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Hey folks. I just moved to the Seattle area and I'm looking for climbing partners for any sorts of climbing. I'm from the NW and am reasonably familiar with the area, I just don't know anyone in the area who climbs. At times I've been comfortable leading 5.11 sport and easy 5.10 on gear. I've done a spot of snow, glacier and ice and would like to pursue a little more alpine climbing. I can hold my own on just about any terrain short of vertical ice. I'm not too concerned about your ability level. PM me for more details. I have lots of time off weekdays and weekends.

I would be interested if it is possible to push back as far as Sep 8-14. Let me know if that is even in the realm of possibility. I've climbed several NW volcanoes, non-volcanics and a touch in AK.

A friend approached me about skiing up the closed McKenzie pass highway (OR Highway 242) for some midwinter adventuring/skiing. Has anyone done this/have any thoughts. I've never even driven the road in the summer. He wants to do it as a single overnight from the west side to the summit. It would be his first foray on AT or possibly Telemark skis although he is an accomplished alpine skier. He has no avalanche training and does not own a beacon. I'm mostly interested in thoughts of anyone who's been up there in the winter... also does the terrain demand a beacon/avalanche awareness or can we slog mindlessly up the road without getting dead? He mentioned a shelter of some kind at the top...? Thanks

Here's the pics on a kodakgallery website. For anyone interested, the butte I mention in the last post is visible in pic overlooking the valley just past the last meadow on the right...just left of the top of the tree. The other pics are a hiking trip to Rock Creek Lake with my wife and three friends. http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=tdq0i0y.251nbbbq&Uy=-dspdbq&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1 If there's a better way to do this somebody please let me know. Isn't there a way to stick a pic in the post itself?

Thanks guys. Interesting to hear the history and thoughts. I fly regularly over the area and have often thought that the back of Angell Peak looked promising. Also, there is a butte that looks good northeast of the ski area, one drainage north of the road, facing west/northwest. Anybody know anything about it or how to get out there?

Can anyone tell me any history on or share experiences regarding climbing in the Anthony Lakes area of Eastern Oregon. Despite being unable to find any real information on climbing in this area (smoke and mirrors keeps the crowds away) I'm having a blast climbing up here in the indian summer. Just finished the central dihedral on Lees Peak. Until someone squabbles with me I'm going to tell everyone I know that it is a three pitch 5.6 R. We stayed out of the corner itself and climbed the face out to the left on Tuolomne-like slabs of perfect granit. I'll get some pictures up as soon as possible. My wife and I parked at the top of the ski area and hiked over Lakes L.O. peak to the saddle between the two. Down the saddle and east to the bottom of the dihedral. Pitch one to a small ledge, pitch two to the grassy ledge that angles across the slab at the 3/4 height. A short pitch three to the notch. Hike over the west peak back to the saddle, over Lakes L.O. to the trail and back to the car. 5 hours car-to-car without really pushing it. If anyone knows anything about climbing in the Anthony Lake area or better yet lives over here and wants to climb let me know.

My wife thinks she want's to try "the backcountry skiing" and is looking for a pair of used skins for cheap. Her skis might be 130 cm and mid range width for that length. This is something she might do once a season. If anybody has a pair they'd be willing to part with...

overpaid, spandex wearing, spraylords have a fluke shot at glory and the city is justified in going berserk? bull fighting and auto racing and mountain climbing are sports...

Utterly Fucking Retarded

need the info...can you not crank becuase you've become a slovenly hog or becuase your body has just wasted a bunch of energy being sick? speaking of overtraining...when I have cold if i double the lengths of my daily runs and try to go to bed an hour earlier I get better sooner and have no trouble with energy lag afterwards.

No tv until I was in middle school 1 parent (at least) at home always No money (or as I got older stuff) for nothing...personal financial accountability from day one No tolerance for lying Consistant awareness and to some extent regulation of the people I was hanging out with Expressed approval or dissapproval but never criticism An open and consistant discipline policy...I knew what was okay and what wasn't and what would happen if I screwed up No subject was ever taboo (sometimes to my chagrin) A role in family decision making At least one parent at every teacher conference grades 1-12 At least on parent at every sporting event, concert, awards banquet, or any other activity I was a part of. I'm not a parent but I was a kid not too long ago... and a shitheat at that for a good bunch of years. This is the stuff that came to mind when I thought about why I got over it. Also, for me, a shrink would have been the worst possible choice. Having my parents take me to a shrink would have told me that I wasn't good enough. NOLS...a great experience for me once I was past the shithead stage...I'm not sure how it would have gone over during but the idea is good. It would have been good for me to see that my "world" was really just a little puddle. If you figure it out, make sure you write a book.

Just a thought from someone who graduated three years ago with a completly worthless (economically speaking) degree in recreation...the need to keep up with the Jones's is a tremendous social pressure IMHO. Only by living in a deeply economically depressed region are my wife and I able to manage our combined $60K college debt, save some money each month, and enjoy a lifestyle that doesn't leave us feeling like white trash...Although credit cards have supported several climbing trips over the last few years, we have no credit card debt...I have no idea how people like us live in a place like Seattle without financially overextending themselves particularly when it seems to me that surrounding oneself with affluence only leads to an increased desired to be affluent. Furthermore, about the comment above regarding the arts degree living in San Fran. It seems to me that the (recent?) focus on education at a liberal arts college has brought many of my peers to their financial knees. My parents both have degrees that directly apply to a career...forestry and education. Many of my freinds went to college not knowing what they wanted, or ready to settle into a "career". We have BAs in BS...recreation, english literature, fine arts, latin, etc...that have assuaged our parents' need for us to be college educated and left us expecting the rewards that our parents enjoyed.

Good catch CBS...I'm saddened that it took the rest of you almost an hour to realize that this gal needed a little more than cough medicine. This goes to show that (and I'm ready to be slaughtered here) mountain guides will do anything for a buck... is there any way to drag a gamow bag uphill over technical terrain? I'd like to climb the west rib but don't want to waste time acclimatizing...

first of all, wasn't sonam gyatso the third Dalai Lama? and finally, just as a point of interest can someone weigh in on the correct pronunciation of John Muir's last name...two syllables as in MEW-UR or one as in deMURE? Long time argument among friends.

I'm entirely with Alasdair on this one. I went to Degnarli in late may three years ago with the NorthFace Darkstar...froze my ass off despite impecable weather, every combo of ground pad/clothing/vbl I could think of, and a long history of being a warm sleeper in COLD places. I would go with the biggest down bag you can buy.