Bill_Simpkins

Remember, there is no potential. Mike already did everything....

You just follow the shadow of the rope in front of you.

Bob was choking Layton from 5 feet away!

Theres some nice solid rock on the approach though.... Stop and do a little slabbin on the way down.... "MENTOS, the Freshmaker!"

Nope. The blocks on route are just a little bigger. I will post the evidence tonight. The proof is in the pudding.

Hadley Peak = Big choss heap! Larabee Peak = like CBS said. Chuckanut, south dihedral = sucks to be on lead. TR the thing and don't pull the blocks out. North Ridge Nasakwatch Spire= The whole peak is a precarious jumble of stacked blocks. It's like Jenga, if you pull the right one out at the bottom, the whole thing might tumble down!

I think it was the snow lizards.

The release in the foreground is natural.

Took this today. Drool on!

I second Seal Cove. Sole Mate. Don't get your rope wet!

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" Oh My God!!!! He's not wearing gators!!! Hurry, someone get your pack and give your spare set of gators before he slips!"

Like Croc. Dundee was any better?

Awe darn!

Oh yeah, they look like cheap hangers too!

So, I went for a hike to Fragrance Lake today. I was walking by the crack going through the double roofs, when I noticed that someone placed bolts right next to the perfectly protectable hand crack on the second roof. This is ridiculous! I'm going to yank them. This route protects fine without the bolts. Seriously, you can put in a solid cam like 3 inches away. Furthermore, if you don't trust the crack, just TR the thing. There are plenty of trees at the top. If you placed these bolts, PM me to get the hangers back.

Fantasy week: 1 & 2 - Cinderella Peak, East Buttress Day 3 - Eat Day 4 - Eldorado, the easy route Day 5 - Eat Day 6 & 7 - Vienesse, East Ridge

Use the existing holes.

Turn single pitch climbs into multipitch, for practice. Another good place to practice is at the top of Mt. Erie, on top of the summit wall. There is a big flat section were you can walk around and do "mock" multipitch, setting up anchors, placing gear, cleaning, belaying, swinging leads etc. It looks stupid but I taught a friend that way. We did like 8 pitches of belayed leading/walking! My first multi pitch was Banana Peel. The runout was terrifiying then. Me nor my partner were very experienced. At the second to last pitch on the fun 5.4 lieback'in, I ran out of rope (50m). This is before I knew about simulclimbing, hehe. I had to set up a gear belay with a red tricam, a curved hex and a stopper. This was before I owned cams. I would barely even weight the anchor, I just held on to the rock whenever I could. I was terrified! It worked out though. Ah, the good old days. High adventure is relative!

In my opinion, a 30m rope for 3 people will do just fine for DC. You can have 30 feet between each person and still have 20 feet left over on each end(minus knots). Or 35 between and 15 left over, or 40 and 10. Plenty! I use a 30m 8.3mm Edelweiss for glacier travel and light alpine rock. However, Fenderfour had a good idea and a good point for the 50m rope for your group.

HA! Grey Wall always sucks me in. We usually end up taking a lap or two and then sit and drink beer and throw rocks in that lower pocket. Is Larrabee a good hike? Mt. Larabee is a great late season hike/scramble. Lot's of choss, but worth it! All you need is a helmet(reccomended). Take 3-4 hours round trip from Twin Lakes, take 4WD.

I'm an idiot. Whole milk has more calories from fat, but less grams of carbo's per serving than skim milk. Whole milk tastes better though, in my opinion. I sometimes by half gallons of half and half.

Actually, I think they put more suger in skim milk. I believe whole milk has less calories. I'm at work, does someone know for sure off hand?

All these many times: GNS, Zig Zag, The Nose @ Erie, Banana Peel, XY Crack, S. Chuckanut Dihedral, Boat Launch Wall, Grey Wall, The 5.8 at the Cobblestone Wall (Baker), SEWS, North Twin Sister, Mt. Larabee, Pilchuck(hike), Whitehorse.