Teh Phuzzy

Great photos as always. That summit pinnacle shot of you on yer site is HAWT! Sorry to hear about your socks

http://www.zanfel.com/help/ Only thing that I have found to help. And it does feel like sandpaper going on; in a masochisticly great way. Hope your insurance covers it. Last time I was using it, it ran $40 a tube and it took me two tubes to cover my [blister covered] body. As for preventative care-- eyes all about it!

excellente!

What a great weekend! Opening day-- Lap on the corner with Bill and Tim O. Then I met this nice guy, Stewart. We ran another lap on the corner and then hit Jill's Thrill. Then the white boyz finally made it down and did another lap on the corner. Slept through Dave's deep-fried shindig. Saturday-- Towed the rope to the base of Ben's FA project and proceeded to nap on a tiny ledge with a great view of the gorge. Sunday-- Climbing porn with Ivan and Dod's to Big Legde. What a blast! Thanks folks! Waud you all get on this fine opening weekend?

My Mammut is a big bigger, but the thing is tough as nails. +1 for Mammut

Anyone headed out from PDX tomorrow morning? Still looking for a ride out that way.

in groups of two or is there a reason for putting 14 on a rope? guess I never climb with that many, but do people do this?

Bueller?

Wouldn't mind taking them for a lap out at Beacon this weekend

Anyone headed out Friday from PDX and want to carpool?

Guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

So next Sunday then eh?

Let hit up Broughton next week! PM sent

Chemistry Slab at Carver. +1 for Rooster. EZ corner at Rocky Butte. The Farside would be a great place to start looking as well.

Looks like there are a few of us heading out that way in the morn. I bet we'll see him. Sounds like we might a a three-sort-of-some so one of us can act all stoney and belay for him.

how can it be the hippies? All their pockets are full of posies!

My broke ass will gladly put it to use!

Glad I could help! I can't afford any of the gear I look at, but at least I can be some sort fo help to someone!

you ever find those stolen cams Plaid? http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/clo/3072019066.html four basic "cam's" of the same size? little fishy to me

View from the Summit of Squaw Rock at Smith Rocks. Sorry about the quality of my dumb phone camera... There is a rap anchor on the top now (would guess that Tyler has something to do with that), but hauling a rope out there is not worth it imo. Easy solo up and down with the hardest stuff right at the start.

Sounds like I need to take a bike ride (: Didn't hit Ried HW this weekend? Heard it was qwindy up there yesterday.

for sure! Especially on Basalt columns like Beacon. Placed a few on the West Side Variation on Monkey Face yesterday. As for Camp Tri-cams. I have a pink one ready with sling on my rack for almost all my climbs around PDX here. If you are on the fence, get one this size to try out and if you like it and get a set, you won't be disappointed to have two of the little pinkies. They are a little different to place and the second should have a nut tool to assist in getting them out, but I haven't ever had much of a problem getting them out. I find them to be really useful in horizontal cracks where a cam stem would bend if you were to fall on it. JH has some mods that are typical of Gunks climbers that make them a little less unwieldy. Can't find the thread though.

I have that same bag and a 110m static line would have to be coiled just right to fit in it. An 10,5mm sixty doesn't always want to go in nicely. For what its worth...

Looks cool. Shits as old as I am!