Frankazoid
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Nice outing! Did you get a look at the south arete? Think it would be snow free by now?
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Looks like a good time! Do you know if the south arete is snow free?
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Well, I guess I was mentored by a thoughtful and experienced new route developer... and Brenden, I thought you had been climbing and learning about route development under the wing of a very good and well known developer, also?? So i'm baffled as to why you bolted these lines at the feathers, really. I know who you have been hanging out with the last couple years, and that person is extremely competent from what I understand, so it just doesnt make any sense. Why are you not applying what you have learned?
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...and could you have been any higher when you were looking for where to drill an anchor through broken garbage on top of the pillar? Seriously man, that's lame as shi*t. You should meditate on this stuff if you still don't get it, and maybe post a new thread explaining the hazard you have created and how to avoid it until you can take care of it. Which I really hope will be soon.
Sunny, warm days are here for beginning climbers (sometimes naive to the dangers around them), itching to take a stab at the challenges the feathers has to offer.
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I was there when a route was being bolted. I warned them to remove the routes, that the feathers were done long ago, and that everything they leave up will be a serious danger to the public.
I witnessed a cluster of rocks falling down a belayer as his climber tried to find footing on solid rock, but there was none.
So I gotta point you out, since you left your garbage up after explained why it needed to go...
Fu** Y** for putting other people's lives at risk.
Take your garbage down or I will on my next visit.
And sell your drill, Brenden Sullivan & Bro.
So god da*n sincere it's not even funny,
-Frank
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4-10-14:
I walked up to the sanctuary cave and witnessed a Peregrine Falcon returning to her nesting site (heard little ones too), which is located on top of the cave/ cliff band, far right. It is extremely close to the routes on the far right, and I feel that walking up the noisy approach trail or anywhere around the cave could disturb these birds, so I am suggesting a voluntary closure until...
Let's help to make sure these wonderful creatures survive their infancy and give'em their space, eh?
Anybody care to post a flyer out there? I forgot to do so and won't be back anytime soon.
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Bump.
Reduced to $350. Now in the "steal" bracket for sure. Someone out there must be able to recognize this really good deal, if not, then this world is even sadder than i thought.
Here is the CL ad:
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If you've been waiting for a really good deal on big pow boards, you just found it.
Check out my craigslist ad:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/spo/4219920305.html
Thanks!
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Price reduced. Bump.
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I think marmot in bellevue has a 28 or 28.5 in the garmont delerium. It's a charging boot with a 130+ rating and 104mm up front. Pretty bad ass boot in my opinion.
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2011 189 Hellbents for sale. Great condition. They come with the marker jesters too. Been on the hill only a few times. $420
email: skibigtrees@gmail.com
text: 425.761.3474
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This seems to be a great wide- multi purpose tool... I might purchace it for myself this year.
http://k2skis.com/skis/adventure/sidestash-1213
I currently ski the Line sir francis bacon, which is also 108 under foot, but just a little wider in the tip and tail than the k2 sidestash. The combination of the rocker+ traditional camber with a good radius like 140-108-136 makes for an awesome ski that works great in just about every condition. I used it for backcountry skiing and everything inbounds 6 days a week last season (I work nights on the hill and ski all day). I really have to reccomend this style of ski, especially for around here. The flat tail is also appealing to me- I'll be able to click in and out with a bit more ease on steep aspects. That can be a more of a delicate process with the twin tips I have now. Im pretty much sold on the sidestash. Just need to demo it to confirm what I already know. Or do i?
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Bump. The Scarpa's are now $120
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Nice work! Looks like a fun climb!
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How about the fee/permit system associated with the enchantments?
From what iv'e read it sounds like I should be able to walk around freely up there without harassment from rangers. Rant: To me, the mountains are a place of complete freedom. Super-pure freedom. I understand fees associated with drive up USFS campgrounds or *trailheads that provide amenities that cost money to keep up. But a fee just for your human body being in the mountains I do not understand. I should have complete freedom to decide spur of the moment that i'd like to walk around the mountains and sleep wherever I so choose without paying somebody for it or acquiring a permit. The mountains should be a place free from politics and normal society etc... A place where you can simply exist, bare bones naked and leave the rest of the world behind. Thats what iv'e always thought of the mountains and that is EXACTLY why they are so special to me. I will never walk around up there with the uncomfortable feeling of a USFS finger up my butt.
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Price reduction bump.
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** $150 **
Scarpa Spirit 3's. size 28.5 Good condition. Intuition moldable liners and 2 sets of tounges (soft and stiff).
Feel free to TEXT anytime 206-409-0975 Thanks.
I also have a pair of Salomon alpine boots size 28- good condition. $75
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pm sent.
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I have some 98% deet spray, but i'm hesitant to use that shit these days... Anyone use any sort of natural repellent with good results?
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Had a great time climbing puzzle palace today... Ticks were out of control from the offramp boulder all the way to puzzle. The approach was a nightmare because of it.
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Avoid the "and then you do this, then this, no no- put your foot here, thats the wrong hand hold, wrong hold i said- you won't be able do anything like that, no keep going- seriously try harder, great... no dont grab the draw- YOU CAN'T grab the draw! I SAID LET GO OF THE ROPE WHILE I LOWER YOU! Hey that was fun, eh?" syndrome and all should be well.
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those are my draws on orgasmatron... they have been on there for about 2.5 years now. just fyi.
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Ha Ha. I figured I'd stir the pot with this. Much Re-spect to you Darrington pioneers who put yourselves at risk for the sake of exploration and love of the mountains and wilderness. Your boldness and that of your predecessors continue to amaze me everytime I'm faced with a run-out and think of how you could have possibly placed that bolt on lead. Or everytime I'm crammed in some offwidth thinking how the hell did that guy do that in boots or EBs or barefoot for gods sakes. You balls are the size of small coconuts, your courage not short of a true Samurai.
With that said, I dont believe that these feats neccessarily mean you love or respect the rock, nature, or climbing any more than me or the next ass hole. I understand the fear of loosing that sense of adventure, especially when these grounds were once so isolated or unknown to many of us. Once upon a time I had a sacred place that was overrun by gumby and friends...
Im a realative newbie myself, first climbed in Darrington just 11 years ago and have only done probably 8 or so routes there. I never loved slab climbing, having been scared shitless climbing in Tuolumne and Pine Creek. Love the knobs not the runouts. Anyways... I can relate to having had close calls although these incidents fall short of staring into the face of DEATH! They were enough to lower my willingness to truly put my ass on the line. I guess I bring this up to defend tactics used to put up this, as stated above, one mans freeway via rap bolting. Maybe you should actually give it a try, who knows you might not be that offended by the spread and even enjoy yourself. As far as the tree branches... Are the environmentally concerned not also the same folks who have left barrells of spewing shit up there? I may have bolted on rappel but Ive never bolted a 2x4 to the rock.
Ian, why didnt you have your helmet on young man! Im guessing because he's as white as a ghost and the hat shaded his fine scottish mug.
Out of control dogs at the Coulee
in Climber's Board
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I'm climbing a route at sunshine and when I get back to the ground I discover someones dogs ate my lunch. I get a "sorry'bout that". awesome. Not to mention dogs could easily knock rocks on to lower tiers where people could be climbing. We need to make this a mandatory leash area.