olyclimber
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I saw the biggest collection of "hippy stacks" last year in the Austria Alps. It was crazy. At the pass between the Dresdner and Sulzenau Huts, overlooking the lake and glacier. But Europe is in its own universe as far as man's interaction with nature.
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25 minutes ago, KaskadskyjKozak said:
When is his final day? I may try to head down there myself
I don't know, but you could give him a call. MIght be when he feels he has sold enough of the inventory? IDK.
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I went in and visited Jim yesterday. Definitely get in there and help a friend close out his business. Really good deals on some great quality equipment. Western Mountaineering sleeping bags, Montbell stuff, the usual great selection but at going out of business prices. It was good to see him!
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A reminder of continued gratitude to @Jason_D_Martin and AAI. They continue to be the sole business sponsors of CascadeClimbers. So its between them and user support that keeps us going.
Thank you!
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Well good for Jim and well, not so good for connoisseurs of climbing gear. You certainly can't just go to REI to get what JIm has been selling....especially the advice, but also the thoughtful selection of quality gear.
Thanks Jim, for your support of Cascadeclimber.com over the years, your support came in many forms. For instance, helping me get the Guzzler to do a slide show one year for Ropeup.
I'm sure you'll be glad to be done with the rat race and spend more up in the Methow.
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So fun! I concur with Jason. Need less desk jockey time.
Thanks for sharing @Alisse
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Whatever sort of bouldering ice climby thing you did up there, congrats and thanks for sharing!
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You’re a nerd @JasonG!
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Still remember vividly my flight with John. I was pretty lucky.
Heck, I'll even plug his book again.
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https://craftmtn.com/features/above-alpine
nice article about @John_Scurlock and the small hardcore group PNWers on cascadeclimbers.com
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Well I upgraded the site to the newest version. I'm not sure about the image thing @JasonG. I can try to reproduce. D
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Great pics! thank you.
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Love it! Thank you Eric!
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WUT!!!! MT ANGELES TR?????
Is "mature mountaineer" how you describe yourself on TInder?
Looks like a good time Jason!
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All I can do it echo what the folks above like Jason, Phil, Nic, etc have said above. Glad you have humility about the situation and are brave enough to share the experience so everyone can learn. Nothing wrong with dialing it back a bit and building your climbing resume more slowly. Also if can either do a guided trip or two, or climb with some folks with a lot more experience, and do so with a "learning mindset"....i.e. asking question and absorbing as much as possible, you can go from having a scary time to having a more enjoyable time in the mountains. Its not a race, the mountains will probably be there tomorrow and even the next day too.
I'm really glad you and your buddy "lived to tell", and I wish you both more casual days in the hills. You learned the hard way about a few things, and have some great advice above.
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Ok I’ll have to find time to look at it. Suction
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I’ll get this on the calendar tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
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14 hours ago, mammothclimbs said:
Ok, great. Thanks to both of you for the advice. I think I'm likely guilty of just looking at when I have off, and hoping that some of the routes I want to climb happen to be condition, so it probably makes the most sense to just evaluate conditions and decide where to head out to at the last minute.
Maybe you're well aware of it, but that is exactly what lead to the demise of a few climbers from out of the PNW that flew in with a vacation window and tried to make it work despite the weather (see that famous Mt Hood incident, etc).
Good on you for recognizing that! IMO there are things to do no matter what the weather, but sometimes they are just a little more mellow/less exciting... like going to crag at Mt Erie. Anyway it can make it more fun too as you can create a whole list of possibilities and research them all.
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Uhhh....any trip where you get to use a chainsaw is pretty awesome. Wow those are some great pictures, you know that first one is special because you put it first....it is! Thank you for sharing. That is another solid adventure.
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I’m in West Seattle and I too have a copy you can borrow.
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Unicorns! You may get another chance.
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Awesome! Great pics.
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10 hours ago, bedellympian said:
My wife is due with our second in March and with the new Oregon law I have paid paternity leave for three months... ideally I'll get a little rock climbing in between changing diapers and taking care of the family before late July when I'm going to the Cirque of the Unclimbables for 2 weeks (my wife is so kind to put up with me, and my mother-in-law will come help out). After that I have no idea... maybe I'll get back into bouldering in the fall. There is plenty of easy access boulders near my house and it's easy with kids.
Congratulations!
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7 hours ago, KaskadskyjKozak said:
What are they? I still need to bag Stone.
The recent ones in the Oly forums. Mt Stone is one of my favorites, but can’t take Kiba the last little bit because it’s Park. Been meaning to go up Skokomish for a while though. It’s in the Park too, but it’s just an one I haven’t been up yet.
RIP Matt Primomo
in the *freshiezone*
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I’m really sorry to hear of this, I did not know the deceased but I can tell you that obituary reposting (even if inaccurate) is a full on cottage industry. I read an article a while back about it. Definitely a dark corner of the internet IMO. I’ll probably remove Jason’s link soon because it has a scammy fake virus pop up. Don’t click on it or believe it!