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Kiba would rather see us both dashed on the rocks dead than see me go to the summit without him. He’s f’ing crazy. All good, our normal route is a long enough day as it is.

Why do I feel gross now. 🤢

It’s kind of heavy. Works great for Kiba but he is 50 lbs. I think you should make the cat a Swami belt.

Love it! I know a certain L'town cat that sends the gnar. This is Kiba's harness, the one you mention above: https://ruffwear.com/products/doubleback-harness It's a dogs world when it comes to climbing, so for a cat you may not find any products, so would have to roll your own solution.

Appreciate it guys! We are still taking funds for the site, there is a button to donate. AAI, our sponsor, pays our monthly server hosting bill, which is huge. Without that, I would be continuously bugging you guys for money or be faced with turning things off. Think a never-ending public radio fund drive. That would suck. But Cascadeclimbers.com also has its own fund that you all contribute to, and the money is used to pay for software licensing, domain name costs, things like that. We also *could* use funds for paying a developer, but for now there just isn't enough to do that. What would be awesome is if we could find a climber who is also a developer and good with PHP/MSQL who has the time and energy to help solve a few problems for the site. But also understand that we need this developer(s) to have bought in to how we are running the site. Myself and all the moderators who participate are doing this without pay. We do it to keep the community/site going. Any developer working with use has to be ok with that and do it for the love of the site and community. Regarding the site, there are a few things I would like to at least consider changing, and obviously recreating the search function would be nice. We also have image issues that may be fixed in bulk with code. We may also want to consider moving from Invision forums at some point as I'm not super enamored with the support and direction the software is going, but given the current landscape of the products in this space it may be the best option.

Jason and his AAI crew continue to support this site, providing the financial backing that pays our monthly hosting bill that keeps the lights on. We have continued gratitude for that! I also added a second advertisement to the site for NW Alpine. It's not in its final landing spot, as I've got to figure out a better way to host the advertisement. We are hosting this ad for free for a while, with Jason's blessing (AAI continues to be our sole sponsor, aside from donations from you which help pay the other costs like software licensing, etc). If you know NW Alpine, they are a local, Northwest company making great outdoor apparel.... manufacturing in the United States. In the past NW Alpine has supported Cascadeclimbers.com, so we are returning the favor as Bill Amos and company continue the battle to maintain domestic manufacturing. The ethos we see for Cascadeclimbers.com is as a local, non-corporate alternative, a community of people who share the same passion. Oh yes, we have our differences! But we are here because we love to climb, hike, ski, accumulate closets full of gear, photograph, and spray about all of it. And I think the story telling format of our TRs are the crown jewel.

I have this on 78

Lake Leland. Two cats. One I believe is dead. The other is wearing a collar now. Were you at (in general) in Quil?

Looks pretty thin for snow already. How tough was the summit…as in could a dog do it? Thinking of adding it to my yearly trip through that area with Kiba.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/video-captures-cougar-chasing-pets-coming-within-feet-of-family-in-wa-backyard/ar-BB1mopOr dang I can’t seem to escape these dang cats!

To the non-profit end: if anyone has experience (especially from the legal side) I'd like to explore what it would take to actually incorporate this enterprise as a non-profit from a legal and business standpoint.

wow. that was a near miss for sure! I admire your offer to eat the TR though. I hope it stands an FA, but if not, I recommend some good hot sauce as a condiment.

I wonder what cougar populations are these days. Growing up in the sticks, I only ever once saw a cougar, fleeting....running in front of a car driven by my dad. We also used to have a cougar rug, made from a head and the whole body that was from when one of my older brothers shot one that was attacking his dog (epic story behind that one). I'm seeing more cougar reports these days, this is just anecdotal so pretty worthless. But two in Quilcene there were HUGE, biggest I've ever seen was captured on a friends game camera near Lake Leland. One had a tracker on it. Edit: 3600 in Washington according to WDFW https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/puma-concolor#:~:text=Cougar (Puma concolor)&text=Sleek and graceful%2C cougars (Puma,3%2C600 cougars in Washington state.

Love these Bike/Hike/Climb TRS @Eric Gilbertson !

Maybe its a control room for the secret super collider.

Sorry for the thread drift…

Also check the size of this thing! From out by Quilcene a couple days ago.

Meanwhile.... https://www.yahoo.com/news/shoot-owls-california-don-t-175431421.html

Yeah shits been like that for a while my man. Sorry. Right now focused on keeping the site around, many sites have died, good ones. We are still going. I was working on getting a better TR system in place and made progress. But then that fell apart as the developer kind of went his own direction. You can still find stuff. And yes it could be better. I'm the only one running the site from the technical side. @JasonG and a few other mods keep things clean. Honestly I'd like to eventually hand the site over to a new guard of younger folks who will not commercialize the site and keep the community aspect alive...but also can make it better. Life has been taking me personally in a lot of different directions, but I still love this site and am committed to keeping it going. Also invite new energy and drive, but it has to be selfless, and directed towards keeping this going like a non-profit entity. Thankfully we have a great sponsor in the American Alpine Insitute, and we have had generous donations from the users of the site. There is a TON of great stories here, and they continue to grow. We will find a way to keep that alive.

I just have regular health insurance which paid (outside of deductible) for my collarbone break last year .

Another link to the declaration in case you ran into a paywall: https://ecology.wa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/news/2024-news-stories/april-16-drought-declaration#:~:text=In Washington%2C drought is declared,water right permits and transfers.

Not “recent” and not this site but: https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=578637 I’ll search this site later for you

Well if you're really a sleuth, it seems there is a long list of well known people that should know Mr Creeden, at least enough to trust him with some historical documents: https://statisticalclimbingguideforfredbeckey.webador.com/acknowledgements

Ha this is a gem of a report. Thanks for digging it up, and to @Tom Beirne for sharing

Imagine the Enchantments “opened up” by instead of a lottery….an auction. Highest bidder gets to camp. ‘Merica! Fuck yeah!