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I thought they banned that pretentious ass?

To put this all in perspective I think we need to keep in mind that F-9/11 only made slightly more in its opening weekend (21 mil vs 19.5 mil) that a movie by two worn-out black comedians dressing up as white transvestites. (White Chicks) I guess Americans are hungering for cross-racial, cross-gender roll playing as well.

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Thanks Lowell. Nice photo! Even looks like there's a mini-Nooksack Tower on the west ridge. Sorry to ruin your super-secret first-ascent Michael. Honestly though....Your a goober

Jordops right. The route description of passing a rock band doesn't add up to what I saw, might be the much wider gully further west?

Since breaking my ankle I haven't climbed shit in 3 months. Last weekend I hobbled myself real good climbing in D-Town so I'll be taking it easy a while yet. Dams are cool The lakes are at full pool and excess water was being dumped through a spillway on Diablo Dam. Absolutely incredible freakin waterfall free falling hundreds of feet into a deep narrow gorge. If you've never driven across the dam do it next time you're in the area, better yet stop in the middle at a little parapet and toss a large pumkin off. Boats are cool Took a 25 minute boat ride 12 or so miles up Ross Lake then backpacked out the east side trail. Very mellow, very nice, highly recommended. Mountains are cool There are really bitchen faces you can't see from Highway 20. Case in point, north face of something? There is the most stunning coulior I've seen in the Cascades on this face. 1200+' vert, no more than 15' wide, avg angle of 50+ degrees. Not to hard to get to once you're in the area either. Several other nice lines as well. Anyone ever climbed it? Bate and Switch! I couldn't hitch us a ride back to our car, so Jennifer stuck out her thumb while I hid in the shade. The second car by pulled over, I popped up and we both jump in. Guys had just climbed North Early. Thanks dudes!

I give this the -award for chester-beater-post of the month

Un-Freaking-Real!

Good luck with that one

Looks like a sweet crag! Your attempts to have a debate on climbing ethics with Marty seems like a pretty frivoulous indevour when all he has to say is "We'll do what ever we want, so F*&k yourself!" Dane do what you (and 99.999% of us) know is right.

A) don't weigh much B) are flexible enough to be comfortable on long walks C) stiff enough to kick steps in snow D) climb well on low-5th alpine rock E) are waterproof F) are durable Any suggestions???

If 2000 people pay $770 thats $1,540,000 in revenue. I'd guess that Rainier is RMIs bread and butter. So maybe it's 2.7 million in revenue.

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I dunno! What fixed pin stations????

Has the original Flavelle/Howe line ever been repeated? (I thought K2 was filmed on the east face Dru) Does anyone have any first or second or third (I'll even take fourth) hand info on any attempts or successes on the buttress? Thanks! Slabbin D-nizzuts

An inspring level of difficulty but on the inspiring line rating scale it appears to be about a 5.0 wouldn't you say? (Center route below)

Yes, I am. Check what Loren wrote, I thought the stadium construction had gone down something like that. My point being is to question why a giant public works project in Iraq is somehow immoral compared to a giant public works project in the U.S.?

How much for the pussy!?

I've got an $80 store credit at Second Ascent in Ballard that I'll sell for $75. If there's something there you have your eye on it's basically $5 free bucks for you for the cost of a postage stamp. I live in B'ham and already have more gear than me and my 5 porters can carry. At the moment I just can't think of anything I need to add to the pile. The credit is a receipt that works same as cash. PM me if interested.

I guess you either line-up in agreement with what Krugman writes or you discount what he says completely. Not a lot of middle-ground with what he has to say. Hard to refute what he has to say about our Attorney General though!

Another house of worship built with public funding, to think how 400 million could help the American people...

That is a friggin unreal photo! Incredible luck to be flying by with camera in hand. What are the chances of that? 0.0001%

In some sense great multipitch 5.10 climbs are concentrated in a few distinct areas. I would not miss climbing at.... The Squaw 5-7 pitch climbs almost all in the 5.10b to 5.10d range Birds of Prey 10b God Forsaken Land 10d Great Game 10d Haven't done it but hear it's excellent The Solarium Remote, quiet area with some beautiful routes Sun Blessed 4-pitch 10b **** One of the best Several other worthy routes as well Base of the Grand Wall Apron Strings 2p 10b Classic, tenuous laybacking Cruel Shoes 6p 10d Excellent low angle face climbing Pheasants Route 5p 10b Fun Milk Run 3p 10c Burly!!! Split Pillar 10b Must do! Shannon Falls & Papoose Local-Boys-do-Good 3p 10d slab Don't miss this one! Centerfold 3p 10b Incredibly varied climbing Papoose 1 5p 10b Neglected but Excellent The Apron 5.10 climbs on the Apron tend to have sparse pro where as 5.11s tend to be well bolted. Go figure Unfinished Symphony 5.11b or 10d+A0 **** Another of the best climbs in Squamish. Pro can be challenging. White Lightning 10c Excellent, old-school, run-out friction climbing Furry Kitten Wall This is way up in a drainage behind Squamish. I got rained off one route here but the climbing we did was excellent, good gritty granite with nice crack systems. If you're there in the middle of summer check it out otherwise it could be damp. While you're there I would highly recommend doing Star Check up in Cheakumus Canyon (best position of any route in the area) and go cragging at Seal Cove as well (Slab climbing directly over Howe sound).