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astrov

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  1. "Parkwide policies for wilderness management are proposed, setting the foundation for the Wilderness Management Planning process, now scheduled to begin in late 2007."

     

    What does this mean? Cellphone towers? Has anyone read the 400 page screed?

  2. Anyone want to climb Mt. Cruiser / Alpha early this week? I can leave Monday but would like to be back Wednesday night. Or, know of other viable (not too chossy) rock routes in the olympics? (I don't have the Olympic Mountain Rescue Guidebook so you'd have to fill me in.) I am much closer to the Olys and would rather stay on the west side of the Narrows Bridge.

     

    If you want to do some wild-ass adventure like the Valhallas I am open to that too, only, after the 28th.

     

    I have car and gear.

  3. by an odd turn of fate I want to head up ben nevis on the 10th of April. Anyone want to join / can point me in the right direction for a place to rent gear or to some climbing friends in Scotland? I wasn't planning on doing any mountaineering on this trip and donćt have any gear or beta on th emountain ... I think I onlz need crampons and an ax right? Damn this Croatian kezboard.

  4. hey, I might go to school in Eugene but would like to know more about the climbing options before I commit to a place so far from the mountains with which I'm familiar ... what's the nearest climbing? Is there any climbing on the oregon coast? What are the options within a 2 hours drive? And is ice totally out of the question?

     

    sorry that this is a question and not a route report. All apologies.

  5. I'm thinking about moving to Portland, so I would like to get a feel for the typical options for ice. How far away are they from the city? How much? Is there any ice at all?

     

    And no, don't get mad, I'm not asking for you to reveal your secret and coveted ice floes ... if there even are any. I'm just debating going to school in Vermont vs. Portland, and one of the considerations is the general quality and quantity of ice climbing in the area, and how far I'd have to drive to enjoy it ...

  6. Could I self-belay on top-rope with a gri-gri? I.e. I'd have a stout anchor up top, rappell down from that, tie off to one end of the rope, and then slide my gri-gri up the other side as I went along. I want to do this mainly for the easy ice routes near my house; I would like to get out there without needing to drive to town to pick up a whiney partner with whom I would have to divide half the climbing time, etc. Falling isn't especially likely on these routes but I would like to have some kind of protection because it might happen, plus, having the rope around would make it much easier to bail off. thoughts?

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