olyclimber

I'm not sure how this is going to work out, but we may see more of this. I don't think this is the only place right now...

Thank you so much! These are happening! For those of you that said you would throw down, just use the PayPal donation link. Note “for stickers”. i think I’m not going to add the .com to the image. It will be a IYKYK. All the cool kids are on Cascadeclimbers.com

When I find time I’ll start a PayPal fund raiser. In fact if you want to throw down right now just donate to or link on the site and make a note that it’s for the stickers. I’ll get the cost squared away. I really need another one of me…the day job is really demanding right now so when I’m done with it I often don’t have time or energy for other things!

Jason's images are incredible and you all should definitely buy prints if he ever sells them (do you have any for sale @JasonG ) but for a sticker pictures usually don't translate well. Usually simpler images (like the above) are better, simple graffics come out of the printer better and are cheaper to print.

That’s jason in the image above with the red hat

Should we do this new sticker? Maybe with a slight tweak to add at ".com" at the end of cascadeclimbers.

I forgot about this!!! This would make a cool sticker, eh?

I’m not the person to answer most of these questions, but it doesn’t matter what month for this: you won’t want to be up there if there is a lenticular hanging on the mountain.

Hey guys you might want to exchange email addresses using the private messaging here on the site. Either that or at make it human discernible but so it can’t be skimmed and just pick up your email address and start sending you garbage.

Dang ya show offs! 😂 well I guess you had good conditions for the down climb. Beautiful pics as always Jason looks like you got a really nice day there.

PM definitely still works 😂

Awesome! Hive mind...is this a FA? Either way that is a heck of. climb on a popular rock! Congratulations!

That’s a good day out. Cool slack line set up!

Amen!

And by “let’s go” I mean I’ll go scrambling with any of ya.

Let’s go! I’m doing a lot more cycling and canoeing these days, but always love getting up in the mountains. You know the “worth posting “ thing? Just get out and share your adventure if you want. The FAs and crazy adventures are all great, but I think that anything that inspires the next person to get off the couch and get out are great too. See my TRs. They probably aren’t for everyone, but I’m just happy to go some places that are new to me. Sure we probably don’t need 3000 TRs on the Das Toof a year, but if you had an experience to share or a story to tell, let it rip.

I have at least 1, maybe 2 pickets you can have Lucas. I’m in Seattle. DM me, even if you’re up in Bellingham I can probably drop em by sometime.

As long as I’m alive I will try to keep the lights on. Always open to a younger contingent to take over the site when the time is right, but also has to be people with a similar vision. Community first, non-commercial. I get offers to buy the site from the usual vampires, but I’d turn it off before that. BUT! Enough of that kind of talk. Let’s keep building a better community and sharing what draws us all here in the displace.

Thanks to all of you that stick around! Some people believe that the best days of this site are behind us, and its easy to think so. This is the site where Colin as a young guy bummed rides to get up into the Cascades to cut his teeth. This is the place where Cheamclimber was posting TRs climbing in his jeans (IYKYK, and nothing wrong with climbing in your jeans if its all you got). Adding your TR here means bumping shoulders with some of the best climbers the PNW has ever produced. Did you know Mark Twight even posted here (I won't dish on his Cc.com handle)? Anyway, you're up next. I'm super pumped about the TRs and info sharing going down in these forums these days, and I feel like its validation for the reason I have always worked to keep the lights on since I became involved in this community. @Michael Telstad , @Eric Gilbertson both have incredible TRs to share in the past week. @Lucas Ng thats a hell of a contribution for a first TR! @JasonG , my brother from another mother, I think there was a time when you carried this site with your incredible TRs and photos to go with them. Thank you for that and for being (sorry other mods) being my favorite moderator. This isn't an exhaustive list, in fact its a call for you to share your favorite TRs posters in the past year. There have been some great ones, do tell. My other brothers: @rat and @lunger they probably don't want me calling them brothers as they may prefer to hold me at a distance. Over the recent years but also for a long time, a steady trickle of crazy shit that makes me question if they are human. But at the same time I wonder if I'm their son (who is their same age, but genetically at least). And @Jason_Martin and the people he has hired at American Alpine Institute. Man, every time I interact with any one of his people at AAI I'm so grateful. Down to earth, friendly, humble, helpful, and hearts in the right place. All of them. From the accountant, to the gear shop guy, to the kid running the desk. Jason reached out to me to offer to keep the lights on and I am so glad I said yes. Support that guy, he recognizes the value of what we have here! I am so grateful to him and his whole team. So done gushing (not really) but I am super excited by the TRs coming in and the liveliness of the ice climbing thread and the general stoke of the site these days. The best thing you can do it to tell you friends to post here*. For the most part, the more the merrier. While yes there have been good days in our rearview mirror, the thing about a community is that it can grow and thrive, and there always the next young person who can step up. That could be you. And even if it isn't, even the most humble TR can inspire someone to get outside and find happiness. Lets go. Thank you. /porter *provided they are not nutjobs 😂

I thought there were going to pictures with this thread. Seeking Lumberjacks to cut wood.

wow this is EPIC. awesome Eric, thanks for another all time TR!

Exploding stove! Thanks for the TR! Gotta love the character builders.

One time my scout troop (RIP Troop 1861 Quilcene) camped out somewhere near the base of Rainier in winter (idk where). We quickly found a super hazardous sled run and tubes were found somewhere. I think it resulted in 2 teeth lost and one punctured lip, but it was a great time with that group of hell raisers. Pretty sure almost half the troop ended up in prison at some point later on, or at last it seemed like it. Kids these days are deprived! Get off my lawn.

The biggest crime remains no sledding or tubing in the park. At all. What a bunch of BS.