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Saw your partner post earlier and found some beta on mountain project, http://www.mountainproject.com/v/golden-arch/106793639. Unfortunately, I forgot that I have a grant to write this weekend.

was trying to be funny .... unfortunately, that effort was an epic fail.

Was there a bootpack or did they have to skin up?

Just did W.Ridge with my son who turned 17 in July. He is normally a flatlander from WI but has climbed on and off throughout the years with me and was a recent finisher in a century ride. I was impressed at how responsible, careful and tough he was. Your brother starting at 12 will be a real manimal by 17. Nice work getting him out there.

I've been itching for MJD since last fall when I did Orbit for the first time. Sad to hear it needs traffic. Let me know if I can help with the cleaning effort. Jason

bump. something like a 1/4 or 1/2dome or a touchstone. Thanks!

Looking for a small to medium bag for practice hauling and short walls. Let me know what you've got. Thanks, Jason

A couple of interesting TRs on TAY showing a huge crown. http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=24420.0 http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=24431.0

still looking... too-oh-six-4-three-4-5-nein-o-fore

Earlier is better. Leaving from Seattle. PM me. forecast Jason

Just passing through? Check out the beta here to get oriented. http://www.justgetout.net/Wenatchee/14582

Yep, I have the same harness and find it annoying how it retraces toward the belay loop.

Drove out to Vantage yesterday. Frenchman's was the closest to being in, but not quite. Continued along the road to Ancient Lake. Mostly found some futuristic looking sh*t. Tears of a Clown was in shape but too steep/chandeliered/mushroomed/sloppy for me to get on the sharp end. We decided to hang a TR and ran a couple laps. All in all a pretty sweet day. ...but be sure to protect your beaver. Ours didn't make it.

You can fight it by mail, i.e. you don't have to physically go to court. I failed to write my license plate number on the display tag and then did not respond to the initial ticket in a timely fashion. Same as you, they "offered" to reduce my fine to $59 if I showed proof. I photocopied all my shit and mailed it in. Ultimately, my fine was dismissed and I only paid with a single postage stamp and a fair amount of high blood pressure. YMMV Jason

Free or demo options that I like are: Hillmap.com and Topofusion. Both allow you to export waypoints or routes but probably will not directly upload to your GPS. However, you can probably use the free software that came with your device to upload.

180 degrees south is one of my recent favorites

Quote from Kelly Cordes on MP: "Free showing of COLD tonight, 7pm MST (watch anytime from 7-9), on Outside Magazine’s website. It’s a 19-minute film by Anson Fogel and Cory Richards (with me as writer--so a bit of a self-serving post, but this is the first/only place to see it outside of the film festivals, or buying it). A shortened version of it showed at Reel Rock, but this is the full-length one, and I presume they aren't going to bleep anything out, etc. It’s dark, raw, won GFP at Banff and definitely rated R – if you’re looking for a Brittany Spears style evening, this probably isn’t for you. But I hope you like it. " Worth a watch IMHO. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/mountaineer>>> or on vimeo: [video:vimeo]23336972

+1 I'm no expert but I found a similar situation in a pit near Kendall lakes at Snoqualmie Pass.

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http://www.mountainproject.com/v/hardman-/107359572 I don't know. Is this even funny anymore or am I just a bully?

Better than saying "fast and light" Yep, I subscribe to the "light and slow" paradigm.

3 condoms seems excessive. Save weight by only bringing one and reusing. ... Light is right!

$350 or make offer -prefer local pickup in Seattle or buyer pays shipping. Skis are Atomic Tacora 172s (113tip-80waist-103.5tail) in good condition but could use a wax. There is one groove mid ski that is 1-2mm deep. Bindings are Silvretta 500s Size Large and need minor repairs to the adjustment mechanism. Skins are BD glidelites with plenty of life left in them. More pics at Picasa

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I find the Kramar guide a little difficult to follow sometimes. I'm confused about the area around the first pitch of Bombs away and Wingspan in the gully that leads up to Straight St. I've been through there twice in the last couple of weeks and still can't figure out if Wingspan is the route highest in the gully that starts in a book and crests a lip to a bolted slab. Lower down, there is a route that starts in a right-arching hand crack, traverses right around a bulge and then goes straight up finishing on an arete. Is that P1 Bombs away or is it on the next arete to climbers left. While I'm at it, when your standing in the gully that leads up to Urban Nomads and Slice of Ice and you look uphill and left there is a splitter 2/3 camalot crack leading to ledge and another (harder?) splitter/flake. Anyone know what that is? I know pictures would probably help. I'll drag the camera up next time. Climb on. Jason