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So by that account, maybe I'll start my own cam company and turn out a whole bunch of defective cams that will break in half or something when people fall on them. If people complain about it, I will tell them I'm not recalling them and they should have just inspected them a little closer. Your argument has ZERO merit. CCH should be ashamed of themselves for not notifying the public of the problem.

Attached is my resume. 507644-Resume.doc

Please build a 4 lane Interstate from the 522 / I405 interchange to Wenatchee so I can get to Index and Der Leavenslab easily and safely. Thank you.

Sounds like a fun trip Tony. How did you like Ride The Lightning? That Ed's Jamb is a sweet climb, bummer on the stuck rope.

Thanks for the great photos. Looks like a lot of snow already. Did it look climbable this early? Its hard to tell if those crux sections are snow on ice or just snow.

Photos by Fred Spicker

Now that the evenings are getting too short, I'd like to climb regularly after work at Edgeworks on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Anywhere in the 5:30 to 8:00 timeframe would be great. Weekends sometimes as well, depending on weather. Interested in TRing stuff in the 5.10 to low 5.11 range, and some leading. PM me or email if interested. Thanks, Martin

Ingalls - South Face South Arete of SEWS

How the heck did you clean his gear if you seconded up the slab left of the flake????? Did he solo it?

Nice job on your first leads, sorry I don't know the answer to your question. How the heck do you get off route on the Cornicopia Flake??? There is a big flake, and you lieback up it. That IS right of the first pitch of The Kone.

Fun Forrest is close and has nice granite if you are looking for cracks (exit 47).

Nice work.

2 each cams to 4" (6" if you want to do OWs) 1 set of nuts Hexes 7 - 11

Nice. What did you climb? I miss that place.

Nice action shots!

Cool shot. Hey Matt that was Sergio Verdina and I you were behind on FR2060. We were on Green Giant Buttress. A nice day with no crowds.

The crack on the project is fingernail sized. I believe it would be more a series of palming and opposition. Gear would also be extremely interesting. I'll give anyone $100 if they can redpoint it without altering it. No joke.

Where is Conan's Crack at? I wouldn't call Happy Puppy a wide crack, more like a handcrack in a tight corner.

Nice work! That glacier shot looks very interesting. I need to go back up there and finish this route, thanks for providing the "Inspiration" for next year.

Which offwidth move? The 6-8" squeeze at the start of p3? The 4" crack in the corner higher up? Or are you talking about the smorgasbord of wide cracks, chickenheads, and hidden cracks on p2? G&M as in George and Martha at Vantage, not GM at Index.

Nice adventure. It's too bad those 2 variation cracks aren't continuous and have those nasty grooves.

I agree that it is a quality route, climbed it about a year ago. The route has good finger jambs and is one of the cleaner crack climbs on the wall, as you mentioned. I don't remember any cobwebs or dirt on the route, I thought it was a very good climb. That bush at the base is not really in the way either. When we did it, the 2 project bolts were not even connected. That tat you found was probably ours that we added. I thought the anchor as we left it was adequate. Sure it would be better to have it's own double bolt anchor and chain setup, but we didn't have a drill with us. The traverse over to the top of the fingernail sized seam from Crazy Fingers is pretty straighforward and should not dissuade potential climbers. Bob Loomis leading it last year...

Nice kidie bike, do you ride that to the boulders?

Seams like a good idea to me. At the same time replace or remove the old rusty bolts on the pitch getting up to that stance. Keep those fixed pins though, they looked good.