TrogdortheBurninator

Anybody interested in climbing tomorrow morning. Was thinking about checking for ice on the hwy 900 mixed routes. I can drive, but to get 4wd I need to take my wife to work around 7:30 or 8:00. I need to be back in seattle no later than 2:00 (unless my meeting gets cancelled). If my meeting is cancelled or you can drive earlier, I'd be up for checking out snoq pass or something.

Anybody getting/planning to climb any obscure ice while it's cold? Someone must be up to something today with such a great excuse for not working and cold temps.

Is theweathernetwork.com forecast for Hope no good? It shows cold weather all week with a high of +2 on saturday and +1 Sunday. THe rest of the week looks cold. I was thinking of driving up there from seattle this weekend. I figured with a whole week to form, north facing stuff would fare fine with a just few hours above freezing on the weekend. Does that seem wrong?

How much snow is there near hope? Do a lot of the climbs there get burried or are they heavily threatened by avalanche.

I like that you can find sent PMs as well as received PMs

If you check out with google checkout, you can get the rope from stp for $60. Seems like a sweet deal.

Plus he isn't anywhere near as obnoxious as kevbone

The pictures are outstanding. Do you sell your prints?

I think it is just texture painted wood, but I definitely could be wrong.

I was visiting a friend down in santa cruz last weekend and we went to the climbing gym (pacific edge). In the back room, they have the bast crack training system I've seen. It is maybe 10 feet tall with over a dozen cracks side by side ranging from 1/2" to almost 4" in 1/8" increments on the low end and 1/2" increments on the high end. Furthermore the angle is totally adjustable. It would be awesome if a local gym would build one of these.

www.steepandcheap.com has aluminum camp crampons for $60. Not a bad price.

I dont think FW's synopsis covered the case of democratic blue balls virginia is handing us.

That is awesome >> set as wall paper

A rope, carabiners, prusiks, wands (depending on route), and a copy of "Freedom of the Hills" to make sure you know how to use em.

Favs right now WA Bolts: Crux pitch on Dark Rhythm WA Crack: The pitch before the offwidth on EF Lexington (climbed off route using the Tooth and Claw finger crack) I have only climbed in OR once. I thought 5 gallon buckets was fun. The only crack I climbed on that trip had a weird name that started with Lyc.......

WHich one is the overture? Is that the one with the long hanging chain at the roof?

Yeah, Jens is such a noob. He never does anything bold. "Sarcasm"

It is like the emperors new clothes. Clearly you are not worthy to see it.

Nice work, that is awesome. I would love to see the pictures.

Wall of the Worlds

War of the Walls (Worlds)

Wow, that is optomistic

But the individuals say ships next day. Weird.

depends on the gear and location of the hole. Carbon fibers are strong because they are continuous fibers. The introduction of a hole creates a stress concentration as well as a discontinuity in the fibers. If you need to fasten two things together, you should really consider an adhesive. Otherwise, you might want to reinforce the area around the drilled hole with some sort of patch.