Bill_Simpkins

One of those little motrized scooters you see the kids standing on.

I've gone up there 3 times in Winter. Each time I went up in snowshoes and was passed by skiers. Last Winter we at least had the sense to bring snowboards for the logging road. But I'm going to use a brand new AT setup if I try it this year. Whooohoooo! I will not be passed!

I got ht esame story from the gatekeep about a month and a half ago. I plan on doing a traverse in May. Just going up Middle fork and doing a "car to car". You can download a arial photo from Microsoft Terra Server to help negotiate the roads between the South Twin and the South Range. An alternative I've been exploring, and tried once was to take the abandoned Pioneer camp trail that splits off left from the FSR 12 going to Elbow Lake from the South, and then schwack over to Boot Lake Pass when the trail takes you to the South slopes below lake Wiseman. The old Pioneer Camp trail is abandoned but quite good. Also, to tell you the truth, hiking to lake Wiseman from elbow and then cutting up to the ridge wasn;t that bad either. Just took about 2 hours. That long ridge gives access to the main range and has interesting scrambling on it. I think the best long term plan would be to get some people out there and re-work the old path to Boot Lake Pass from FSR 12. It seems the shortest way.

You're right, not Castle. For some reason That was my first thought, but the amount of shrubbery and just the rock itself is totally off. Looks like WA Pass or Enchantments, but my bet is WA Pass somewhere because of Red Beckey Book.

Castle

That thin crack "deception crack" is hard one. Good job locking off that thin one!

Green Day - American Idiot The theme song on the radio doesn't do this justice. I'm a music critic, big time ( and in the music business ) and this is a really good album. A good friend told me to check it out and before I heard it I thought it would be a bunch of crap. But after listen to the 9 minute track 2, I was totally sold. Good lyrics and tempo changes. It's a concept album with really good song writing. Believe it or not, these are excellent musicians. Good concept too: Suburbian Christianity/ media / rednecks destroying our country. Inspiring.

"I love you dear"

I've prusiked up all sorts of rope on anything you can tie a knot with. 1 inch nylon webbing, spectra sewn runners, mammuts dyneema, 5 mm cord, whatever. I've even used the rope itself to tie a prusik and ascend. It all works. Sometimes you have to wrap it around the rope a few more times and dink with the knot a little, but it all will get you up the rope. A cordellette is fine.

I vote for the Shuksan toilet also.

My usual sequence it shower then shit. I rarely shave. However if I eatbreakfast right after waking up it shit then shower. I only shave about once a month though ( I don't care if I look like Grizzly Adams). Shaving everyday is for whipped boyfriends and whipped husbands and people that don't stand up to their boss. Some people say they like to shave everyday because they like a clean feeling face, but they are just metrosexuals.

There are reports of a grizzly with cubs hanging out by the Ridely Creek trail.

__________________________________ perhaps I should have been more specific. -Secret 4-star limestone sport crag that is not in Eastern WA, northeastern WA, southeast WA, Marcus, B.C, or Vancouver Island. but instead is in the WA central cascades and IS limestone. Everybody and their dog has a secret bolted crag that they think rulz. You must be talking about THAT secret Limestone cave! But it's definatly not this one. not this However it may be this one: There is limestone, one can climb Just a while East from the Slew Over the hills you'll find the Lime If you drive on Highway "____".

That should work.

they aren't limestone There is a bolted limestone cave in Washington.

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Police, Duran Duran.

Once I stopped caring about women, they came in record numbers. The less I shaved, the more I just spoke my mind, the less I cared, the more that were interested in me. Go figure. I think when your happy with yourself, more people will be happy with you.

No, don't use it! How much experience do you have?

I seem to do okay there if I hadn't climbed on solid rock for a while. But if I go there with recent memories of plugging in cams in granite cracks that could hold a car or two, then I get sketched with the choss fest and wobbling columns. It is however, a very aesthetic area. I love hiking and camping around there.

Yeah, I think sticking to strict rules is the best way to go. Personally, just to keep the rules clear, the route should be started after Dec 21. If the approach is done in Fall, that's fine, unless the approach is part of the route. I mean, someone could live in a cabin half way up the mountain, and climb the rest of it in Winter. That would still be a winter ascent, right?

1. Secret ridge on a secret mountain 2. Secret peaks in secret location 3. Forgotten line on well known face 4. Fast traverse in secret range 5. A road trip south would be nice

Clearly... "I am not a number! I am a free man!. Hahahahahaha"

Those who frown will someday see That rhyming is so good for thee, Because thowst dreams of climbing things Gives thy spirit powers of kings.

The Tooth Driving on the Interstate, Is a ironic twist of fate, To end up in such a place Near rocky peaks that we must chase. We quickly slog right up the vally, To end up in a bowling alley. People yelling “on belay” And much more yelling, so much to say. Our speedy hike was all in vain, For we wait for hours in the rain. We wait for climbers wearing hats, Some wearing shorts on top of pants. Finally we set a pace, Up the southern rocky face. Then wait like little ants, For those who wear those shorts on pants. Deciding to go left or right, The daylight left is getting tight. The top is reached, but in our mind Is leaving this crowded place behind. As we dash for the set of slings, Up come men, that clip the rings. Another hour has passed us by, Then we make another try. Quickly throw that rope on down Before my partners pants turn brown. Grab the backs and put on boots, Glissade fast down snowy chutes. Start the car like were Hell Bent, To grab some Big Macs back in Kent.