jclark

do you live in Bellevue?

My wife and are looking to meet other outdoor couples. Did you just move here? We moved here in Feb. I have a couple of single partners, but my wife gets tired of being "the only girl" She doesn't climb, but she loves to backpack and camp.

My wife and are looking to meet other outdoor couples. Did you just move here? We moved here in Feb. I have a couple of single partners, but my wife gets tired of being "the only girl" She doesn't climb, but she loves to backpack and camp.

My wife and are looking to meet other outdoor couples. Did you just move here? We moved here in Feb. I have a couple of single partners, but my wife gets tired of being "the only girl" She doesn't climb, but she loves to backpack and camp.

Ok I hate to do this because I left that part of my life almost a year ago, but I am a former special operations officer in the Army with 4 combat deployments to the middle east. I would challenge any of you who say Bush lied to go to war. Was the war horribly mismanaged? YES. Did Rumsfeild have a clue as what needed to happen to win? NO. Did the govt lie to go to war? NO, I don't believe so. Iraq had the weapons of mass destruction. Saddam also had a decade to to get rid of them. Intelligence is very hard won in that part of the world. The arabic society is extremely difficult to penetrate. Saddam hid, discarded, sold and destroyed those weapons as we built our forces in Kuwait for the invasion. In retrospect we shouldn't have invaded Iraq. I think that is clear. The real issue other than Afghanistan is Iran and it has been all along. Remember hindsight is always 20/20...after Sept 11th the world was and still is a very confusing place. I have had the opportunity to speak to countless foreign fighters we captured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Their hatred of us is real and it is religiously based. It is not because we drive nice cars and have nice homes, although the economic disparities don't help the situation. They hate us because we are non-believers. They hate Shiites because they are non-believers too. Don't you get it? We cannot stop their hatred by not fighting them. We also cannot bomb them into submission. We must defend ourselves at all costs. Why did I leave the military you may ask? Because I was sickened by how we managed the conflict. I like you am dismayed by the lack of judgement our GOVT=(democrat and republican) has displayed in the last few years. I am sure I will entertain more than a couple responses to this post. I am merely speaking from my limited 27 combined months in those two countries...others of you may be far more experienced on this subject from magazines and the internet

Jim...have you ever been to the middle east? Have you ever seen Iraq and Afghanistan with your own eyes?

Nicely done. Awesome photo's. I bet you slept well in the gravel. See you Saturday. Save me a camping spot!

Dr Weaver...Harborview.

If you exit to the right and drive about 3/4 to amile I believe the trestle is right there. I will be in a black yota truck...texas plates. See you there. Look forward to meeting you.

anytime is good for me. I am coming from the east side too. What about 9-930? earlier? later?

I am in too. What time and where? Have all necessary gear for sport

I am new here...how do you get there...at the exits?

My wife and I will be camping at Leavenworth this weekend. Anybody headed that way to climb? I am a 5.8-5.9 climber email me at d.justin.clark@gmail.com

I don't know if I can be there by then. Let me look into it. If I can make it i would love to. I'll check my schedule and let you know.

I am up for tomorrow am or afternoon. email me at d.justin.clark@gmail.com or call me 206 300 3756. Same experience level and also a safe belay...ready to go.

oh yeah, I am good for this week too. d.justin.clark@gmail.com

I am up for anything. Not super experienced, but I am super willing to learn and I am a trusty belay. I will go to Leavenworth, index, the exits whatever... I can drive too.

I am always interested...I am new to the sport, but I am a good belay and always wanting to learn from better climbers.

I just moved here as well. I am not as experienced as you it sounds like. I am always interested in learning from a better climber. I am a trustworthy belay and I am pretty flexible this week and next. Let me know what you think. If interested I'll call you.

I am new to the area as well. Don't know a soul in this town. Looking to meet cool people to get outdoors with. Anyone interested?

hey, yes I am very interested. I am a newbie, but I am athletic and drug free. I was at leavenworth last weekend for the first time. I am new to the area,just left the Army. Did some limited climbing there. call me if interested. two, zero, six, three zero zero three seven five six. I can drive.