OlympicMtnBoy

Cleaning up and moving again, I have a dozen+ Climbing and Rock and Ice magazines from the last couple years. Also some Brew Your Own mags for any homebrewers. FREE I'm in Georgetown just off I-5, I can leave them on my doorstep for pickup.

I really don't use these now that I got into touring, 130 cm skis with Salewa Tour bindings (fit mountaineering boots) that have a heel lifter and sort of release in a fall). Skinny skins come with them. Also I still have two pairs of well used approach shoes for free, around size 10 and an old Eddie Bauer sleeping bag, also free but not worth shipping.

I have some well used approach shoes that would fit you if you need those. They are free!

Cleaning the closet out before moving, all of this stuff is cheap or free, just make an offer or have a good story. If you know someone getting started who needs this let me know. I can email pics on request. North Face Cat's Meow Sleeping Bag Synthetic Mummy Bag - Used to be a 20 degree but it's well used so it's more of a summer bag, still in good shape though Eddie Bauer Sleeping Bag - pretty old synthetic semi-rectangular, good car camping bag or ok for backpacking still. Also has drawstrings so you can seal off the bottom for kids or short folk REI Winter Gloves, lightly insulated with leather palms, also with liner gloves, size M, used but still pretty serviceable Fingerless wool gloves, large and rockin old skool Go-Lite Stretch Waterproof Breathable shell jacket, size Medium, pretty good shape but used, I think it's still waterproof Mammut stocking cap, still in plastic, was a raffle prize at a slide show Windproof fleece stocking cap, black

Cool, it worked!

Bump, just in case, heading to craigslist.

Sad, I want to hear it!

Doing some super exciting closet cleaning and getting ready to move! Pics in my gallery if they don't show here. Etch Hangboard - HERA/Climb for Life prize, never used - $30 Scarpa Approach Shoes - a few years old, maybe a little bit of life left, size 43.5/10.5 - free! Other approach shoes, can't remember brand, a few years older, more trashed, size 44/10.5 also free! Ropes - NOT FOR LEADING/TOPROPING 60 meter old Petzl lead line, retired but could be used as a fixed line for your proj, decent shape just ~10 yrs old - $40 60 meter Mammut old lead line, also retired, but also good enough for a fixed line, also around 10 yrs old - $40 NOT FOR BODY WEIGHT BEARING/LIFE SUPPORT 60 meter half rope, well used and not fit for climbing but I used it as a tag line, no core shots - $30 two more older and more worn retired lead lines, would not use for anything body weight NOT FOR CLIMBING - $30 each Go ahead, make a rope rug, a ton of dog leashes, or tie up your boat, otherwise they'll go on craigslist. Discounts for multiple purchases. I'm in Georgetown and work in Bothell so can arrange a meetup somewhere in the Seattle area.

It's kind of belonging in the yard sale, also we'll probably be having one as we pack up our crap. So help a climber find some new digs! We've had a great 3 and a half years in Georgetown but our landlord is selling our house. We made an offer but it's such a crazy market we weren't willing to overpay when we know exactly how much work it needs. So who's got a place to rent for us, our lovable well trained, hypoallergenic poodle, and all our climbing/skiing/biking/homebrewing crap? Unfortunately I work in Bothell and she works in Tukwila so our neighborhoods are sort of limited to Georgetown/Beacon Hill/Seward Park/Rainier, parts of West Seattle/Delridge, or maybe even the north end of Renton/Newcastle/Bellevue. Great credit, rental references, very easy tenants who fix minor things ourselves, etc but not unlimited budget since we have been paying $1500 a month in our current spot. I know that will not be an option anymore though for a place with room for all our gear and a spot to park the camper van and our 2 cars. Ideas? Well, serious ideas anyways? We've got until the end of July to get out.

Because all you climber folks are real estate magnates and slum lords in your spare time, help my wife and I find a new place to live! We've had a great 3 and a half years in Georgetown but our landlord is selling our house. We made an offer but it's such a crazy market we weren't willing to overpay when we know exactly how much work it needs. So who's got a place to rent for us, our lovable well trained, hypoallergenic poodle, and all our climbing/skiing/biking/homebrewing crap? Unfortunately I work in Bothell and she works in Tukwila so our neighborhoods are sort of limited to Georgetown/Beacon Hill/Seward Park/Rainier, parts of West Seattle/Delridge, or maybe even the north end of Renton/Newcastle/Bellevue. Great credit, rental references, very easy tenants who fix minor things ourselves, etc but not unlimited budget since we have been paying $1500 a month in our current spot. I know that will not be an option anymore though for a place with room for all our gear and a spot to park the camper van and our 2 cars. Ideas? Well, serious ideas anyways? We've got until the end of July to get out.

Wow, sure seems like this route is getting climbed more and more each year! Looks good!

Looks like your average spring day out with two more trips up the wall! Wish I was there this time.

Cool trip, thanks for the report!

Sounds fun, that second pic looks scary though!

Cool, sounds like a good adventure. At least you didn't get your rope stuff on the rap off as there is a rope swallowing flake or two in there. I've turned around a couple pitches from the top on longer D-town routes too either due to partners or time. It's always good if you get back down safe so that's never the wrong answer for me. Sometimes though a 10 minute break with some food and water if you have it, and THEN a thoughtful discussion about your descent, daylight remaining, conditions, etc can do wonders to get someone to push that one or two more pitches. Especially something you are going to rap. Sometimes it's best just to head down to the beer though and go back again next time with a new or newly psyched partner!

Cool, way to get after it! Thanks for posting up and dealing with the site difficulties!

Nice pics, looks like a good time. At least a couple of you got to enjoy good beers at the end. ;-)

Nice job with the extra road skiing, looks like a great day out!

Cool, I need to get out and ski more this spring!

Cool, looks like fun!

I'm not sure how these are really an improvement over the Rossignol Free Trek Venture approach skis I bought in the early 2000's. Actually the binding is identical, but the Freetreks were just a normal 99cm fat snowblade with a standard skin with glue. They really work quite well although are difficult to ski in anything but corn with a pack on (with my leather ice boots anyways). I haven't really used them since I made the switch to real skis with dynafits. I'd probably sell em if someone is interested.

I'd love to hear if you get a response as I agree about communications. My only experience was 6 or 7 years ago coming down after a January climb. We had crappy ski conditions and made it down 45 mins late or so. We walked to the hotel and they recorded our names and gave us the code to get out, no problems. It sucks that it has changed so much. Olympic National Park for example (at least several years ago) used to just close half the gate to Hurricane Ridge. You couldn't drive up but you could drive down (although they did ticket me once up top for overnight parking in the wrong place, my fault).

This thread was so much fun I had to bump it. I am offended that I only have an ad for sunglasses and home insurance, damn this site is boring (or I am). Hehe.

I find in those sorts of situations I'm using the piolet 90% of the time and the tool+piolet much less, so I use a wrist leash for each. If I expect to have any benefit from a leashless ice tool setup, I'm probably carrying both tools and using tethers anyways. I guess you could also use tethers on both like you would with your leashless tools, but that seems more awkward with a piolet to me.

I find in those sorts of situations I'm using the piolet 90% of the time and the tool+piolet much less, so I use a wrist leash for each. If I expect to have any benefit from a leashless ice tool setup, I'm probably carrying both tools and using tethers anyways. I guess you could also use tethers on both like you would with your leashless tools, but that seems more awkward with a piolet to me.