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in answer to all your questions, look what happened to poor Jeff Smoot. Also you can't rename climbs unless you kill the first ascent climber and take all his gear, or they were aid and you freed the climb.

yeah, fixed it.

Who's the guy in the orange shirt on Davis Holland? For you guys who weren't able to get out, I probably shouldn't post this video of my weekend but hey what the hay....to much fun.

now thats a avalanche!

Hard to believe Al Gore would assault anybody. Sounds more like some scammer chick trying to get some "settlement" funds.

The location was on a Jim Anglin route, if that helps any. Maybe the snake was the ghost of Jim telling me not to grab the draw. I didn't, really I didn't!! Ok, I did grab it on the 11b, but only for the clip just for a second.....waaaaaa, I am so busted.....

Way to get it done and way to persevere.

Not like snipe hunting at all, the snake was really there. If I told you where I was, I'd have to have the snake kill ya...but GAKK, it was scary!

I was leading a climb today out east. I was almost to the anchors, and all of a sudden a rattlesnake dives by me to a small bush. It literally dove off a little ledge by the anchors and went past my head on the left. Then it sat there and stared me down. I threaded the anchors with shaking hands and then slowly lowered, there was a draw about 4 feet in front of it and i was determined not to loose the draw, so I stared back at the snake down and talked to it in a calming manner and got my draws back. The guy I was climbing with, Tim Wilson, he was determined to do the climb and got up under where the snake was and said "That is a really big snake, holy shit." he lowered from there, spooky. Be careful out there of flying snakes.

Looks fabulous!

Go hangdog Davis Holland, excellent training.

Aloha Adam! Take care of that sweetheart Penelope and maybe where you're going you can buy a trailer from this guy. Maybe we'll get a chance to do Stuart. http://www.glumbert.com/media/honestmobilehomecommercial

Ropes that don't have a dry treatment tend to fuzz up more and seem thicker after they have been used a bit, then ones that have a dry treatment. In my experience that is. Got to love that dry treatment!

Very sorry to hear this. My condolences to his family. Thank you Monty for your work and support of Mountain Rescue, you will be missed

Rowdy approach ey? I remember this approach was brutal back before the big fire, I wonder how it compares to now. Good job bagging the summit same day.

Right on!

A block of teriyaki baked tofu and a cup of coffee. Easy to choke down, fires you up, and stays with you.

Why not replace the pin with another pin if a bolt is so controversial?

I know of 2 people dropped with 9.7-9.8 ropes with a grigri. They said the ropes were new so extra slick but still something to be aware of.

You can use a grigri with the 10.2 but not with the 9.7. Nothing under a 10 m when using a grigri. I always favor a burlier rope, and like Kenny said the dry treatment is the way to go.

I imagine he called it a helicoptor because I was rapping with the haul bag and the wind was howling fierce and I was spinning like a top coming down.

The locals don't even climb at Broughton.

Holy shit. Awesome TR.

You guys don't need experienced climbers to summit Rainier really. you can follow the trail to the summit. Just in case, practice a pulley haul setup in case someone goes in a big crack in the snow and make sure you have redundant gear with you. In other words, if the pulley goes into the ice with the climber, it will be real hard to use it up top. Other then that, its all about getting up real early and and getting going and being in shape to do the hike. Send it when conditions are ripe!

Gulp!