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No. I dislike going to Seattle for every reason. There are too many people in such a small place there. I live south in Auburn. Beer is a very compelling reason.

Have you tried Die Bier Stube on Roosevelt and Ravenna (there abouts)?

I have 5.10 Mountain Masters, but the soles are more for rock than trail. The lugs are small and would fill up with mud very quickly. Besides that, they are too heavy for prolonged running. You might want to check out one of the thin Schoeller pants. I have the Prana Titans that are very comfortable and stretchy. I have also had the REI Mistral pants. They are about the same.

I used to share a practice space with a band called "One Hole Over". Maybe someone here knows them?

Oh Shit!!! I'm bringing the pumpkins in!

Where are we now? When we are blind Abandoned faith You left behind Were you betrayed? Or did you lie? Our common fate Our common demise Where is the son? To light the way Along the path Of our dismay Look to the sky On judgement day A human god That was man-made So we lie So we lie So we lie So we lie And so we rise Just to fall down In reality You're never found I'm reaching out With sealed eyes I grab for light Visions decried [Repeat fourth verse] So we lie So we lie So we lie So we lie Face down, arms out Nailed to the cross of doubt Blood runs like rain Drowning for this world in vain Crown of black thorns Human skin, ripped and torn Crown of black thorns Human skin, ripped and torn Where is your savior now? Where is your savior now? Where is your savior now? Where is your savior now?...

1. losing weight I'm no longer stuck in 5.8 2. Ultimate Frisbee After sprinting for an hour 3x a week, lumping a big pack anywhere doesn't seem so bad. 3. Hangboard I can stick those crimpers now

No shit... a pillar of salt. I hadn't thought of that one.

if you gaze for long into spray, spray gazes also into you.

BTW - Pouring a beer out in the manner described is blatant beer abuse.

I like dark beers and I've been known to give out a punishing now and again.

Never stop dreamin boy, 'cause when you stop dreamin, it's time to die. -Shannon Hoon

That dude has some spiffy via ferrata pants on.

-poop-

3 pages of thermos recommendations?

Do you hear that noobs that are looking for info on Chair Peak? Rap off the NEB, leave the E. Gulley alone. It sucks. It will kill you. It will also kill your children if given half a chance. The only reason my partners and I made it out alive is because we are very very lucky. In fact, one rock fell and it stopped mere yards from my pack. It could have easily turned my crackers into crumbs.

Climb: Chair Peak-East Face Date of Climb: 10/22/2005 Trip Report: While all of you sprayers were at the Lovefest, Lylabob, CCMeter, and I ran up Chair peak for a bit of exercise. CCmeter and I working on our map skillz The East Face. Our route was just to the left of the large chimney in the center. The weather was fine, the talus was steep and the climbing was fun and rompy. After 7 months of teaching new climbers, it was great to leg it out and haul some a@$$ on an easy climb. Now a little boring $#!t you already know: The route we took goes straight up the middle of the East face. We tended to stay to the left of the large chimney. Beckey rates the route a 5.5, but it is mostly fourth class. The rock is generally solid, blocky and fun, but the pro placements were scarce. Getting down seems to be the biggest cause of epics on Chair. From the summit, you will find a short, but well-defined trail heading south. It dead-ends at a cliff. Instead of rappelling the cliff, you can down climb the West-ish side on some loose scree and slabby rock until you travers over to the notch at the top of the east gulley. It looks downclimb-able, but there are a number of high, overhanging platforms that would be very difficult to downclimb. Carefully rappel to the lower slabs at the bottom of the gulley. The descent could easily turn into a rockfall deathtrap if there was another party above you. The East gulley has a lot of looseness above it. One redeeming factor is the mutlitude of overhanging platforms in the gulley that you could hide under as rocks came whistling past. I had never climbed Chair Peak before. It was a fun climb on a beautiful day. CCmeter demonstrating the use of web-throwers for use in "Extreme Hiking" Gear Notes: We took a standard alpine rack and one 60m rope. The Leader, Lylabob found about 8 placements in 400' of climbing.

They are "extreme trekking poles"

In another forum, Blowboarder said: He/she has applied a rating to a climb when it is toproped. I've seen it elsewhere. Maybe it's just me, but I always thought that a .12D climb is a .12D climb regardless of how you get up it. Granted, leading a .12D takes a lot more skill and testicular fortitude than a toprope, but that doesn't make the moves of the climb any harder than .12D. Is this the "New Wave" of ratings for climbs, or is this a contrived load of crap? Does anyone really give a shit? Do I need to down-grade my climb of Moscow since I TR'd it? What will that do to my 8a.nu score?

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