layton

wow, they've all lost some weight. good for you guys.

yeah i noticed the date on the sign...looks like somebody was trying to avoid getting killed in the trenches. commie.

that guy looks kinda like Camilo

nice backpacking TR, you should write the American Backpacking Journal and give some talks at REI

it actually surprises you guys that Trask was indeed a loser who didn't climb?

I'd like to voice my complaint right now about the tourists. Please do not encourage tourists or allow them the priviledge of speaking with you. it's a goddamn Q&A session on the hike down. plus, most of them are ugly and worthless. I really think we should try and outlaw the tour-ons from coming to beacon rock. or chain them up in the parking lot, they'd be happier there anyway. I can't believe how these little "committees" form for places like beacon to form bonds with the Tools and Stiffs and focus on the ethics of bolting and dogs, etc...when these are the people who built the monstrosity of that trail to the summit. I could gridbolt and trundle the shit out of the E face slugs be damned and it wouldn't be anywhere as obtrusive as the "retarded sidewalk" trail up from the parking lot. What we should do is chop the trail at a steep cliff section so it just ends in a big drop-off, and put up a big yellow sign that says, "keep walking" just my $0.02

that was me making all that barking and going through peoples packs, not the dogs.

wow, that's so cool we're getting some cool "alpine" route in near bellingham. and man the scenery Can Not Be Beat!!!!!!!

Hey John! What the fuck dude??!!!???

Kelly Bush wrote that letter a while ago and it just got published, well after Erik and I spoke with her. Bad timing.

i heard someone trashed some anchors or bolts at mt eerie the other day.

she's just doing what she's paid to do, take care of the wilderness...but it does appear she's earning some overtime. My own presence in the wilderness ruins my wilderness experience.

anyone used em? info? where to get em? sizing? how much? thanks, Mike

yeah, but the dark spots don't take up every bit of white, that's pretty good.

I know what hubris is! I invented that term. I know the most about the word hubris than anyone else in the world. And nope, not licheny (at least compared to anything in WA). the rock is really good, just sparse on the cracks.

uhhh....errrr...NEST! yeah! that's what i left in lane's basement, a nest. hehe. uhhh, don't go poking under any floorboards or anything.

ooooohhh good idea!!!!

hey, i'm back in portland and begining to nest at Pete's house. so anyone who has any extra tp or paper towel rolls, please donate them so i can chew them up and create a great little nest for me to bed down in.

sweet! can't wait to check it out. hope your hard work pays off. too bad climbers are such cheap bastards.

Climb: Castle Crags-Hubris n' Stuff Date of Climb: 9/27/2005 Trip Report: Marcus and I closed the summer by taking it full circle and going back to the Crags. We tried to do Solar Wind, and i got lost after pulling the crux roof so marcus took off and somehow did the crux pitch for the Dike route to the right, then i got the crux pitch of cosmic voyage to the top. so basically we managed to combine all 3 routes on the south face. i'm going to bring a metal detector for bolt locating next time. we then got lost on Dunsmuir Ave (the climb) in root creek. good stuff. i found my dream woman at the parking lot, or at least her car. so i guess manzanita bushes must pollenate in the sping and fall b/c this trip i got another face shot of yellow pollen and tried to claw my eyes out again. Gear Notes: long pants manzanita pollen anitdote kit wish we had: bolt kit pins and hammer Approach Notes: the castle dome trail just gets better each time you hike it. yes!

Wow, thanks a bunch for sharing the mtn conditions up north. it's always so hard to get a handle on what the rockies are up to without actually being there. hard to spin the old wheel of misfortune based on numbers off the net. so, i was thinking of heading up for some early season north facing route(s). has the snow settled, looks like a dry spell coming up...or is it slabs of death and wrist deep powder scratchin asking yourself "wonder what my pick is hooked on under dat pow pow?"

bwrts, doooooood, you can't complain about folks taking things seriously, then in turn get fussy and take what they say seriously. seriously! plus erik and i just went to the bar, we didn't climb it actually.

no, but i dream.

your such a fucking douchebag cap-a-dick-in-your-ass-illinni. i'm going to make you drink my piss, you cum guzzling choad gurgler. -Skater Brah.

HEY! It's one of my victems!!!! I'm getting lazy.