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Ok, what the hell happened!!

or you could be skiing/boarding at Meadows early season, Heather Canyon closed, not open yet. Yet you see that the conditions are perfect untracked pow into Heather, so last run of the day you duck the ropes and drop in and just tear it up a perfect run to the bottom only to find that what in later season is a ski out is miles of untracked and a series of 7 stream crossings, and you don't have a headlamp and no one knows where you are, and daylight is fading, so your only choice is Go Dog GO!....who would do that I don't know...

$900 for a nice blazer is cheap, its not even Italian made what do you expect?

Same thing happened to my friend on the squeeze on Cloud Tower. Damaged him for life. Yes, this cave squeeze has broken many people mentally, just about anybody can get through but you have to do lots of wiggling around and there is one pinch point that you have to be careful of. Plaid actually couldn't get thru with his coveralls on and had to come back up and take them off, and go back down the hole. I've had two friends stuck in it, big dudes, but they both managed to get thru eventually without becoming vegetables. good thing there is a bottom exit 1/2 mile down except later in the season when the exit fills with water because coming back up the 90 degree corner and squeeze is twice as hard and scary. Rick is actually taking a group of us into Dynamite Cave near Trout Lake on Saturday, no squeezing required. Just bring your harness, ATC, and aiders and jumars! Whos going??

There's only one way to find out Bill! This Saturday.... Hey, how can you post from REd Rocks?

Tyson, you nailed it. I think we all do the same thing in one way or another. You're right, why take any of it seriously. Its all in fun, but we probably all get carried away at one time or another. But really what it is probably all about is....comraderie!

I enjoyed the video. Got me jonesing for some alpine climbing and brought back the old days when I used to live near and climb at Snoqualmie pass. People don't have to watch it. They're just flipping ya shit because they're not out cutting fresh tracks. It kind of pisses me off to, now that I think about it.

wear synthetic underwear and like it.

Joseph, tell us its not true! I was checking out rockclimbing.com and saw this post regarding hooking. Healyje is the one you really should be talking to about using hooks for free climbing pro, he uses them that way likely more than anyone on here. Wow Joe, thats some ballsy shit!

Ivan is a Russian name, that explains allot!

In this cave you start up the hill and travel back down the hill about a 1/2 mile underground. It takes a couple hours to traverse the whole thing, and there are many confusing side passages and tubes and wierd crawlholes that can lead you astray. In fact, it is the longest known lava cave in North America, one side passage goes for almost 8 miles I believe. Here Plaidman drinks out of his helmet from a delicious artesian spring bubbling right out of the rock.

If you don't walk off Red Wall, you miss the cool bee tree, and the opportunity to climb at the sweet little crag at the very top that is hidden away there with the bees.

You can walk off the Red Wall, but its faster to rap. but not if you need to get rescued I guess.

so myself, Plaidman, and his wife Rhonda decided to take a tour of the very interesting,long, and circuitious cave of the Deadhorse here in Washington near the Gorge. Exact location will remain a mystery. Its a good place to get lost or stuck but we were determined not to let that happen. Well, I did get lost for about 1/2 an hour but we won't talk about that here. Here is Rhonda about to enter the realm of the land unseen. Then is a crawl for aways, until we come to a cruxy section that breaks some peoples minds and they scamper back out, the squeeze passage. You go into this hole and then your lower body has to make a 90 degree turn followed by your upper body until you can straighten out down below and see where you are. Its a little weird and best done quickly. I've seen people have mental breakdowns at this point because it is so confining. Scott and Rhonda scooted right thru, kudos! Then its a ways to crawl before the cliff downclimb. The happy couple only about 200 feet in but knowing there are many more crawls, flooded and muddy passages, and wrong turns to go to get out. Well maybe they didn't know about the wrong turns as this point but they were about to find out.... Good times to be continued....

What about the insect repellant?

I don't think it's a drum he's beating Kimmo....its a familiar insect repellant.

After climbing with Ivan Friday evening, I am not sure why he aid climbs as he appears not to like to place gear. I don't even think he likes ropes! Great fun, but I think Im to old for this solo stuff. Fawk, I'm so old that I'm into sewing. Sewing it up that is! Give me a double rack anytime , and some gear.

Holy Shit he's placing gear and crack climbing!

I don't see any piss stains Joe!

Nice guys!

Hey, I'll meet up with ya Ivan! Send me a pm with your cell#

Bumkin, thats what Jim said. He said it would take you off the rock yesterday if not careful. it was very nice there today. sunny and not to windy. DenaliDave, heard you bit it trail running and are on injured reserve, sorry to hear it dude!

Probably just your normal rainy dripping wet soggy run of the mill fun day at Beacon. Doesn't get much better except when the wind howls!

Great video, nice climb!!

Ivan, get better! Sorry to hear it, I was out getting after it today with Kenny. East winds a blowing! Storm a coming, hoping its not the last blast of good weather.