underworld

yup.. the solution: get other people to stop going there

DONE! what a legend, inspiration, story etc etc etc...

ugh......that's annoying... oh well... the internet.

we spoke to the first rescuers on the scene. we finished rapping as they got to the base and we directed them to where she fell. we didn't see specifically where she came from. might still contact them...

update to the article make is sound more like a hiker.. not that it really matters. tragic no matter what. i was at the top of the split pillar when it happened and was about the worst thing i could imagine seeing. unrelated: about an hour beforehand, a large chunk of rock fell off the sword pitch. narrowly missing a few parties on the route and several parties at the base of exasperator (etc)... a bad day coulda been a whole lot worse.

anyone know if any local (seattle area) shops carry the b360a harness? i did see one at feathered friends but it was an XL... no help to me. any experience w/ it? bob

gotta be proud!! that's awesome!

dude... seamseal those puppies... well, do it BEFORE the wall. as for shoes, no idea on what's being proposed. I've used thunders for a few and they seem to work. your feet will hurt regardless. put some weight in which ones are easiest to take on and off.

is your defense that nitrox is more of a racist or alsoa racist?

you don't need to mod it, IMHO.

no you don't ::

You cary a gri-gri and a pulley on your harness while leading sketchy aid pitches? Hard aid is just like hard sport climbing, take all that crap off your harness and make yourself light, it makes a difference. At least thats been my experience and I've lead way to many scary aid pitches in my life. if it's that hard and you're that light - i imagine/hope you'd have a tag line. ...and if you're solo-ing - good chance you've got a gri gri on you

a good reason to have the gri gri... you can rig up one ascender, a pulley and your gri gri to go frog style up to your high point and have it such that if it blows - the gri gri catches you and not your ascender

gri gri is the way to go... just learn how to move the lower jug by slightly releasing it with your thumb. maybe this is easier on the yellow death-juggers than other types, i dunno. the gri gri is made to catch falls, feeds easy, is typically on your harness anyway if you're jugging (on walls, at least) and makes it a sinch to turn the system into a self belay method if you end up following part of a pitch on aid or even going free. following a traverse on aid is 'dicey' if you are using your jugs as your belay method.