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Can I get back down to the lower ledge with a 60? Thanks.

Pic of hangboard or link to page with pic of it? I might be interested.

aid is aid. but aid is climbing. nice job, Darin

At this point fires are banned in many places. Check with rangers in the area you select so you don't get a ticket or burn down the forest.

Buying a 70m is good because when one of the ends gets old or damaged you cut it off and voila, you have a perfectly good 65 or 60m rope!

Excellent! Thanks for the TR. Glad you enjoyed it and didn't have too much trouble staying on route. What a spectacular setting!

Any rock climber who hikes to Lake Serene looks up at those cliffs with wonderment akin to looking up at El Cap from the El Cap Meadows. If the rock on Mt Index were as good as the lower town wall then that face would be a world-class climbing destination....sadly, it's not. I'm hiking up there next week with my son, niece, and sister, so I may take a look. And Mr. Hands, if someone is working there it may be very laborious to take everything down and set it up all the time, particularly if there is no way in from the top. That said, this is a very public and visible area that will attract attention from non-climbing boobs and officials. If a non-climber were to go over there, mess around on the ropes, and get injured that would be bad.

Sweet! Probably easier earlier in the season with more snow cover. BTW, it's ok to

Somehow IB gets bashed a lot whereas Darrington bolted routes are well-loved. Setting aside the anti-bolt nazi movement, the objections to IB fall into several classes. 1 - It is in wilderness. Darrington is not. Mt Index is not (correct me if I'm wrong). 2 - It is reported to have been created top-down. Most Dtown routes were put up on lead. Sounds like the Index one is ground up too. 3 - The bolt placement is not to the liking of some parties (too close in places and missing an anchor up high). Dtown bolts are not quite as close as IB. No idea what's going up on Index. That's about it. People will spray all kinds of venom, but it mostly just covers these same points over and over again. ZZZZZZZ. I've climbed IB and enjoyed it. My concerns fall under 1 and 3.

Gene's an excellent partner with a great sense of humor and positive energy, who is willing to lead any scary slab pitches and carry all your gear and wash your car too. Hook him up!

I, for one, would love to climb a sport route up one of those brush-free and STEEP towers over Lake Serene. If someone is willing to put in the work to do it more 36 Volt power to them.

It will be perfect Weather. sorry I can't join you. Enjoy, Gene!

You should simul most of the route, and when you do try not to have more than 30-35m between you. Otherwise rope drag is bad. The gendarme pitches are short. I'd say single 60 is fine. You don't want to retreat off the route anyway, just go up and over.

High marks for ProFormance Rehab on Eastlake in Seattle. Helped me avoid the knife.

The problem with the walk-off is that people get tempted to cut left too soon and get cliffed out or on some "steeper than we wanted terrain". Follow the WELL-WORN trail and stay right when there are choices.

It just needs a via ferrata so everyone can know where to go.

And congrats to Ben for linking his Project too.

No way it's hot, buggy and the climbs are mank at nevermind, the last time I was there every hold had a rattle snake sleep'n on it and ticks under every bush!!!! You're right, it IS mank. A giant block came off Steep Street some years ago so the start is now harder and you step up into an undercling on a protruding rock chip that looks like it'll blow off in your face at any minute. Two key holds past the upper crux of Culture Shock are wiggly blocks that will come out some day. All you have to do is look at the rubble under your feet to see what happens to most holds eventually. But it's still fun!

Nice. Way to go after a new line!

Nevermind at x38 stays shaded all day and usually has a breeze

Send pm with description and your contact info so you can be reunited.

Kev, I don't think those are family guys in the Red Bull vid. Try this on for size:

"Frozen good" isn't going to matter if the mountainside falls down some more. Those Flickr pics are pretty amazing. Don't mess with Mother Nature!

Yep. For that matter so is Space Face, but the question is are they fun? I'd say yes.

Wierd. There's got to be more to the story.