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So under this scenario I would run one end of the screed board on top of the edge of the old slab and the other screed board edge along the top of the asphalt cut edge?

Non- climbing related question. Need some advice. I have poured some slabs before, but not where they abut an asphalt street. I am replacing a 4 foot wide strip of gravel between my existing paved driveway and the asphalt street with concrete. How do I get a nice joint between the concrete and asphalt and how might you form this up for pouring it?

I have some Riachle hard boots, that work great for split boards or regular with plate bindings, they are about a 1/2 size too small for me so they are about size 9.5 to 10. take $30, very similar but a little lighter than these http://www.skiboardsonline.com/Merchant2...gory_Code=boots PM me, in or around Everett to N. Seattle

I think I could, looks like A0 to me

Hwy 2 is one of the main reasons I lift ski at Baker (I live in Everett). Went up to stevens on MLK day this year cause baker was closed (too much snow). Hadn't been there in about 5 years cause every time I go it is a cluster F of traffic. Bottom line: pulled out of the parking lot at stevens on the way home and sat there for 2 hours, moved about a half mile in that time. Took about 4.5 hours to get to everett. No accident reported on the radio during that time, I don't know WTF was up? Won't be back up to stevens for probably another 5 years until I forget this last trip.

moss and choss

As a person who was raised in the Eugene/Springfield area, and whos first rock climbing experience was during the 5th grade at the columns, I would say never nail there regardless of the route. Nearly every line has been tried or climbed there free, and if the line you were on has not been freed, there are too many impressionable idiots there that might take your que and start nailing Ski Tracks or some other good route. If you PM me I can direct you to more appropriate places to practic nailing in your area.

Yeah all the old badasses go and put routes up at Darrington cause the beer gut is bigger, which deminishes the ability to pull steep and overhanging sporto routes, but these old gromets have the foot work and balance of balerinas (spp?) allowing them to climb 5.11 slab (scarrry).

Not that I am a big Columbia fan one way or the other, but I did get a cheap pair of Columbia "approach" type sneakers for about $40 last year and they have held up very well to some D3 and D4 thrashing.

incedently this site is totally awsome http://storrick.cnchost.com/VerticalDevicesPage/VerticalHome.shtml

Sorry, Yates does make an ascender but it is CMI that is making the CMI Expidition ascender that is identicle to the last generation Clogs I think. Same shape and cam locking mechanism. Here is the pics, looks like the old Clogs to me. http://www.cmi-gear.com/catalog/ascenders/expasc.asp

I think that Yates scored the tooling from Clog and now makes the old style clogs, much better than petzl, what do you think snaileye, didn'd you and Bleskis loose a clog off Arches?

The reason for not clipping half ropes into the same piece is primarily due to friction. You either have to clip them eachinto their own binner or clip both into the same biner/piece for the hole climb. If you climb up a ways alternating clips then decide to clip both into the same piece/biner, then climb up a ways and take a big fall the length of each rope out from the belay is different for each rope. As you fall one rope will travel faster through the binner, for which both strands were clipped through. This can result in onrope burning through the other. I don't know if this makes sense, but the bottom line is that when climbing with half ropes, each strand should be clipped to its own binner, either on seperate pieces or on one piece to combat this issue of differential rope travel speed. This is what manufactures of half ropes have printed in their literature, at least this was described in the literature that came with my sterling half ropes.

May be the crag I posted a picture of is directly Norwest from Shady Cove camground with Opal Wall being to the Northeast of this crag. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=44.85306&lon=-122.28972

is this Opal Wall? http://www.nthward.com/photo_galleries/oregon/DSCF0111.JPG

Have never been up Opal Creek proper, which is a travesty since I was born and raised in Oregon. Is granite multipitch not dream like? Yes it is granite multipitch mixed climbing. I live in Everett, neck of the "climbing woods" is Constantino land, that is all I am going to say on that for now upon penalty of my own death and demise at the hands of the DEA.

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&amp...amp;layer=DRG25 Right here, O.K. I guess I feel good today, all the crags I know of can't stay a secret forever, but I ain't giving up the goods on the big Secret Spot up in my neck of the woods. On Opal Creek Climbing, there is a lot of crags in the whole area, lots choss as you would suspect, but there is some adventure climbing to be had, looks like the Crags corvallis has shown is is in the general vicinity too

oops I was posting whe you were please disregard

So give up the goods, what general area, you don't have to give us directions. P.S. you don't need to get out your topos to find the Quartzville Crag it is the large white area up and left of the red cross hair on the topo map of the link above. If you got that and a Gazattere you are golden

Or maybe up near the headwaters of French Creek that flows into Detroit lake, looks like lots of crags up by Tumble Lake http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&amp...amp;layer=DRG25 While I haven't specifically been to the crags above Tumble L. I have been to Dog Tooth Rock/Spire in the general area

I guess the trees could be right, but I don't think I know the crag and the rock type looks wrong, are we talking up the Lostine River some place? Did you take the photo? and are you qoing to check out Quarzville Creek Crag or what since it seems to be in your back yard almost?

even if the first location is not the Quartzville Creek crag, Quartzville would be cool for some adventer type person in the Corvallis area. While I won't give you specific directions to it, the map link I provided should give you enough info to get there. Have fun, and post a TR if you go.

Maybe not the same crag after comparing photos? If you show me yours I'll show you mine (no pun indended)

Oops Sorry, bad memory, actually up Quartzville Creek here I believe: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=10&n=4937727.0001443&e=567816.000000059&datum=nad83 in this general area? P.S. crag in this area is not Pinnacle Peak you'll have to go up in that area an snoop around for the goodies

I believe that could be the crag up Lone Star Creek near Quartzville, is this right?, I been there, did you take the photo or steal it off the net?