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Also on the top you can step left I remember and there is short steep section that was super exposed, I loved it.

boom badda bing...couples seconds and you'll have answer. Probably the worst that will happen is this person who got some info from you will eventually sell it to some marketing company and then you will start getting marketing calls.

Excellent!!! Now I just need to get back there so I can get on some these climbs.

Agreed.

Looks awesome, I sometime love climbing on crap days.

cool. you gonna knock it out car-to-car? I'm doing it as a mellow overnighter. I likes me some camping. Yeah, it's a great place to camp for sure! The camping looks beautiful, but too many skeeters, at least they were around in the morning when we got up there.

I sort thought that if I ever saw a via ferratta route that I would have to give it a try, just to see what it was like. After seeing that crap, I would say that I probably wouldn't try it now, it looks pretty stupid.

If I was in Seattle I would give that a go, sounds like fun. It is doable in a day a long tough one.

I mostly agree with Layton, though I don't like doubling up unless I know I need it for a particular route, that is where you partner comes in handy. I wouldn't double up on the 5, 6, 7, and 8, most of the time I always have left over nuts at the end of the pitch. Also if you use one size and you need the same size a little further up you can usually place a smaller nut sideways to fit the crack. Also I tend not to like off-sets too much, too me they belong in the speciality section. I agree though no doubles and I like camalots all the way for the larger sizes. Though the larger sizes are heavier than others out there. For smaller size cams I like Metolius or Wild Country. Though those new ultra small Wildcountry's I would expect to use as psychological gear. Even on easier climbs I like racking cams individually and having 2 foot slings shouldered with a single biner. Few draws on the rack as well. Skip the tri cams unless you know you will be on pocketed routes. I like the #3.5 camalot useful I like the #6 camalot The 00 tcu is normal part of my rack pins useful in the winter or new routing though you need a hammer. I only bring them in the winter. Definitely don't get Aliens unless you got a death wish or things really change at CCH. I actually always thought they were too flimsy to my liking even before all of the mishaps and have never wanted to own or use one. It really annoys me when my partner has them on their rack that I am using. Oh yeah other speciality items: I like lowe balls, but I am not sure if you can get them anymore. A sceamer or two, but I rarely ever use them anymore. I like the Camp Nano biners one of the lightest you can get. Metolius is making one that looks cool too with higher closed rating.

turn one is more on the money time wise. 3 hours, means you did something wrong counterfeitfake.

I was living in Maine for 15 years, and never heard of anyone climbing up in those part, but you never know. There was an older generation of backwoods climbers that never recorded anything. To me thoses cliff don't look that nice. If you want some good steep seaside climbing go check out Great Head on Mt. Desert Island, though refer to the tide charts and weather reports before commiting. I know of at least one death there due to tide. As for the climbs there is supposedly a 5.13/14 a few aid line and the easiest climb is a single 5.9, everything else is 10 and above.

The gully is quite wide up top and if facing up hill it is towards the left. There should cairns all over the trail.

Disc brakes are key, I love being able to have the contol that I have with them. Splurge and get hydraulic disc brakes, mechanicals feel like rim brakes IMO. Full sus is nice too and the supalite make good use of the suspension, unlike other xc rigs.

Superlight, ah. That wouldn't do for me I think I would break that in no time. They are a fun zippy little xc ride. My next bike is going to be the Nomad or BLT (Blur LT). I can't decide, I guess it will depend on where I go.

I don't know when I will be back, but we might return at the end of the year if Misti's job is no longer funded. We'll see. It would be great to be back in PNW and do some decent riding. I have fun here, but it definitely is not like riding in the PNW. Whatcha gonna get?

That was freaking rad, some realy cool stuff there, I especially like the parkour sort of stuff that was done on larger drops. That backflip off the tree was way cool. Hell, I would be happy to pull off an 180 off some steps, still practicing riding in reverse.

Hey Man, that is awesome that you are not giving up. I wish the best on your climb. Anyway just in case you haven't heard of this guy Mark Wellman, you should check him out. He climbed big walls and has some specialized equipment for wall climbing.

I just use the cord from my cordelettes, which is 5.5 vectran, superlight, I already have it with me on a climb so it not additional material that I am packing, though more pricey that .33 a foot. These days, I don't spend any money on bail material/cordelettes due to the fact there is nothing to climb here.

I know where I would like to go next. Hell what great looking climb. Nice one!

It is not just Washington that has rating all over the place. Hell if you head up north in NY and go to the Dacks the ratings seem way softer than the Gunks. Even at any crag there are easy climb 5.11's and sandbagged 8's. It all depends on who sent the line, when it was sent and the type of climbing. Rock climbing rating are subjective at best. It just part of the game.

Damn sounds like a great trip. I really hope someday I make it to Madagascar, it place I have always wanted to visit.

Freaking great looking climb, good work. :tup:

Dude that is fucking funny, I have had a few of those trips. Cheers.

Fucking liar! I knew it was too good to be true.

I always had good luck finding cheap summer wine when doing vinyard tours. Sometimes smaller unknown vinyard have some cheap drinkable wines. In the Willamette(sp?)Valley in Oregon I found one vinyaard that had some drinkable cheap whites for $2-3 a bottle, the great thing is you can try them out before buying. In France there was a couple vinyard that we stopped at where you could bring you own bottle and have them fill it for 50 cents to $1.