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  1. Trip: Underwear is called pants in England - Numerous

     

    Date: 4/27/2011

     

    Trip Report:

    It's been my dream to visit England for a long time so when an English expat, Blue, invited me on their vacation I couldn't pass up the chance for personalized tour. After five days of London, I made my way to the Yorkshire District for 9 days of climbing English style. A few notes: Gritstone is Sweet!!!! Need I say more. The brits have a lot more Limestone then expected about half of our climbing was on steep bolted limestone. The Brits are fing nuggets. Some of the original grit lines are just glorified hi-balls minus the pad. Sparse gear placements, via threads, and limestone gear leads make this area not for the faint of heart. Despite this, I found plenty to lead for those us without the testicle fortitude for mandatory 20-40ft run-outs with ground fall potential. And in case you are wondering the beer does suck but the food and pubs are awesome!!!!Enjoy the pictures!!!

    Earl's Crag Bouldering

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    Malhome Cove Limestone

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    Brimham Rocks Frances Direct E2 5c

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    Kilnsey 6c+

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    Hepston Quarry E2 5c+

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    And finally not for the faint of heart:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Gear Notes:

    Pro is nice but not necessary, see above. Bring a bouldering pad!!!

     

    Approach Notes:

    Grab a flight preferably Air Canada, they rock, and not British Airways, they suck.

  2. When: May 22nd 9am-5pm

    Where: Frenchmen's Coulee aka Vantage

    What: The WCC will be doing an Adopt-A-Crag event at Vantage climbing area. The coalition will provide everything you need for cleaning up all you have to do is show up. Questions? PM me.

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  3. On April 11th, a porta-potty will be placed at Vantage until the end of May. You can thank your friendly local climbers coalition the WCC for providing the funds for said crapper. Please report any vandalism and dumping at the site. This is an abuse it and lose it deal and if it gets destroyed chances are we won't be able to get another put out there. If you have any questions or it needs to be serviced please PM me. Happy shitting!!!!

  4. Snowball is coming up on April 15th. For those of you who aren't familiar with Snowball, it is FOAC's end of the season semi-formal dinner/auction. The only way we are able to do this event is due to the hard work and dedication of volunteers like yourself. With this being said, Uncle Sam and myself would like to formally request your assistance to make this years Snowball better then ever. All volunteers need to be at St. Demitrois Church at 4pm on April 15th. If you cannot make it until later please let me know and we can work something out. If you are interested please contact Jeremy at jpark42@yahoo.com

     

    Below are the jobs that we need assistance with:

     

    3ppl Set Up/Take Down/Selling Raffle tickets: Pretty self explanatory.

    4ppl Registration and Check Out: Again pretty self explanatory

    1 key person to input auction and bid info into an excel spread sheet. This person must have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

    9ppl for general tasks: These people will help with a multitude of activities like assisting with silent auctions, live auctions, and other tasks as needed.

  5. When: Feb 24th

    Time: 7pm

     

    Come join International Mountain Guides & the Outdoor Research Retail store for an informal session on climbing Mt. Rainier. Drinks & snacks will be provided. Space is limited so please call us at 206-971-1496 to RSVP. For more details please contact Jeremy at jeremyp@outdoorresearch.com

     

     

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  6. Planning an impromtu trip to Bozeman this Friday-Monday. What I can provide:

     

    A Ride

    Some one to split gas

    Some one to talk to on the ride over

    Some who's comfortable on WI3 and can climb WI4

    Gear out the ying-yang

     

    What I'm looking for:

    NO newbees!!!!You don't have to crush WI5 but I'm not a guide. I want some one that is experienced

    Some one willing to split gas and lodging expenses.

    That's about it. PM if you are interested.

  7. Looking to do an impromptu trip to Bozeman for some ice climbing this Fri-Mon. What I'll provide:

     

    A Ride

    Some one to split gas

    Some one to talk to on the ride over

    Some who's comfortable on WI3 and can climb WI4

     

    What I'm looking for:

    NO newbees!!!!You don't have to crush WI5 but I'm not a guide. I want some one that is experienced

    Some one willing to split gas and lodging expenses.

    That's about it. PM if you are interested.

  8. Do you have pic's of you in deep pow? Or pic's of a wicked slide path? How about naked summit shoots? (Just kidding but summit shoots are welcome) Then you should enter Friends of the Northwest Avalanche Centers photo contest. From now until to Jan 20Th, we will be taking photo submissions. Photo's that meet the criteria (Must have snow, no human powered nudity) will be uploaded to our Facebook Fan page. First, second, and third place photo's with the most Likes win a prize. Please submit photo's to jpark1199@gmail.com

     

    PS: Please only one photo submission per person.

  9. Vertfest 2011 is coming up quick and we need a few (read: a lot) of good volunteers. Since this years event is going to be bigger then last years and will be two days, we are going to need more volunteers. As per last year, volunteers will get free lift tickets for the Pass to use at their leisure. Below is a list of jobs:

     

    Feb 13th Race and after party @ Alpental

    20ppl for gate keeping during the event

    4-5ppl for registration

     

    If doing registration/gate keeping expect to be there from 8am to around 5pmish. Contact jeremyp@outdoorresearch.com for more details

     

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