AlpineK

I think you're missing the true nature of Enumclaw. Unless it was the rabbit that was screwing the dude.

22nd 23rd. You can have a drytool party the weekend before NOLSE

Dude either go or don't go, but don't wring your hands about it and cry. You aren't the only person out there with other stuff going on.

I'm not going to tell you not to climb Raindog, but don't get hooked on that glacier climbing bullshit. You should only climb glaciers to get to steep rock or ice.

The lip is harder than 5.11...or A2

I'd advise taking them into your house as pelts.

Sorry Bendoveracowski

I always hated those fancy lads.

Climb: Minute Man, Liberty Bell, Goat Wall-East Face, Barber Poll, Prime Rib Date of Climb: 9/3/2005 Trip Report: I wish I had pictures, but I left my memory card in my computer...yes I'm dumb:( Cman couldn't leave Seattle till after 7:30 on Friday, so we didn't get to Washington Pass until late. Sat 9/3 The Minute Man, East Face The alpine start just wasn't going to happen this morning. We got up late, made coffee and drove up to the pass. The hike went by quickly, and we soon found ourselves debating where the route started. I thought the route finding on the first half of the climb was a little funky, and judging by all the tat on the cliff so did others. Eventually after a rotted pitch we got to the good part. Cman led a thin hands crack to an alcove below a roof. Rope drag stopped him from leading through, so I got the fun of leading it. Between the roof and the hand crack above it ended up being a great pitch. The temps were pretty chilly, so we didn't hang out on the summit too long. Rapping the gully inbetween the Minute Man and Liberty Bell was a little funky. Sun 9/4 Liberty Bell, The Barber Poll Saturday was cold, but Sunday was colder and cloudy. A good night sleep helped though. Hiking the same trail 2 days in a row is kind of a drag but once on the scree we headed out in a new direction. We scrambled past the bong and started doing some scary scrambling on the lower north face of the Bell. I set off this huge rockfall; fortunately the route isn't on the popular hit list so there was nobody to hit. Finally after passing a ton of rap slings we got to a ramp system that looked like the base of the route. The whole route isn't too hard, but it involves a lot of route finding; there's also a lot of traversing, so the feel of the route is more committing. While leading some run out slabs it started snowing lightly. After 3 pitches we ran into the Independence Route which was nice. We were now on part of the route with a topo, but we found the topo unhelpfull. I ended up leading a pitch on the upper part of Thin Red Line. As we climbed it continued to snow and the rock started getting a little slick. Cman led a pitch to a stance under some roofs; we were both confused about the route, but I eventually led a traversing pitch that got me to a couple old rusty pins and what looked like the route. The rest of the route went easily, and the sun came out for us on the summit. The good weather didn't last long; we walked the road in a steady rain and were glad that we wern't up on the now soaked Peak. Mon 9/5 Goat Wall, Prime Rib 2 days of freezing motivated us to do something sporty down in the Valley. We had a nice breakfast in Mazama and I picked up a topo of Prime Rib from the guide shack. The route's fun and sporty; unfortunately the FA crew placed way too many bolts. Never the less it was fun in the sun.

It has? All of it? What routes? What is your definition of contrived? Blanket statements like this suck, my guess is you don't have a clue what has been going on in L-town in the last 5yrs. (or 10 for that matter). Go climb Solid Gold. there are a bunch of bolts next to easily protectable cracks. Condormorpine is a fucking joke. I forget the route at Pearly Gates, some 5.10 slab thing, but there's an obviously drilled out pocket for a hold. The route next to it has 1 bolt 2' above a crack. Give me some time and I'll come up with a long list. There is some new good stuff, but there sure is a lot of bullshit in Der.

I went to Washington Pass this weekend with Cman. We climbed the Minute Man on Saturday. On Sunday we climbed the Barber Poll in light snow and rain. We got sick of freezing on Monday and went down to Mazama and climbed an overbolted , but fun, sport route on Goat Wall; Prime Rib I believe.

He goes to Static Point once a year.

There is a long term cycle in the Atlantic (over a period of 30 years) where huricanes increase in number and then decrease. Also El Nino acts to reduce the number that hit the east coast. However I've heard that a statistical study of huricanes has shown that the avarage wind speed of huricanes has increased over the last 50 years. That may be the link to global warming. The loss of the bayou is an important factor too.

There are some crazy photos at the NOAA site. link

Cabin Boy rules

Private Parts please report to the Rear Admiral on the poop deck.

The Tsunami killed a lot of people. I doubt this hurricane killed that many. It sure did fuck shit up though. Humans are very weak compared to natural forces.

Fuck Squid.

I've heard breathing slowly into a paper bag is a good way to stop hyperventilating.

Well I guess you ask nicely.

I'm not going, but I'd like to say that Lightning Dome is pretty cool. I climbed there a bunch when I was at school in Moscow. Goose Egg mountain is a big choss pile. I remember one time after climbing we stopped in this store to buy beer. The store was the front section of the owners house, and you could see grandma sitting in a rocking chair off in the living room. Owner: What are you boys doing up here? Me: Climbing on some rocks down the valley. Owner: Well you boys should head on up to Elk City. Me: Oh yeah, what's going on up there? Owner: Well all the men folk are down in Riggins watching the jet boat races. You could have all the women to yourselves...the both of them.

I've been starting to think about this upcoming winter. I checked the NOAA long term forcast. The prediction is for average precipitation and above average temps on the west coast. They were right for the trends last year, so that's what I'd go with.