Sol

i was just telling somebody that I thought TC would be in. nice job!

great guys, now the already dwindling content of this website is further eroded by your rules that people can't/shouldn't link blog posts. awesome.

After hearing my praise for cilogear packs, my neighbor gave in and ordered one online. 5 minutes later he gets a call from graham, graham wanted to know if he knew the difference between the 40 and 45L packs. they talked for a while about the pros and cons of each pack, what colors he would want, etc. he was pretty blown away with the customer service he received from cilogear and even more impressed with his pack. though i have a giant wall stacked full of packs the only ones i use are my 60, 30, and 20L cilos.

hells yeah, go get that beast!

As always, a big crew of badass PNW climbers scoring the grants to get after it. Congrats you guys!!!!

i've been having a great season...

just show up at the ranger station in the middle of town mid-week around 730 am and bring your wallet

Gettin some...

nice rafe, i wondered if you would be visiting the lady. that limestone looks heavenly...

props to both parties, i was hoping someone was scratching up something with this high pressure window. well done!

Rad!

Venturing deeper into the unknown. Unfinished business in the Stuart Range:

The best 5.8 splitter in Leavenworth, Jens Holsten high on The Nose , Bridge Creek Wall:

you bitches need to go climbing

Isolationed Snow, fuck em all, do your thang man.

Unfortunatly it might be a while til you see job openings at any of those wenatchee/leavenworth area facilities. Some friends of mine had good luck recently in tacoma.

well known local ski legend Jimjack

my housemate has been enjoying perfect conditions at gold bar for the last 3 days.

The latest rage in Ltown....

Joe Puryear Memorial Ice Stoke BUMP!!!!

another awesome post matt! thank you. we're all ears if you have any more stories or trip reports you'd like to share, great stuff.

A. not yet, but cross your fingers its cold over here B. not me

DragonScar

Matt, great post and photos. Please post more! You said you expected some input so here's mine: I've been looking forward to testing my metal on the boving route for a while. I usually put the boving route on my late july/august list for the year and each year I get pre-occupied trying to finish projects that I started earlier in the summer, this year was no different. As is, your route is a bold direct passage up an otherwise blank slab. A testament to your vision and skills 33 years ago! While I can understand the disappointment in having so many years pass with few repeats and very little praise, retro-bolting the rig seems a bit drastic. There are lots of well protected moderate routes in the vicinity to climb on that can be easily done in a day (which im sure you know!): D Tail: Serpentine, Backbone, Gerber-Sink, NE Buttress. Leche le Vaca and the NEB on CBR. Acid Baby on the Spineless Prow. NEB of Colchuck And now there are some hard technical free-climbs in the area: The Tempest, Dragons of Eden, Let it Burn.... I see the Boving Route fitting right in the middle. Accessible to the 5.10 climber who wants a challenge and adventure, who's done the other moderates and wants something harder, but isn't up for 11+/12 free-climbing of the testpieces. With that being said, it's your route and obviously you can rightfully make any changes that you see fit. I've always felt that before you can have an opinion about someones route you should climb it first, so, in reality, this blabbering on by me is a bunch of bs. I definitely value Joe and Mark's opinion, and you guys seem to have a similar vision, perhaps the route would be better with bolts. Nonetheless, I can't help but think it would be a damn shame that the old skool challenge and boldness of your line would be forever lost... I am against bolted rap anchors on dtail. People keep saying that want to turn D-tail into a crag but to me it will always be a Mountain.