lancegranite

Driving east on Hwy 2 past Zeke's drive in, cup of coffee in the holder.... loading a bowl. Life is good.

Read my post again, it said nothing about "you". My point is I don't think you like anybody telling you what to do. Just like me. I love to solo. My work demands that I climb unroped for most of the day. The last thing I need is someone telling me what to do. And for the record, My work is nowhere near a rock, I work as a high steel rigger (think ironworker, but different)

HA!

It's a free country...they take every liberty.

I love to solo. My work demands that I climb unroped for most of the day. The last thing I need is someone telling me what to do. Just like you.

Berlin

Usually this type of restoration is done by the dept. of fish and game. I did some of this work in Darrington a few years back. It is more common than one might think... we usually are not so interested in the areas that this type of watershed restoration is done.

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Word to the Mt. Baker mitts! Mine are from the first production run and they still rock. I replaced the liners with fingered glove liners for maximum dexterity.

Very nice! Dru, you are the man!

The ultimate bathroom reading companion. Of all the books and magazines in the magazine rack in my bathroom, Rock and Road is a perennial favorite. Runners up: AAJ- any year Fifty favorite climbs The games climbers play Nominate your favorite Climbing bathroom reading material!

The maxi traction. A good large frame hauler, but the wheel is slightly too small for the loads sometimes. CMI are the pulley masters! they get all rescue freakout.. A good rule of thumb is the heavier the load, the bigger the wheel. ( this is true to a point ) ...when the wheel gets too big, it causes more friction, but climbers specific wheels aren't that big anyway. whatever...Big Wall?...Big wheel!

A good team is flex-able! While simulclimbing, the second ( a fallacy since both people are leading) keeps the device on the rope and stays tied in. Granted, the Gri-Gri has a sharp load bearing surface ,the benifits outweigh the risks You see that your partner is approaching a crux...slam some gear in and presto! ...instant belay!

You may increase your odds by picking up garbage. The more you don't want to pick it up, the more it needs to be picked up. Do the right thing, it matters.

Darrington is not The Red Rocks....not enough bolts.

Habeas corpus? I lived in Skykomish for 6 years... I never heard of grizzlies in the valley.You would think that someone would see or shoot one. A few people in the right circles have seen Sasquach in the valley, but nobody is including them in the EA.

Super Dave is the king of Washington rock!!!!!!! I have nothing but the highest respect... Super Dave is my hero!!!!

Whatever. we have ridden machines on the Easton, and it rocks! I once spent a day with only one other person on the entire south side of Baker. It was january, and the snow was good, and it was sunny. That person would then ride away, leaving me to snowboard down. I guess I rode about 25,000+ vertical feet that day....Yeah, snow machines suck.

Good job cleaning up a climb under 5.10! While there is no lack of hard stuff, true moderate climbing is few and far between. How far does the new...er clean thing go? ....linkages?

Is this the same route as Morning Star?...A variation?

25. Rock-Paper-Scissors is considered to be the most acceptable method of decision making. 26. What happens on the road, stays on the road.

My partner unknowingly cleaned a nut that had lived in the crux pitch of Outer Space for at least three years. Turns out, the little guy was just fine and we went on to many more adventures.

Anyone repeat this climb? Sure looks nice!

"I'm gonna hit you so hard your shoulders will touch..." Drederick Tateum- the Simpsons

Easier said than done. My good friend D***** climbed the first pitch of Magic Fern. The giant chockstone that serves as an anchor shifted, causing the insitsu rappel slings to slip off. The chockstone hung there, supported by an inch and a half of one side of the flake. The thing would now wiggle back and forth when you touched it. D***** lived that day, caught by a single cam shoved into a crack at his feet. With our blood up, we hiked to the base with a 7 pound sledge hammer and large j-bar. Nothing says fun like swinging a sledge hammer while on rappel. you have nothing to push off of.... The chockstone came out, thundering down where it would have killed the belayer.