.....surely not Davey Jones...hmmm. ps, sonics haven;'t left yet dude.

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