mountainmatt

Glad to see that you are Alive with Pleasure Dave.

Sweeeeeeeet! I can't wait to see her send Meltdown

Nice work guys! Looks like a fun route (except the chimney) Glad you got some good OW practice in for this weekend Stewart

Nice work wbk and Tim! Sweet pictures as well. Nice stokey for sure!

Did the route for the first time yesterday. The direct start is the best part of the entire route, and I thought the bolt was well placed. Thanks for cleaning a great start to the route!

Nice work! We ran into you after coming off the west face. Glad to hear that you finished the linkup

Not sure if this is already up somewhere... http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?auto_band=x&rf=sv&fr_story=e240fe22092f7b24a1565e0efb4e9bc93faa8ca3

Nice TR, and a great climb for sure Way to avoid the rock fall as well. Since Maroon Bells are basically rotting chunks of rock, so you are lucky that you weren't hit on your way down. Hopefully you can go and get the traverse some other time, its a really fun exposed hike/climb.

Awesome pics! How does one get sponsored by Walmart?

Way to get back there! After all that work it must have been hard to turn around. Were you finding it easier to travel early in the morning? Or were the temps such that you got to swim your way up no matter what?

Strong work guys! Looks like some pretty hairy sections up high there.

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Sweet job Stewart! Glad the weather worked out for you

Yes, Jungle Warfare was pretty dirty. I did clean a lot of the cracks out with my nut tool, so maybe its a little better now? Another party was getting off of a route that was further to the left and they reported some dirty and wet conditions as well. My guess is that its just early season and it will clean up nicely with a few more ascents. There were several parties on Snake, but the 5.9 traverse is a bit harder right now since its wet. The forecast made it look like it rained up there some this last week, so I would assume that it is still a bit wet. I did not see Up Esc, but its on the list for the season for sure. The nice thing about that area is you can combine parts of UE and Up Esc if you want. Let me know how Up Esc is

As of last weekend... The right side of the Squaw was wet and pretty dirty. Snake was seeping. UE has 3 wet pitches (one is the 5.7 slab) Most of the Smoke Bluffs are dry as well as the right side of the Apron.

I tried calling around to find out the same information. So far all I get are a bunch of recordings that don't really provide any information. The best I can determine right now, White river campground will be open on Saturday, but they didn't say when etc. Anyone have the inside scoop?

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Wow! Wow! Wow! Totally crazy! I wonder what is on the tic list next?

V 5.12+, 11 pitches TOPO Is this really true? Or is this another "puddy nuts" posting? If true, damn!

Exactly. Come on people, a climbing company is going to produce something that looks like used chewing gum on a cable? They would at least be made from a mold. This is right up there with the friction hook

I would also leave a trail of bread crumbs along the way...

When I first started climbing I had someone drop me from the top of a short TR problem (~30 feet) to the deck. I had reached the top of the route and got the usual, "I've got you" call from the belayer. As I leaned back, I started running backwards until I hit the deck. I was lucky; since I was a new climber, I had a helmet on and I landed in the dirt (no jagged rock pile). If I had been about 2-3 feet to the left, I would have hit a nice sharp 2 foot high rock. Good times!

Otto's route on the Monument. The last pitch to the top is fantastic!

Thanks for the putting up the drytooling wall this year! It was a great way to mix it up at the gym and was particularly fun doing it at night Hopefully it shows up next season?

I had my book taken in a similar scenario at Tieton last year. It sucks for me as I am one of those people that puts notes down for each climb that I do (a climbing journal or sorts). Bastards! Their uppance will come!