james_e

possibly...how much will you give them up for?

I decided to take my vacation and spent four days in 11worth. Then the weather turned sour so we drove down to play in the wind at tieton river canyon. The cave and then royal columns. Man i forgot how much i hate the approach to royal columns didn't see anyone up there. not a single climber. the Windy Point campground was empty besides us and an old retired couple. Good times.

I seem to remember something about a mammut rope marked with three different colors. Like it was on color in the middle and another color towards the ends.

I'll take it. PM me if it's not already sold.

Diamirs or freerides. i've got both and they've worked great. The naxos are also slightly heavier than the fritschis, but that shouldn't matter much unless you're a huge alpine freak or something. fritschis definitely aren't bombproof either. try two-turning a hardpack bowl. the toe piece doesn't like that. bad times.... If you're into cliff hucking and tossing yourself around in the park inbounds, definitely go for the freerides. I'm intimidated by lots of moving parts, so i've pretty well kept my distance from the naxos. I demoed them once and wasn't too impressed. it seemed like they released strangly in a fall. too much shaking. in conclusion, only get the freerides if you feel that you need the extra din. otherwise, save yourself some green and get the diamirs. good luck.

You guys are not much help. How's the dude supposed to figure it out with the info you're givin him? Ok well where do i start. With hanging belays I like to clip myself into the bolts with two slings girth hitched to the belay loop on my harness. It feels more secure to me than clove hitching myself in with the rope. Then i like to redirect the belay back up through the anchors, as opposed to belaying with the rope going straight from my harness down to the climber. As far as position goes, just do whatever is most comfortable. For a standing belay, like on a ledge, I like to use an auto locking belay thingie attached directly to the anchor. I use a petzl reverso. I just stand facing the belay device so that i can control the rope well. That's about it. Mostly you just need to figure out what is the most comfortable for you and how you can control the rope best, cuz most people do it differently. I hope that helps, and good luck.

I'm game if you'll drive. pm if you're interested.

not cool. i already wanted them. oregonsurfer, pm me if you haven't already sold them to Szyjakowski or i can pm you. i'll probably top what he's paying.

just a curious question here....Does anyone know by how much a girth hitch reduces the strength of webbing/cord/rope?

How much for just the TCU's?

That's disgusting. Utterly disturbing...

Some friends and I are looking to do something a little more unpopulated, and just happen to be taking a six day hike into the olympics. Is there anything up there that's worth visiting? Any guidebooks we should consult? thanks much!

that picture . nice tr

oh yeah I'm not saying that a nut would have held in that exact spot, but it's possible that she just wasn't watching her placements well enough and anything could've pulled.

There's nothing saying passive pro wouldn't have pulled out either. Maybe she just didn't pay as much attention to those placements as she should've. Maybe a nut would've stayed. Maybe not. It shows that there could've been a problem with the placement of the green alien, but it's just as possible to screw up placement of passive pro. Nobody saw the placement before it pulled, so don't make any assumtions yet.

But what are these new metolius and trango cams they speak of? Nothin on the websites. As far as the new OPs go, they're just toys in my opinion. For 90 bucks each, they make choosing gear a little more mindless. That's about it. Curious about the metolius and trangos though... -james

oh that's perfect. go to beach 3 near kalaloch. theres some bouldering there i hear. just go down the path and go left on the beach. check the rockclimbing.com route listings for more info.

wrinkle lump armstrong

if you can drive, i'm game. where are you leaving from?

isn't it still ablaze? or maybe you're climbing at tumwater or peshastin. haven't heard any updates on the fire in a while.

one more question: what diameter/type of cord or webbing do you use for the gunks tie-off? -james

look it up at rockclimbing.com. it says something about san juan island there. good luck

possibly, still not sure about my schedule.

haha yeah... i'll see him at the competitions! awesome. what's his name? i'll try and spot him.

awesome. who? i'm on the vertical world kitsap team. did jason lawson make it? havent had a chance to talk to any of them yet. hohm- what team is your son considering joining? -james