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Similar thing happened a few years ago when Juli Wurm blew away the entire US field, including Puccio. But she was much better known and is a cute female and they interviewed her. Bottom line: US climbers other than Puccio don't hold a candle to the folks who compete in the World Cup comps.

THIS is absolutely the way to go IMHO. It's what us locals do too.

I can't pick 5 favorites because I've been stoked about many routes over the years. Here are a few worth putting on your wish list that are not over-represented above (and none are hard): Past highlights: First ascents on Sloan and 1-2 pitch lines at X38. Multi-pitch rock: Grand Wall, NE Butt Higher Cathedral, Snake Dike on Half Dome, Inverted Staircase on Fairview, Moby Grape on Cannon, Colores and Punsola Reniu in Spain, Alpine: Challenger, Slesse, Inspiration, Sahale, Forbidden, a 20k scramble peak near Kangchenjunga. Future highlights: Hopefully more first ascents. Bugaboos, desert towers, Red Rocks. Climbing adventures with my kids.

Did you watch the SB ads? God's cell phone battery died and the earth went to shit. The interception was just the beginning...

Tear apart the Packers. Check. Now on to the #DawnWall

Maybe I sounded snide in previous posts. Actually, I find this inspiring on several levels. Let's all get off the computer and go find our own personal Dawn Walls (minus the tweeting film crew) and grow our balls character to epic proportions! Or maybe just watch the Seahawks tear apart the Packers while we pray for enough snow in the mountains to go snowboarding!

Bizarre media circus around this thing. I wonder how long rock climbing will stay in the public consciousness when it's over. 10 minutes? 11?

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Yes.

Social media wants to know. Great success and frustrating failure and a partnership tested by adversity. It'll make for good film for Reelrock 2015 no matter what... Maybe Beth Rodden will return to form and belay Tommy on the last pitches "Go Tommy! You got this! Come on Tommy!"

SBP while the turkey is in the oven. Cheers to all. Go Seahawks!!!

It's not the President's place to tell Congress to do anything. In fact, the American people regularly gridlock govt at the midterm to check the executive branch. Works both ways. It's also worth noting, FYI, that bills are supposed to originate in the House. The fact that Harry Reid's Senate came up with an Obama rubber-stamp bill means jack. Then, of course, there is always the lack of action during the 2009-2011 Democrat-controlled Congress. Obama has played politics with the law, with the recent election he thought Democrats had a chance-in-hell of winning, and with the lives of the very immigrants he claims to champion. Hello, playing politics is exactly what all of these folks do for a living. What do you call the debt ceiling and guvmint shutdown game of chicken? Politics. At least when Yomama plays politics something gets done. Any sane human will use the powers at his (or her) command to do the best they can for their own self interest and for the world. O has made a move. Now time for the Rs to make a move or shut up. Let's see, threaten to shut down the guvmint? Impeach? Sue the Prez? Wow, those will really advance our nation. Rs are on the wrong side of history on many issues: gay rights, immigration rights, gun control, voting rights, environment, non-rich rights. Anything else I'm missing. Talk and whine all you want. ACTIONS speak louder than words.

Seems like in your cute video Obama should say, "Great, go and bring me an immigration bill". Two years pass. Boehner refuses to vote on a bill passed by the Senate. It's Boner who's kicked the bill down the stairs, not Obama. In fact, that's all Boner has done for YEARS is kick EVERY bill down the stairs while trying to blame other people for his ineptitude. What great leadership . Obama is using the powers lawfully vested in his office to actually DO something. Maybe Boner should try doing the same sometime.

Climbers should attend to show we are responsible and legitmate land users. Sadly, I'll be out of town and can't make it. Please go and be seen and heard. .......... TO: Interested Parties, FROM: Elizabeth L O’Neal, SEPA Center SUBJECT: SEPA LEAD AGENCY & DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE This is to advise you that pursuant to WAC 197-11-900 (922 through 948), the Department of Natural Resources; has determined that it is Lead Agency for the following: Snoqualmie Corridor Recreation Plan: A 10-15 year plan that provides guidance and strategy for public use/recreation on DNR managed lands. The plan continues previous efforts balancing forest management and conservation responsibilities, provides new goals and objectives for recreational opportunities and strategies for achieving he objectives and implementing projects. Located in: Sections 25, 34, 35 and 36, Township 24 North, Range 06 East, Sections 16 and 17, Township 24 North, Range 07 East, Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36, Township 24 North, Range 08 East, Sections 02, 12, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 36, Township 24 North, Range 09 East, Sections 01, 02, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 26 and 36, Township 23 North, Range 06 East, Sections 01, 03-28, 30, 31 and 36, Township 23 North, Range 07 East, Sections 01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 08, 11, 12, 16-21 and 28-32, Township 23 North, Range 08 East and Sections 01-17, 19-28, 30, 34, 35 and 36, Township 23 North, Range 09 East, W.M., King County Notice of Public Meeting: Date: December 10, 2014 Time: 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM Place: City of Snoqualmie Administration Building Council Chambers Room 38624 River Street Snoqualmie WA Information about this proposal including the Threshold Determination, SEPA Checklist and supporting documents can be accessed through DNR’s website at: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/ResearchScience/sepa/Pages/Home.aspx Pursuant to WAC 332-41-504, this proposal was filed in the department’s SEPA Center at the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street SE, P.O. Box 47015, Olympia, Washington, on November 19, 2014. We will consider comments on this proposed DNS received by 4:30 p.m. on December 19, 2014. Comments should be submitted to the SEPA Center at, sepacenter@dnr.wa.gov or P.O. Box 47015, Olympia, Washington 98504-7015 for distribution to the responsible official. Please include the file number listed above on all comments.

Echo the find a partner suggestion. Adventures are more fun if you've got great company. For the budget and time you have you could go to Spain, France, Italy, Swizzy. Drink some good wine, get sunburned, climb a ton of limestone and granite. Ski.

Fantastic adventure and TR. Thanks for posting. Some of those photos are unreal. You're a glutton for punishment. Pickets traverse next?

The OP's website is an interesting read...

They must have obtained a permit to build this structure on this site, and it was approved. Whoever approved the permit is the one who should be liable here.

I can just see the VRBO now: 2 BR ultra modern ski-in/ski/out winter retreat w/ panoramic views and ultra modern amenities, including bulletproof glass to keep disgruntled neighbors at bay.

Yeah buddy. Choss monkeys rule!

Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva go big in Baffin and Greenland

And Andreas Fransson. Brave souls all. RIP.

Thanks for showing us a part of the range that is rarely visited. Lovely photos and tale.

Nice. I'm sad but not surprised to hear the rock on W Challenger is crap. By taking a 75 pound pack into the Pickets you must surely win the masochist of the year award. Congrats! And don't beat yourself up over the rescue. I've yet to hear of a Pickets trip that went entirely according to plan. BTW, what's your preferred source for alpine weather forecasts? The NWS mountain forecast I'd been using had a page with freezing levels but it doesn't seem active now. Thx.

Awesome! Maybe Blake can add this into his ultimate linkup on that wall.