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Terminal preppie is fun and well protected. Bring along a couple TCUs for the top.

The words are stamped, I saw some high on the route, maybe the 5.9 pitch?

I cannot give away what is not mine, sorry. My intention was to generate excitment for farmed ice in the PNW. Prehaps take this thread as the inspiration you need to create a comnunity ice park of your very own. Please accept this photo of my father catching cutthroat as small compensation.

Did you enjoy the inspirational messages on L29's bolt hangers? My personal favoirte: "rad"

Pope is right, the mono is the key!

Narrow Arrow Direct's upper pitches

Thanks for the opinions, I have not payed too much attention to the gun world in the last couple years. The skyrocketing violent crime rates in Vegas and recient incidents have given me a new interest in self defense. Me and Mrs G. are looking into hand to hand SD classes offered locally as well as concealed carry options. I am not a huge guy, so a compact would be preferable. The wheel gun/ semiauto question has me up in the air The ankle holster thing IS cumbersome, I just did not want to buy a half dozen new pairs of pants. Vegas has several quality gun shops/ ranges, so I will be able to try out several models. Keep your opinions coming, once again, thanks!

Let me reiterate: I don't need your thoughts about the politics of gun ownership, I have been shooting for my entire life. I am thinking ankle carry, but will entertain waist holstered weapons. Taking a CC class and getting range time are all part of the package. I am looking for opinions about makes/models.

The latest in a long stream of fucked up events has brought me to start shopping for a concealed weapon. I cannot believe that I need a gun, but at this point I would rather have one that not have one when the next guy points one at me. Yes, I know that they are a major pain in the ass. So with that said, whats your favorite make/model? PM's are fine if you would rather not voice your opinions publicly. Canadians and naysayers need not apply, thanks. (yes, I realize that this is a climbing website)

Sick! -Also from PP.com

I got a sticker!!

Jens, The offer of krazy klimb is legit, come down and get some. Techno Jordan, Just one of my many suprising finds, 20 feet from a trade route It's not going anywhere, want to go out there this week? Do you have bird beaks and a #5 cam? I will start doing my situps again.

Jens, On your next trip south, look me up. I have the single pitch trad route of the year for you. You may start training now by doing a couple hundred situps a day. We are now accepting reservations, so book early!

Ben Folds?

Nice seeing you, I will bill you at the end of the month. BWRTS: Mrs. G. Me:

Let's just hope it get's cold enough over there this year to have fun, the drive is a bitch.

You have to be on that stuff 24/7. Washington could use farmed ice, it might extend the season to almost two weeks!

So what's up? Rumor has it that certain people are seriously pursuing ice farming at undislosed location. Discuss... or don't.

Getting woke up by the police manhunt (helicoptor, squad cars, officers on foot) that seemed to center around my backyard last night at 1:00am really made me think about the finer points of home protection.

Access from the top of Robins ramp. Never been there, Darrel's book gives directions.

A good point, but as clearly illustrated, climbers rarely agree. We tend to want to rewrite history, and hindsight is 20/20. It's easy to thumb through the guide and select a climb, it's quite another thing to have the vision and gumption to push the boat out into the unknown. Will somebody remove the pin?...probably. Will somebody remove the anchor?... prehaps. Were they the one who untied the rope from his harness and stand there on a mailbox sized ledge without any protection to pull up the drill?.... no. I recognize that I stand on the shoulders of many, and harder men than I have been putting up harder routes for . They are an inspiration, but they are not tied into my rope. Each of us climbs for our own reasons, and I'm not about to submit to a ethical commitee when I climb first ascents. We must respect the right of the first ascentionist to climb as they see fit. Should we chop anchors at Indian Creek because the cracks continue to the top of the cliff?

A couple years ago I was doing a new,traditionaly protected route on an undeveloped wall ground up, onsight. Unprepared, I carred all the gear we had: three cams, a couple nuts and two pins. Out of gear at the crux, I placed one of the two pins I had and ran it out to a small but safe no hands stance. The last piece of pro, a knifeblade, did not fit the perfect fingercrack that rose up from the stance. What to do? 1. Run it out with no gear to another ledge 20 feet higher. 2. Jump off or downclimb the crux to the pin 15 feet below and lower to the ground. 2. Put in a bolted anchor right there and call it good. These choices were mine to make that day, not my partner's or his friends or cc.com or anybody else. I made my choice, and it was the best one for the circumstances. Later, a local hot shot commented that the upper ledge was "the natural stopping point" and "that's the way the route should be done". He might be right, but that choice was not his to make. People that climb new routes do so by choice, and the decisions that they make shape the routes we climb. All people who follow are doing just that, following. Don't agree with the status quo? put up your own routes, nothing is stopping you. Bolts or no bolts, it's your choice to climb the routes they created, and endlessly complaining after the fact just makes you a fucking monday morning quarterback.

I think the photo was taken around 1993. a great route! My friend Derek put up some routes above Robin's ramp, the Blue Tile Lounge area. Might be worth a look, check it out.

So... I'm working on the day of the 27th, but will have the rest of the days off, hope it works for you.