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20% of any one item at REI outlet right now Could get an Edelweiss Sharp 10.5 x 60m for $144 ($260 rope) or a Blue Water Accelerator 10.5 x 60m nondry for $104 or a Maxim 10.5 by 60m for $100 Wish I hadn't alreay bought a bucket of new ropes a couple months back...

That sounds like a hell of a good day.

The Sphinx - North Ridge - II 5.9 The Sphinx is a relatively small granitic peak located in the remote and lightly traveled heart of Garibaldi Provincial Park. Gettingg there is every bit as appealing as the climb itself and involves a long but straighforward approach through forest, meadow, volcanic moonscapes, high passes and multiple glaciers. The north ridge is a short but highly enjoyable rock climb on sound granite. The climbing gets progessively more difficult and ends with a spectacular pitch of vertical to overhung jam cracks (5.8+). See SW BC Select Guide for more information. Approaching the North Ridge Mid-5th class slabs low on the North Ridge The Sphinx & Garibaldi from high camp

Guidelines One route per person No duplication Short Description 1-3 good photos Spray elsewhere

Thats badass. I wonder if it isn't the first true descent of that line. The "first" descent by a snowboarder back in the day started below the traverse you describe and while I know some skiers who have done similar I've never heard of anyone punching it up through the gut to the Hanging Glacier. More pics!

When I voted for Obama I was hoping (HOPING!) for a bag full of quarters, seems like a few pennies might be all we get.

Bit of a long shot but...If you've got one sitting around collecting dust let me know. PM or e-mail. dberdinka AT gmail DOT com

I scoped it quicly this fall by climbing the standard route. The first pitch is packed with greenery but otherwise looks pretty good. The last pitch ends with 40ish feet of face climbing on what is poor quality granite for the area. I wasn't left feeling overwhelmed by the potential qualityof the climb.

So...can we start from the top..... ..why is it you hate people with nice tents? Does it extend to cars, boxes of cereal, phones... ...or is it just tents?

I'm interested. Where are you? Going to Sausage Fest? you could e-mail at dberdinka AT gmail DOT com

Please keep it that way!

Make sure to shave. They'll be easier for your partner to find.

Honestly dude. WHAT COULD POSSIBLE BE THE MOTIVE FOR OWNING 15 CAMHOOKS???

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Since when the fuck did Pete start getting all lawyery on us? Stick the spray for gods sake! And dickhead one more practical difference is that gay people in Washington are going to continue to feel like their civil liberties are being infringed upon until they can actually be married. Meaning another referendum for them to loose.

Go fuck yourself Tvash. Your original post compared what happened in Washington ("Everything but Marriage") and Maine ("Full on fucking Marriage") as if they had some equivalency. Are you really claiming that gays now have full equality in Washington? And actually feel that way? No way! Sometime in the near future in this state there will either be a referendum for marriage or one to repeal legislatively/judically enacted gay marrige. I'll put my money on that failing here just like in Maine. Asshole And Bug. You hurt my feelings. Are you denying that many people could concievably support one but not the other?

Huhhh I'm of the impression many gay people (and straight) would vehemently disagree with you.

There's a significant societal difference between equivalent benefits and actual marriage. Plenty of people could support the first but not the second. Marriage would fail here as well.

There are some absolutely amazing videos out there of that trip on a blog put together by Renan Ozturk. Search them down, your work productivity will go way down for the day.

My wife likes it when I call her during the day to let her know I'm not dead yet. Which makes it easier to get out more. So yes I carry and use the damn thing. I even think I might get a PLB soon. Pilchucks analysis makes a lot of sense to me the older and more conservative I get.

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So...basically it sounds like a big waste of time. What is this Calendar Butte you guys are yapping about? A forgotten gem? or a big 'ole pile of shit?

That last photo is Whatcom Peak? Which implies you climbed Spickard then ridge traversed past Redoubt and Bear down to Whatcom Pass then out...LIttle Beaver? Am I right? Sounds like a long, beautiful journey!

Tallest Tree sucks. You can have the gay chameleons book though.