lancegranite

Funny, this is not the first one of these that I've found... 5.9+

Mind Bullets!

where? indeed.

...Alan?

You do what it takes to get blessed from above...

40 miles north of hell

The Town Crier thread made me remember a dream project that has haunted me for 3 years. On the way down from Centerfold ,I scoped the amazing arete to the right of The Dihedral Route. There looked to be enough features to allow a really strong climber to prehaps climb the most impressive unclimbed feature in Index. As this is amazing line has been negelected and I live 1200 miles away with a full plate of projects...a challenge for the brave. I propose the name The Great Cascadian Knife There. I said it.

Freeing Town Crier would be the biggest thing to happen at Index in years... Go for it!!

Five to Nine is a locally produced snowboard film, shot by the riders. These guys formed their own company and have produced 5 films. Click the link and scroll down to "Five to Nine" Download

I say edit the thing down to 6 minutes and scrap all those "happy bunny" turns.

Justin S. gave it a look years ago...

One angle is to let unwitting friends decide. Send some brave volunteers up your climbs and listen to the cries. ..mild wimpering is good. Terrified cursing is bad. Another thought is: Why go through a LOT of time and energy on your part if the bolt was not put in a spot that might not protect the leader. Deciding where permanent pro goes is not as easy as some think. I have been on both sides of the fence on this one...it's not easy to balance the creative and the possibly dangerous.

The PNW needs to realize that there are more strong women in other parts of the country... the "male trad superiority complex" that plagues Washington is lame. There are at least 3 women in my circle that have climbed 5.13...they are more disiplined than anybody! Photo of Roxy courtsey of TYB photography

"Exploration Northwest" hosted by Don McCune was an northwest classic!! They were always doing cool stuff...the bigfoot episode was vintage PNW!

Edit: 16'' of fresh. With two feet expected by Monday, when skies will clear... Weather report

14'' of fresh today... glad we bought passes.

Mt Charleston opened today, a really nice time was had by all.

Tenacious D, the world's best band. Jack might be an actor, Kyle night be big and bald, but they love rock, and it shows in their performances. Tenacious D

But will Oprah be interviewing you about your expedition? "how do you go to the bathroom up there?"

Greetings from sunny Detroit, you guys have NOTHING to complain about!

If your favorite climbing area was not on the list, you may check "Bellingham"

Other....

Give it up...

It seems to be some new kind of Cunning Stunt...

Here is a link to the show archive from WBEZ's This Americian Life. You can listen to every TAL show with real player. This American Life Some favorites: Guns My secret life Fiasco House on loon lake