lancegranite

Where's all the new routes folks? I know stuff is going down all the time, cough it up!

The people who I described DO climb with the family, there must have been 10 kids at the crag that day. They all take turns watching the kids explore, chase lizards and play. I could not believe they could send with all the racket of kids playing! And for the record they are mostly Brits who would never, never, turn down a cold beer. They train hard and lead balanced lives. Our company has a firm policy of rock climbing tuesdays, don't try and reach them in the office before 12:00. Those of you who own the new Red Rocks guide can check out my boss sending his new route on the Brownstone wall on the cover. [img:left]http://www.redrocksguidebook.com/images/red-rocks-a-climbers-guide-cover.jpg[/img] Last I heard they were off to free Moonlight Buttress. The bottom line is they crank harder than 90% of us and it's completely the norm for the area they live in. Me? I don't climb that hard, but I am imspired by them to try as hard as I can. Sol, you are my hero, let's get together for dinner when I get home!

Strange, it's so different other places. Visiting my company last month I hung out with the bosses at Red Rocks while the 50 year old book keeper sent 12c and my 48 year old boss sent 12b. This was a couple weeks after they climbed Iron Hawk to Prodigal Son on El cap. You might recognize my boss on the cover of the new Red Rocks guidebook written by the trainer at my company, a 47 year old 5.12+ trad/ sport climber. The boss's 47 year old wife is looking for a good 13b project when they visit next summer. The 52 year old accountant sent 14a a couple summers ago at Rifle. All these guys have familys, careers and lives. You look around here and guys are bitching about bolts and sport climbing like it's still 1984. .

Food Saver Gardenmaster, works great. Cabela's has the best selection of home food storage/ prosessing items I've seen.

Absolutely no takers on the job offer.

It's fine to give somebody free gear, but it's better to help them earn the gear through work or service to others. I bought my first rack with money earned gutting fish in Alaska. I still have some of that first rack and it reminds me of 20 hour days covered in blood and fish scales. Having gave/ bought gear& clothing to hopeful upstarts in the past my experiences have been less than positive. When visiting one day I discovered the free rope and rack in a tote on the front porch half filled with rain water and leaves I vowed never to give gear away again. The next recipient will be invited over to help me around the house or remove snow from my driveway. This said, I have a job offer for a person in the Leavenworth area. You want free gear? I have a driveway that will need snow removal this winter. PM me here and I will be happy to develop a trade with you to get you out on the rock or the snow sporting the gear you want. New gear up front for you for help later in the winter when I will need it. Gotta go, time to go to work in -22F weather to earn the money I'm going to spend to buy your free gear. Today's weather in Prudohe Bay Alaska PS: A young person is a 15 year old, not a guy who could be the father of a 15 year old. That person is commonly known as grown man.

I play MW2, it's great! Perfect for the long nights of winter. The ice climbing part was a lot of fun, you must keep climbing or the ice breaks. Look out for spindrift as well. All in all a killer game! MW2 ice climbing

I cannot believe that nobody has mentioned the K2 clickers system. K2 had Clicker step in crampons, approach skis and the first generation of the MSR denalis not to mention the bindings in what...1995? I never liked riding the clicker bindings, but being able to step into the rest of the kit was huge. Seattle local legend Luke Edgar was a constant influence to get this system built at a time before skis had big side cut, nobody wore helmets but racer geeks and Mambosock was the coolest hat in Seattle.

Great stuff!

Was checking out the Leavenworth webcams. The site is nice, there are several to pick from and there is also one of Stevens pass base area. LEAVENWORTH WEBCAMS

It's raining over here.

The rigging dept had some famous faces: From youtube: Camera and Electrical Department Dale Bard.... rigger Stan McClain.... assistant camera Rick Ridgeway.... rigger Other crew: Jim Bridwell....climber / rigger (as James Bridwell) Robert Carmichael....mountain sequences filmed by (as Bob Carmichael) Steel Clayton....aerial coordinator Allison Clough....climber Allison Clough....double Rick Dominy....aerial coordinator Richard Holley.... pilot: aerial photography sequences (as Rick Holley) Mike Hoover....mountain sequences filmed by Beverly Johnson.... climber Beverly Johnson.... double Pritchard White.... mountain sequences filmed by

Helpful to save a couple larger cams for the belay in the cave at the top. Used to live in Calico Basin, would do this route all the time. Super cool down there.

Helpful to save a couple larger cams for the belay in the cave at the top. Used to live in Calico Basin, would do this route all the time. Super cool down there.

I'm not trying to spray at all. The slip happened on a Red rocks trade route of moderate difficutly. I weigh 150 and my partner weighed maybe 120? She stopped climbing, I held on and she fell off.

My second accidently slipped simulclimbing and I held her fall.

And you have nearly 4 times that number in less time.

You guys know that www.beaconrock.org is available? It's not too late to start a new website so you guys can go argue for 39 pages about a bolt. No other single area in Washington that gets hosed down with stupid spray. The rest of the state just wants to push that pile into the Columbia river, is it possible to sell it to Oregon? Imagine... your very own website!

Exploring in Red Rocks, I found a single womens approach shoe in the bushes below the upper pitches of Black Orpheus. My friend and I silently comprehended the obvious epic that ensued for the fateful party. We also found cams, nuts, carabiners and various dropped items in the same area. It was like an easter egg hunt. Our new route done that day, The Bandit, paid tribute to the plethora of dropped booty we scooped. If you do it, you might have a similar experience.

Wow.

Nice looking rock! Those fins look cool.

Wow! Great line guys!

The fallen debris is in the picture.

blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahthisthreadisdeadblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah

You guys might want to consider getting your own website.