Llarian

Bought this planning on doing some wall climbing, decided day aid and fixed lines are more my speed (if I can ever find the time to get back into climbing at all). This is brand new, as in never been outside my office where its been sitting since I got it a year or so ago. Put it together once, its pretty sweet. Includes a rainfly, cause who wants a ledge without a fly? $750, shipped, or I'll deliver in the Seattle area. I'll toss in a snake charmer double rope bag in for free too. (Also never been used) Costs is a little over $1k from Fish, and you have to wait forever and a day for it to get built.

Vertical World (all of them) doesn't make you lead it clean however. You can hangdog, fall, whatever. They just wanna make sure you have the technique. They do tend to have a few 5.7/5.8 leads set at all times though, mostly the jug ladders like mentioned above.

Still available, if somebody wants to do an in-person trade here in Seattle. Hell, if you want a great condition link for cheap, just give me enough money to buy a new .75 C4. (Or buy a new one for me, you can scratch up the lobes a little if you want to feel like you're trading something used. ) -D

heh. I'll admit to missing Playground Point my first time trying to find it. We went up on the right side of the drainage instead of the left, finally realized our mistake, and bushwhacked over. Sadly, we were right above PP, but thought it was higher and climbed probably 1000' up the side of the hill before realizing our mistake and turning back. Finally landed right on the top of PP (again), and it started raining. Its amazing what a little practice reading semi-useless approach beta will gain you, I haven't failed to find a crag since. =)

I've got a Green OP Link Cam that I've used and placed a few times, but I find it just doesn't end up making it on my rack when I'm climbing these days. Its in great condition, no issues with the linkage, and not even that many scratches. Never been fallen on. I'd love to trade it for a #.75 Camalot C4 in similar or better condition. Prefer local to the Seattle(ish) area. Anybody interested? -D

Theoretically there's no camping allowed, but the road is full of the area's colorful individuals camping there pretty much all the time. It also says no shooting, and all the signs are riddled with bullet holes, so make of that what you will.

I'd take 4 or so, almost lost some screws into a river in Ouray last February when one of my Petzl racking biners caught on something and broke.

I certainly wouldn't carry it on, but I just flew a couple weeks ago with a full ice climbing setup in cargo. No problems other than the TSA searched note on the way back. Kudos for the poor TSA guy who had to try to get my suitcase closed again after searching it.

Climbed this yesterday. Its still well in, but its thinned out a LOT from the pictures posted at the top of the thread. The WI3 at the top is still climbable, (although we didn't do it,) but it has water running down the surface at a pretty good rate. A nice fun gentle route though. This thing have a name? -D

I grew up out on the Peninsula, but I haven't been back since I started climbing. I'll be back this weekend, so I figure I should break in my new pair of boots with a little scrambling or something if the weather is decent. Anybody have any suggestions for some accessible (no 4 hours approaches please) scrambling around the Port Angeles area? I could always do Mt. Angeles or something, but I've done that one several times before as a kid. There must be something more interesting in the general area. =) -D

Looks like the White House released the text of their socialist propaganda: http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/ Yup, sure makes sense that all the true red-blooded American families out there are protecting their precious children from the message of staying in school, just like the White House said it would be about.

Thanks for the link, looks like I'll grab the G12s from him. -D

I doubt anybody is unloading any of these, but what the hell, its worth a shot. Looking for a set of BD Viper or Cobra ice tools. One adze, one hammer. Post-2007 model. Doesn't need to be a pair, I'd be perfectly happy just buying one. =) EDIT: Got them. I'm good. =) -D

I love these boots, but I just can't get the size right so I'm needing to switch brands, or at least models. These are a great boot for medium duty stuff. Warm, sturdy, and they'll support new-matic style crampons (I've read reports of people using a cramp-o-matic binding, but it doesn't really have a front welt). They've seen light use, maybe 20 miles at most. I don't know if I still have the original insoles, but who keeps those anyways? Asking $125, retail is $250. Local (puget sound area) only please. -Dylan

Not sure if I'd call it rainforest, but there's a lot of nice hiking around Graywolf and Royal Basin that should be accessible now. (Check TRs) There aren't any nice destination valleys along the Elwha River Trail really, but its still a nice hike up to Elkhorn and further if you want. Again, not sure about the snow conditions now, I don't usually hit that area until later in the summer. And, of course, there's always Glacier Meadows.