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I guess it is the gambling equivalent to free soloing El Cap.

I'll bet you'd do it. Virgin boulders, minimal cleaning required, decent landing zones, up to 20 ft vertical to slightly overhanging. Sections are wet, but will dry out soon. Hwy 20, pullout on left side of hwy where the powerlines cross it about 1.25 miles before where the hwy crosses Gorge Lake. I can provide a map if you are serious.

If you don't like the gate-breaking scenario, don't use a carabiner at all. If you are on the end use a rewoven figure eight. If you are in the middle, tie in with a double bowline. To make absolutely certain the knot doesn't come untied, clip the tail loop of the double bowline to a gear loop or leg loop on your harness using a biner.

The sled will turn up - in about a hundred years!

We could descend, en masse, on Marymoor Rock.

Garth said he'd take care of one particularly worn set of cold shuts on Blockhead.

Aren't the pitchers super expensive at Rogue's?

Spoilsport.

We passed some cool looking boulder problems at 3,700 ft on the approach to Davis Peak. I was thinking "Distel would think this was cool". Given that these boulders are about 2,700 ft above the road, I am confident that they will remain safe from Boulder Boy.

If you refuse to take a course, start by reading every book on mountaineering you can get your hands on. Don't try to reinvent the wheel.

Whatever, do what you want. See if I care. If you replace chains you get the good karma.

Maybe you never sat down. A rolling stone gathers no moss and a moving climber gathers no ticks.

North Bend Bar and Grill has pitchers, a non-smokey non-smoking section and killer nachos. Plus it is conveniently located relative to Exit 32. I wouldn't be averse to Mt. Si Tavern either, but I do like NBBG.

Hey, it's time to change my avatar image, I guess.

It is the lowering that abrades the end links, not the top roping. There is no tension in the rope most of the time when a climber is ascending on top rope, but when lowering the full weight is on the rope. There wouldn't be a significant impact on wear.

Holy smokes! I just found out they speak English over there. Amazing. They even use words like "troll" and "tool". I see that Dave Schuldt has left his calling card over there.

It takes a mighty powerful troll to bring forth Fairweather who has been seldom seen for many moons.

The last time I was there it was too cold to climb at Middle East Wall. Now that it's warm enough there are raptors there.

It happens because people take beginners there. A guy leads the route, but can't trust his second to rappel off without killing himself, so he puts the rope through the end links so he can top rope and then lower. I told Garth about one particularly bad set of cold shuts I saw yesterday.

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I gag on those things. They are too dry and too greasy. Yuck! Never again.

Rock climbing? I'm sick of rock climbing. Okay, that's a lie, but I have to get in shape for Rainier. I'm planning on slogging up a big hill with some peak baggers. I hope I can walk when I get out of bed on Sunday.

The water coming out of the Mystery #3 adit near Monte Cristo stains the rock a lovely orange color. I would recommend against drinking it. It's full of arsenic.

He's not lying!

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