olyclimber

RE: the staff in the first picture....I seem to remember watching a TV program a long time ago that talked about a ritual or ceremony where they drug something up into on to the hill side. The "hat-like" thing on it actually sort of looks like a fin on a orca or salmon. Perhaps someone on the board can comment further or tell me that I'm off mark.

I'm not sure what the deal is with the totem pole. It is about 3/4 of the way up the route, just before the Acrophobe traverse. It is beautifully carved, and must have been a small project to get it up there. It looks pretty heavy to be yarding up that far. I think it must be new as of this year, as Kurt said he climbed this route a year or two ago and it wasn't there then.

Trip: Squamish - Angel Crest Date: 8/11/2007 Trip Report: Jeff and I went up to Squamish last weekend. Rolled into town Friday at about 11pm, went to the bar. They have this glassed off smoking section, and there was a couple of older women playing pulltabs. What drew our eyes there (among a few other things happening there) was a HUGE pile of "pulled" tabs. I'm talking like maybe a foot or two tall, mounded up against the glass. It was unreal. One of the women was furiously pulling tabs like a mad woman. Around 1am, her friend goes to get up, and then starts weebling and wobbling, and down she fell. We notified the wait staff, and eventually there were about 5 or so people trying to help the woman get up. Meanwhile, her friend doesn't even pause...she is still furiously going at the pulltabs. She even gets up and goes and gets a few more sheets out of the machine. All the while, 5 people struggled to get her friend off the floor. She still wasn't when we left around 1/2 hour later. We got a late start the next day, and a bit hung over we picked the wrong trail for Angel Crest and marched up it. It ended about 50 feet from the road, but Jeff just charged on and I scurried along after him. Way up in the woods I came across this strange "staff" with rotting clothes on it (a hat too?) and sticks pointing out of the top. It seemed like an native american thing. Anyway, I didn't disturb it, but scurried on and eventually getting to the base of the route around noon. Its a pretty fun climb, and even continued to feature the native american theme. We meet some cc.comers for a squamish pubclub Saturday night. Squamish reminded me of my beloved Index, but much, much bigger. The rock is just as good and the village below (but bigger) with the train wailing away as it passed through town. Sadly we didn't do the aweful width pictured down in the pics...we didn't bring bigger gear. Jeff was truly bummed about it. But there is tons of awesome climbing on this route, especially the next to last pitch and the acrophobe traverse. Approach Notes: Go uphill till you reach the rock, then figure out where you are and go to your route. Or, alternatively, just get on the right trail.

It was kevbone's fault.

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Of course. In fact, there is a special invitation just for you. The ropeup is for cc.com peeps.

HAVING MAJICK POWERS AND +2000 HIT POINTS.

ROCK A BABY TO SLEEP. SMELL A WET DOG. LEAVE A CAKE OUT IN THE RAIN ONCE A YEAR.

THE SECRET TO LIFE IS BEING HAPPY AND GETTING ENOUGH TO EAT. BIRDS CAN FLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINGS. THE INTERNET IS NOT A BIG TRUCK. I RULE.

ulee would have gone and got his baseball bat and finished the monitor off

medics should be on standby

some of you people are packing around quite an attitude. i suggest you get down on your knees, because you're a flea, and I'm the big dog.

I'm climbing up Mt. St. Helens this weekend. I plan on making a full trip report about this Cascade Jewel. You can look forward to that, complete with lots of pictures.

http://xkcd.com/202/

don't choke either!

Adult version will be in early October. I'm trying to find a time to do the Kids ropeup.

Great pictures as usual Steph! Nice climbing.

walk off. see you at teh game tomorrow night petey

just heard on the news...."the man referred to as "Bush's Brain" is calling it quits"

You cannot happen to me.

but not fed up enough to vote, i'm sure

When asked for his reaction to those who say he's being "run out of town," Rove responded, "That sounds like the rooster claiming to have called up the sun." ..."dove hunting"...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_Rove_Resigning.html Can't believe you guys weren't all over this.

http://cup-of-chemistry.blogspot.com/2007/08/radioactive-boy-scout.html The Radioactive Boy Scout