androolus

Maybe...not sure yet.....errr...guess not.

Vantage? exit 38? Index? Anybody? Moderates only though: lead vantage 8trad/9sp, follow easy 10's. Have all gear and would love to do some trad. Contact androolus gmail.com

Looking for someone to climb with at Stone Gardens in the beautiful crossroads mall on Tuesday nights. Warning: I'm a total gaper and can barely make it up a 10a, but I enjoy flailing.

Perhaps it is lame to report on a class 2 scramble, but the complete surrealness of the experience must be described in some forum. As I scrambled up the ubiquitous scree, I kept hearing voices, thought they were just in my head, though kept looking around for other humans. Whence lounging around on the summit, I heard the voices again...and then walking up from the west ridge, a pair of humans wearing nothing more than tank tops and boxer shorts. "What is this nightmare!", I exclaimed. They reported a 2 1/2 hour car to summit time. I was glad that they quickly disappeared, leaving me wondering why my subconscious would manifest boxer short clad climbers....I begin therapy this afternoon.

The fred guide says to descend the SW face instead of the main south ridge route. Is that just a bunch of hooey?

I was told the same thing in a glacier climbing class and foolishly believed it. Imagine my suprise when I went to the climbing gym and the person doing my belay check said WTF...I guess I should have read the harness instructions instead of just believing my instructor. Doh.

Just curious, did you climb yesterday? AND was it dry? And do you any interest in WWI on wednesday afternoon?