RogerJ

I find myself strangely attracted to a woman who has no qualms about publicly admitting to her illiteracy.

Nice TR! Glad you guys had a great time. Bill gets double bonus points for his ability to not sleep. I think he had pulled an all nighter the day we did Leuthold's on Thursday before you guys left. -r

See my lost and found ad for additional references Nice report... I felt like I was there -r

I'm guessing it's somewhere deep in a crevasse on the Reid, but I managed to not come home with an SD300 Canon digital camera. PM Me if you find it. Otherwise I'll be calling the Reid, Kameramördergletscher in honor of Ivan. -r

Will, If you cannot get a ride, and take the bus, your best bet will be to get to 122nd and Stark and pick up the 20, which will shift north to Burnside. I believe the 33 could drop you off amazingly close to Rocky Butte. Here's the master tool for getting there. Tri-Met Trip Planner Depending on the night, my evenings are freeing up more, and I might be able to swing by the Butte. -r

Climb: Mt Hood-Leuthold's Couloir Date of Climb: 5/11/2006 Trip Report: On 2006-05-11 ClimbingPilot, Esugi, l0930 and myself climbed Leuthold's Couloir. The plan was to leave Portland around midnight to 12:30, and the forecast originally said clear and a decent freeze, so this seemed like a sane plan. We started a bit later, meeting Esugi around 1AM at a Shari’s in Gresham, but were off to Mt. Hood relatively on time. The high clouds had not cleared, which kept temps warmer than expected. We left T-Line around 2:45 with various gravity assist devices to get us back. I skinned and was going to do my first climb in my AT boots. Others carried skis and snowboards. We roped up for the Reid crossing and my nicely coiled 8MMx60 glacier rope magically became the worst knotted mess I’ve been able to produce in some time. 20-30 minutes later it was a rope again and we headed off. The Reid is still pretty closed up and we made exceptionally good time as a 4 person team. We unroped and climbed the remainder of the climb with no need for protection. Leuthold’s climbing conditions were great and the only real downside was that due to the warmer night and our later than expected arrival, it was raining down ice chunks pretty consistently. We managed to pick lines of minimal bombing, but some was unavoidable. Mostly it was a nuisance until I got nailed in my crotch. Past the hour glass, climbing conditions remained great. We had good snow, a light haze to minimize the jiffy bake oven factor, and lighter winds. We descended down the standard S. Side route. The snow never warmed much so the downhill skiing\boarding aspect of our trip was less than stellar, but that changed below the Palmer. The last 2500 feet were corn then mashed potatoes. Back in PDX early afternoon. Gear Notes: Standard glacier travel gear (harness, rope etc). Helmet mandatoty Gear we needed: Nut Cup

OK I am leaving work, heading to Smith RIGHT NOW.

Don't all those HD Camera videos, articles, self agrandizing statement and photos sort of at least "prove" he did it?

And their highest peak is a V0 bouldering problem.

Him?

I am glad you didn't say you were a G-String sort of guy.

Yes.. and one would think since I was just there staring at the massive flatness...

Minnesota voted most popular alpine climbing destination in US

Yes wiggling your John Thomas at them is sure to provide unwanted results.

I'd ask this guy

They talk of Rhubarb Pie and Speed climbing.

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You could move to Portland. It only rains here on weekdays and not during bike commute times either.

Oh wow. look at those Bontragers!

Oh did you have some crabs too ?

Ahhhh. Much better. I feel your kitty get more moist with every stroke.

Oh sure! Next you will probably tell me this is not authentic

Chad.. please don't start with Team America World Police

Like poop through a parrot