lancegranite

... is this a bad time to tell you guys about my "new sport climbing area"?

More crypto-searching Dru?....

We found a boa on the R&D once, very cool little snake, and apparently kinda rare...

... or you can go my route and just have a little honey on the east side.

You should watch it in Mexico, people down here are freaking out over it! Me myself, have never been a sports fan, but have enjoyed the world cup so far. I can hear the bar across the street from my apartment erupt into cheers when a big play happens. By british friend has been very patient, explaining the game and the uber-fierce national rivalries.

While making hauling easier, mechanical advantage does increase the load on the anchor. As always, back up even the most bomber anchor.

John, when did you show up? did you outlast the weather?

Hey, Just a link to the Meltdown, a really big hippy thing in Darrington. Flowmotion, the best band between Oso and Silvana, headlines the festival. Non-believers and angry fuckers go elsewhere... MELTDOWN LINK

You just never get used to those days when you wake up to sleet and snow. We got a few climbs in before the weather crapped out. Animal Cracker Wheat Thin Mrs. G and me retreated 300 miles south on sunday to Mecca, a boulderfield in Nevada and the first place not blowing/ snowing/ raining. Disgruntled and unrested, we drove home and bought an air rifle to make ourselves feel better. I built the shooting bench and she sewed up the sandbags.

Flying my 3 meter kite in waist deep water on a 117 degree day. Sunburned yes, brain fried maybe.

Will be there thursday night. Knotty, we are 2-3 sites away from you if I'm not mistaken.

Let's see... Arden rows across the Alantic ocean in a row boat, an amazing acomplishment!... 500 views and 5 responses. Dean Potter free solos 40 feet of forbidden stone and raps off without leaving a trace...4000+ views and 7 pages of holier-than-thou drivel. What does this say about us?

Look forward to meeting you cats out there, we will be the friends of the guy with the biggest freaking dogs you ever saw.

The anti DR. Flash?... what, is he tall, witty and handsome?...yeah, that sounds like me.

When working retail, it's best to make sure the customer has left the store before you talk shit about them...

The Granite family will make a public climbing appearence. I'm the one who likes cracks, she's the who who puts up with me. We will be the ones in the silver toyota. Do not approach the camp or vehicle, our dogs will bite you.

The Granite family's new ride...finally. TR's to follow.

Business took me to NYC this week, a day off found me in central park. I wandered around spotting short contrived traverses and straight ups. Finally settling on a line I thought would go in dress shoes, I began a slippery ascent of what I would later find out was cat rock. Several false starts and ungraceful slips finally allowed me to get off the ground long enough to climb a 5 move problem. The rock was good,but very short. My efforts were rewarded by a brief but very intense snow storm. The flakes were freakin' huge, causing a minor panic, as street vendors and unprepared pedistrians scrambled for cover from the snow. Happy, I strolled down 5th avenue, bought lunch at a busy deli and even smoked half a joint walking down a now semi-desterted street. New York is amazing, and well worth the trip.

So is this like when a aid climb get free climbed?

Ed: Mrs G, a Leavenworth native, sent me this email today, The Leavenworth Barbie: She only works 6 months out of the year but never considers herself unemployed. While travelling in the off-season, she forwards the unemployment checks to her parents address. In the winter, you are most likely to spot her hiking at the Pass for powder on a good day or staying at home and spooning untill noon when it rains. In the summer, you will find L-Town Barbie hanging out "down by the river" with two or three of her friends, a couple of black labs, and a stray long-haired hippy dude. After a long day rafting, riding bikes, and swimming in the river, you can most likely spot the L-town Barbie drinking a pint of dark beer as thick as a milkshake at the local pub, Uncle Uli's. Bonus if a local jam band happens to be playing. She owns shoes and a rack, but only climbs every once in a while. She'll point and laugh at a bike without full suspension, or for that matter, a car without a rack. She claims that she dosen't wear make-up, dosen't care about her appearance, and couldn't be bothered with material goods, but manages to look super cute in a pair of prana pants and worn out flip flops. There are a limited number of vehicles the Leavenworth Barbie will consider driving and they include (in this order): Toyota 4Runner, Subaru Station Wagon, Volkswagen Jetta. She comes complete with: avy beacon, champion juicer, and yoga dvd's If you want to scerenade this rare Barbie, you could go the safe route with classics from Ben Harper or Jack Johnson. For the risk-taker, try pulling the wild card and bust out with a freestyle rap or some old-school punk-rock and appeal to her rebellious tendencies Her favorite phrases are: "duuuuuuudde" "I just worked out for five hours!" "suuuuuper stoked!" and "what's a 401k?" If she sees you drive through town, she's likely to call you a "citiod" "west-sider" "coaster" "city person" "stupid tourist" or, if she's over 25 maybe "206er" She's already had eight dudes tell her she's the woman of his dreams, so don't blow things by getting drunk and professing your love at 3 in the morning. She never puts out on a first date, unless of course you happen to catch her at the Pimp and Ho. Speaking of dates, she's never been on one because Leavenworth Ken dosen't have a job and spends all of his money on pot, so if you ask her out for a fancy dinner, she'll either think you are super romantic or super cheesy. Single varieties of this Barbie are extremely hard to come by due to supply and demand, and it is highly reccomended that if you find one, you snatch her up as quickly as possible. Ed: done and done

Hmmmm...I might be closer than you think. It's only 4 hours to the serrias, 20 from the cascades, 20 hours from the rockies. Charleston? it's good in a pinch, but Index is better, see you there.

Dude, don't talk about my wife like that, she would never drive a jeep.

Sure, it's all pow pow kisses right now, but how about sunny april, may and june?....oh so sunny june!

You can have your 8 months a year of "character", let me know how it works out for you.