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Goran Kropp died on air guitar. If you use the search there are a bunch of details from a few years back.

Air Guitar is 10a in Yoder's book, and it is notceably softer than George and Martha, which is softer than just about any 10 I've climbed in Leavenworth. But again, different styles as the cracks at vantage are steeper than most moderate cracks in leavenworth.

I think Tinsel the elf is doing the testing

ah yes, labor day oop:) We had two $100 off vouchers that expired august 31st, so tix were like $130 each. Car was about $13/day. Condo was a gift from Sam's great aunt (cost us $200 in booking fees). Pretty sweet deal

I was so scared. I cried for an hour straight.

More like a double agenda, as I made it clear early how bad I wanted to climb at lover's leap. Blake, not sure why the pics arent working. They should be fine. The tourist season basically ended abruptly memorial day afternoon, and the whole area (except maybe south lake tahoe), had a super laid back atmosphere.

Climb: Lake Tahoe-Fun Fun Fun Date of Climb: 9/3/2006 Trip Report: Wife and I spent last week in Lake Tahoe, climbing and doing other fun stuff. This is a great destination for a not strictly climbing vacation. Sun: Arrived in Tahoe and hung out at condo Mon: We climbed at Big Cheif, a basalt sport crag near truckee. The climbing was super fun. Some really steep routes with easy grades because of the monster jugs (also lots of hard stuff). This pic is of "War Path" a local ***** 5.9. This is a pretty good crag, but it should ne noted that the approach direction in "Climbing Tahoe" are either dead wrong or outdated. Tues: We climbed at 90ft wall by eagle falls/emerald bay. This is a great user friendly crag with crack and face routes spaced every 4 ft. Suposedly the most popular crag in Tahoe due to the easy access, great scenery and easy TRing. Wed: We rented bikes and rode the world class Flume Trail on the east shore of the lake. If you are in the area, and have a rest day, I'd highly reccommend this ride. It starts with a bit of a grunt (7000-8100ft in 4 miles, steep at the end), but the expanding views allow time to pass quick. Next, after a quick descent you arrive at a lake which is a great place for lunch. After circling the lake, the trail ends and you carry your bike over some rocks to pick up the actual Flume trail. A flume is an logging drainage used to move logs down the hill side. The removal of the wooden framework left behind some great easy single track with impressively exposed views. The trail is pretty sandy, so while not technical, you still have to be on your toes. Unfortunately these pics dont do the trail justice, but take my word, it is great. Thurs: I fished the Truckee river in the morning. Then we kayaked in the lake. Then we went mini golfing. Then I fished again in the evening. Only caught one fish, but he was a pretty good one considering the season and time of day. Fri: I really wanted to spend a day at lover's leap, but wife doesnt like multpitch routes, so I needed a partner. Unable to find anybody on rc.com or supertopo.com, I drove down alone with hopes of finding somebody. Got there about 9:30, asked around, found nobody, and started waiting. I spent maybe an hour bouldering at the very nice campground boulders, but the problems are all fairly high, so I stuck to easy stuff. Back at the parking lot, still no luck with partners. Finally around 12:00, I found a group of 3 that wouldn't mind a fourth. I got to play rope gun for a great partner on Haystack and the Line. Haystack is good, some really fun climbing on a cool looking line. The Line is sooo much better though (both get ***** in book). We climbed the route late in the day and had it to ourselves. The line is probably the most fun crag route I've climbed anywhere. It packs more good climbing than outerspace into a route half the length. 400 ft of climbing bliss with perfect pro and awesome memorable cruxes. Sat: More fishing and hanging out on the truckee and little truckee rivers

That would be sweet if we just deleted all trade route TRs from the database. Then we would have like 30 TRs on this website and half would belong to Layton. Boy would that be cool. We should delete all trade route beta requests too. We actually shouldn't talk about trade routes at all. This website should strictly be the realm of the dozen guys who climb new routes AND post TRs. Everyone else should be relinquished to spray until they put up an FA that is deemed hard enough by choada boy. I read or browse most of the TRs that pop up. Even if it is just to glance at some pictures, I still think they are the best part of this website. I personally think that limited spray in TRs is fine as it keeps them fun to read. However I agree that this spray should be reserved for non-newbs, or newb posters that you personally know.

Well, they sort of did, as Columbia has not announced any plans to market the brand in the coming seasons. Moonstone was part of the Pacific Trail purchase, and seeing as it competes with Mountain Hardware, it is not surprising they have shelved things for the time being.

Seems that upper N. Ridge of stuart is somewhat of a weird anomoly given the the gendarme variation. With the by pass the route goes somewhere between 5.4-5.6 depending on source. A 5.6 climber might be inclined to pitch out the entire ridge, making for something like 15-20 pitches and grade IV. Someone climbing the gendarme will probably simul most of the ridge climbing maybe 5-10 pitches total (most easy), which is maybe III+. Seems funny that the harder variation might realistically result in an easier grade.

Don't worry Slothrop, my new seal clubbing NES ice climber avatar will avoid further embarassing confusion. BTW, I'm not that small either, just smaller than mtnfreak

Isnt standard practice to have a geonerd friend from Western petition for a key so they can perform their "research"? This worked ~4 yrs ago, maybe not anymore.

Those look great. Can my wife TR it with a 70m? THe single pitch thing is for my wife not me. She doesnt like exposure too much.

Is anything near silver creek (near winter park I think)? We are using a family members condo membership and that is one place with availability.

If you could get a free condo in colorado next week and were interested in a resorty town with good single pitch (trad and/or sport) climbing as well as good fishing and climbing, where might you look (and what crags are close)? Thanks

This is a great idea for making safe simul raps. Thanks!

I just bought a meteor III too. Saves half a pound over my old helmet (ecrin rock). Used it once so far and it was nice.

2 half ropes and an autoblocking belay device (reverso, b52, atc guide). Leader leads, then belays up both followers staggered by maybe 15ft. The third can do useful things like flaking ropes, getting food and wate, taking pictures, etc.

Hmm, so if you camp past little Annapurna you are ok?

Even the boardering areas are permit areas. I was able to get a walk in lottery permit last week, but it is a crap shoot. Maybe checkout NWhikers.com and see if anyone is trying to get rid of their permits. Also, maybe you could get a snowlake or colchuck lake permit and just make dayhikes up to the plateau.

It was actually in renton

What is the deal with the E. Face of concord? How come nobody has pushed a line past minuteman?