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Thanks guys!!

Yeehaaww! Climbed it this weekend and the first bolt tests your head. I say leave it as it is unless the FA wants to change it. The last pitch is a battle, and I lost. Couldn't believe cams with 2/4 lobes tipped out would hold my weight.

Yeah but you can snuggle up with them at the bivi.

I just called and it isn't B-Rock. They wouldn't release the name, but they told me it wasn't him. Condolences to the family and friends.

Well, I wish I would have seen this earlier. Here's some facts. 1. There is no surface water available from the E. Fork. There is an in stream right and apparently it isn't being met much of year. The regs are very clear that there is no water available under the Hood River Basin Plan. Its also quite clear that the groundwater that they want to use is connected to the E. Fork somewhere below Sahalie Falls. So if they use groundwater, they're also taking water out of the E. Fork. 2. Snowmaking results in a consumptive loss of 20-75% between evaporation at the gun, sublimation on the snowpack and evaporation before making it back into the surface water. Of course, the Forest Service and Meadows won't tell the public this information. NRCS has done quite a bit of research on this point. 3. This proposal does not affect 5 acres nor does it fit within CE 13, which is the one they supposedly wanted to use. The system the FS described in its scoping notice was designed to cover over 1000 acres of terrain with snowmaking. CE 13 is for small installations - not a 1 millions gallon water tank. 4. This proposal was not it the 1997 Master Plan that lays out all major capital investments in the ski area. Why have a Master Plan if they can implement projects excluded from that process? Anything else folks want to know (other than why we are so reactionary and unreasonable and why we don't know anything about natural resource management)?

ttt - ivan hope to see you there.

Hey folks - We're throwing a fundraiser for our work on Mt. Hood and around Oregon this weekend. I hope to see some of you there! What: Sumemer Solstice Fundraiser for CRAG Music from Scott Law and Tye North's Acoustic Duo Beer from Terminal Gravity (thanks Steve!) When: Saturday, June 25. 7 pm-close Where: 3024 SE 26th Avenue in PDX How much: $20 There's a lot going on right now with Mt. Hood. We recently convinced the Forest Service to drop the Polallie-Cooper timber sales that stretched from the Tilly-Jane trail to the other side of Hwy 35. There's a lot in the works. Come find out what's going on.

FW ya got yer head up her arse if you think Cheney is runnin in 2008. No Fing way will the repubs put him up in front of the american people as the candidate. Too fat, too beady eyed, too corporate pig, too rich, too arrogant. Jeb and Frist may have to slug it out behind the scenes to see who gets the nod.

We met you guys up there - we bivied right down at the lake. 40-50 - maybe. I'd say more like 30, but it was freakin cold.

The support team helped them with route finding? Fido's gonna be all over that shit.

You guys should have gone up the W. Ridge anyway. Weather was a little cold, but would have been a fun "adventure" climb. I know. Been up it already and wasn't really motivated to suffer in high winds for 4 pitches I've already done. You're right though. I was ready to give the S. Face a try in sketchy conditions but was convinced by partners I was being a jack ass.

Hiked up to Lk. Vivienne on Sat. Went to bed. Woke up on Sun. morning with 30 mph+ winds, blowing snow, 30 deg. temps. Walked back down to TH. Drank beer. Rode home in back seat. Went to bed.

Y'all shoulda been at Broughton's yesterday - the skeeters were hungry.

muchas gracias.

I'm looking at this a week or two after your date. Do you know if you have to hike in from Rainy Pass or is the road from Stehekin open? Thanks.

Mike it was only a matter of time before someone threatened to sue you. I suggest you hire a high-priced attorney and stand up for your principles. Litigation is the only way to go.

The alines seem popular. 20 footer onto a red aline on Orange Sunshine. 15-20 footer onto a yellow alien on Bo Derek. Both clean falls.

BTW, definitely let me know when you get the key to the pharmacy.

Later Tex. Enjoy Vegas. I'll see you on your couch this fall.

Bring a snorkle for Rock On. Still fun ... but pretty wet on the crux pitch.

yo guys i hate bush and i hate our government right now, but hating america is going a bit far. c'mon we've got powerball for piss sake! don't let bush get you down ... the pendulum will swing back.

Sweet! Nice job guys. Wish I had taken Pete up on the invite, but Squish was excellent. Good work to you three.

Hey my blond wife and I (short dark haired kid) were at Penny Lany on Monday morning. We may have rapped down on ya. Did we see you next to the old german dude? BTW, in case anyone was wondering, Rock On is still wet. Real wet. A team from Bellingham bailed on Sat. right in front of us, 'cause they didn't like the looks of it. Felt like spelunking. Great weekend. But real wet. Take a snorkle.

You can have five of these.

The weather look awesome this weekend! We'll be up there as well. The wife likes the private campground better then the walk-up, so we'll probably be down by the river. Its pretty nice and not that expensive - hot showers - running water - good compromise.