John Frieh

I'll say this in AZ defense... Flagstaff/Sedona/N AZ is an awesome place... as it is 7K the heat thing doesn't really factor in. Great skiing too! WRT to Phoenix... though in many ways it is my idea of suburban hell... photo radar on the freeway! , hot as hell, sprawl, etc... Phoenix by far and away has thee highest concentration of beautiful, attractive (some might use the word "hott" ) women I have ever been... but then again I'm not exactly the world traveler so who knows... And related to this since "so many options abound" PHX girls aren't stuck up either... you can approach basically any one of them and not get the "what the fuck do you want!?!?" look that so many PNW chicks are happy to blast you with... Flame suit on!

Call me: 503.758.5772 Anybody keen on climbing this weekend around town (broughton, rocky, etc) should do the same

What time?

A tent would be cool but a NOLSe gremlin would be the shit. What would it be? A mini neutrino? A thermos? A windshirt? My vote would be for a smiley gremlin w/ a metal mask

god damn it people... stop posting about unclimbed shit unless you bag the FA.

I tell you what man... I think running in the evenings down here has conditioned my body to not need any water or sweat when climbing/running back home.

It was 91 F this morning when I rolled out of bed so my thermos is already prewarmed

Erik! Post some pics d00d!

With the exception of Baron Spire which has a short bolt ladder on the final summit block (all routes on Baron Spire access the summit via this ladder) I don't know of any. I would highly suspect no "classic aid climbs" (what makes an aid climb classic anyways? ) exist as the sawtooths have a fixed anchor ban in effect which includes replacing existing bolts... For same drive time and a whole lot less hiking you could do some classic aid lines in Squamish...

No way man... anybody can get 2 tickets from one traffic stop... speeding and seat belt... license plate and no proof of insurance... blah blah blah... It takes a real idiot to continue speeding after being nailed twice I give her props for careless driving peel out in front of the cop... how is that different than reckless or is it the same thing?

John. you've been outdone!!! Bullshit. She received 3 tickets from 2 officers in a day... I did 3 tickets from 3 separate officers in 12 hours. Amateur Hey speaking of my suspension is almost over

It is... if you're talking about spray. However if you climb this website will never be played out. So come up with some better spray or... *gasp* go climb something and post a TR And another Mox update doesn't count

I think the Dean is going to spin it and claim local NE flavor riff raff is the perpetrator and not his students. I would say next time pretend to drive off (go around the corner) and then confirm it was them. And who "owns" Rocky Butte (at least the climbing area)? The city? The college? I'm willing to bet the city so the college has no real rights to trim or remove foliage.

That sucks Bill. I would have a hard time not returning the favor. Playing the role of devils advocate did you physically see the kids return to the PBC dorms/buildings? Cause if not the Dean is going to do what all Christians do well: place blame elsewhere.

Alan and especially Jim produced an excellent selected climbs guidebook(s). Yes they didn't cover the "unselected or unknown" routes of the cascades but that's okay as the bulk of climbers in the NW aren't interested... in fact I would say even a percentage of the "selected routes" that appear in their guidebooks hardly ever get climbed. With that said some new cool routes have been climbed that will likely be incorporated into future editions just like Hardy Disappearing Floor was incorporated into Jim's 2nd edition of Vol 1. I would hope and expect that Intravenous and other deserving recent ascents find there way into future editions. But I am highly suspicious as I would expect any publisher would be of the potential returns for "unselected climbs" in an already saturated market (I can think of 10 WA guidebooks currently out). PS: Please remind me to never tell you about anything I am considering, saw in the back country, have pictures of, or even heard about.

36 VOLTS!

I think people climb because they love/enjoy climbing itself... not because the PNW is x, y, and z or has climbs a, b, and c. Or maybe a better way to say it is you make due with what you got. It just so turns out what we got is a pretty cool place

Beer. Chips and Salsa.

Nice tools

Make sure to pack your brighter head lamp and fresh batteries... I heard the climbing bans don't apply at night as no one can see you

Drytool.

Static or dynamic test?

How many times have I heard people piss and whine and tell me I'm going to die because I am downclimbing the same route in tennie shoes that they are taped up with a double set of cams about to lead? And then I get the the 3rd degree at the base for only having a first aid kit and water with me. that number is directly proportional to the number of neutrinos a person has left on girth pillar divided by the number of windshirts they own multiplied by the number of posts in spray. Gary will do the calculation for you if you need him to. That's another one! Hiking into GP two summer's ago we passed a group that had done the west ridge over 3 days... we talked conditions and they asked what we planned to climb... we said GP and the dudes looked me right in the eye and said "that's a death route!" and walked off with another word