Rad

There's info among the garbage that might be useful. It just takes some sifting. Brandon or I would be glad to provide info on the routes we've developed in the Skagit and X38 areas. PM either of us to bypass the circus. Someone else can provide details on equinox.

Routes at X38 Far Side: Shangri-La: Skullduggery - 12b Blade Runner - 12c? Hypertension - 12a (needs a tiny bit of scrubbing on the bottom few feet. On the way to Shangri-La: Franklin's Tower - 12a At X38 Nevermind: Culture Shock - 12a The Goblet (I've never been on this) -12b Under Arrest - 12b (got harder when a block at the opening fell off a few years ago). In the Woods Area of X32/Little Si: Lay of the Land - 12a Digitalis - 12b (I've never been on it but it looks good and I hear it's cleaner than it looks. Though not 12, there are some excellent 11s on the right side of the Gun Show: 11c - Not sure what the name is, straight up from 10c ramp. 11b - Tea Time, just right of the one above. 11c or so - Match Stick - just right of Tea Time. New this year. The Actual Cave has some hard routes. There's a 13a in the upper Mt Washington Area. Bit of a hike up there and there may even be snow there now. It's quite overhanging and may stay dry. I've never been on this route. There is a giant cave at X38 that isn't in the guide and looks to have several hard, steep lines. There's WW2 at Si. Others can provide beta for that one. send pm for beta and maybe a tour if weather improves. cheers, Rad

Even better is to have them think your ideas are their own.

If things get crowded you can always yard up bolts on the monkey and have a bonfire in the cave. It doesn't count unless you post a TR with videos.

Just what this thread needed!

Countdown to thread shutdown....

Any repeats yet?

nationality is irrelevant. anyone can be a good steward or an asshole.

The Reel Rock film on the Everest debacle totally omitted the fact that after the sherpas descended he went on and fixed their ropes up to camp 3. This effort to help was a second slap in the face that contributed to the problem. Lame of the film team to delete this undisputed fact. Regardless, it's an interesting film. And congrats to Steck on Annapurna. I still hope he goes back to climb the West ridge of Everest followed by Llotse in a single push wo O2. That would be amazing.

I'm not claiming bc use is more important than day use, only that the numbers you cite are flawed because you're comparing parks with gated entrances to parks without gates. Apples to oranges. Show us apples to apples data and we can draw conclusions. Everything else is just opinion.

BS. The low number is probably only overnight backcountry permits. They can't accurately count day-hikers and -climbers. Try comparing over night bc permits across all three parks and let's see what you get. Apples to apples.

FW, what is the source for your NCNP visitation numbers? As there are no gates or entrance booths for NCNP, hikers, climbers, and other day users need not register and are thus not counted. Put a car counter across the road at the hairpin below WA pass and across the road above the New Halem dam and I suspect the numbers of NCNP visitors will be much higher. If you want to make a comparison with NCNP, choose one or more National Parks where there is a highway going through them that doesn't require visitors to stop at a gate and register, as you have to do to cross Tioga Pass.

Thanks for posting an inspiring TR! That's the best part of this site.

There's a new route right of Tea Time on the right end of the Gun Show wall at the Far Side of X38: Matchstick. 5 bolts, 11c or so (V2, rest, V3). Traverse right past the first bolt then straight up past four more bolts. Fun moves on great rock. Enjoy!

Post in the partners forum and see if you get a hit

If Rs are so convinced the ACA will crash and burn they should let it do so. They will then reap the benefits at the polls two years hence. If it succeeds they can take credit for it and not be on the wrong side of history. Now it looks like they've painted themselves into a corner with few options, much like Obama did by drawing a line in the sand over the use of chemical weapons in Syria, but that's another story...

Jon Stewart tells it like it is!

It's not about the content of Affordable Care Act. A black man beat some white guys at their own politics game to pass it, and they'll never get over that. So they'll fight him tooth and nail until the day they have a rich white guy in office again.

Gorgeous photos! I love the feeling of ticking off a climbing goal just hours before the weather shuts things down. Congrats.

I agree with Jordan. While human impact is something to mitigate, and perhaps concentrate to preserve the wildest areas, we want as many voters to have direct outdoor experiences with forests, rivers, cliffs, boulders, and mountains as possible. This will increase the chance they will vote and/or act to protect these resources. A trail may seem like a large impact to an area, but it's much smaller than a copper mine, a clearcut, or a sheep farm. Changes in land use designation are the real danger, not a few bolts or cairns. Rainier and the Enchantments may be safe, but less visible or visited areas might not be so safe. Darrington comes to mind. Logging jobs vs climbing access and preservation? Guess which way the vote would go there?

A narrow window of cool and sunshine. I want to finish a new line at the Far Side. Happy to belay you or ropegun on whatever routes suit your fancy from 5.6 to 5.12. I can leave Seattle around 10 and drive to/from. PM if interested.

Impressive outing. Nice work. "The climbing was often loose, sparsely protected, somewhat lichen-covered, and wet..." You're not selling it. Maybe "splitter" it up a bit: The rock was SPLITTER! The weather was SPLITTER! The approach was SPLITTER! The bivy was SPLITTER.

It's generally not good to mix metals because you can get galvanic corrosion. That only occurs in the presence of electrolyte (i.e. water that conducts electricity). In this situation galvanic corrosion might be extremely slow.