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I don't think there is. Sky Valley rock has a good topo of the area.

The moral of the story is "Don't leave your leftovers in the car at a trail head."

Nice job Porter. That second pitch is sooo good.

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Hey now, don't bash the sailrite too much. It's not meant to be an industrial machine. It's for hobbyists who want some horsepower but don't need to run the machine for 8 hours a day. If I were starting a business I wouldn't get a sailrite, but I'm not. I'm just playing around.

Hey now, don't bash the sailrite too much. It's not meant to be an industrial machine. It's for hobbyists who want some horsepower but don't need to run the machine for 8 hours a day. If I were starting a business I wouldn't get a sailrite, but I'm not. I'm just playing around.

JONG!

This is very sad. I bumped into Micah one day at the Smoke Bluffs. We chatted for a bit before he and his partner took off. He was very supportive of all climbers. They will all be missed.

I will be teaching a class at the Great Northern Slab. We will be teaching rock climbing skills including how to place trad gear. We have 8 students and I'm hoping they can each get their first lead climb in this weekend. We did get a couple pair of those hand jammie things. I'm definitely not calling "dibs" on the routes, but we are starting the approach at first light. Everyone is welcome to climb through if they want. There may be a rope, a helmet or a dropped #11 hex in the way...

I have one of these: http://www.sailrite.com/Ultrafeed-LSZ-1-Walking-Foot-Sewing-Machine It will sew through anything that you put under the foot (about 1/4"). With a little adjustment of the tension, you can get nice bartacks in thicker fabrics. It can handle the burliest of threads. I've used it to make haulbags out of 42oz VCP. The machine comes with a decne tcase and is about the same size as a normal sewing machine. I would like to get a servo motor for mine. It would give me instant start and stop. Some bigger machines: http://www.seattlefabrics.com/machines.htm

There is a growing number of people interested in venturing away from the LTW and cleaning some of the forgotten routes at Index. I'd like to keep this thread going so that the larger climbing community can check out what we've been working on, and so that the routes can get some traffic to stay relatively clean. Recently cleaned routes: Private Idaho Battered Sandwich 5.9 (Cleaned by Argus and Fenderfour) Magic Fern 5.9 (Cleaned by Argus and Fenderfour, second pitch is still scruffy) Senior Citizens in Space 5.8 (cleaned by Drepnick) Wet Dream 5.9 (Cleaned by Argus, almost always wet) Peanuts to Serve You 5.9 (Cleaned by Argus and Fenderfour,just up the hill from Private Idaho) Shady Lane Free Range Chook 5.10b (Cleaned by Argus and Fenderfour) Party Line 5.10a (Cleaned by Argus) Chronic Relief 5.9 (Cleaned by S1W) Eso No Se Hace 5.11? (Cleaned by S1W) Rattletale Area Avenging the Goddess Kring (Cleaned by David) Get away from GNS and Godzilla and climb these routes!

For a few more weeks, I think. Some of the 3rd class around Gib Rock had very little snow. That will turn into exposed chossy scrambling, no worse than Disappointment Cleaver. The "chute" was in really good shape, it will take a while for that to melt out, I think. The biggest concern is rockfall off Gibraltar. Start very early to get by this section before it gets warm.

Many people made it up. We went via Gibraltar Ledges and came down the Ingraham Direct. Snow was very firm in the wee hours; made for good cramponing with small areas of unconsolidated windblown fluff. It was a bit windy on the upper mountain, 30mph with gusts to 50 or so. It was a mushy shitshow on the way down, especially on the Muir snowfield in the afternoon.

I had a look at the slide. A few guys with shovels and a chainsaw could take care of it in less than a day. Who has a chainsaw?

wasn't there a thread on the Washington Crack Workshop? That sounds like a pretty good ticklist. I think some people would use it less as a chest beat-a-thon and more of a motivational tool to go out and climb.

Thanks all. It was a fun trip. I got to keep a core shot to display at my desk at work.

NOTHING keeps you down, does it!!! To be fair, it was Argus' idea. We went looking for DGS, found Shady lane instead and I got to scrubbing while he cleared the crack. But no, very little will stop me from climbing when it's time.

I went climbing with Argus at the UTW on Sunday. There was some snow on the trail, but it's wasn't terrible. The rock was dry. While there, we scrubbed and climbed Free Range Chook at Shady lane. Cramer gives it 3 of 4 stars. Very good, but short route.

I'll take the Grivel Super Courmayeur classic pick

I've got size 15's as well. I'm using Scarpa Matrix in Mondo 32. This is the older 3-buckle boot. They might make the Spirit (Matrix replacement) in 32, but I haven't checked. I started on Dynafit bindings and switched to Fritschi Freerides. The large Fritschis will fit size 15 feet. I've noticed that the extra lateral leverage from a large boot can twist the binding in strange ways while side-hilling in tour mode. I will probably be switching back to Dynafit.

We had fun in Blodgett canyon a few years ago. Shoshone spire is an easy one day climb near Missoula that goes at 5.8 for 6 or so pitches. Also in the area - Flathead and Nez Pearce spires. I think those were 5.9ish

That boulder would be a fun trundle. At least, until it stopped in the middle of the road, ran over a car, or destroyed the barrier.

Fill them with water and drink. Refill as necessary. Or die in fear.