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Hard to believe no one has brought this up.. stolen draws at vantage followed of course by this

Yes! That was exactly the reason why I posted this! I'd be more than happy to know of other unfinished projects. Care to send me a pm? Would be greatly appreciated. And by the way, after climbing it some more, I feel as if the grade should actually be 5.8 and the line to the left of it should be 5.7, not 5.8 as written in the book.

Its calling you John...

HOW 'BOUT THEM APPLES

hmm...try Good Will Hunting

LINK so since they admitted their mistakes no one is lecturing them? Or is it because this guy is a regular? Hmmmmmmmmm

I'm pretty sure half the climbers last weekend were from Canada! And AlpineFox, that might not be a good idea because Layback might freak out about how dangerous it is becasue we didn't check the forecast and he might have to go rescue the turds from the potentially serious fall!

Thanks for the update Jordan.

You know, I really hate to be a dick but that was already briefly answered here and you know how I found out? Google Cle Elum ranger station. In a lighter note, that was almost two weeks ago so hopefully something has changed. If you end up giving them a call and have more current news please post here. Thanks!

I knew you were holding back your inner feelings. At least I don't have a bitch for a pet.

Does less-than-anemic imply solo? Or just the carabiners and no protection?

Mark, Last weekend I fell on a nut, no problem (nut was at my feet). Saturday my friend fell on a .5 cam which was about 2 feet below his feet and nothing happened.

Yeah, all the Seattle people should just climb the aretes and lower cliffs. Whats that one route name? MF 206'ers

Wow. You said he was climbing the face version, was the hold then on the right side of the anchors? Either way no fun...Glad no one was hurt. On a related note, a group climbing Easy Off, told us about a loose hold that had a giant X made with chalk. How long before that is yanked off?

Paul, I was saying that in your response to your excitment(?) to the closure being lifted already, which it has been, as illustrated in the link provided by Kublaicon. Sorry for the confusion, hopefully you're project went well in Oregon.

Climbing in the UK must suck.

for some reason this reminds me of my baseball coach my last year of high school - ex-drug dealer, recently out of jail, coaching for some sorta community service, dumb as sin, old as hell, ragged-ass junkie for a wife - couldn't hit a fucking ball to the outfield - life at the great end - he said one day "hey, i may be fuck old and have nothign to show for it, but at least i can floss my teeth w/ pussy-hair every night" - toothless That explains so much about you.

Spotly, I believe Bug is referring to Ingalls Creek Th, which is on the north end of Blewett pass of Hwy 97, not Esmeralda TH, which is in the teeanaway. Esmeradla, is far from being acessabile (can't spell) right now, it is still closed to vehicles (except snowmobiles) as of last week.

Trailhead my guess would be yes. But the trail gets washed out easily just to be forewarned.

Crampons sold. Prices dropped.

Just to play devil's advocate for a second, my experience with a couple well-used/older ropes is that they become more elastic with age, closer to bungee cord-like, which can be somewhat unsafe as well as that would lead to longer falls. Anyone else have experience like that?

I liked that Bill. Thanks.

So where is the crag? I don't care if there are bolts or not. I'll respect what was done before me and just want to climb.

*Disclaimer: I say this is a new route because as far as I can remember there have not been hangers on the anchors and it was labeled as a project in the most recent guidebook. SEE BELOW. So this is the route that started this discussion last May. It is located on the left side of M&M wall, and was labeled "2. Project" in the new guidebook. I added the hangers whil raping from the cliff band above and then proceded to lead or "red-point" the route today. The only reason I'm posting this today was to try and find out some history about the route/who put in the bolts and didn't leave hangers, or the hangers were stolen, etc. The route was fun, short and exciting at the top. Once you climb to the top of the pillar you have about 6(?) feet from your head to the anchor, with your last cam below your feet. Exciting! Here are some pictures from the base, no pictures of the climb because I was using my soloist, which perhaps added to the excitment factor. I'm calling it Shittin' M&M's, 5.8. I got rid of the PG because my friend took a fall there and wasn't too bad! Counting down to wise-ass comments from Erik and Craig....

Have you guys ever had the sheath start to accumulate on your locking binner when lowering or rapelling? As far as I can tell I can't tell any obvious damage but its been well loved. 2 seasons of ice climbing, 1 season of alpine rock (think lots of granite ridges), and lots of rock climbing (top and lead). I'm going to buy a new rope, but what use does it have after? Haul line? Cut to 30m for glacier?