AlpineK

Shit man, I was 1 week too early for the party.

looks like the infamous overcammed #4 on stuart n.r. but it aint PURPLE CAMALOTS ARE NOT HAND SIZE!!!!!!!! It ain't hand sized where the cam is, but there's a whole lot of good hand crack just below

No that's a pic that Telemarker took and I used. The stuck cam is near the base of the route.

ChucK and I decided to climb at Washington Pass this weekend. Neither of us had been to the Wine Spires, so we looked in the guide and picked out some fun stuff. I picked ChucK up at 5 AM in the big city; we drove up to the parking area beyond the pass and started hiking up the hill. We got to the basin bellow the spires at noon, picked out a camping spot near a snow patch, and had lunch. We figured we had enough time to climb Annie Greensprings on the west side of Burgundy Spire. The chockstone where the route starts is super cool, but the lower part of the route was kind of ho hum. The upper few pitches were pretty fun though. There was a nice offwidth and some other cool climbing. Eventually we met up with the north side rout on Burgundy, and after another couple pitches we were on the summit. We rapped back down to Burgundy col and stashed our climbing gear then descended back to our camp. The next day we climbed on the east face of Chianti Spire. We hiked back to the col, picked up our gear, and headed over on the east side. Hiking on the hard snow was interesting in running shoes, but we made it to the base and started up Rebel Yell. We found Telemarker’s stuck 3.5, but after a few minutes messing with it we gave up. The offwidth wasn’t too bad; anyway that was ChucK’s lead, which left me with the blind step across and the crack above. The crack that splits the headwall is really fun; I was thankful the belay station at the top was set cause I was out of gear. Once on top ChucK and I took turns standing on the true summit. On the 2nd rappel we got our rope stuck, but chucK managed to get it free with out too much screwing around. The hike out was brutal; the only other thing of interest was this massive rockfall we saw coming from the west side of Silverstar. It gave me pause for a few seconds wondering if the rocks were going to stop or keep coming towards us. Rebel Yell Annie Greensprings Telemarker's picture: My only picture from the weekend

Necro, Necro, Necro. I'm sadly disappointed with you. Pink Floyd can you get any more stale.

I'm not getting the joke either FS. I'm not really sure who I would vote for right now, however I wouldn't hold the comments of any politician 3 days after Sept. 11 to a high standard. How many of these horrible ideas are laws as of today?

You fawkin chestbeater It's like 2 MORE WEEKS till I go Cheers my friend - If I see you somehow on our way out I'll be sure to kick you and AlpineKunt in the gonads with my crampons on. Sorry Ray I'm not into the same kinky stuff you are. Have a good trip!

Get down and get funky with bolts for added for safety.

If you dissagree with the Dr then making fun of him is cool. You disagree with me, and make fun of me, and that's ok. But disagreeing with someone and threatening to beat the shit/shoot/etc. of them is just plain not cool.

Ok, so I've cratered twice. Once (when I was 19) I fell near the top of Cool Springs in Field. I ripped all my screws and landed on my back. I compressed 2 verts and spent a week and a half lying on my back in a hospital in Golden. The second time, about 4 years ago, I rapped off the end of my rope while pruning a tree and fell 40'. i hit a couple branches on the way down with my sternum and then I flipped over and landed on my back. I broke my sternum. The cool thing about this was the day before I had given my boss 6 weeks notice cause I was starting my own company. So I spent 6 weeks getting L&I and then I called up my boss and told him I was better and see ya later!

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Gut truck next to McDonalds at the Burlington exit to I-5 Gut Truck next to the Reptile Zoo on hwy 2 Gorditos bought this gut truck next to 15th NW west side of the street just north of the Ballard bridge. Check it out!! It's mor real than Gorditos.

Word. The bird is the word.

