gyselinck

I asked a friend whos really good with photography if he could fix that picture up and he agreed. The only thing is he sent the damn thing back with a freaking Lizard in the background.

you guys are nuts. Whats that trying to eat me, does it have a name?

I once climbed the Cascadian Couloir in 17 hours (car - car).

Awsome. It's been a while since I've been wet and cold, I'm now looking foward to it!

Whats the snow situation around 8,000 feet? Any other random input is welcomed.

Cool kids might visit Silver City, but only a looser would move there.

Lyger's going to come back and be a better climber then us all... OH WAIT, she already is!!

Everyone should go here once. I've only done 3 routes. I just remember being two bolts up, way runout, thinking whats the point of bolts, I'm going to hit the ground anyways. When I expressed the concern of falling to my partner, he said, just turnaround and slide backwards on your feet. (I was wearing shorts.) Then he mentioned how the bolts were just pounded into the rock, not drilled. Though it was only a 5.9, I was scared!!!! Oh, and I thought the little pebbles I was stepping on in the rock would pop out any second. The route was called Nutty Buddy.

i like it when leather boots get wet and freeze, makes my day happy from the begining

Nonsense, I went to REI the other day and saw a display with Sir Edmund Hillary's summit boots (Everest). They were no where near as high tex as the Nepal Exteremes.

Just read this now, very funny Blake, good writting. Maybe I'm to late, but just wanted to clarify some false claims. The "CWU Crew" had already awakened, cleaned up the fire pit area of trash, and climbed Yellow Jacket Tower by this time. (Including suckbm, who drank more then anyone, vomiting on everyone and everything that stood in his path the night before.) Lazy butts!

I was rethinking this. When I was rapeling down the S. Face, the rope got stuck on the crux 2nd pitch. I then had to climb all the way back up to free it. I think I placed the cam on this pitch, but forgot to clip it. Thus I didn't stop to get it on the rap. So I think its there. If anyone goes up there, I would love to get it back. This is probably the last week before the snows. I can't afford to replace it.

Blake, I know you were there, but I don't remember seeing you at night eaither. Thanks for getting us to the crag, good to see you again.

We were there! WHere were you?

I think I lost a number 3 cammalot around the mole area, probably left it on the summit or on Edwards Plateau right by the mole. I dont expect to get it back, but just thought I would throw it out there.

yeah, was something like that

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Flagpole looks phun!

bwrts, to answer your question, Tony Bentley's picture of the n. face wouldn't show anything if I drew a line up it. I would need a more head on view. We stayed on the far right of his picture going up. Anyways, I think ive logged on to cc.com about 20 times in the last 5 minutes, im making an effort not to come on for another hour. Damn Im a bored looser. I dont want to be like Dru!

(If i had had a drink in my mouth, i probably would have just spit it up all over my computer screen. BTW, Lyger really did.)

No, We need to start a "get craig a camera" fund. Climbing everything, I dont think thats possible.

I think its some kind of religious zealoty robot warrior thing, isnt it? Or is that just to much N64 starcraft when I was little.

yeah, i climbed the lower section of it, but then did some wierd thing up top.

Some Comments: No Cook, we can't post photo's. The Mole is a secret, no one can know about it. Its mine, all mine, dont even think about going there. I had promised that I wouldn't swear on this trip, but broke under pressure. Swearing is bad, but nescessary when scared. Beckey says to climb 80 feet to a fork and to take the left fork to a ledge belay. We took the right fork. The thrid pitch wich Lyger is reffering to was a full 60m of dirty 5th, which I couldnt much pro, thus the swear words. All belays were hanging. Very fun climb, my favorite of the day. I've been through Rat Creek, Hook Creek, and the Toketie Lake way. Not sure if I like Toketie or Hook Creek way better, but Rat creek just blows. "Lyger is always right." If theres one thing I learned on this trip, always listen to the Lyger. Shes right about 99% of the time. (That means im right sometimes) I was trying to cross a patch of water ice, which she told me not to. I ended up falling 15 feet down a steep scree slope at a really fast speed. I now have a huge bruise on my and lots of cuts on my arms. Lyger's cousin is one tough guye to go all the way up there with a cold. Plus he carried the beers. Lastly, Lyger didn't mention that she was always covered in flies because she stank so bad. All in all, the mole makes a nice outting. Lots of stuff to do there. Had a great time as well.

I don't work for the FBI.