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  • Birthday 05/08/1966

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    Everett, WA

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  1. Sold! All aliens are yours! We already spoke on the phone, so see you later.
  2. The drill and your bolting crap are yours my friend. To arrange pickup, call my cell @ 425-359-4081, I'm at work until 3:30 in Lynnwood (Stevens Hospital). I'll be around this weekend too.
  3. Yep, it's true... I'm now officially a paragliding junkie. After 24 wonderful years, rock climbing has been very good to me, providing me with some amazing memories and adventures. But I've got a new habit now, so I'm selling off all my gear that I haven't used in a while to be able to afford my new habit. I've separated each photo into like pieces of equipment, sometimes offering a lot price for everything in the photo as well as piece rates for each item. In other photos I don't want to sell the items individually, so you will need to buy everything in that photo. All sales are final and coming from Everett, Washington, so if you want it shipped, you will need to estimate the shipping yourself. I will take offers, if they are reasonable. I can be reached on my cell at 4 2 5 - 3 5 9 - 4 0 8 1 (Please only call during reasonable hours) or by email at r o d @ a m g i . n e t First, I'll start with the free climbing gear and then on to the aid climbing gear. Black Diamond Camalots (several different styles)... The newer #4 is sold! Individually: $32 ea for sizes up to #2, $35 ea for sizes over #2 Aliens (Sweet in pin scars and small cracks, several different styles including four offsets)... Lot of 11: $220 Individually: $25 ea Wild Country Cams (These things are sweet in small cracks)... Lot of 4: $120 Individually: $35 ea Big Bros (Head to Moab! Only some of these things have even been used a couple of times)... The #4 and #5 are sold! Individually: $30 ea Miscellaneous older cams (Excellent when you need to bail but don't want to leave a $70 cam)... Lot of 6: $50 Lowe Balls (These things are awesome for clean aid)... Lot of 2: $15 Nuts (several different styles and sizes)... Lot of 13: $50 Brassies... Lot of 5: $15 Lowe Tri-cams... Lot of 2: $8 Petzl Spirit straight gate carabiners... Lot of 11: $50 Petzl Spirit curved gate carabiners... Lot of 13: $60 Russian bail cam (Don't laugh, they're cheap and you can bail on them without losing $75)... 1 only: $10 Quickdraws (various styles/lengths)... Lot of 11: $15 Miscellaneous Oval and straight gate carabiners (All shapes, sizes, manufacturers, and qualities) Lot of 26: $55 Locking Carabiners (includes one steel locker)... Lot of 6: $20 Aid Boots (comfy for standing in aiders all day and occasional free moves)... 1 pair, size 10 mens: $10 Aiders (with attached Fifi hook on each one)... Set of two: $10 500 ft 11 mm Bluewater STATIC rope (in two 250 foot sections)... Set of two 250 ft pcs: $100 Climb Moab Haulbag (used on only two climbs)... 1 bag: $50 Petzl Ascenders... Set of two: $30 Edelrid Helmet... 1 helmet: $5 Petzl Helmet... 1 helmet: $10 North Face Wall Tent... This thing is pretty hammered but with a little care from a seamstress would once again be a great tent. Rainfly is not North Face but something like A-5 (or visa verse). 1 wall tent with fly: $75 Wall Hauling pulley... 1 pulley: $5 Jumars (yes, they're jumars, the old style and with plenty of mileage - like 10,000 ft of jugging in one summer) Set of two: $10 Skyhooks (miscellaneous sizes and shapes)... Lot of two: $8 Smiley's Yonomor Wall Hammer (This thing rocks!)... 1 hammer: $10 Bolting crap (nine various hangers and a bunch of other crap)... Lot of crap: $10 60 meter climbing rope (very new rope, just had to cut off about 20 ft because of an unfortunate fray) 1 rope (slightly short): $25 Belay Butt Bag (for those long aid climbs instead of hanging in your harness all day)... 1 belay bag: $5 Bosch Bulldog Drill (has been modified to use two lead acid motorcycle batteries for power) 1 drill: $20 Miscellaneous climbing books... Grand Junction Rock, Washington Rock (REALLY old), Selected Climbs in the Desert Southwest, etc (well look at the picture and you can see most of them) Most valuable are a couple of out of print books like Tieton River Rock) Lot of all books: $35
  4. Alright, I lied. I can't seem to track down any of the topos or maps for that area. Rats! I'll keep looking... If anybody has a copy of the *quote* "guidebook" *unquote* that I put out, perhaps you could scan a few pages, namely the map and post them here. That would be most kind.
