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Sharing trail mix Driving 90mph at 2am getting to the TH High fives at the belays and hugs on the summit Hearing/saying "good lead" from/to my partner Friendships Memories Friends controling the temperature and music volume on the late night drive home so you don't fall asleep

They all subaru's? I see, must be great to get gear cheap/free. Was interested in the bivy, but that gone...oh well

You are monopolizing this thread!!! How did you end up with all this stuff?

Rope; that false sense of security.

Might want to consider this for the Boston Basin area peaks..... This is from the J-Berg post by Alex: The Cascade River road is gated at MP 18 as of 10-6-03 (today!) for road maintenance. Have fun!

Thanks Jason and Led Hed.

Been thinking about planning a trip to Red Rocks. For those of you experienced and familiar with the area, would you say that routes like Cat in the Hat 5.6, Olive Oil 5.7 and Tunnel Vision 5.7 would be appropriate for a person with 1-year lead experience? I am getting comfortable leading trad 5.8 but that is up here in WA. Have been getting different opinions about rating being much tougher down south. Also, I have not done anything longer than 4 pitches. I know the climbing will be challenging, but don't want to do something to scare myself to death and thus put an end to my short-lived leading career. Any thoughts, input would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.