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The Tooth is pretty easy to run in, solo up and down and run out. Lundin Peak has a nice low 5th route on it. South Face of Ingalls Peak is about 5.4 and is easy to solo up and down. I think there may be an easier down climb as well? West Ridge of Stuart is 5.6 and is doable in a day and the descent down Cascadian Couloir is non-technical (but not enjoyable either).

My wife agrees with you.

My previous post does not apply to you, I merely like you.

Body fat testing: pants fit/pants don't fit.

I love nurses. Just saying.

I dunno, Bart Paul is pretty handsome, but what do I know.

I had to have a tooth pulled and I did not have insurance at the time. The anaesthesiologist bill would have been more than the dentist's so I opted to have the fucker pulled out sans anesthesia. You may try that route to save a few bucks.

Nice to see they captured your good side.

I just saw this and thought I would add my opinion since I have nothing better to do. I climbed Price Glacier August 15, 2009. http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/542872/price-glacier-mt-shuksan.html I found the route to be fairly serious and exposed to significant objective hazards - the type of route where one should try to climb quickly. I applaud M for realizing she was having a bad day and turning around before anyone got into trouble. I know how it feels to not feel well yet not wanting to dissapoint or lose face in front of partners. Its not an easy decision to make but M made the right one. Soloing the Price and leaving your partner to reverse that bushwack was a bad idea on your part. It would have taken you two days to get back to the car at the Nooksack. What was she supposed to do while waiting? Knit? Climbers don't leave partners merely to satisfy their own ambitions at the expense of the other partner.

All of the ones that have been mentioned are great. I would add the Pioneer Face of Monkey Face as having one of the most spectacular postions in all of cragdom. The aiding is easy, there is a bolt ladder do don't let that deter you. In fact Gene Pires said he saw some Euro dudes French freeing the section with ice axe leashes attaches to carabiners.

Nice soundtrack spoiled by an unfortunate hissy fit.

What you would do is remove the one or two studs directly in front of the panel and then double up the studs adjacent to the new opening. Then put in doubled horizontal studs about 6' up the wall bridging the doubled vertical studs to add structural integrity. Cut the plywood panel to span the opening (should be 48" wide assuming you have framed on 16" centers and removed only the two studs directly in front of the panel. The panel will be easily removable if you use screws (with washers) to attach it to the studs.

That dude is from Federal Way; clearly he is of low morals and intelligence. Best to leave him be.

I think it would be cool to be able to have a beer with Sobo when ever I felt like it. Plus he is an engineer so he and my wife could talk about shit I don't understand and/or don't care about.

It is actually an excellent question, one that Chad should consider if he plans on selling the house in the future. As it is currently configured it may not meet code but might allow a person to slip behind the climbing wall to reset a tripped breaker. My previous response was meant to be ironic which does not seem to transmit well on the interwebs. The wall itself looks to be very well constructed.

Well, sure if you consider niggling little details like electrical codes but the wall looks pretty kick ass.

Feel free. It sounds like a fun project. I wish I had room in my garage for a wall.

I have over 30 years experience building homes and have built one commercial climbing gym, so I feel qualified to offer a reasonable answer. Newer homes are typically built with 2" x 6" studs on 16" centers (for energy efficency,not structural integerity - the change in building codes came about during the Carter administration when heating costs were extremely high - but I digress). This construction is plenty strong for building into an overhaning climbing wall. 2"x 4" may flex too much on overhanging walls. Make sure you use at least 5/8" plywood or better yet 3/4" plywood. I've seen people rip holds right off the wall on thinner plywood pannels. Also screw the panels to the studs and use washers between the screw head and the plywood. Questions? Feel free to email me at bighurtbob@hotmail.com

Second Ascent in Seattle often has very lightly used plastic boots for pretty cheap: http://secondascent.com/sa/index.php. If you don't live in the area you may want to give them a call to see what they have on the shelves.

I have for years taken along a set of the four largest BD hexes in addition to cams. On some alpine climbs I have taken just the hexes which worked very well.

Chris, Welcome back. We will have to get together when I am feeling a little better. Dan

Try this: http://www.mountrainierclimbing.blogspot.com/

Actually there is. Assuming there is even close to the same amount of Harvard grads in public sector jobs as community college grads is just plain foolish. On average Ivy league educations earn more and fill those evil regressive corporate shill type jobs you so loathe. Shaquanda the DMV counter worker didn't go to Princeton. I work in the public sector. The majority of my colleagues went to ivy league schools including Brown, Harvard, Yale, Duke, Tufts as well as smaller but still excellent private schools including Smith College, Williams College not to mention those folks that went to very good public schools such as Cal Poly.

Late season snow storms (like Rainier is probably experiencing right now) can actually bring the route into good condition - making bare ice into nice neve, so long as you get a good stretch of weather for the ascent. But Gene is right, looks like what little summer we had is over - no Native American summer for us this year.