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and whyyyyyyyy werent these in the photo contest?!?! (or maybe they were and I just missed it.)

way to clean up those loose ends though Klar...

Tuff Trad is fun; just dont fall on your gear. You can tell when some pieces are bomber (nuts are easier to ascertain bomberosity) but in general, expect the rock around a cam to crumble a bit if you sit/fall on it. Smith tuff is SOFT ROCK.

good point, I guess as long as you take movement into account with designing it...

whatever you end up with, you might consider running 3 guy lines to the ground from where the bridge touches the tree. It will keep the tree from swaying as much in the wind and thus straining the bridge connections.

Wouldn't THAT be a thing!!! ...

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Tyler, we need to find someone in the ME dept who has access to a breaker. I'd love to see how strong some of that stuff is... Anyone on CC here have a hookup?

avoid it whenever possible! Climb a lot in the gym and otherwise until you have developed more physical strength and ENDURANCE than you think you need; lead climbing takes way longer and you will certainly be over gripping/pumping out on easy stuff due to the stress. Learn what back clipping is...and dont do it. Some climbs are better than others to fall on. analyze each climb as you are climbing it on TR to see the objective hazards along the way. Then when you are comfy with a climb you know well, lead it. practice clipping a rope into a draw from every conceivable angle with each hand until it is automatic. at some point you will have to clip in each of those awkward positions and you'd best not be learning it then. The slack your belayer gives you while clipping causes the highest potential for groundfall all the way up to the third or fourth bolt sometimes, so make sure you have a good clipping stance for the first few bolts. take it slow!!!

's just a li'l guy... they have much bigger things to worry about in, say, Texas right now

Bump dropped to $180

great sound track and some sweet squeamish bouldering!

I am selling a canon powershot elph 300 HS Camera HERE it is in brand new condition. I am getting selling it because I flooded my old camera and needed one during a trip. I got this, intending on using it, then returning it at the end of the trip, but promptly lost the receipt (doh!) and cant return it. I paid $240 for it, and can find it for as cheap as 200+ shipping online. After a week of use I have found this camera to work very well, have intuitive menus, and it takes good pictures. The HD video is also a huge plus. The image stabilization is first rate too; really liked that feature. It doesn't do the best if you are trying to take longer exposure stuff without the flash though. All in all, I just need the money so I can get a new version of my old camera back. let me know if you are interested. I drive up and down I-5 a lot for work and can probably meet you between Everett and Eugene in the next few weeks to drop it off.

Not much to tell. we pretty much followed freezing level up the mountain so the rain just froze on everything. Everyone was happy to be off.

I assume with the clack you still keep your shit on a string? It would be hard to trust just the magnet...

submit that cloud cap pic next photo contest!

Best wishes on the recovery dood. I know this is a hard one to take. Hey, at least you can always aid climb right! Ain't nobody taking that drill outta yo hands!

It means exactly what it says. If you didn't win, who's to say you can't try again! chances aren't great if you were rejected last time (it'll probably happen again) but thats for the individual to make the call

linky? I'd love to read that!

LOVE IT! Cute kid! And what form on the rock! And he's definitely not the first one to puke at the grasslands...

Ptown: based on our adventure last year in similar conditions, from that step on the ridge you still have 1.5+ hours of climbing beyond that before you'd be headed down. Good call. That rime would be falling off all around you on the descent. The rime step is spicy! my partner led it when I bailed on it, and it was not very solid climbing at all.

Most EXCELLENT!!!

Trip: Mt Shasta - Casaval Ridge Date: 6/19/2011 Trip Report: We went up as a group of 5, three from OR and two from CA (well, one frenchman if you really get down to it). Two years ago we got skunked on the steepest part of the ridge because we weren't prepared, so this was a revenge climb. Packing the night before, we realized that the frenchman was TOTALLY unprepared for the climb (travelling in the US; couldn't bring too much equipment. But he didnt have the sense to ask to borrow it before coming), but after scrounging spare gear, we came up with a kit that would at least get him to the top safely, if not a little uncomfortably. Horse camp had a ridiculous amount of snow for this time of year; the roof top was juuuust barely poking out. We started up the ridge from there in rain and snow and camped at about 9,800 ft on the ridge under one of the first rock gendarmes. I was very pleased with out camp because the rock sheltered us perfectly from the forcasted 20-40 wind. A1:30 am wakeup turned into a 2:30 am start (soo slooooow) up the ridge in clear weather. We were lucky to have had someone punch nice steps through in soft snow some time recently so we were significantly ahead on time by the time we reached our first of ~3 major faces. Each face was steep, but just right. We were all able to move very quickly and took short breaks at the top of each. I was very happy that everyone was willing to take such short breaks; it kept us moving well. As usual, we got an amazing sunrise (caught a 12 hr weather window perfectly). Shortly after sunrise 2 SAR helicopters started buzzing the mountain and continued on and off all day. we learned later that 6 people were flown off in 3 incedents that day. Looking down to Helen Lake, there were probably 30+ tents; a busy weekend. At the crawl I opted to go around, as the wind was giving me quite a workout with the splitboard on my back, and it would have been very poor form to have been the 7th rescue that day. On top, we were greeted with a fine example of AMS, with a russian(ish) solo climber taking 30 minutes to climb the last 100 ft between naps/passouts. We checked in with him but the language barrier was too much, he just kept up the slow and steady thing and eventually made it to the top. Unfortunately I carried the board up, and then most of the way back down. We sumited too early and the corn I was hoping for was still frozen solid. Oh well. I was able to take 30 minutes off the descent and traverse back to camp at lower elevation.

She's this season's Palin. At least we'll have some entertainment in the primaries, but I dont think she'll make it past that. Repugnicans wont make the same mistake twice. An elephant never forgets...

like he said; they star on his show the most!