catbirdseat

maybe? maybe not.. ive climbed a couple of harder routes on that thing and use a chalk bag....and then i down climb the s arete......so maybe it aint someone who cant do it??? i am talking of blatent abuse...such as tick marks. The chalk might have been residual chalk from someone climbing one of the harder routes, but the quantity suggested otherwise.

I saw chalk marks on the South Arete route of SEWS. Most of it is fourth class. Seriously, if a person needs chalk on the South Arete, maybe climbing is not the right sport for him.

Lowell, I really have been enjoying your posts. They bring a much needed touch of class to the board.

MisterE you just feel left out. That's all.

Come on, these are beautiful people. The human body? Ick?

This is an historic event. Trask is going climbing. How about that? So trask, are you going to write a trip report, or what? I mean, more than just saying, "I climbed some rocks and some snow".

Hee, hee, hee.

Colin's Post

So I am...Bite me. At least I am climbing shit, which is more than some of you wage slaves can claim. I grant that Greg gets out now and then.

I went and hiked up to the summit of lofty Mt. Washington in North Bend for some excercise and then climbed some sport and trad routes (yes is said trad) at The Bobs for five hours. I found out there are a few short trad routes up there. If you know where they all are, it is probably worth it to bring a rack all the way up there. And no, the trad routes are not all bolted cracks like some people suggest. It's not Index or Leavenworth Quality, but it is close enough for after work fun. For those of you who hate that slippery Rhino Stone (or whatever they call it) in the lower Exit 38, the rock is much nicer up at the Bobs. It is really grippy.

Adams (at 9,000 ft for the Lunch Counter) gives you the most altitude without glacier travel. Mt. Hood is good too, but farther away. You can also camp on the summit of some of the eastern 8,000 footers, like Robinson in the Pasayten, for example

Slab climbing is all mental anyway.

Sloan Glacier is the only one on the mountain to my knowledge. The corkscrew route requires crossing it. There is a fourth class scramble to reach the ledge from the west ridge coming up from Goat Lake, but I haven't gone that way before.

I fail to see how organized events are going to detract from anyone's enjoyment of rope up. If you don't like the events, then don't go to them. It's that simple. Next year, it may behoove us to select an official organizing committee to make sure things stay disorganized if that's what the majority wants. It's not clear to me that those in the "high post count" group actually represent the majority of rope up attendees. There needs to be a poll taken at the event this year.

Doh!

Did I not tell you that your gasoline soaked rope was okay to use for climbing? Chemists know about these things. Say, how about giving me a job?

Chatter is broken. What happened?

Limit might be 15, but some of those guys are doing up to 30 mph. Jon, I wonder if you had more time to think about it would you have made the same decision?

"If we are talking about a 200kg squid, this is an animal with a 20g brain," he told New Scientist. "It's not very bright and it is trying to coordinate a metre-long penis. "He's going to get a bit confused." Trask, take comfort. You're not alone.

I've used my BD Moonlight for a year now on Rainier in winter, in the pouring rain, after dropping in the stream, etc. I bought it after I decided my Petzl Zoom felt like a brick. The BD has never turned on accidentally in my pack. The LEDs dim gradually as the batteries age, giving you fair warning and time to get to a good place to change batteries. The light is bright enough for just about all climbing, including glacier travel. It is much more uniform than any halogen bulb and because of that it doesn't need to be so bright. The features of the ground are easily distinguished and are not confused with the light and shadow cast by the halogens. I'd buy another one any time. The problems with shorting may possibly result from mistreatment. If you wad the thing into a very tight pocket or jam stuff on top of it, it could very well torque the wires and cause them to break. All I can say is mine hasn't shorted after use on a couple dozen climbs.

Who doesn't like free stuff? Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Those little guys have saved MY bacon on one occasion. Gotta love 'em. Necro, a dubious honor to be sure. Tell us why your hands weren't working right. Too much pre climb wanking?

The Big Snow approach is hard on the car and the brush is hard on the body, or so I've heard. I'd like to try it though.

Could be that someone had an epic and only wanted to get the hell out of Dodge.

If you could get your hands on an ultrasonic bath, that would be ideal. Just some water with a little detergent would clean them out.