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Sounds like fun. I thought stepping on a tree was aid climbing. 5.8 A0 maybe?

Nicely done. Thanks for the beta.

To the person who wrote "Idiot" on my window at the Slesse trailhead this weekend: You're just jealous that your 4 wheel drive SUV with offroad tires couldn't get any farther up that road that my lowly Civic with stock tires.

My partner for this weekend got ill. Looking to do a 2 or 3 day alpine climb. Have several different things I'm interested in. I can take off Friday or Monday. Two-Five-Three 939-4143 Martin

Snow couloirs can be downclimbed in rock shoes if the couloir is not steep and the snow is not too soft.

Nice!

Nice!! The Nelson & Potterfield gear suggestion of small rack to 2" doesn't sound like it would work too well.

Nicely done Alex and Summer! A very fun climb.

Nice TR and awesome photos!!!

Excellent trip report! Really enjoyed it. Looks like a fun route.

Minne is a classic urban crag. I've been pelted by paintballers while leading a route, stepped on broken glass and used condoms, and asked questions like "Is dat won o dem der ropes?".

"Marty is Spokane climbing" You forgot the word "sport" between Spokane and climbing. Also, Minnehaha is a more popular urban crag than Dishman ever was and ever will be.

The Diamond is the exception more than the rule in Colorado. Most of the 14ers are piles of shit scree with trails to the top. Colorado mountains suck.

It's 45 minutes of easy trail with good views. The destination is worthy so suck it up. It's a trail and it will have snow on it now. What kind of beta do you need? Consider parking your bike at the Roothan Saddle, the last 1/8 mile might be pretty rough. Chimney has no motorized restriction or anything, but leave the dirt bike at home. It's an easy approach.

1. Yep, but the difference is slight and you won't be able to carry less cams. 2. And this is unique to the Camalots? How? Irrelevent. 3. Yep 4. Wrong. Camalots are one of the heaviest cams out there. Friends are way lighter than a Camalot and significantly lighter than C4s. 5. A 30% price difference (on some some of them) is negligible? I don't think so. I use both and like them both. For medium sizes I like the C4s a little better. For offwidths the #5 and #6 Friends are way better than the big camalots. The large Friends are lighter, wider (and hence more stable), and cheaper than the same sized C4s.

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=14

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/151709/chimney-rock.html http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/563736/an/0/page/0#563736

Don't forget Chimney in northern Idaho. Stellar alpine crack climbing.

Agreed. Also Snag Crack above it is definately harder than 5.7. How about Libra Crack if you got big hands. The starting moves are much harder (for me) than Even Steven (which is rated 11b).

Some good info here... http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US2/RDP/

Yeah, there is a 5.8 bolted route to the right of Triple Cracks. Check the SP page for info. Also, there is supposed to be several 5.10 bolted lines that are runout.

Nice job!

1. Variety. You can climb glaciers, alpine ice, some big walls, alpine rock, volcanoes, world class trad cragging (Index), and winter desert cragging, plus winter mountaineering and bachcountry skiing. Neither Colorado or California can offer all that. 2. Scenery. Go do some routes in the Pickets then go hike a couple Colorado or California 14ers. There is NO comparison. I love the change in scenery avaialable from the North Cascades to the Olypics to the Pasayten.

What is your date of birth? What is your Social Security Number? What is your Mother's maiden name?

Remember that the best area, The Bend, is closed till August 1st. Royal Columns has lots of good routes, just pick one and have fun. Moon Rocks has a few good ones too, check that out. Bloody Knuckles (5.10b) is very nice. If you like fist cracks check out Straight Talk (5.10a). The long sustained 10b column stemming route (Sacrificial Calves) looked good too, but we ran out of time.