denalidave

Yes Kevin, I get it. Just not sure you do... I suppose it's like getting mad at the Oregon State Police dept for not letting me speed on SR 14 in Washington. Maybe that is a poor comparison, but as Joseph has repeatedly stated, THE WDFW CANNOT CLOSE THE TRAIL.

Now who is going to go to the same route and re-create the same photo? Should be a fun project for someone nearby next spring.

So it sucks to have Beacon closed. Today would have been perfect out there. Would having the trail closed make you feel better Kevin? It sure would not ease the angst of the climbers that can't use the south side. I sure hope they don't close the hiking trail too. I take my kids up there all the time. It is a great place to go on a hike and have a picnic at the top of the SE Corner. Please, don't go on any crusade to get the trail closed too. It won't bring the climbing back and some of us actually use the trail. I can understand being bitter about the closing of the climbing area and the fact that the trail does not close but please don't try and ruin it for everyone else. Let's focus our efforts and getting the climbing open year round, not getting all of Beacon closed part of the year.

I'll be there from Feb 18-24th and may be looking for a partner part of the time I'm there. SW air is only $200 round trip from PDX. Seems like a fair deal to me. PM if you will be there then. I've seen some pretty fair deals on packages too at the various expedia/travelocity type sites. Dave

See you in RR!

Damn that's a good lookin' Boa Dave! It definitely upgrades your rack:-) Now you have to look at accessorizing and change out to a green rope, chartreuse shoes and blue hot pants. Great to hear the Silent Partner is getting pressed into service too. BTW, In my opinion, I think that's so wrong that the trail to the south side is getting closed....for no apparent reason. I was going to hike down there yesterday coming back from skiing just to feel the vibe and got cock blocked by something like a massive "ROAD CLOSED - GO AWAY OR BE ARRESTED" sign. The Boa already matches my green/blue Mammut rope. I have some old green Boreal Aces to complete the garb. Well, make that ONE green Ace and One Purple one. I lost one and then a few years later contacted Boreal and the sent me just one shoe but it was a newer model. They are like brand new if anyone is interested in them, size 10ish. Yeah, Ken and I were talking about what an in your face, over the top sign they have. Complete with all kinds of legal speak leaving one feeling the threat of life in prison if you even reach your arm onto the other side.

Yeah, the GOOD part. I plan to hit the west/north side routes again soon though.

Not just relatively nice, but fantastic. Especially after all the suffer fest windy/cold days we've had the past month or two. Friday was most excellent, sunny, dry, warm and no wind at all. The sun came out for a while Saturday and also no wind to speak of.

Last day at Beacon with Ken... Hey BillCoe, still have the tag on my locker. I was pretty gripped leading that burly 5.7 and thought about pulling it off to save some weight but managed to pull myself together and not remove the tag just yet. I also got out and did my first roped solo climb on Friday with your Silent Partner. Like any new belay partner, I was wondering if it would actually catch me. Seems to work though. Thanks again Bill! Dave

The 11th essential, don't leave home without one.

Maybe we can start a bird monitoring program where we go out and climb up some of the rock on the south side so we can get a close up look at the bird activity? Seems like a much better way to get first hand data on exactly what and how the birds are doing.

He was there putting up the closed sign as we were sneaking by to get in a few more pitches today. We even took a picture at dark that now shows it is indeed closed. The last two days there were great, especially Friday. No wind, pretty warm temps and hardly a sole out there. Good times.

Poor thing.

Do I need to be 21 in order to Vote?

All of the above?

But at least you were nice and dry inside your $5 tent, right?

Skiing the fresh pow on a bluebird day, priceless!

WTPH? Funny you should say that, Dave. "Phuc" is pronounced as "Fook", as you'd obviously guess. However, on one occasion (just one, mind you) while we were particularly stressed out over something involving acquiring The Boy, I referred to Mr. Phuc as how you might phonetically say it. My wife, horrified, shot me a "I'm gonna kick your fucking ass after Mr. Phuc leaves" look. I was like, "What?" It took a nanosecond for me to realize how I had just spoke his name. Mr. Phuc, true to his ever-casual self, blew it off like he never heard me. :whew: That's phucking hilarious!

that's awesome - it sounds like the culprit was never caught? did the trip end more quickly w/ nothign to smoke? joshk and i increased our pace through the p-traverse by 5000% after our cigs ran out I was gonna say, Matt, WTF was this kid thinking? Since he had the entire stash, as soon as he lit up, everyone would know he was the culprit and the jig would be up. Clearly not thinking... I bet the kid was thinking of helping out the trip leaders by removing the stash. I'm sure he/she only had the leaders health in mind when he/she did such a caring gesture.

No matter how good you are or how non extreme the slopes you ski are you can still suffer accidents that you don't just limp away from. Sometimes accidents don't sound that bad. Believe it or not your brain plays a major role in how your body functions. I can tell you a unpleasant story. Seatbelts are for sissies too!

OK, tough guy.

WTPH?

Use it or lose it...

from the pix, it kinda looks like ya'll shoulda strung up some police tape too the only thing these pix needs are some circles added to them and explanations on the back of them explaining what each one is How about a chalk line body outline too?