Rad

Truly tragic. I grieve for this young man, for his friends, and for his partners who will remember those few seconds for the rest of their lives. Gyms need to give ALL young climbers FREE basic training in rappelling, cleaning anchors, and other basic safety skills. There have been too many of these tragedies in recent years.

I sent a few questions via PM.

Good one TM! Maybe you can go up every Monday to collect all the shiny #1 Camalots that'll soon be accumulating from bailers. Sell on Ebay. The gear cycle of life.

Skis are aid And so are kite boards.

Skis are aid

BTW, great TR!

The work around is you can only paste about one sentence at a time. VERY tedious and probably fatal to the introduction of new TRs that aren't typed directly into the site.

Excellent! THIS is the spirit: "The mere act of daring to try something new felt like cracking a door into a new world" Hope you get back to one of those big lines on Sloan.

'Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said: "Don't look back, you can never look back." I thought I knew what love was. What did I know? Those days are gone forever. I should just let 'em go, but...

This is like the great Agatha Christie book And Then There Were None, which in turn was inspired by the poem below: Ten little Soldier Boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little Soldier Boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little Soldier Boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.[8] Seven little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six little Soldier Boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little Soldier Boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four. Four little Soldier Boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.[9] One little Soldier Boy left all alone; He went out and hanged himself and then there were none

Mt Erie near Anacortes is often dry and sunny when everything else is wet. There are some moderate multi-pitch routes that are nice, and the views and ambience are incredible if the weather is semi-decent.

I don't have suggestions, except to say that if you're looking to get into the alpine you should check out the avy forecasts here: https://www.nwac.us/

Wow. Too much coffee??

I thought so too, but watch this one from 1:15 to 1:40. Bet you can't stop yourself from watching it 5 times.

Cue exploding head GIF.

Not likely. There are two kinds of strokes: ischemic (loss of oxygen to the brain, which is usually due to arterial vessel blockage) and hemorrhagic (bleeding). Both cause irreversible damage in proportion to the size/area affected. As a long shot, this could be a temporary vessel occlusion (blockage) that is released within minutes of stopping the descent. That would be very unlikely. Add that no permanent effects have yet been detected and it seems even more unlikely to explain this. Maybe Dr Phil can help...

Holy crap. I learned something from you guys! Thx much. Rad ps. Once you've solved this mystery try to figure out why I get double vision during long pounding descents but not during any other high exertion times. It sometimes gets to the point where I have to cover one eye to keep from being confused about where to put my foot. Not fun, but it goes away within 20 minutes of stopping. There is no pain or other symptoms, and doesn't seem to be affected by ibuprofen, extra hydration, food, or electrolytes. I haven't been able to induce it using any other exercise mode. Very odd. Hasn't changed in severity in the past 8 years.

If you haven't read it, you might check out my old NWMJ article on how signaling devices affect outcomes and risk tolerance. And here are some facts on the matter: NWMJ supplement

I've owned Edelweiss and had a great experience. But lots of other ropes have been fine too. Find one on sale and love the one you're with.

Trump on Twitter about SNL: "I watched parts of @nbcsnl Saturday Night Live last night. It is a totally one-sided, biased show - nothing funny at all. Equal time for us?" Alec Baldwin responds: "Equal time? Election is over. There is no more equal time. Now u try 2 b Pres + ppl respond. That's pretty much it. You can't make this stuff up

Can you please explain this to the climate change doubters in the US? They bring snowballs into Congress and say, "See, it's not warming". I kid you not.

Sweet! The camp where I worked as a counselor many moons ago had the motto: Courage, Perseverance, Loyalty. You're showing them here. Oh, and Moon Boards are aid!!

Thanks for the information and history. We crossed over the part of the peak where this line would come up and we didn't see anything that looked like 2nd class to the summit, but that wasn't our focus. Maybe we should have stayed in the gully for our descent instead of moving into the forest.

Thanks. Yes, a tricam would have been perfect. I love those things and used them in the Gunks all the time. Pink was money! But they've fallen off the rack and gone to the bottom of the gear bucket in the basement. I guess I need to dust them off. Even so, I'm not sure I own any large enough to cover this placement.

Hey Frank, good to hear from you. The curving ridge you mention runs further North and ends at the top of another peak with almost no prominence over the ridge you mention. Kurt and I attempted a line on that cliff but bailed off of it last weekend after several hundred feel of climbing, including some 5.8-9+ terrain with mediocre gear. To get to Revelation from Pulpit, you would have to drop down steep forest to an obvious saddle and ascend technical cliffs to get to the summit. It would not be a casual scramble for anyone I know. There is no knife edge ridge between these features. Sounds like you had a cool adventure just North of where we were. Hope you and I can get out together sometime! Send a pm.