el jefe

german climbers call bolts "haken". "ringhaken" are "ring bolts".

they also use bolts in the elbsandstein.

if taping one's hands is aid then wearing shoes is aid as well.

there's a "contact" link on his website that gives a hood river address.

come on, kevbone, you know you'll never impress windbag and g-splatter, they've seen it all and know everything better than everyone else. the two are godlike beings who routinely whip 50 feet on manky pro placed in shit rock just because that's how the big dogs roll...

i agree. it's good to see old tim is staying busy.

he's just another bitter old fart who doesn't understand that his time is long, long past and no one cares anymore what he has to say -- especially since he just keeps saying the same thing over and over and...

raindawg must be getting old...he used to be able to spray and chop bolts. now his spray is increasingly lame, so i'm guessing he also can't chop bolts like he used to...

windbag (aka raindawg) must have been on vacation because it certainly took a long time for him to get around to telling us how it is supposed to be done.

pictures?

an amazing man who has lead an amazing life. your dad sounds like quite a guy!

where is "maybe maybe" crack?

a 7 page thread on john frieh -- there can be no better proof that the weather has been keeping people inside this spring!

what is "the beast" project and where is it located? this name rings a bell fo rsome reason...

do you have any pictures?

nice work!

i'm saving up a couple of extra boxes of chalk for my annual visit to beacon...the more chalk there, the better...

"unsolicited advice" -- probably a better name for this website than "cascadeclimbers"

this thread gives me a powerful desire to chalk up...

dumping "pow", however, doesn't sound so excellent...

this thread is reminiscent of those medieval discussions regarding the number of angels that would fit on the head of a pin...

thanks for the head's up.

up for grabs.

as for smith, the two options are either the watts guide or the select guide by thesenga. the watts book is something like 15 years old, but is still a fairly complete catalogue of routes at smith. the thesenga guide is much less complete, but is a good resource for someone new to the area as it steers the climber toward the tried and true favorites.

actually, i have to confess that i'm impressed by the good manners of some of the folks who post here. for example, it was very generous of lancegranite to rate this thread as only the fourth worst his week, just as it was very generous of blake to use the word "logic" when referring to pope's inane blather.