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Sorry bit the IE issue is known and there is nothing we can do to fix it. We are migrating to a new forum software shortly that will solve every problem in the universe.

Wow condolences. Sounds like he had a young family. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mount-herman-avalanche-victim-was-bellingham-man/

We were contacted with the following information: Instead of posting this guys phone number online send me a PM and I will give it to you. Please spread the word.

Well, a couple thoughts on this. This is mainly to bolster their online business, and MP was rolling out some new sister sites that will likely have greater reach then MP itself, so I actually think it's a pretty smart move. I would say it's similar to Amazon buying dpreview.com. I think MP is a great resource and my hat is off to them for what they have accomplished, and I don't have anything negative to say about them, but I don't think they really have any allegiance to anyone compared to some of the smaller outdoor sites.

Let's keep this respectful. Regardless if you agree or not with Dean's ethics, a lot of people, including a number of people on this forum, lost a friend this weekend.

Sounds like him and another guy died in a jump in Yosemite.

I think opening up parts of cc.com for outside development via GitHub is an interesting idea, and it's something we are certainly open to. I'm glad you brought it up. The tl;dr goes a bit like this... The forum software we currently use, UBB, has been essentially abandoned by the current owner, who purchased it a few years ago. Since it's still privately owned, we wouldn't be able open development up publicly, only in a private group. That said, we've been planning, for quite some time, to move away from UBB. The software we are moving to, IPB, has been struggling to release their v4 of their suite (which includes a gallery). I think the release is fairly imminent and I've actually found someone to port over to the TR functionality. But like UBB, it's privately owned and not open source, so any development would have to be done privately, which has it's drawbacks. The only open source forum software I would consider is Discourse (created by the founder of StackOverflow), but I have my reservations about it, even though I think it's.... neat. But bringing this up is certainly making me consider whether going with IPB is the right choice. So all that said, I/we are open to embracing a more open sourced development of certain tools on cc.com, especially the TR functionality. I work for a company that is involved in open source, so I understand the power (and responsibility) of embracing it. A long time ago it was requested we add to the TR system similar functionality to what Mountain Project offers, with a route database. Part of this request was because Fred had said he was no longer going to update the CAGs. We built a couple mockups in Rails, but nothing of much substance. If I were to pick something to work on collaboratively, I think that would be it, build an API layer that could accommodate a future mobile app. If anyone else is interested respond in the thread, and maybe say where you are located.

Another fund from Seattle based Sherpa Adventure Gear https://www.crowdrise.com/helpsherpashelpnepal

I drove through Golden on Saturday and it's definitely been a very low snow year in that area.

The best thing people can do is donate directly to any well established organization. From my research the two below are probably the best ones, but if anybody knows of a better one please post. http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/asia-pacific/nepal/earthquake-in-nepal-68486/ https://www.unicefusa.org/donate/nepal-earthquake-help-children-now/24226?ms=ref_dig_2015_web_homepage_20150425_hphero

x2 - it's hard to cry about yuppies getting killed on bucket-list vacations at the best of times - sounds like a whole lot of normal folks got the chop today There is a local guide company stuck above the icefall right now, let's try and be a little more sensitive about the situation.

Full auto Glock all the way

To be fair, I don't think most countries medical systems cover you outside your home country. In BC you are not covered and need travel insurance. International coverage depends on the policy you have. Those lucky enough to have coverage with reputable plans typically have international coverage. I always did, but I also got supplemental insurance through someone like USAA or AAA.

This summer I got a new policy through Prudential. For basic rock climbing and mountaineering there was no charge as long as it was under 18k feet. Ice climbing was a different risk category. One thing I learned is that if you can stay alive for 2 years from the point the you take the policy out there is no investigation into how you died. So you can in theory take up higher risk activities at the 2 year mark and it will not have any effect. PM me if you want my Prudential agents contact info, he was awesome.

I don't think that is actually a weapon, but if I saw that guy aiming something at me I'd be a bit upset too. The militarization of the police in this country is incredibly concerning.

The traffic in greater king county has gotten orders of magnitude worse in the last 3 to 4 years. It's actually quite shocking having grown up here and coming back after moving away a few years ago. If you dare live further then 10 minutes from work make sure you live close to good public transportation options.

