Quarryographer

Due to either sheer luck, or the graces from beyond. Every piece I've fallen on has held. Though I still sometimes visualize them ripping out as I fly by...

I've heard the aid schpeel many times in the past, It probably is sound advice. Myself I've never had the "time to waste" at a crag yet... I believe falling on gear is the only way to really trust gear, such an awful paradox! I'm actually one of the few who thought you were on the right track before the unfortunate incident. Though your methods could have been more refined. If you plan to fall on gear I would add as many fail-safes as humanly possible... ie massively sewn up crack just below the "test piece" or a silly looking uber slack top-rope grigried off to a tree in the background. I'm sure a smart chap like yourself can find a way to over-engineer such an endeavor. And I'm sorry to hear about the incident. Gear pulling is one of my biggest nightmares. Fortunately for me it's never happened on the sharp end. Good luck to you sir..

Nevermind was all dry yesterday, I left around 6pm. Not a drop of seepage yet. But it was raining hard last night, so?

I have an extra room, but it's not in any of the posh neighborhoods you've mentioned. More like da hood "white center baby"

I always bring bolt cutters with me. Lately a "christian" group has been bringing more than ample potties with them, but they're padlocked shut lest you save/sell your soul and join their group. I even saw them turn away a pregnant girl once. Why don't any sharing-giving religious groups have climbing retreats at ol coulee?

Thanks for the beta Pilchuck71. It was much better than I expected! Hopefully I can return the favor someday!

That's obviously not the spring mtn crag in Eastern OR I've heard about... Care to share some beta? I'd love to go check this place out!

He biggum fucked!- Ten sleep canyon The Devil wears Prana- Hells Canyon Birthing Canal- Squampton Ex wife- 38 "because it's short & easy, sooner or later all your friends will get on it...

I realize I'll be spray/crucified for what I'm about to say... Nevertheless, I've witnessed serious rockfall at almost every premier crag in the NW (Beloved Index included, but not Equinox yet...)and it seems to me if one merely glances at the base of a crag, that rockfall has been and will continue to be a factor in this environment regardless of human interaction. There are gyms around if that's not your thing. But to completely quit a crag for it's reputation or any singular experience seems absurd. Do you expect alpine rock routes to be void of rockfall as well? We all realize that our hobby is dangerous, yet that may also be part of why we do it.

Mr. Squiggles, Trout Creek-trad again anything in Hells Canyon- Sport, LIMESTONE!!! North Face of the North Early Winter Spire-Alpine Sisyphus??- multi pitch sport

Lately I've become a fan of three grades, 5.easy, 5.hard, and 5.stupid...amazingly it's been working very well...for me...

Hey man, I don't have directions for ya...(sorry), but I'm curious where about these illusive boulders may lie... I'm lookin for some new bouldering on the sound side of the mountains...

Hey man, get to feathered friends downtown seattle, they hold rockfest in leavenworth early april, there are clinics and pro's most importantly beer and a chance to mingle with locals. that's where I got my start, and met my yoda, who made me a jedi...