olyclimber
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On 11/3/2025 at 10:13 PM, JasonG said:
This picture. Feels like it should be the in a Tin-tin like comic that features our heroes the professor and his refined but surly friend. Can any of you illustrate? I can write.
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There is so little good rock out there, and even the stuff that is really isn’t that great. I’ve seen a couple rock outcrops in my travels but likely nothing really with it. I’ve heard tales of crappy rock for the desperate, like past lake crescent, not sure exactly sure but I think you might see something from the road
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4 hours ago, JasonG said:
I bumped that memorial thread about John Stoddard and there was MSFT talk on that one?
That indeed was it, though I had read one before that too.
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I hate that he had to leave us but I’m glad to hear from everyone he touched. Thank you for sharing. I did not know him but instantly wish I had.
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2 minutes ago, CascadeClimber said:
This is what I get at the root:
Yeah I just need to get a redirect reenabled there. I turned it off when troubleshooting after rebuilding everything
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Roger that on the front page. Didn’t notice because the browser I was using handles it, but not all so I’ll fix it.
it’s supposed to just redirect.
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6 minutes ago, CascadeClimber said:
Checked in today for the first time in a year or so. All my old bookmarks are 404 and the main page...needs a redirect or some content.
Thank you for doing the largely thankless work to keep this place afloat. It's a piece of Cascades mountaineering history.
Dm me some examples and I’ll take a look!
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Historically, a solid gold thread. This is what we’re fighting to preserve, but also to continue.
The free flowing exchange of ideas represented.
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1 hour ago, Bronco said:
There were so many rocks littering the tent platform at Thumb Rock that I tunneled into the up hill side about 2' so at least my head would be protected during the night. We were in bivi sacks so even a small rock would've been exciting. Wasn't there a TR a while ago where someone had a rock come through their tent in the night at Thumb Rock?
Yeah that was @Alpinfox pax
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Just saw there is a newer climbing gym in the West Seattle area. Has an interesting roller feature. I haven’t been there but it’s called Castle Climbing Club.
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Thank you Benjamin S!
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Happy new year to you all! Here is to another year of trip reports, of time in the mountains, new explorations and experiences.
Bring on 2026!
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22 hours ago, rat said:
I hope you don't sell it but no one will piss on your grave if you do.
For reference: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_boy_bubby
I won’t sell it. I don’t feel like I “own” all these stories and information. I believe we can find a steward(s) when we need to. I’ll have to check out that movie!
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4-5 miles up there I think. Not my photo (cap from a vid)
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I just had someone offer to buy this site. I didn’t get as far as how much or anything like that but it was a real approach to buy it. By someone who runs online communities in other spaces. I thanked him, his approach was genuine and I think it’s possible his group could run this community in a thoughtful way.
But I turned it down. This site is not for sale. At least not by me.
When a site is bought and sold the community becomes a product. There is then a need for the community to turn a profit somehow.
i have a different vision, of making this site a nonprofit organization that benefits our community and those adjacent to it. That gives an option online for people to connect and share where we are not the product and are not being mined for our data or to be fed directly into the AI machine.
But I can’t do this on my own. So if you or don’t you know is interested in helping please reach out. I’ll share more of my vision here but I’ll also listen, particularly to active members of the community. This is not mine, this ours.
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3 hours ago, Phil K said:
Yeah, I was worried! It would be such a shame to see this place vaporize. Thanks!!
Thank you Phil.
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30 minutes ago, Alisse said:
Thank you so much for getting it back up. I've actually been working on a little project archiving all my TRs as PDFs in legit printable formats (not an easy task) out of fear/knowledge that someday this place will burn down and not come back...glad that time has not come yet!
I’m exploring ways to keep it going and making it more resilient. But what I did was a huge step. We are now on the latest OS, and dumped a bunch of old stuff that wasn’t used for the site, all the underlying components got upgraded.
we just need to keep it simple. I will keep it going.
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12 minutes ago, stillcrankin said:
“WE ARE NOT DEAD YET!!!”
Speak for yourself……….
You’re still cranking.
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The new Mini3 seems be how Garmin is fighting back. You can send photos and voice notes with it now.
So how long till you can do that with a phone? I would wager its in the works already.
https://hikingguy.com/hiking-gear/garmin-inreach-mini-2-vs-mini-3-should-you-upgrade/
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Highway 2 - pretty screwed how many places are it out? - no way to Stevens Pass. Can’t get to Leavenworth that way.
410 - down to one lane, sure to hose access to Crystal
what else
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Emily M, Jonathan P, thank you both for your generous support! I'm not sure of your either user name here, but DM me. Jonathan, I have a hunch on you but want to be sure.
Also Rolf and Philip, thank you for both your continued to support of the site!
That money really helps...we will have extra cost this month as I had to spin up some extra servers in the recovery effort.
And I can't in my right mind bill our site sponsor for this month.
[TR] Diptop Peak - South face/rib route - FA - 1,000’, 5.8 09/27/2025
in Alpine Lakes
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