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Screw the snow slog! Head to City of Rocks instead. Bloody Fingers Animal Cracker Private Idaho Rye Crisp Fun chimneys Sweet granite domes Nice views

The "secret" free camping spot is hardly a secret any more. Tons of cars over there this past Saturday night.

http://www.top500.org/site/2024 Good one, ya got me there. The top 19 must be PCs then. Interesting analogy. Here's another: Car #1 is a PC and can drive 80 miles per hour. Car #2 is a Mac with 5.2 times less ability. It goes 15.4 miles per hour. Which would you rather drive to work?

Macs suck big time. Name one single computer performance measuring product where a Mac is even in the top 100. I can't think of one. How about video performance? Let's compare a high tech Dell or Alienware with Quad 7900 GTX SLI versus the fastest thing Apple even offers in their PowerMac G5 (a Quadro FX 4500). Each 7900 GTX card is about 30% more powerful than the Quadro and there are 4 of them. That's 5.2 times the video performance. I think I'll stick with a PC.

Thanks for the report and nice go at it. It looks thinner than last year already (which was too thin to climb).

Outside?! Dang dude, you could get dirty and shit.

The 4 star classic dihedral is R.H. Factor, and is a very good route. Bob Loomis told me he did the FA on it. The 2 cracks to the left and one to the right are good as well. Bummer that it might be closed now. Where is You Name It? Is it on the big dome near the pictograph?

Nice job Joe. Has that thing been done before?

That sounds exactly like Orbit, except for you broke it up into a lot of shorter pitches. You can do it in 5 pitches with a 70 meter rope. Pitch #5 in your description is sustained but not harder than 5.8.

Alright, who wants to go there again this summer. We should have a get together. Grill out and drink beer at the trailhead in the evening, and some sick fucking splitters during the day. Who's game?

Is Amazonia Wall usually dry enough to climb in the rain?

#4 looks like the Wine Spires to me. I'm guessing West Buttress of Paisano Pinnacle or North Face of Burgundy.

The route is definately steeper than 30 degrees. Have you been on it before? Here is a photo of the face and their route from 3 weeks before. It looks steeper than 30 degrees to me.

Yeah, it was raining in Leavenworth as well today. We still got in a few pitches a whole bunch of problems at Swiftwater. Vantage will probably be nice tomorrow. You should go there.

Nice job. So you didn't follow my approach advise, eh?

Some cool traverses: Torment - Forbidden Vienesse - Clarke Ensawkwatch Enchainment

Now I have seen it all. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/28/ibuzz_ships_in_us/

Beautiful TR. Well done!

With the exception of Air Guitar, (which I would put at 5.9) the grades listed on that site are fairly inline with Leavenworth grades. No need to change them from the guidebook though, Vantage has a long history of softer grades.

Craig on Bobs Your Uncle Me on Yodmeister Checking out Crack in the Back, a newly cleaned chimney on Kotick Memorial Wall with new anchors. Brian on Go Cat Go Lots of climbers out enjoying the warm sunshine.

Thanks Jay. Pure Joy feels easier than Reckoning to me and both are really nice. I agree with you about The Bend, a really great selection of cracks to climb. Even the 1 star routes like Tiers are good.

Middle East Wall is closed until April 1st for nesting.

Nice photo collection. I would suggest that you add detailed route beta and logistics sections, not just TRs and pictures.

Both are awesome routes! I have only followed them, must get stronger. The start to Lingerie is not that bad if you sidepull to the left and backstep off of the Sex Party crack. Definately not 11D if you cheat like that as even my weak ass can get up it. 10D if you stem the whole thing?

The central couloir on the North Face of Kent is not in. Too much sugar and breakable crust. A very nice looking face though, I'll have to try it again next year.