[Thielsen...Bailey...Diamond Peak?]

I've only climbed Thielsen in late season, but it seems like it would be a nice climb on snow -- less scrambling over loose rock.

 

My choice for a 3-day climbing trip in OR would be to go to the 3 Sisters Wilderness. But you've probably been up those peaks, I'm guessing.

[Another one for you hip-hopsters]

How 'bout something a little obscurer?

 

From the pioneer days:

 

I'm just an addict, addicted to music

Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it

Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm

I hook a beat up and convert it into hip-hop form

Write a rhyme in graffitti and every show you see me in

Deep concentration, 'cause I'm no comedian...

 

Bonus -- one for the international audience (Dru should have no problem with this, since he's required to parle francais half the year, right?):

 

Ils s'etaient rencontres sur les bancs d'l'ecole

Entre une heure de colle de maths ou d'un cours d'espagnol

C'etait un fille fun fana de football

Lui ne craignait pas les balles, c'etait le goal...

 

No google searches! Use your noggin.

[What books are you reading?]

"Little Dorritt" is fantastic. Dickens deserves more respect than he gets nowadays.

 

"Hard Times" is my all time favorite Dickens novel.

[official bitch about the weekend weather thread]

So we get bad weather now, and wildfires later. Nice - the best of both worlds.

[tenet quits 'for personal reasons']

Tenet was a Clinton appointee, not a Bush "crony" by any stretch.

 

And yeah, it's been demonstrated that the CIA is run by a bunch of incompetents, but don't be fooled - Tenet's just a scapegoat here. If we're judging our top officials on the job they're doing to make the world safer for Americans, there's a couple other top officials who might want to think about resigning.

[Gear stolen @ Rocky Butte]

Too bad - hope you beat the odds and catch the thief.

 

It seems like every time I go to the Butte I see some kind of "suspicious" activity going on... I never leave my pack out of sight on top when I'm climbing. Good luck.

[Pete's Pile]

Nice, thanks!

[Pete's Pile]

Is there much in the 5.7-5.10 range, or are the routes at Pete's mostly harder than that? How many routes are top-ropeable?

[Adams - Mazama glacier]

I'm thinking of climbing the Mazama glacier route too, in early July. What's the usual trailhead when the roads are open?

[Rocky Butte weekday evenings?]

What time/what wall?

[Rocky Butte weekday evenings?]

I'm looking for a partner or partners to do some climbing at Rocky Butte (Portland) on weekday evenings this spring & summer. Send me a PM if interested.

 

And yeah, I know Broughton's is prettier, but I can bike to Rocky Butte after work and get more climbing in before it gets dark. Plus the sound of the freeway below is soothing!