andrewbanandrew

Need to climb: it's to the far skier's right at Alpental, maybe 10 min walk from the parking lot. Anyone seen the conditions this year?

Does anyone know what the local conditions in Leavenworth are like?

you can make a little biner loop on your belay loop out of tape. it's not load bearing; it just prevents the biner from rotating in the belay loop. easy to do with some tape or a rubber band

I left a garden gnome, black t shirt, and red water bladder at Exit 32 on Saturday at the area just up the trail from the burnt out tree near Sweet and Sticky...if you found it please let me know!

Yeah I guess that means the ice is probably gone at Snoq. pass then eh

Judging by the temps in North Bend on Monday, I'm guessing most of the stuff at Snoqualmie Pass has deteriorated?

Exit 32 is dry

well the McNetts stuff is also pricey but not ask pricey as Techwash

well given that I have a grand total of 3 trad leads under my belt all under 5.7...probably 5.7 or easier. though I wouldn't mind aid practice on steeper stuff

hmm I just noticed that the Red Rocks Rendezvous is the last weekend of March...does this mean camping will be a clusterfuck?

Some friends and I want to get out climbing over spring break. I'm still a sport climbing gumby though I just bought a rack (and conveniently tore a pulley two weeks after I bought it). I've been to North Bend, Vantage, Squamish, Leavenworth, City of Rocks, Shelf Road, and Boulder Canyon, and I've liked every place except Boulder. My friends are pretty damn new to climbing, they've led a few routes here or there but for the most part they just started in the gym 6 months to a year ago. Do you guys have any recommendations for a 5-7 day trip where there's sport climbing between 5.8-5.12, easy cracks for a trad newb, and maybe even some multi-pitch sport climbing? We'd be driving from Seattle... Off the top of my head I can think of Red Rocks and maybe City of Rocks again but I don't know how cold it will be.

woah RR looks like a really good winter destination

Dude, that's some nasty shit. I'd be worried about some health considerations... and more importantly this as an inhibiting factor to getting Yeah it's been cleaned up and it's gone now. I was worried it'd come back though.

Is it an enzyme-based cleaner?

I've since become somewhat accustomed to it (since my room also smells like mold), but it occurred to me that if my gear smells like mold, it may be because there is mold growing on, and therefore eating, my gear. It all started back in December/January where we had that 28 straight days of rain or whatever. A friend pointed out that my room smelled kinda funky, and I thought gee, I should look into it. Pushing back my bed revealed a 7 or 8 by 3 foot tall patch of mold growing on the wall (oops). Anyway, I'm wondering how I might get the smell of mold out of my gear. I'm trying that special synthetic gear wash stuff right now; initially I thought it was a load of horseshit but after 6 separate people told me to try it I figured it might actually be worth something. Anyone know if using the baking soda and/or vinegar trick with a goretex garment would ruin the membrane? This is what I do if I accidentally get mildew on my jeans or something, but I'd imagine it could potentially damage the goretex.