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Life could be worse. All those "trainee's" could have all been new L-worth climbing rangers.

We just spent a few days down in the valley, other then some night time rain, it was quite enjoyable. Few people and a low hassle factor by the Tool. Now off to places abroad.... Have fun!

I would call one of the Patagonia outlets and inquire about their selection. They had the Puff Jacket a couple of weeks ago for $50 as well as a few other options.

Rumr, From what I hear it was the 2nd pitch of Stern Farmer that went down. Anything West of Thin Fingers can be reached by doing some rope work/traversing,if the ground up option seems a tad much(ala Mr. Polish Bob).

Actually Distel, I believe you are incorrect on your point. An RP is in theory a clean piece of climbing protection and should not leave a permenant scarring to the rock, unless one falls and in that case the chances of the damage being noticible is minimal. Whereas your pad and the pad of countless other boulderers creates soil compaction and the base of boulders and kills off the plant matter which resides there. So I think the pad would create more of an impact to the local enviroment then a RP placement. Granted I own a pad as well, so I am just as self serving as the next boulderer/climber.

We passed through the Truckee area last week and there is still lots of snow at the base of the crags, Lover's Leap is a bit better but there is still snow. Granted you can still climb, though right now you can't really wear sandals to the crag.

Goatboy, I believe you are incorrect in saying that most people use the Camalot's sizing for their descriptions, going thru all the guide books I currently have on hand(Yomsemite, Index, Indian Creek, City of Rocks) they all list sizing for Friends and not Camalots. Either way both pieces of gear work quite well and I am fond of both.

No, stainless steel is actually too brittle to be used. That is one reason never to trust a 1/4" stainless bolt, even more so then a non-stainless 1/4 bolt.

We are planning a nice little 5 day to Yosemite, the wife has never been there so she is quite excited and I love it there so I am quite excited as well.

My only hope with an amazing alpine bouldering area, is that one considers their impact with more prudence then they would on a roadside crag/boulder.

The new guide boook is out, thrumbed through it the other day. Looks like all of Dr. Dave's work has created a wonderful guide book! Just like Texplorer, I recently spent a few magical weeks in the land of red rocks, and again like Texplorer it is and always will be a special place for me.

Duct Tape 4x4 sterile guaze pads Bailing wire Some idodine tpye substace Drugs(choose your own adventure) Sharp knife Lighter Bandanas Most anything else seems like overkill as with limited resources and the potential duration of time before highly trained medical personal can reach you beliveing you can do anything other then stabalizing and packaging a person for transport is a joke. All this is in the top of my climbing helmet.

Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambose Great book on the travels of Lewis & Clark.

We are new to Oregon and would like to be filled in on this here event stuff. Thanks.