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    WTB - Cheap but good rain shelll

    in The Yard Sale

    Posted

    Howdy

     

    I've got like $75-150 to drop.... it's for work, so it doesn't need to be pretty, but it's gotta be highly breathable and still totally waterproof... so DryQ Elite/eVent, Neo, etc.. I spend 10+ hours in the rain, day after day, sometimes

     

    Small or smaller medium

     

    Not picky on color

     

    Thanks!

    WTB - Junior road bike

    in The Yard Sale

    Posted · Edited by Ben Beckerich

    Howdy

     

    Since the local Portland bike forum still hasn't activated my account, 6 months later, I guess I'll try here.. Anybody happen to have a junior road bike of decent quality for a good price? My budget is $150ish... I could go up to $200 if it's a super sweet ride, but I'm just not looking to spend a fortune on a bike that'll be grown out of in a year, ya feel me?

     

    Road bikes - so gears, roadish geometry, 20-24" wheels, preferably drop bar, but am open to flat/hybrid also. It's for an 8 year old, so "junior" is pretty darn junior. He's got a 22.5" inseam, so standover can't really be higher than that.

     

    Thanks!

     

    -Ben

    Kautz Glacier Late Season Conditions

    in Mount Rainier NP

    Posted

    Been meaning to make a trip report but haven't got around to it.

     

    Climbed Kautz weekend of Aug, 23rd. Conditions were actually excellent and there was glacial ice. Probably WI 2+. Was taking screws well. Able to cross Nisqually but just barely. Crossed at about 7000 feet.

     

    Hit by thunderstorm on Sunday at 13,500. Very serious. Had to ascend into thunderstorm. Remarkably did not get struck by lightning. Partner and I descended well wanded DC. Ditched pickets.

     

    Was a great weekend except for the storm / complete whiteout and scarefest of the DC during electrical storms and potential for large corn avalanche above Ingraham. Route was awesome before all this.

     

    Nice! Jelly

    Police kill unarmed journalist

    in Spray

    Posted

    I suppose I understand the instinct, but aren't cops supposed to have the wherewithal and training to resist this scorched-earth type of response?

     

    A nice thought, but impossible. Cops have self-preservation instinct and it'll override any level of training you give them. But it just so happens that their training is usually to preserve your own life at all costs first, everyone else's second. Cops aren't secret service- they aren't taking a bullet for anyone, nor are they checking their fire in the face of death.

    Police kill unarmed journalist

    in Spray

    Posted · Edited by Ben Beckerich

    Bad luck. You could make an argument that police shouldn't be firing their weapons unless they know it's safe for everyone except the intended target, but the reality is that when it's shoot-or-die, you shoot. Regardless.

     

    RIP. At least he died rich.

     

    This is my 187th post, yaherd.

     

    PP - what difference does it make that the guy was unarmed? Would they have been justified in accidentally shooting an armed "journalist?" Fucking stupid ass article title.

    Mt Hood

    in Oregon Cascades

    Posted

    So am I an expert or an idiot, Matt?

     

    The question is totally subjective, GK. All anyone can do is give you an opinion. People climb all August long and even into September. I've never climbed in August (probably 7 or 8 times) and been alone. I've never been hit by rock in August, never seen anyone else hit in August, and I'm not aware of any rockfall tragedies in August.

     

    It's a shitty time of year to climb for a lot of reasons, and it's just sub-par for a first climb. If you have an itch that must be scratched, climb it. Know that if you catch a groundball to the face at 80mph, it's not going to be pretty. If that's an acceptable risk to you, climb on.

     

    I think that's the best anyone can do for you.

    Mt Hood

    in Oregon Cascades

    Posted

    Hi, I was looking at climbing the hogback pearly gates route solo sometime in the next week. Has anyone got any advice on climbing in August or info on current conditions?

     

    Thanks

     

    I've never heard of anyone doing Pearly Gates this time of year. It melts out fast, and every time I've been up in August it's been nothing more than 40-50 degree crumbling unclimbable shit. Old Chute generally melts out for a couple hundred feet at the top, but it's all boulders and bowling balls that don't roll around too bad under foot. Although I have seen some pretty big rock features go from the crater rim- if you're under that shit when it decides to fall, you don't have a lot of hope.

    Not number 1, but 43

    in Spray

    Posted

    Speaking as a politically apathetic, non-partisan person who doesn't watch the news in any capacity or care what's going on in the world...

     

    What's the relevancy?

     

    What does it matter what position we are among all the other fat, rich, safe, liberal, comfortable countries in the world? Our most impoverished are living the lap of luxury compared 90% of the non-west.

     

    We aren't the best at being privileged, spoiled, lazy, non-producing exploiters... OH NOEZ

    Cycling kept me strong - year away from the hills

    in Fitness and Nutrition Forum

    Posted

    I hadn't climbed for a year. Not alpine, anyway.

     

    I rode my bike all through the winter, started training to race this summer.. threw some climbing (bike "climbing") in, some crit and track training (just started track- sweet way to spend a Friday night).

     

    Point being..... I did a Hood slog in prep for a Rainier climb this week, and couldn't believe how strong I was. I think it might have actually been the single easiest hike up the south side of Hood I've ever done, and I've got something like 30, 35+ summits on that mountain.

     

    WTF? Not what I was expecting. Apparently the bike is GREAT for slog conditioning.

     

    Technical climbing... not so much. But the hang board and slung pullup bar help with that.

     

    That is all.

    Thoughts on lost and found cams

    in Climber's Board

    Posted

    I think I would tend to be sort of indignant if my climbing partner asked me to split the cost of a stuck/dropped/lost cam with him, if I wasn't directly to blame for it. BUT.... since it was his, and it was getting us BOTH up the route, it makes a lot of sense that everyone should be willing to fork over to recover losses incurred for everyone's benefit. Glad this question came up! Better to have a position ahead of time.

     

    I doubt I would ever ask someone to split a cam cost with me... unless they just plain blatantly lost/dropped it or got it stuck in some irresponsible manner. I think I'd probably wait for an offer to pay for it or at least split the cost.

     

    If I dropped/lost/irresponsibly got someone's cam stuck, I'd just buy 'em a new one. Who WOULDN'T make the offer?? $60 is a lot for a little piece of springy metal, yea, but not when we're talking about making something right, especially for a good friend/partner. Even if I was broke (which happens- I ain't rich), I'd still come up with $60 to take responsibility for myself.

    NEW Blackdiamond Clampons, $150

    in The Yard Sale

    Posted

    I don't ad-stomp as a rule... but these are like $50 crampons. They don't even have plates.

     

    You can get the current generation (several newer than these old ones) for $150, and even less if you wait two days for a sale.

     

    I'm super amused that Nordstrom sold crampons at some point, though. So gay.

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