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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.

So who's got beta on all the new routes at Index? I know there are a lot. Maybe y'all can use this thread as a place to tell others what gems have been uncovered so they can be climbed to keep the moss at bay. I have to admit the regular break-ins and window smashings affect my willingness to park in the main lot. Are there any thoughtful strategies for how to address this? Cameras? Don't say hide in the bushes with a baseball bat - that's unoriginal and going after an armed meth head on your own is just plain stupid.

Nice job. You mention there was only one "technical" pitch, which maybe means you broke out the rope and belayed, but it sounds like there were lots of other spicy moments that underscore that mountain routes can be harder than their technical ratings would suggest.

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Great TR Lisa. Kudos for persevering through many obstacles.

I agree that it's an atrocity that looks like it was stolen from the Yeti's lair in the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland, but it reminds you that you're driving through a National Park, which might not even occur to most people as there is no gate to collect high entrance fees (don't give them any ideas!).

I'll echo others: making it faster and easier to insert photos into TRs and other posts would be helpful to users (many have said as much). I don't ever go to the gallery other than to upload my own photos to put them in TRs. I suspect many others do the same. Edit to add that some of the older TRs have no images because they display as boxes with question marks, presumably due to some technical error in retrieving them from the gallery. It would be nice if this were fixed.

Tragic. I'm so sorry for the loss of the many people who loved this your man. Climbing is an activity that is mostly quite safe but a mistake at the wrong place at the wrong time can kill or seriously injure you. Any time you connect and disconnect yourself from anchors off the deck is a particularly critical time. Check. Check. And check again.

Jason, I've encountered a number of bears, but probably not nearly as many as people who are around them for work. The natural ecosystem has already been so messed up by human involvement (through habitat and wildlife corridor destruction, for example) the reintroduction of a tangential species to the ecosystem seems pretty arbitrary. Efforts would be better spent improving salmon habitat or taking out dams, or something. We already spend way more $$$ on salmon than almost any other endangered species. Removing dams would be good, but Kit has some good ideas.