  5. Back around 1995 I was driving around on logging roads near Lake Cavanaugh doing some rock-hounding with my wife and came across this Butte across the valley that looked promising for a cool sport climbing area. For three years, with the help of several friends, we created a kick-ass trail (1.25 miles) into the crag and developed about 15 or so really excellent climbs. The climbing was similar to Exit 38, really similar to Bob's Wall, way up the hillside. The climbing is top-notch, in spite of the relentless lichen and moss scrubbing required to prep a route for bolting. Most of the climbs are dead vertical but there are many roofs up there too, one being about 15 ft and several others about 3-5 feet. Have I mentioned the climbing is top-notch? Then one day, after a bit of a hiatus, I was hiking the trail to the wall with some people who had never been there before. As we got closer to the wall, it seemed that the forest was brighter than normal. Another couple of minutes later I encountered a new road leading directly to the base of the wall. I was thrilled, because now I could drive right to the base of the wall and now people would be able to enjoy this cool place. About 2 months later, they shut down the road, tore down the bridge, and abandoned the road. They had raped the hillside and were now moving on. I lost interest in Calendar Butte at this point and have rarely gone back. It's a great area with potential for at least 70-80 routes if someone is very ambitious. I'll post a map in the next couple of days if anybody is interested. Just be prepared to fight "the man" first though if you want better access. Peace.
  6. I second that. Davis Holland/Lovin Arms is my favorite route in the Northwest. Centerfold is also a winner...
  7. Scott and Larry, Good work putting up another new route on that wall. I got on Brian's route last fall and had a blast. The Goat wall has ENORMOUS potential, I just wish I lived a bit closer so that I could help develop it. So how is your climb? Is there anything that I need to be particularly cautious about? I have plans to get on it the weekend of Oct. 24th so any information on it would be appreciated. Thanks, Rod Fox -------------------------------------------
  8. You can only use trees if the route card at the base of the route is marked "standard" or if there is colored tape next to the tree indicating it is a valid hold. I can't believe this question was even posted! All features are in on a free climb. You're still climbing free until you sling it and pull up on the sling or step into an aider. If you sit on the tree for a rest, you're still free. Trees are a valid part of a route. They are not artificial. If the original route climber didn't want the tree to be in in order to make the route "harder" then they should have hacked it off from the climb (BTW: I don't condone hacking trees for the sake of making a climb harder or easier). My two "sense"...
  9. "...an empty aluminum can of Guiness Stout on the third pitch and a bottle of Mountain Dew down at the bottom of the Granite Sidewalk..." Wow! I wondered where I left that garbage. Can we arrange to meet up somewhere so that I can get these items back from you? Thanks for picking them up for me, I missed them. Or perhaps they were yours Matt?
  10. BTW: For anybody who likes to climb really good long slab routes, Jacob's Ladder on Blueberry Hill is a really fine climb. Kudos to Matt Perkins and friends for all of the work that they've done out there! Additionally, I'm trying to get a good topo together of my climb to the left of Jacob's Ladder. It's called Sundried Tomatoes (12a, 11b, 10b, and 11c) and essentially free climbs the old 23rd Psalm aid route. I'll post a topo as soon as it's done.
  11. Say, isn't Diedre a 5.7? Way to hold out there man! I would have killed the guy. Excellent work untying and walking off. I was laughing my guts out reading this article, well written! You quite eloquently wrote a story that many of us can relate to. Drum circle anyone?
  12. Wow. Now that's a thick description and I think I need to puke now... Being famous is really tough on a guy. So many expectations...
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