North_by_Northwest

Nice TR Slothrop. I know you didn't notice, but I took some photos while we were out there; work habits die hard you know. On the trail-still no snow! A mountaineers group in the distance. An awesome summit shot. We weren't sure what kind of bird that was, it looked big! Slothrop on the summit enjoying fresh snowfall. Leaving the snow. The descent. A random picture of FB on approach in the N. Cascades.

One dog. It is small, poorly trained and fairly ugly, but has an extremely loud bark. It is capable of walking on its hind legs for long distances and crapping all over the place. It's slightly less attractive than this dog: [Robot collar not included with dog.] You will not regret owning this little beast. He has much to offer: he still has his balls and at least a decade of life left. (Choosing to accept the above mentioned canine binds the new owner to an agreement to never tell the previous owners, NXNWs roommates, about the location of their dog. The dog may not be brought to the animal shelter and all transactions regarding said dog will be in private and arranged by NXNW.)

I'll trade you a dog. It's half poodle, half terrier and half trained. It even has a computer chip in its body...isn't that cool?

My personal favorite is on the right of the overhang, between the thin-hands crack and the right edge. You can use any combo of holds on the vertical part of the wall between the thin crack and the edge. The problem comes at the overhang and can be done with texture only for feet. Use the three teeth on the overhang to reach for the lip or the last hold on "guerilla". Cheaters can grab the right hand lip to top out. Reachy and fun, but not especially hard.

El Rojo Diablo!

Bronco: I have almost the same jacket as that Dragonfly. It's an earlier model from Patagonia, different colors but same design and I think same material (doesn't say exactly on the tag). It was the same price as the Dragonfly, but I'd say it was worth it. I've used it climbing, backcountry skiing, hiking, running, everywhere. It's been my primary shell jacket in fact. It's so light and compact that I don't mind taking it along on climbs. It doesn't have all the features I'd like: pit zips, pockets, etc. but I've found it to be as waterproof and breathable as I need. In a total downpour you'll get a little wet, but snow hasn't been a problem and wind is no problem at all. It's a great jacket for alpine, anything multi-pitch, even milder volcanoe routes. I recommend it.

Here's a picture of the Haystack from the trail where it tops out. As you can tell from the picture it's another 2-2.7 miles to the haystack formation. The lighting is a little wierd in the picture: it was taken with a filter around sunset. The route that everyone is talking about is extremely easy. It loops around the backside of the formation and attacks the obvious weakness on the NE face. Because of the routes position on the stack it's cold at night and bivies are pretty miserable. We completed it with only two bivies, one planned one forced. This is me on the summit pitch-spooky aid. It got dark and started snowing a few hours after this shot was taken, which lead to our forced summit bivy. (Our first bivy was made on the 16th pitch on a wide and comfortable ledge.) It's really a great route and I'd love to do it again, but it's hard to submit to that much suffering another time. If you do it good luck and bring plenty of knifeblades, at least two cam hooks, and a lot of water.

No fucking kidding huh Allison? I thought it was free What I'm saying is that we don't get a whole lot of visible SERVICES for what we pay. The money goes to make things the way they should be: maintenance rather than additions. If you read my post you can see that's what I'm saying (If I don't respond to you on other threads you should know that it's because you're a waste of time. There was always one kid like you in every class: nothing to say but can't stop raising that hand.) Fairweather is funny as all Hell with his cider cart plan. Funny that Fleb gets so crazy online, but is totally laidback on the phone... And he's not going climbing, so I predict more espresso-fueled wildness over the next few days.

Most of us only do alpine sport routes

I know someone who has a hook, he's used it for buildering. Apparently it works great.

Flex Cams suck, don't buy them. I bought two in the smallest sizes and I hate them so much I'd rather place nuts instead. They sound like a good idea when you read about them, but the flexible stem gets bent real easily and then they don't retract. I also feel like they don't have much range. The smaller of the two got jammed into the traverse on Princeley Ambitions and it was a bitch to get out, even on rappel. That was the only time it ever held any weight, now it's pretty much useless. Larger sizes may work out better than what I have, but I'd gladly trade my two flexcams for one alien (about an equal price tradeoff). Come to think of it, you don't have an alien or a camalot to trade do you? 2 for 1 is a great deal...

Bowling sounds good. Alleys are usually open late (past 10 at least) and they have good cheap drinks. Rolling will allow us to do something other than discuss what's already been discussed a thousand times on this site too. Teams anyone? (I can throw strikes between 2 and 6 drinks.)

Nice work, man. Don't you just love switching from aid to free? You gonna be up for a longer aid route at Index soon? Green Dragon maybe? Rock On.

Wise Man Say: He who screws in pantry will get ass in jam.

"Let's go to Luchenbach, Texas, Waylon and Willie and the boys. This city life we're livin's got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys..." nice one "Well, it was just about then that the Duke Boys showed up." -Waylon

Jane's Addiction cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" beats the original on any plane. You can understand more of the words AND it is more in tune to the idea of the song. Way more tortured and evil-and liking it than the Stones.

What Trask really thinks: http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB23&Number=135432&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

"Look at that ass-like two squirrels fightin' in a wool sock." "Girls are only good for one thing...you'll figure it out." -from my grandfather

Yeah Trask, don't worry, there are plenty of jobs out there: welcome to the club.

You're kidding right...

Just as in politics (according to Adele Ferguson anyway), the voices from Eastern Washington are silenced by the squalor of Pugetopolis.

Worst thread ever. Thank you erik, for this annoying piece of shit.

I got a spare for you, it's a little old and beaten, and the loop that you clip into has been replaced with copper wire, but it's good...

Hasn't come out yet. Heard from the reporter yesterday.

Ladies Love Cool James is out. Get wit what's in: And I'm not Jay_B.