denalidave

I can stupervise.

Yeah, Monkey Cave... room for a few dozen DBs there.

Where is John David Jr when we really need his expertise on this subject?

Duuuude, I thought we smoked all the rope?

John - I just picked up 4 nice, like new, Kodak carousels a the thrift store next to Bally Sport's Club on 162nd Ave in Vancouver, WA. They were $2.99 each and there were quite a few left yesterday. There were some 140 count and a even more 80 count. Seems they are pretty easy to find now that everyone has gone digital.

Nice work and many thanks to whoever put in all the trail work on the east end of the zone (Tim O?). Looked like a lot of work and a fair bit of cash for all the PT wood installed. Maybe they should change the name to zoo-zone on the weekends now...

I did not realize you were into Bat-Boys, but somehow it is not too surprising.

Before the heroic rescue, I was thinking we should just offer them a bunch of bank/Wall St CEOs in exchange for the captain. Afterall, they would be much more deserving of such an affair and would obviously have the money to pay their own ransoms.

Best route at RR: Fiddler on the Roof, that 180+ foot 10d pitch it by far the best gear protected face climbing I have ever done. The cloud tower is really great but...it just doen't have the position or exposure. That's what another guy was saying about Fiddler a few years back. We were on one of the routes next to it, I think Sour Mash. Anyway, this guy leading Fiddler was going on and on about what a great route it was... best route in Velvet Canyon, best route in RR. A few minutes later he is getting pretty gripped and waaay runout on some small rp's. Then I hear all this jingle-jangle and look over to see this guy take at least a 75' footer. Got to give him credit though as he re-led and finished the pitch. When we caught up with them at the base just as it was getting dark, he had the 1,000 yard stare and a pretty vacant look in his eyes. I think that intimidated me from ever getting on it. Looks like a great line though. Everyone who has done it says it is one of the best, if not the best, route at RR.

I'm wo-king on it. I beat dem sense-wess when day sound wike dat.

I was out of the climbing scene for about a decade, mostly due to getting married and then having kids. When I finally started back up in 2006 I felt like a beached whale trying to get up Free for All at Beacon on top rope. Thought the guy who was gracious enough to take my fat ass out that day would never climb with me again. Yet, we were out today clipping bolts at Ozone. Today was my first time out since late Feb when I went to Red Rocks for a week. I must say, I felt pretty good today. I figured I would really suck after 6+ weeks off but I did not seem to lose that much. Course, I was TRing most of the routes today. When I was in my early 20's and could climb whenever I wanted, I would tend to get burned out and end up taking a break for weeks or months, sometimes years. Now I wish I'd gotten out much more when I had the time and such good climbing near to where I lived (Vegas & Alaska). Now that I am raising kids, I really wish I could get out much more but the reality is if I was doing it all the time I would likely get burned out again. Grass is always greener scenario, I suppose. I am hoping that when my kids get old enough one, or both of them, will want to climb with me but I am not going to push them into it. My youngest is 3 and she always says "I'm gonna cwimb Beacon Wok wif Daddy when I get biggow".

Exactly!

If the blister still has the bubble in tact, take a needle & a few inches of thread (preferably sterilized) and run the thread through the blister and LEAVE the thread in the blister. This allows the wound to drain but still keeps the protective layer of skin there.

But I thought "they" preferred little boys?

Buy a Ford, buy the best. Drive a mile, walk the rest.

Nice TR! I've been fantasizing about buying a dirt cheap condo there so I can go a few times a year. I too bought a new set of doubles for my recent trip to RR. Having lived there for many years back in the day, I knew I needed doubles and this trip was the perfect excuse to buy a new set. Turns out, I never even got the chance to use my brand-spank-me-new ropes or much of the huge double rack I brought as I mostly climbed on the other random partners gear (Thanks Archie and the rest of PNWers that were there).

I carried on two ropes a few weeks ago and SW Air had no issues at all.

I just flew SouthWest Air to Vegas and carried on my rope and a bunch of draws. I also asked the counter help if I could carry on rock climbing hardware (for future reference) and they would have allowed my trad rack, except stuff like nut tools. Seemed pretty relaxed on what you can carry on.

Yup, now she's my wife! Well, congratulations! I just hope your kids don't end up looking like Ernest Borgnine with mullets.

Ya mean nekkid X girl friend, right?

Can I have your autograph, please, pretty please? sickie

I used to know a girl in Alaska that only used moss for her sanitary napkins, she swore by the stuff. I'll have to try it out during my next special time.

Kevbone!

Got my REFUND yesterday! Cha-Ching!