Rafe1234

That loose block on HoTC has been there for a long time. It definetly moves but doesn't seem to want to go anywhere.

Thats really a drag. The people involved in the development of the Skagit crags are doing a great job and putting up fine lines out of their own pockets, and I'm sure having their ropes and draws stolen is a setback to the progress that the area is seeing right now. I started thinking this year about starting a fund for hangers and anchors and such for the people who are developing the area. Any Skagit area climbers interested?

Wow, thats badass

Anyone in Bham interested in doing after work sport climbing sessions? 4-5'ish? Maybe earlier?

It's not like it's a bolted splitter, or as if bolting cracks is the norm since Stunt got bolted. It climbs nicely, and doesn't detract from the sense of adventure at Index. The reason this route got bolts seems obvious, and the reason most others don't is pretty obvious too.

Why?

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You get a picnic table and garbage service too. It's easy to dirtbag in leavenworth if you're really into it.

Theres maybe a 5.8+ i'sh move to get established there now instead of just hopping up on the ledge. You're still at a rest stance placing your micro once up on it..so it didn't change the route much.

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If youre still lookin for an AT setup...check out the Scarpa Denali TT boots for sale in the Yardsale section of Turns ALl Year. $125...great deal...if you're a mondo size 27 that is....

Americas' granite lines > Euro sport lines.

Doesn't seem like the Pineapple express did much dmg to the snopwpack. Temps are dropping today, along with freshiez!

Id say theres a shiton more than 20+ inches at WA pass. Theres about a 6ft base at Heather Meadows around 4k. I skied by Table a few times this week and theres probably 7+ ft there. WA pass is totally buried, most likely....although having not been there....who knows.

THe most important issue in this I think...is whether or not the new South Park episodes are any good?

Wow that was a pretty massive toprope whipper in the begining scene. Ha! The only way off the glacier is through the sketchy loose rock wall! This guys' pretty rough on his n00b wife too...

lol

How does he propose that "The public view should be ingrained and reflected in the plan each step of the way."? Is it not already? Are our elected representatives not already involved in this planning? You can't expect every individuals view being present in a planning stage, or assume that there is some "public view" concensus that should be "ingrained" in it. The Bureau of Reclamations defense is legitimate. Government and private organizations are allowed to do planning without open town-hall public inclusion.

He did RP Chronic and 2 other 13's since..not bad for just under 2 years since he started...prick. Devon, all this time I thought you were working on Rainier in the summers and you were just galivanting about the N Cascades. Badass... Hey Don, my finger is still F'ed! I've completely stopped doing anything aggravating towards it. I hope to be climbing again early January..maybe December if I'm lucky.

You been goin to ww1 with Jeremy? Did he RP Chronic yet?

Send an email or something to Jim Yoder. He'd probably check it out if you report a questionable anchor set up, and most likely fix it if it is of dubious quality.

You need a liscense and an insurance policy. I looked into it once and it on the basis of being able to write off climbing purchases on my taxes. Turns out the policies you need to be legit are quite expensive, in the neighborhood of $5,000 or more annually...which is what my insurance agent told me would be likely. And I have no idea what size of bond you would need, probably huge, of which %5 or so is due up front. Though I would imagine, there is probably an organization offering membership underneath an umbrella policy that would cover a single guide looking to be in business for themself....there are such things for other businesses with expensive insurance policies required.

That looks pretty good for skiing actually. I hiked up there last weekend to see if the terrain would be any good and it didn't really look like it would be. Coupled with the backside of Snoqualmie I bet that'd be a sick place to get turns.

Sure, I agree. Like I just said, the relationships built within the community aren't forged by advertisement. I think we should go for a %5 demographic cut overnight, just getting rid of the crusty, deluded, elitist-misanthropic types.

Brrr....humbug. Advertising does not "establish" communities. Advertising promotes awareness of climbing. Climbing gyms then act as the economic engines allowing folks to act on that awareness and sustain a relatively steady-state annual tidal flow of new bodies. Some of those new 'climbers' join or form 'communities', both real and virtual. Me? Being totally misanthropic, I'd be all for about an 85% overnight slash in the demographic, but that is never going to happen so long as the gyms and drills are powering the whole affair. Yes it does. You said it doesn't help to establish communities but then you go onto explain how it does help to establish communties. By promoting awareness of climbing there is an "annual tidal flow of bodies", thus communities are created or grow....and advertising is a big part of that. All advertising does is get people to climb and buy climbing gear or clothes. The personal relationships between the people within climbing are not created by advertsing. They are created by emotion and passion, usually of the positive kind, I've found.