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I got some nasty stuff from my last 3-way link exchange.

Can do! Thanks for the bid @bedellympian!

WOW!!!

Always so cool to see these works of art @kmfoerster!

I'm continuously editing the original post with the current highest bid, and by whom, just to make it extra fun.

@kmfoerster beat you to it! I think maybe I should have split the photos into separate threads, but for now feel free to just respond out in the open.... so everyone can see. So, you'll need to go higher @olyclimber!

I'm glad @wayne bumped this, I missed it the first go around. Incredible effort!

I hope everyone realizes by now that @olyclimber is taking responsibility for supporting the site out of his own pocket. I had an idea to help out in this regard, namely to print and frame six of my images and auction them in support of the site. I have set the opening bid prices to give the site a decent donation, while still covering my material costs for printing and framing each image. I am not charging for my labor, nor delivery of these framed prints to anywhere along I-5, from Bellingham to Seattle. I'm totally biased, but they look really nice. It is a bit of a gamble. I hope this works to generate some income for running the site, but it is up to you all to see if it does! If you are interested in a particular image, please respond in the thread below and I will track them (I'll try and keep the bids below updated as the prices rise). I will keep the bidding open for about two weeks, closing at 23:59 on 1/23/23. Bids are closed! Image #1. Fire on the Mountain. Sunrise on the Inspiration Icecap. Image is 16"X24" (HxW), total framed size is 27"X33" (HxW). @Sir Crikalot wins with $200! Image #2. Eldorado from Primus. Note the climbers on the summit ridge. Image is 24"X16", total framed size is 31"X25". @bellows wins with $300! Image #3. High Summer in the Pickets. Image is 16"X24". Total Framed size is 25"X31". @Sir Crikalotwins with $360! Image #4. Sunrise of McMillan Spires. Image is 24"X16", total framed size is 31"X25". @Sir Crikalotwins with $360! Image #5. East Fury Sunrise. Image is 16"X24". Total Framed size is 25"X31". MY SISTER ( 😅) wins with $225! Image #6. Crowder from Pickell Pass. Image is 16"X24". Total Framed size is 25"X31". @Sir Crikalot wins with $175.

I would love to do this......once I kick my kids out of the house!

Boom!!! So awesome. I just took a ramble out of this book late last fall- Widget and Wobegone! And Welker a winter or two ago.... Dallas would be proud.

OK, OK, Tahoma it is!

Sounds like @Kili2016 wanted to reuse the bug mesh. But I appreciate that his desire to exact revenge spurred him to create an account here. Dedicated!

Yes! Please do! I often forget....

You know I'm recruiting you @kmfoerster!

Wow, quite a list and quite the photos of Waddington! Thanks!

I can't, but I bet @olyclimber can....

Will do @Fairweather, and absolutely, post up a pic or two!

I'm in for all of it @Phil K and @olyclimber! Other dreams....Hoping for Sunset Ridge on Rainier, Lincoln Peak, a trip to the Sierra, ski trips to Roger's Pass and Waddington, etc. Talk is cheap though!

Hmmmm....I don't, but there isn't much in the way of convenient ice cragging in these parts. I'm guessing there is more of a community around Leavenworth? I think there is an outdoor club at Western? That might be a good place to start. Or, the Bellingham Mountaineers. I know they are pretty active as well.

Thanks! Yes, a real camera still does things a phone can't do, at least for now. But I would like to find something not quite as heavy. Got to convince the finance minister that I NEED a mirrorless full-frame camera.📷

Ah, yes. @ZakG is very urban, and very elite. He must be throttled! I tried when we were young, but he's too big for me now. Better let the NPS handle it.

We really have slipped, haven't we? Just not the same without @ivan chiming in.

https://www.districtbrewco.com/beer For MV, this place probably has the best combo of seating and hours. Up in Bellingham I'd say Wander or Stemma....

Yesterday, with @Kit and @kmfoerster in our usual chossdawg environs: