Crillz

Japan!

Exactly. I've been combing through the Sky Valley book looking for good climbs, but thought it would be helpful to get some ideas, so I don't spend time wandering from area to area only to find dirty unfriendly routes. I've cruised around the GNS and parts of the lower wall, and want to venture to other areas to increase the amount of climbs that I might actually get up.

So, There may be threads on this already, but I'm either too lazy to search, or was unable to find after extensive searching - you decide. What are some good 5.9s and low 5.10s for the beginning trad leader (good pro, no crazy runouts)- besides the obvious climbs from the recent index weekend thread. Thanks for any input.

What's in that rack?

Dammit! I guess I didn't get such a good deal on these recycled calendars after all.

Huh? That was for last month.

Mark how was the weather out there this weekend?

Anderson "The Spider" Silva

Me Three!

about 100' further uphill and just climber's left. Look for obvious weekness. I think there's a little tree below some 3rd/4th class that makes a good starting point.

Just checking in.....

No takers yet? Wasup?

So the weather is looking good for this Friday. I'm thinking about punking out on work. Who's with me? Index? Someone has got to want to climb. I'm leading Trad 9s. I have a car

Just so I can feel worse, how crowded was Index on Sunday? I made the mistake of going to X38. Like Rad said, it was packed. People kicking rocks down on other crags, and one dude tried to claim a route for toproping that he wasn't even planning on climbing right away. WTF!

Mmmmmmmmmm. Purple Goodness.

If you end up going to Castle Rock you might as well jump on some 8s there as well. Catapult link to Canary or SF Jello Tower/Midway Direct will be good for you. Super good protection!

Bug - that story is tough! I saw a mother and 3 cubs by Waptus Lake. We had turned a corner on the trail out into a clearing. We were about 25' or so away from the bears, and the bears saw us at the same time we saw them. They ran to the nearest tree about 20' away, the cubs climbed to the very top, and the mother stood behind the tree. We backed up a little but still in sight of the mother, and she started with the gruffing, so we backed up until she couldn't see us anymore. We started talking loudly so they could still hear us. We didn't want to bushwack, so we waited for about 30 min. for the bears to get the courage to take off. Saw the same crew about 100 yards further down the trail. Cubs went running, we backed up again, and waited again.

I've been happy with my Black Diamond Firstlight :tup:

What type(s) of routes are you actually interested in?

Who's game? I'm in the Seattle area. 11worth forecast looks promising, but open to suggestions.

Is one 60m rope sufficient to rap to the ground?

F'n Awesome!!

Or you could just spend a whopping few of your own dollars, cut the old tat (and take it with you), and replace it with new (maybe even adding a rap ring if one is needed).

It kind of seems like they would take longer to place than ordinary nuts - trying to mold one into a placement. I don't aid climb so maybe I'm missing something.

"that guy" gets on my nerves. I can't imagine how bad he would be if he was drunk (and I've only seen him in videos).