John Frieh

Add to summer reading list: Cadillac Desert Little old but great read

Dude... you and I_like_sun need to find a better place to try and meet girls

Independent of the fact that a lot of people free solo it is the fact that ample amounts of natural rock protection placements exist. If options for natural protection exist on a climb then bolts are unneeded.

Reports in previous TRs mentioned the addition of 2 bolts sometime in the past 2 years or so. I wanted to see if anyone had removed them yet. No need to debate it. No need to spray about it. Just looking for a yes or no.

Nice Road is plowed in winter. A few TRs in the TR Index have good pics of winter conditions. Great winter climb. Did you see any bolts on the summit pinnacle?

Sweden? David & the Citizens!

Kurt: Are you asking Rudy or I?

I'm not the one ripping cams out. Fattie

Fuck that!!! That is rediculus no way will I ever pay that much for a DVD. How much do you spend on beer in a week? In a month?

Anybody know where I can get my % body fat tested in PDX? Link? Phone #? Would highly prefer a dunk tank...

The grandfather of filth Mt Hood Scramble The McCubbins Gulch Scramble is also on Mt Hood... they also have one for Snoqualmie and White Pass in WA

Anybody do the scramble this year? How was it?

Hey KK - What's the beta for getting a good parking spot at the Square? And is it near a Starbucks? - Linen & Things or Bed, Bath and Beyond for pillow cases? What about scented candles? TIA!

20 bucks says KK owns an Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero though he refers to it as his "Bellevue" Sombrero sickie sickie Hell... I'll go double or nothing it matches his OR gaiters :laf: Hey KK: does your wife have to remind you to take off your "Bellevue" Sombrero when you go to TGIFridays for dinner

Having to look across the lake at the shit hole known as Seattle. Seattle's a great place to visit, or even work. But unless you're a sewer rat, it just doesn't rate as a place to live. That shit is solid gold! I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard... thanks KK! Hey KK: when you travel outside of Washington do you say you are from Bellevue or Seattle? And if you say Bellevue how many people say "where is that"?

My vote for post of the year.

April of this year. No I'm just fat

Goodness, they make you wear camo too? It's even more whacked then I thought! Well... I have yet to chip a tooth during a workout so it can't be that whacked

a little crossfit might get you up polar circus thanks for keeping the spray out of the fitness forum

To explain the t shirt thing one is loosely expected to wear the recruit t-shirt until one passes both boot camp and earns the basic cert. Just about anyone who passes the boot camp can/should be able to earn the basic cert. At the point you pass the basic cert you can wear anything you want. If you are asking how would a t shirt help the "supportive environment" it isn't intended for that... the supportive environment comes from the members of the gym. My interpretation (then again I could be wrong... it isn't my gym) of the t shirt thing is it is more a subtle motivation for individuals to complete their basic cert as people grow tired of camo quickly. Yes you do earn a shirt as you pass each cert (more on that below) but I don't wear mine religiously since earning my basic cert. Kevin took the ideas from Crossfit North in Seattle (www.crossfitnorth.com/articles/Athletic_Skill_Standards.pdf) and I know other facilities do something similar... basically this concept isn't something new. The idea is more a way encourage people to set goals as well as a way to chart progress as one completes WODs... not to create a hierarchy. I can assure you the gym is a very supportive environment. On the crossfithel site under the programs and membership tab you can view the requirements for the four levels. 1 minute handstand hold Once I get that I can do the workout challenge which one has to wait till the end to do.

OffWhite's route is waiting for a second ascent: Other stuff The bolted variation that avoids the first 3 pitches of lib crack looks cool... 10+/11- I believe? Couple new routes on the wine spires also.

I laughed at the idea when I found out I had to wear a shirt that said "recruit" across the back for a month... after completing the boot camp and earning my basic cert (almost to my advanced ) the concept makes complete sense to me. Then again I could have just been brain washed You're a crossfitter Ade... they don't have cert levels at your gym?

I have lived in PDX since 2004. Yes I must drive a few extra hours each way than my WA compatriots do but I still manage to get a little climbing done each winter If a few extra hours of driving is a deal breaker for you wait till you get properly acquainted with a "cascades style" approach to "local ice climbing" and "moderate to hard ice routes" Let us know where you end up and make sure to come to a few pub clubs and introduce yourself