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I'm sorry to hear that. I did the same thing playing soccer about 7 years ago. I also had arthroscopic surgery to remove the torn area. While in there they drained a little fluid as well and I got to take home some neat pictures. Recovery time for me was fairly quick. I think I was on crutches for a little less than a week. After that it was about another couple of weeks before I was out running around again. Knees are no fun when injured, I'm pretty much done playing competitive soccer because I want to save my knees. I partially tore my MCL about 2 years ago while playing soccer yet again. That was a frustrating injury. My advice would be not to rush recovery time, your body will tell you when it's ready to roll again. Until then take it easy and don't do anything that causes even the slightest pain. Good luck and let me know how things progress.

Yes indeed, looks like it's going to be a beautiful day. Hope to see some more folks out there.

Were you guys in Leavenworth? Was there this weekend with a small crew. We were eating dinner at Gustov's yesterday after climbing and a group of about 5 or so guys came in and sat at the table behind us. One of the guys was a dead ringer for Marc Twight if it wasn't him. All in all a great weekend with great friends and excellent climbing.

"He's got a mean streak a mile wide. LOOK AT THE BONES!"

So DFA....what do you think about all THAT?

Nice work OMB, sounds like a great trip.

Go figure, right as I'm starting to feel stronger.

Scratch that, someting else came up.

Planning on a quick jaunt up Jefferson Peak today after work. Myself and a buddy of mine will be leaving Olympia around 4:30. Just wanted to put this out there to see if anyone was up for joining us. Let me know if interested.

Tonight's the night. Good time had by all last week. It would be nice to see some new faces and meet some new folks.

The indoor gym out at Evergreen is mainly used for bouldering now, although I believe they still do some toproping. Some of the holds outside on the swimming pool building are still there, but from the looks of it some have come off. Never see too many people climbing on the outdoor wall, but when its nice out and I don't feel like forking over the money to climb inside it's good enough for a workout.

Well put, it couldn't be said much better than that. I've never heard that one, that's good.

I think it's a great place to live. I've lived here all my life and I'll probably be here for a while longer. It is a pretty sleepy town as Slothrop said, not much in the way of nightlife if that's what you're into. The only reason I go out is to play ping pong and drink beer at the Eastside Club (excellent selection of micros on tap, very competitive ping pong too). Don't know about the paddling scene as I don't paddle. I think that the climbing scene will develop more when the new gym is finished. A lot of culture though, with Evergreen and all, very colorful people. You'll probably run into some hippies and from what I gather there are a lot of people on this site whom aren't very fond of "smelly hippies". Many of the most intelligent and amazing people I've met live in Olympia. Just my opinion.

Right, I know exactly where you're talking about now. After I thought about it more I figured that was the one you were talking about. I've eyed that many times on my way to and from Rainier. I had heard that there were routes on that wall but never bothered to investigate any further for some reason. Anyways keep me posted and I hope to see you on Wed.

I would definetly be game to head on down to Tenino. I feel like I've seen that crag before. Does the train run near there?

Sorry yall, looks like I can't make it up there tonight. Broken down car is no good. Hopefully someone can cover the plates and flatware. Have fun.

Sounds good, I can manage that.

I can acquire some plates and flatware to bring, any idea of how many we're expecting to show?

I think it's great that the prison is leading climbing trips. Be safe out there.

You might be right, this could just be the norm at certain crags, be them sport or not. This is kinda nice, I need to start quoting myself more often.

I do believe that I have read this in a book. I'm not exactly sure which book, maybe Smith Rock Guide, or Modern Rock Climbing by Todd Skinner. That's not to say that it stands any more because it's actually been published, just that maybe it's more universally recognized by the climbing community.

We must be talking about different people. My buddy's father's name is Bill Larson. I believe the gentleman that passed away was Mike Lonac. They got the FA's of Bragi, Mimir, Freyja, Vidar North and South, and Slepiner.

The father of a good buddy of mine has several first ascents in the Valhallas. I've heard many stories and seen many slides of the area. I believe there was a group of about seven of them that went in around '78. If the gentleman who passed away is the one that I'm thinking of, he was in that group. My buddy actually has his old compass and water bottle. We're planning on heading in there sometime within the next couple of years to scope things out and possibly climb some new peaks and spires. If you'd like more info on the area I can try and find out what I can, or if you'd like to see some slides I'm sure that we can arrange a night with a little .