Matt, I agree that Beck has put effort into this thing, but he has sought very little if any input outside the small handfull of folks organizing Beckfest. Also he has and continues to show a hostile attitude about compromise. I never said Rope Up was my thing, but I think I come a lot closer to the mark when it comes to what the general expectations were for Rope Up. Also, when I say the local AAC is lame, I'm just expressing the opinion of quite a number of people (some long time local climbers). If they want to try and get their act together then good for them, but doing it by riding on cc's coattails is pathetic. It's really too bad there wasn't more review of Rope Up plans. Especially before Beck made commitments. However that doesn't mean some of us are just going to roll over. Piss away unbesmirched

Let's see, Beck is up to at least 5 people he's been sending nasty messages over Rope Up to. He told me to, "Quit pissing into the fire." I sent him the response he deserved.

Yeah well the economy stinks right now and future projections have a funny way of changing. Bush

Rope up is a party for and by cc.com. cc.com members suply all the elements for the party. TG = Beer, AlpineK = firewood, Wayne or others could do a slide show, pms = door prizes. In addition some kind of clean up project and an auction to raise money for the Access Fund might be nice. What Rope up is not is an mega event with gear manufacturers, beer made by non-cc.com corporation, and especially not a venue to improve better relations with the FS. Who of you have been to a party where you decided to invite the police (Forest Service) The Vertical World sponsors something in Leavenworth for folks interested in checking out gear. If the local AAC wasn't such a lame ass organization they could have some kind of Climbers Rendezvuos to improve relations with the FS etc. The Access Fund is the best venue for dealing with well access issues. If folks from these organizations wish to attend Rope Up to further climbers interest in the above issues then great, but Rope Up is not a replacement for these other events and issues. If we can't resolve the current problems with Rope Up I will regretfully support a boycot and some kind alternate event.

Rope up is a party for and by cc.com. cc.com members suply all the elements for the party. TG = Beer, AlpineK = firewood, Wayne or others could do a slide show, pms = door prizes. In addition some kind of clean up project and an auction to raise money for the Access Fund might be nice. What Rope up is not is an mega event with gear manufacturers, beer made by non-cc.com corporation, and especially not a venue to improve better relations with the FS. Who of you have been to a party where you decided to invite the police (Forest Service) The Vertical World sponsors something in Leavenworth for folks interested in checking out gear. If the local AAC wasn't such a lame ass organization they could have some kind of Climbers Rendezvuos to improve relations with the FS etc. The Access Fund is the best venue for dealing with well access issues. If folks from these organizations wish to attend Rope Up to further climbers interest in the above issues then great, but Rope Up is not a replacement for these other events and issues. If we can't resolve the current problems with Rope Up I will regretfully support a boycot and some kind alternate event.

How about instead of the slogan "Fostering Stewardship of the Vertical Environment." Substituting "Fascist Stewardship of the Rope Up."

Then why in PM's did you tell me that you were the father of rope up and we should all do what you told us to. Further you repeated in PM's to me that Rat was indeed 86ed. Where and when did you solicit anything? Nobody else seems to know. Some of this sounds ok, but the question is why didn't you directly contact any of last years contributors? Where's the TG beer? Why did you only ask me last night about firewood? I'm going to hold back for a bit, but maybe we need a real party that full moon weekend. party

Last year we had an excellent Rope Up. We did next to no planning, but a bunch of folks showed up. We had free beer, moonlight climbing, a bonfire, and even Beck was allowed to have free beer. This year Beck wants to take us big time. Doing stuff like Ramrodding a date was a good thing. Organizing some kind of clean up/trail thing is also good. However Beck has not even ask Terminal Gravity if he would like to donate beer again. Instead he has us all hooked up with lesser quality beer and servers . Further, because of petty animosity, he wants to deny beer service to a long time WA state climber. I applaud Beck for some of the things he’s done , but I think he’s making way too many decisions about our party without any kind of input.

Yeah volunteer to do what you tell us. How about some discussion before we set things in stone.

First of all I dont believe gay people should be adopting. I think it's morally fucked and if it was intended they would not be the same sex. Homo bashing- Well just because I think homosexual people are not all there in the head to raise children or should be entitled to everything doesnt mean I am bashing necessarily. Some of you people that defend homosexuals alway use the same defense that we are bashing hate mongers. That's not very original and a pretty weak argument too. Ray is still uncomfortable about talking about those hot sweaty nights in the bunk house during basic training. I'm not sure about the adoption thing, but I think if you love someone you should be able to marry them.