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Eugene Parks and Rec (and the volunteer group?) deserves a huge for their work in fixing up columns. It looks great out there! I wasn't even scared to walk around barefoot!

I love diving, but caves are a whole nother thing.

in between every major life transition, there needs to be a nice long climbing trip. It cleanses the soul.

what a great story. CCers should write their TRs like that more often.

bump. $55 is now the going price

so, uhh, how much are you sellin sacks for dood?

Yea, what else is there to do besides drink and get sunburnt. An emergency bottle of Jack should always be kept in the 1st aid kit in the horrific case that you drink everything else

Total Snaffle!!! And yea, I think the proper thing to do is get Lev and Eagle Dance done with an overnighter up the canyon in between. Like I said, I have to go back.

If you are in the Oregon cascades, Mt. Washington North Ridge is a nice little jaunt.

I talked to some climbers at smith last week who said there was a SUPER loose anchor bolt on a buttress just to the left of asterix(if you are facing east) on the west side crags. I dont remember what they said the route name was but I remember them saying the wall had something related to "snakes" in the name. Does anyone know what route(or at least the wall) I am jabbering about?

Trip: Red Rocks, NV - Levitation 29 Date: 4/18/2007 Trip Report: I recently got back from Red Rocks 3 friends. The plan was for a day of sport climbing and then long routes the next 4 days with the last evening in a hotel on the strip. I had a great trip and felt really good about my climbing. The first day I redpointed an .11c sport route at Dog Wall that I had been projecting for 2 years now. Apparently that meant that I was ready for some heavier stuff, so I followed Darrell on a mixed 4 pitch .11c the next day. Unbeknownst to me, he was seeing if I was up for Levitation 29. At the end of that climb he proposed the idea of climbing the "Best Route at Red Rocks" so we then we hiked in tocamp at the base of for an early start. Levitation is a 9 pitch 5.11c. I had looked at it in books and pretty much dismissed ever climbing it but Darrell convinced me to go and WOW! what a climb! I led a .10 and a .8 pitch and Darrell led the rest up to pitch 5. The rock quality is just incredible on the whole route, it protects VERY well, and the climbing is incredibly diverse along the way. The coolest feature in my opinion is the big roof on the second pitch that has some huge jugs in it(5.11-/5.9). Way gnarly! Unfortunately, it was also snowing for a good portion of the day (in April!?!?) so we bailed after the crux pitch. I will have to go back and finish that at some point. It is just too good. While we were camping up the canyon, we saw the most interesting wildlife. I spotted eyes in the shadows watching us so we lit it up and there was a little Ring Tailed Cat. It looked exactly like a ring tailed lemur which was kinda creepy but it was smaller. There were also several herds of Bighorns up the canyon. Oh, and Perigrines too. There was a nest near the route and I got to see a few of them up close. And Greg caught a scorpion trying to enter our tent. I guess that is the one plus of climbing in winter there; no arachnids. We managed to get on a bunch of other climbs but unfortunately it was a lot more hiking than I had hoped for. 2 of the 4 of us were way out of shape and couldn't do the routes we had originally planned on so that changed the stuff we did do. Gear Notes: single set cams to 2 in., med. nuts, 14 draws, Approach Notes: There is a good cairn system starting up the side canyon off oak creek that leads to the 3/4th class approach slabs. PAY ATTENTION TO THE CAIRNS! We didnt for a few minutes and had to rap off trees to get back onto the approach. A very full day if you are doing it car->car. Camping in the wash was very nice.

Sorry to hear it. Celebrate the great life he led and know he died doing what he loved.

love those things! a friend of mine does the same shit. as long as you arent too close, it works out nicely, but man, what a horrible noise.

god I love those cartoons!

agreed. unless it is balanced on an edge, the sheer weight of the thing is enough to hold it in place.

Erik, is this the same OMC erik? Corvallis?

Gary, Cheerz to mediocure fotoz! We all know whats aesthetic.

60 is the going price.

Whoa! Dru is back! what caused the transformation back?

Whoa! the Uhaul idea might just go!

I have a pair of mythos that I sized too small and need to get rid of. they are size 44 and I have had them for 6 months but havent used them a ton. the soles are worn but are a long ways from a resole. size 44 would be comfortable for an american size 12 or so. maybe a 12.5 but I am a 13 and these definitely feel like my sport shoes.

Heh, I might be crossing some lines here buuuut, I totally found some porn with climbers(actresses) recently. Real (as it gets in these sorts of things) climbing in the intro pics! Dont judge me. Your just jealous because your hours of searching have been fruitless.

yea, car rental for 5 days =150+ we were going to camp wherever because we didnt need to find tent spots but now we have to bring tents and whatnot to stay at the campground sites.

And I've also gotta say, thanks Jon for setting this up for the 3rd time.

I Fucking hate people who bail on trips. 3 of us have plane tickets to vegas for 5 days and the fucker who was supposed to meet us there with the camper van bailed because it took him a month to NOT fix his car in time. Now what was supposed to be a cheap trip just doubled in price. Fuck people who bail. Thank you. can I say the word Fuck on here? oh well