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If I was Bush, I would probably feel paranoid, erratic, and depressed as well, considering my role in the events of the past 4 years.

Gotta chip in....Anasazi Lace-ups are the business....got a pair a few weeks ago, and they are the best pair of all-round shoes I have ever owned.....Rockin!

Marylou, Check your PMs.

Hey, Check your PMs....

Rod, Thats a sad story.... I do remember the climbing there to be surprisingly good, and you guys put in a hellish amount of work....hopefully someone will pick it up again. Aside from the steep sport routes on the right buttress, I also remember a really cool steep crack going up the left side...first pitch about 5.8 finishing with a delicate face traverse, and the second pitch hard 10 and slightly overhanging. Cool trad route. Thanks for sending a map....havent been there for several years.

Thanks guys....seems doable....we will go for it..

Tentative: John (Hohm) and Shay (15) We will definately come if there are other teens there, otherwise I will have to use my powers of persuasion....

What a reasonable estimate for total car-to-car time for a one day Forbidden West Ridge Jaunt? Competent party of 2, but not exceptionally fast.....

Absolutely true about climbing Darrington in marginal weather, at least this last weekend. As we were heading up Dark Rhythm, we could see the clouds dumping buckets off to the West and South, but we were spared the rain for at least another 2 hours, allowing us to top out and get (almost) back to the cars before the deluge struck. Thanks Matt, for the great climb!

The one just to the left of the Big Easy felt like 5.9 when I did it. One could place a piece between 2 bolts that are about 15 feet apart, or just run it out... Pretty similar to the Big Easy, overall.

About 6 years ago, I climbed at Calendar Butte a few times, and someone was developing this area and had put a lot of work into rap stations and route cleaning. Does anyone know if further development has been done, or has it gone back to nature?

Thanks for the weather flash....sounds perfect for a NW day out on the rock....

Anyone interested in Doing a Darrington run up this weekend. I could do a day trip either Saturday or Sunday, as long as it isnt too ungodly hot...

I will be there....Thanks for organizing it!

I would also vote for Leavenworth, for logistical reasons. BTW, any other parents with teenage climbers. I have a 15 yo son, who is really getting into it...

CBS----The East Face of Chair is actually a pretty decent little route, and with the exception of one pitch (pitch 2 or 3, I cant remember) is actually fairly solid. There are a couple of fun moves snaking through a gap in the overhang, and otherwise its a cruise. I really enjoyed it, and bootied a decent TCU someone had bailed on as well, for a bonus.

Thanks, Billygoat. I will give him a call. Somebody out there has to know about the NW face....

I gather from the distinct lack of response that there are no good routes on Black Peak? I am thinking of doing the NW face....any beta, good or rotten?

Any party size greater than 4 belongs on the trail, not on the route...

Heading up there in a couple of weeks, and wondering if anyone has a stellar route other than the obvious (NE Ridge). Thanks!

Education is a wonderful thing...

Nice pictures....its the perfect solo day trip, I think. I am still not sure where your bushwhacking came in, as the logging road goes nearly to the base of the West Ridge (at least it did a couple of years ago).

Thank you Uncle_Tricky, and take a bow, for regaling us with a story that made me laugh so hard that people started to look at me sideways...

An armload of climbers....

James, His name is Shay, and I will tell him to look out for you at the Comps.....BTW are you going to the Summer Slam at VW?