keenwesh

what the hell are those green things? and those spring sticht plates are ghetto, aren't those from like 20 years ago? like they were the upgrade from the hip belay?

also, I'm 17, a junior at OHS.

do you climb at the warehouse rock gym? I'd suggest getting a membership there if you don't have one already. what do you climb? alpine? trad? sport? I want a partner from olympia for doing long trad routes this spring. like dreamer and on line. also, Washington pass sounds sweet.

is he serious? a deal with the devil? who was standing next to him tearfully nodding in agreement at the bullshit spewing out of his mouth? fuck the evangelicals

post this on summitpost in the colorado forum.

50 fav. climbs made it sound great, this makes it sound more "exciting"

jens, those old guys are (were) hardmen! also, just read your story in Alpinist, it was fantastic!

talk to ff themselves, I now they demo their bags out and they might have deals on old demo bags. worth a try.

if just the toe rubber of my shoes is worn through what repair do I need? 1/2 or full repair? also, is Onyx rubber more durable then c4? I have a pair of 5.10 moccosyns that I use predominately for trad, and I like slabs. thanks, this is only sorta related to this thread.

If your rapping on bonanza your doing something wrong, or shouldn't be up there.

exactly, I checked it out a little on rap, and the fingers, albeit a little pain, fit in the pin scars, but there was nowhere to put your feet! I want to see a video of skinner or whoever climbing it (not hugh herr, his feet are different then mine) to see what they did. I can't imagine campusing 120 ft. of fingerjams, but then again, I've never climbed .13c!

real men don't like getting raped.

damn, nevermind then! unless you could get to snoqualmie pass. I've done both the N face and NE buttress of chair. I haven't done the tooth yet. is that possible?

oh, if you've never lead rock before and you call chalk "powder stuff" I might wait a bit. nevertheless, if you find a strong partner who knows their shit, do bonanza, it's not that hard. If I did it again I would be in really good shape and go do it in a day, the mosquitoes are the worst I've seen anywhere, and I'd rather run through the clouds then camp in them.

hell yeah!!!! I'm trying to get my dad to get out but he's getting soft and won't do shit without a lot of prodding from me. you have a car? I might (extremely unlikely) be able to borrow one of my parents cars.

there isn't much objective hazard, bring a helmet and watch out for falling rock, what have you guys climbed? if you've done glacier travel and scrambled a few peaks bonanza isn't too much for you at all. when I did it I soloed almost all of it and the only really technical peak I'd done before was mt. washington in the olympics, which has a single little step of 4th class on it. if you've done glacier travel and are comfortable with exposure I don't see what more experience you'd need. and I forgot, we took up my friends dad, who had never climbed anything like that before in his life, and he did fine, although he didn't really like the exposure that much. "....I don't like this!...."

it's more dangerous to be roped up, as the rope catches rocks and brings them down on your head. when we did it just that happened and the rock narrowly missed me but nailed the rope, total core shot, almost severed it. just be comfortable with exposure and bring a rope along just to use if you really need it. we only made one rap in the descent, which was unnecessary, downclimbing would have been safer.

bonanza'a no problem if you can comfortably ascend and descend exposed 3-4th class climbing without a rope. plus the views from holden lake are fantastic, whether you make the summit or not. also, the summit ridge is on of the coolest I've ever been on in the alpine, it's like a sidewalk with 2000 feet of air on either side! I'd recommend going in june or early july, and bring a shit ton of bug dope, the mosquitoes are horrendous.

apparently the elwah wall outside of PA is good in the winter, never climbed there but I think it's only sport and overhanging. A friend who lives in PA told me so!

yep, I'm signed on for a pickets traverse this august. I really want to climb Fury and challenger. if I can get those 2 I'll be ecstatic!

I lead alpine rock on a single half rope, they're designed to hold falls individually, if your alternately clipping them. to be fair, if the route is harder than 5.7 or long I'll take a single or 2 halves, but for most alpine, both ice and rock, a single 50m half works great.

is the alder covered with snow in may? if the season is early enough you could totally go in a spend several days climbing all those peaks, do it!

the first paragraph of SP description: "Do you like brushing your teeth with liberal amounts of alder-flavored paste? Then this climb is for you. While not technically difficult, there will be enough exasperation on approach that you'll be wondering why climbing ever took off in the Pacific Northwest."

have you heard of the gunsight range? you go to stehekin, take a bus, then bushwack for 2 days, the reward? http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=702676 http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=705016 I want to go in there, kind of, then I remember that the bugaboos exist... idk, whatever you do, goodluck and have fun!

dude, I'm sorry, but that route just doesn't look fun. plus, those chelan peaks are a pain to get to. I climbed bonanza and it was an okay climb, but more importantly, the approach wasn't miserable slide alder... if you can get a partner go for it, but you might have to pick another mountain.