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sounds like just another bunji jump to me....hope she is ok!

I still got my copy from 1975. Dallas you the man!

The little hand tape circles seem the worse because they're left at the base of climbs, kind of dirty and disgusting, like aid climbers. That photo from the west race of the leaning Tower?

Actually it is typical to get a new name IF the person who frees it so chooses. Perhaps the most famous example, East Face of Washington Column or as it is known today after Kauk, Bachar, and John Long freed it, Astroman.

Since you guys are in the trundling mode, on that 2nd pitch of Dastardly there is about a one foot by one foot round stone just setting there at the base of the final wide crack as you start up. You are tempted to put your foot on it, and if someone does they may roll it right off. On Monday, it didn't look like anyone had been that way this season due to the blackberry sticker Adam and I encountered, so I don't think it gets much traffic but there is that rock just waiting for a good launch! You can't see if anyone is below you at that point, so thats a problem.

Wow, that Bill Coe has more balls then.....buttocks. Joseph, I thought you were going climbing with Adam today, are you blackberrying from the crag?

Nice photos~!

Great project! Mine was in 1974 pulling all the old overgrown fences/barbed wire out of Lake Sammanmish State park, what was old farm land.

Wild Country Ropeman. Super lightweight, very compact, and you can put them on the rope when its under tension. Plus only $30- each new.

Nice

The rain was quite a surprise. One minute nice and toasty, the next a downpour. Kind of messed up my plans and had to beat a retreat. We didn't look you up Ivan as my crew was running late as they had not eaten when I picked them up, yada yada yada...I was surprised we made it climbing at all after a tour of Cascade Locks restaurants, we went into 3 before deciding it was the right one. Shizzah. You are right about the mosquitos coming out after the rain, I got bit about 10 times on the walkout and I was running trying to stay away from them.

I think little engraved brass plaques at each belay that explains the longetivity of the webbing, the expiration date, and maybe some commemorative stuff to make interesting reading while you are waiting to rap.

That was my point at the very beginning of this topic. The rings and slings are not needed and people will chop them occasionally. But they do just make pulling the ropes a breeze, which is nice.

Beacon IS outfitted with rap hangers. Its just the rap hangers are fitted very deluxe with webbing slings and rap rings in a professional manner with zip ties and cleats, and even dated. Its really very nice, but some people question the nylon and cut it and replace it, and this gives Joseph a conniption fit, and rightly so because its work and money to upgrade all the anchors that way as he maintains them. He is probably always going to have grief because people will cut the slings when they question them as stated in the above posts, just the nature of nylon slings I guess.

just walked in the door from rapping Jills Thrill in a rain storm and I was jill thrilled for the rap slings/rings as it makes it so nice to pull the ropes, all 4 raps. I had intended to top out but it rained hard. So Joseph if you want to put webbings and rap rings on rap anchors, who am I to protest it. I am all for it, stoked. I was all fired up for Riverside and had extra gear, but just as I started up to the base of it, the skies unleased and had to scurry for cover to LOLP.

Dave, you're going to give Joseph a stroke, poor guy.

Hey! aren't you the guy doing all the first ascents up at Index and Mt Si? Im not sure how rap rings are any safer or less complicated then rap hangers or chains.

I prefer rap anchor hangers instead of chains. I just thought chains are better then webbing is all. I'm to broke and lazy to do anything myself personally. Its way easier to set at my computer and taunt the guys who are out doing all the work like Joseph and Bill and Jim.

It doesn't matter to me really one way or another, but for maintenance and weather resistance and vandalism resistance, it seems chains make more sense. I think just plain rap hangers on the bolts actually would be the best. I vote for rap hangers. ok, the ay's have it...

Chains suck more then webbing? ok..

I know when I went up there last season I couldn't find any real gear placements on that mossy pitch, but I did see a bolt stud with no hanger. I heard (from you)that you had chopped any bolts on that pitch and were removing that last stud as well. Seemed like it would have been prudent to leave one bolt halfway up but the bolt police thought otherwise! Its easy climbing for sure, just mossy chossy. Evidentally the bolts were needed more next to a crack on the other side of Beacon, but now they will be gone also. It seems bolts at Beacon cannot be considered "fixed gear", as they come and go. I am not complaining, just observing. Also, I climbed over that big rock on Young Warriors last week and didn't send it off, whats it going to take, Ivan with a crowbar? Also, you didn't mention why you rigged nylon instead of chains on the rap anchors? Chains are more maintenance free and long lasting, and it seems like you are having people cut the nylon off. Didn't that happen on the se corner last season as well? Again, I'm no expert, just curious as to the reasoning.

Makes sense I guess. Bolt chopping I was referring to upper Dastardly where leaving one bolt would have been nice just in case someone slips or something. You fall from up there you will go for the big ride. Then you were talking about chopping the bolts in the rock scar. I'm not against keeping them or chopping them, I was just saying. Also, why not chains instead of nylon? You are the anchor expert, so I am not questioning the decision but just curious. Seems like it is to easy for someone to cut the webbing and take the SS ring, but nobody would mess with chains.

now thats a video! Great TR and music

The only drawback to the TC Pro that I have found is that it is difficult to get it on without the tongue having a little fold in it which makes it painful to wear. So you have to be very careful putting it on. I have to turn the shoe almost sideways to get it on right so the tongue lays flat. But once its on, oh the comfort is sweet! It does it all. It is not quite as sensitive as the Mirua but that little bit of sensitivty loss is more then enough trade off for its all aroundness. Wait till you do a foot jam with the TC Pro, it is padded and you can just crank off your foot jams. Pretty impressive shoe.

Good job!