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I snapped my tib/fib falling off a training wall at the UW. and before that had an infection that almost killed me that I got while climbing. these things happened in consecutive years and after the second incident I ended up just focusing on my son and raising him, and my climbing dropped off a cliff. Breaking my leg definitely had a psychological effect on me, and I can't say that I ever really recovered to where I was before that happened...so maybe I'm not the guy to talk to. But now that my son is raised I've been getting back into the hills again (just scrambles and planning a modest easy climb with a ropegun). I'd like to get out cragging again too, but my goals and aspirations are no where near what they were, but I'm ok with that. I just like getting outside and into the alpine and staying as fit as I can.

Yep that is tracked by Strava

Maybe people can stay at the hotel....

I'm going to work on some stickers to get printed up so you can pimp out your ride (car, bike, skis, whatever) with a CC.com sticker. Just gotta work up a design. Will be giving them out at Pubclubs.

BUMP!!! Auction ends on on the 23rd?

RE: The Great Norther Pubclub! I set a calendar date! See the CC.com calendar (which you should add climbing events to BTW!). Our man @JasonG picks the venue. Come up and pick up your auction winnings! We are going to work to see if we can get a few CC.com legends to show up...will one not to miss. @bellowsand I will be coming up from Seattle, may have room for a couple more…

great Pubclub! That was fun. Lots of stories told. I probably talked too much, but I do have a few good ones. @Rad made it by later. Really great to hang out with you folks! Next up in February: The Great Northern Pubclub!!!

Taco Tuesday on a Wednesday. First for everything

I’m here don’t have a table but it’s Taco Tuesday! Red Nike hat, dark Rab jacket with black glasses. Super alluring.

welp, may not have time to get there on my bike due to work. but i'll be there, just gotta drive.

I have not done it. There is this: http://www.alpenglow.org/nwmj/09/091_Carless.html

Love it! I love Eastern Oregon...want to do some exploration in the central eastern part on a bike! This looks like an awesome trip! In the realm of "smoking toads", I randomly came across this podcast about a particular (the strongest by far apparently) of magic mushroom...and was surprised to hear that it has it "roots" right here in Seattle and that people used to harvest shrooms out of the Arboretum by the UW 75 pounds at a time.

Tomorrow: 7pm. At the Roanoke. I'll be there. Will I be the only one? https://www.roanokeseattle.com/what-and-where-we-are/

who is coming? roll call....

OK....Roanoke this month, and @JasonG gets to pick the venue for next month!

That is the coolest snow fort I have ever seen.

I ended up tearing down this wall. A family of racoons nested behind it and a full brood of baby racoons lived back there. it stunk and they constantly made noise at night. Eventually i evicted them. The wall lasted but I needed to redo the siding and all the windows so the wall came down.

still working on this

This route could use a repeat to clear the moss.

Pretty crazy that this weekend nearly killed me (probably the closest I've come to death). It mid-week that I ended up in the ER minutes from dying, moved to the top of the triage, immediate kidney dialysis because of kidney failure do to a tiny scratch in my elbow that resulted in a sepsis infection and a month in ICU and whole lotta of morphine. And you people here at cc.com had my back and supported me all the way through.

I know I should saved all those voicemails he left me! And I only climbed with him one time! But once he got your number or knew you had info or some connection…..

Tomorrow (the 14th) is Fred Beckey's 100th birthday. 🎂

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