dalius

Ah... Smoking and Drinking... Bridwell, doin' it up in style!

I've found probably 4 or 5 cams (3 of them were brand spankin' shiny new, some idiots out there were really kicking themselves for that one, I'm sure, thanks! ), tricams, petzl Tikka, tons of nuts, but nothing weird really, just a whole lot of sweet BOOT-AY!

i know that the campground caretakers (the old people that live in the giant RVs all summer on the campground) use a rake to collect sticks and tidy up a campsite. doh! looks like they're out one now

So... what about the Big Time Alehouse, that brewpub on 43rd & University? I doubt they close at 10. It's a good place for groups. They have food to munch on.

Woops... Sorry. I had no clue.

We just did it at the ZOO 2 weeks ago. How about something we haven't done in a while, eh? What about Hale's Brewpub on Leary? Hell, I believe that they even let minors in and those that are hungry can get some good grub. It's probably pretty quiet there on Tues. and they've got homebrew galore.

Who in their right mind would want to talk to a man wearing crampons in a bar?! Sheeesh!

I was planning on heading to Leavenworth this weekend for some cragging, but am also toying with the idea of heading up to Colchuck to climb the N. Butress Couloir. I'm meeting some friends for rock, but am having trouble convincing them to venture out into the cold and snow. Anyone interested? My only hesitation on going is the avy danger up there, with this whole region being north facing and they've been getting a little bit of fresh up there. I guess it's the descent down Colchuck glacier that I'm more concerned about. Anyway, PM me if you're interested or post on this thread, or send on email...

People who insist on practicing their aid climbing skills on popular free routes!! Go find some obscure forgotten crack, you wankers...

Happy Friday everybody!!! Woohoo!!

Trask, I didn't think your homophobic ass was into that! Are you starting to come out of the closet, young man? Sorry, but I'll have to leave the ass licking task to your goats, Trask. I'm sure you've got them highly trained. Trask and his love...

Gosh, Trask. You must have a serious case of homophobia to not notice the 2 billion+ males in the world. So bad that you have to resort to staring at fat chicks and humping goats! Holy fuck, lad, go get some help!

Don't forget to notice that there are just as many fat disgusting slobbering farting bealching trashy burger eatin' french fry hoarding diet coke guzzling males that imbibe themselves at america's finest establishments as well. Fucking gross.

Yeah, until they pull out a 38 and put a cap in your head. I think that's when it stops being funny. Road rage bad.

you've got $$ and a boat, don't ya alex?

LOL!!!

There once was a message here! Brahahahahah!

Sweet crag. Best of all, it's so damn close!

Are you trying to say that you've been drinking all day, and if you drink some more you might transform into a dude wearing crampons for beer drinking at cooper's this evening? I'm sorry Allison, but we're going to have to cut you off! Amber ummm... I mean Dalius

Allison, WTF?!? Have you been hittin' the sauce in the afternoon again? Didn't we have a little talk about this one?

Cracked my lower arm, radius and ulna, right in 1/2 in a nasty bike fall. Compound fracture, bones came out and ground into the pavement at all. I had no clue that I broke it though and was ready to get up and back on the bike and ride home. Then I looked at my arm and remember thinking 1) oh fuck, what the hell is that?!?! and 2) holy shit I can't believe I can't feel that! That's when the heavy duty pain set in.

If A2/3 5.9/10 is what you're looking for, then I'd say you've got a lifetime of climbing around here. For cragging I'd suggest hitting up Index(1.5hrs) and Icicle Creek (outside of Leavenworth, 2-2.5 hrs from seattle). They are both granite. They both rock. Index is a really steep cliff, with not all that much below 5.10, and plenty of aid possibilities. Icicle Creek, is a huge valley full of granite as far as the eye can see, with crags dispersed throughout. For some even more impressive cragging, drive up to Squamish, B.C., the little Yosemite away from Yosemite. It's about a 4hr. drive. This place has huge. Big walls. little walls, you name it. And it's all granite. You couldn't climb all the stuff in a lifetime. Those are the best crags around here for what you're interested in. But then you have all of the alpine climbing in the cascades, and there's just way too much to list here. One place in particular that you might want to check out, though, is Washington Pass, on Hwy. 20 in the North Cascades. It's alpine climbing, but really close to the road, so it's almost like alpine cragging. Again, it's all granite (I'm totally biased and fully admit to that) and there are peaks and spires all over the place. The Libery Bell group has tons of stellar routes, both free and aid, as do the Wine Spires (Burgandy, Chianti, etc...) up by Silverstar. There you go. A lifetime of climbing. Enjoy!

Dude, don't be so insensitive. These paved trails don't exactly go anywhere far. They never get very far from the parking lots and are just meant to allow people in wheelchairs to go see some natural attraction or just get some fresh air in the woods. I don't think I've ever seen one paved for more than 1/4 mile or so. Also, lots of trails are paved near a parking lot to cut down on the errosion that so many people would cause. What I'm referring to is mostly National Parks, which get tons of traffic (some of them) and 99% of the people never venture more than .2 miles from the car. These .2 miles of trail are heavily abused, so they pave 'em to cut down the wear and tear. I guess the longest paved section of trail I know of is the trail going up out of Paradise.