Hey Everyone. It's been a over a month now since we introduced Blake as one of our blog authors, with a few post by Marc-Andre as well. The response has been really positive thus far. We are hoping to get some feedback on what topics you'd like to see written about, either by them, or maybe someone you'd like to see doing some writing for us. As I posted about before, we are hoping of creating a self-sustainable writing ecosystem here. While we implement the ideas behind this a great way for you to support the writing is to share the articles with your friends and climbing partners on Facebook and/or Twitter. We are running only one ad in these posts (in some cases none), as we move to optimize and reduce the advertising footprint on cc.com, so you sharing these are hugely important. Thanks!

The second part of this article has been posted: http://cascadeclimbers.com/how-long-is-your-60m-rope

That is one big increase! http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwesttraveler/2014/11/04/mount-rainier-plans-to-boost-park-entrance-fee-to-25/

Blake has a new post up today that is part 1 of 2 on which belay systems offer the lest resistance for multi pitch belays, looking at different carabiner, belay device, and rope combinations. There is even a great graph! Part 2 will talk more about which whether the rope you are purchasing is the size and length they tell you it is. http://cascadeclimbers.com/elbow-saving-belays/

Drones are pretty cheap now. Must have been the same guy I heard the other day going on and on about how Vantage has the most "epic" climbing in the state.

Condolences to Tyler's family and friends It's terrible we've lost so many people from the board this year.

Hey Folks. As I announced a little over a week ago we will have a number of authors joining us every week in our blog. I'm going to post something separately explaining the renewed focus on writing and where we are hoping to go with that. Until then, I wanted to let you know about four articles that Blake Herrington has done over the last month. Make sure to check them out. If you have topics you want to see Blake or someone else write about, feel free to comment here. John Frieh will have an article later in the month. http://cascadeclimbers.com/fix-large-cams-for-free/ http://cascadeclimbers.com/local-deaths-can-inspire-safer-rappels/ http://cascadeclimbers.com/last-chance-alpine-rock/ http://cascadeclimbers.com/rope-drag-the-silent-menace/

Fourteen years ago today my best friend and I started CascadeClimbers.com. I made another great friendship with Porter when he joined us in running the site. As I look back at all we have accomplished here I’m incredibly grateful for all the awesome people I’ve met through this, and all the friendships it has forged. I hope you all feel the same way. Thank you for all the great TRs and time that you have invested in making cc.com a great place a great resource, and a place to spend part of your day. Still committed We are still committed to keeping cc.com a great place to come together. In the coming months we will hopefully be upgrading our forum software to something modern and more enjoyable to use. It has been a slow process but it will be worth it in the end. We’ll also be cleaning up the site a bit, based on some feedback we’ve received, removing some of the advertising, some of the social media buttons, to make a cleaner, more enjoyable site to visit. A new chapter We’ve been experimenting with writing for many years now and we decided it’s time to level up. Starting today we will be adding authors who will be writing for us every week. The goal here is to build a self sustaining writing ecosystem that compliments the forums. You’ve likely seen many of Blake Herrington’s blog posts, and I’m happy to announce that he will be joining us every week from now on. This weeks post is about how to rappel safer, in wake of a number of accidents this summer. John Frieh will be joining us every month, focusing on ice and training. He’ll have a post for us later in the month. We also have a couple other people getting posts ready who we aren’t quite ready to announce, but they are well known cc.commers and I’m quite stoked they have agreed to be part of this. This will be an expensive endeavor on our part, but we feel it’s worth it based on the response we’ve received to the previous writing. We are against paywalls here at cc.com, but if you would like to contribute to help fund the writing, or cc.com in general, we’ll have a Memberful signup later today where you can contribute as little as $3/month to help pay our writers and get this off the ground. Thanks again everyone for all the great years, and here’s to fourteen more (omg!)

Just saw on Twitter that Liz died in an avalanche. Condolences to her friends and family A few of her TRs here . Also saw JP Auclair was also killed http://www.powder.com/stories/news/jp-auclair-andreas-fransson-confirmed-dead/