Clampooner

Training Vid The short story: A leaked training video from the RIAA tells U.S. prosecutors they should bust music pirates because it'll lead them to "everything from handguns to large quantities of cocaine [and] marijuana," not to mention terrorists and murderers. Better stop keeping your burned Metallica disks under the WMDs

If anyone has seen CG recently, or can get ahold of him, tell him to send me an e-mail. Sorry to clutter up the top-quality spray with this, but the bastard won't reply to me and the low-jack fell off a long time ago. (Plus I'm on a different continent and this is the only thing I can think of he would consistently check). Commence with the sarcastic comments... now.

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Skip 19, it's just an awkward age.

But was it used as a bail piece? If it was, it's probably still in good condition and could be returned.

Not in my fridge.

Could be worse. They could be dragging excerpts of War and Peace behind the plane.

I didn't know Keds made climbing shoes! I gotta get me a pair of those for my Tooth redpoint.

Who the hell moves TO oly anyway? Especially to the outskirts. Someone hook this guy up with OlyClimber!

The doctor can prescribe some pills for that period problem you seem to...... be.......... having.........

Fuck you, you fucking fuck! On a side note: I like how any time someone wants a post seen, they have to reference it in spray first

Guess I should read a little bit before assuming that everyone is from Seattle. Disregard my suggestions, they are for local Washington things that are NOT worth a drive from OR. I don't know squat about what's around Portland. Spending a couple hours online should help some as well for the gear and anchor placements. Check some of the posts in the Trip Reports section of this site. If you see any you like check out www.summitpost.org for additional info.

well, if you would just keep 'em to yourself instead of leavin them out flappin in the wind!

The Tooth can be done simply with a bunch 'o slings (don't need any pro) and approach shoes. All the trees you can sling, and only one real 5th class move. You may find more 5th class difficulty on a weekend, but that'll just be climbing over all the other people on the route. There are a couple of easy cracks at exit 32 on one of the REPO walls that can be toproped. You can TR crack systems that cover all but the largest gear. A couple of places near the base that you can make anchors on too. [Edited to say: I'm a moron. These are not OR suggestions]

Perhaps you should be more specific. Do you want easy climbs to stich up with pro on lead? TR-able cracks to practice placing pro in? Suggestions for those easy alpine climbs you want to eventually get into? Or, do you just want a few cracks next to the ground to make an anchor on?

it was a setup!! Someone call Rumsfeld!

Squid, I blame you for this terrible ADD literature lesson that continues to invade the top of my spray section... heads will roll my friend... heads will roll (but not mine, it got sewed back on)

Take a look at that map on the web. These areas are not close to each other. Each wall is a few minutes drive on dirt (4wd) to shitty (Honda) roads. IMO this is alpine cragging. Semi-involved approaches on visible (but not color dotted) trails, long routes and multiple points to get mixed up in for a first time out. This isn't Index, L-worth, or N. Bend. I'd say pick one or two things max that you want to do and leave early in the am. Exfoliation dome will take most of a day, longer if you get mixed up on the descent (which I did). Never been to 3:00 rock, but the distance between there and exfoliation seems like more of a drive than a "wander".

Check out mattp's web page for a decent amount of info on darrington. My $0.02: if you don't like slab, yer screwed. I don't know much about 3 O'Clock Rock, but I've been on Green Giant Buttress and Exfoliation dome and did get roasted in the sun. Fun area, much different from the oter cragging areas around washington.

First, what's wrong with that guy's manhood?? Looks like he tatooed an eye and a wing on it. Second, what's with the string? Some kind of ancient viagra?

At that point, the line on Outer Space should start to die down

No, this is pure genius! Do you know how many page tops AND page bottoms he'll have by the end of this! Wait... no one gives a crap about those... I think all that chalk dust is getting to him (not to mention those employees )

No. Your ass makes your ass look fat... but only when I'm standing next to you.

Wow, I was only partially serious before about this being like a bad reality show. This is getting pretty good. Who will Gary give the final rose to??