erik

rnt u glad u moved to paradise?

ahh we were talking about firsts this weekend.. i am at a toss up between the 2nd pitch of bale kramer the short crack on the steep wall, as it was my first into that grade. and i swore i wasgoing to whip! or the 5.8 pitch i wanna say the 3rd or 4th of the e butt of el cap. i almost swallowed my tongue pulling th bulge....right after that i placed like 4 pieces. another breaktrough, but a cerebral one at that!

wheres dwayner and pope to complain?

DUSTIN I AM A PRODUCT OF THE REAGEN ERA SKOOLING. MORE NUKES LESS BOOKS!!

we climbed with the mounties on sunday! good times bouldering at barney's rubble. though i heard it, yes i did! a mountie's intructor told the students that gear doesn't always hold, so be suspect!! i almost pissed myself laughing! instill fear!!! though no garbae to speak of!! cept some tape!! and a ton of beer cans!!!

don't be mad its APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IN Wenatchee Valley till the 5th so everyone look out on HIGHway 2, 97 and anyother route that goes that way!

Never done this route till this past saturday and the route has it's ups and downs. I would like to think that with more traffic this route could clean up and be as quality as the other 2 routes on the crag. Only a tad bit of rotten rock and it is relatively mellow. the route is a full value 5.9. gear we used: 1 set of stoppers. 4 tcus + 1 booty set of cams to 2" and tons of slings and maybe a quick draw or 3. Nothing like the dust trough popularly known as the Snow crick trail, everytime I hike this trail I get this weird pump in my shins. But either way the trail sucks.... So we get to the base and head out, no real plan of attack other then we will climb it and enjoy ourselves. Leave the packs near the start of Remose? on a tree. Blast up the route beginngin chimney which it shares with orbit, a nice excerise in greasy chim thruthcing experiences which i never seem to have done the same way twice and lead into the 1st pitch of the actual dihedral through the tick jungle(apprently they were all out feasting as we seemed to have missed them DARN!) Lead into the second pitch which was a nice mellow mix of stemming, thin crack and some bluges to over come all on very good rock, with gear options a plenty and pulled into that unsightly and ever so uncomfortable bolted rats nest belay. This is where the rotten rock starts to appear. Make your way up to a bolt(a new one!) and then make a 20+ traverse out left on some cool ass knobs! Kinda airy, and the wall is nice and steep plus the last move is a long reach/dynmaic move!!!! into a nice flake. Up off the natural belay onto flakes, knobs and move good edges, moving back right towards a corner that break the small capping roof. Hand rails and fingers over the bulge and onto a slab and another small bulge, I ran the pitch to the big ledge near the top of Orbit, set up a belay, burned a tick and brought holmes up to finnish. Another quality Snow Crick crag route, and like I said with more traffic this route would be quite nice. It is graded fairly for the area and is sustained with some varied climbing. The pro on the route for the most part is good and most of the bolts are new. Anyone else do this route? Thoughts?

X PEE

uh oh........

SILLY KITTEN THE ROPE UP IS IN LEVEANWORTH, THE SKI PARTY IS IN MAZAMA... WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT????

name the day and i am sure you would have plenty of followers matt! once again your strongarm tactics prevail with reason!!!

sitmos like this is why i profess a solid foundation of any type of climbing. to be able to asses what you can and cannot do, b4 getting in over your head. certainly an arguement can be that is what crags are for is to hone your skillz and ability so that you may go to the bigger ranges and return home safely and successfully. that is why everyone with big stone asperrations needs to climb climb climb climb climb. know what you can and cannot do.. personally i do not think that green drag-on in the rain is the best place to learn these skillz as it does present some quirky abilites to overcome the difficulties. the only way to get better is to lead lead lead lead lead lead lead. top roping and cleaning and the such serves only for a minor step in the learning proces as one only gains their lead head through leading. leaves your pins at home!

there is no truth

cbs, you know it is easy to lump all your branches into one. i dont know what group is what, as i do not bother them. i just go back later and look for trash and pick it up. i always carry a bag in my pack for trash. good trash i have found in the icicle: 3 pairs of underwear on 3 seperate occasions. bout 34829657823456723456786527 beer can and bottles a few diapers a washing machine 2 tv countless shoes trask's brain. i think you all need to pick up all the trash you see. make it mandatory for your students to do so. have great weekend!

dustin, i believe i answered your question. cc.commers were in a large group only during the evening. and on sunday at the pearly gates, there was like 10 of us, all leading and we even worked in a few non cc.ers into the mix. it was a lite airy atmospehere! unlike the "you will die, if you do this wrong" attitude you instill into the neophites. and you need to puncuate with a "?" is you are asking a question!! even my ghetto ass knows that! enjoy your weekend!

'tude whatca mean?? i climb with 3 others on a very regular basis. they are all badass mofo's. and they post here. whats your point? if it is semantics, you might what to take a step back and revaluate your attempts to troll me. have a great weekend!

we do that on purpose ryland.....did you ever get your gold laminate invite?? dats whut i thought!

whatever dood - and i yo yo'd that shit....right b4 we ate his dog for bbq!

plus he buys his mexi schwag from toofwess doods in downtown van!

i heard it wasnt even clean crack.......more like burgers and fries!

FOR ONE THING DUSTIN I DONT THINK THE CC.COMMER LEFT GARBAGE WHERE EVER THEY WENT. ACTUALLY I DO KNOW THEY WENT OUT AND PICKED UP GARABGE IN GROUPS.. YOU KNOW LIKE RETURNED SOMETHING BACK THE OUTDOORS. ALSO THE CC.COMMERS DID NOT ATTEMPT TO DICTATE TO OTHERS WHAT IS/WAS RIGHT AND WRONG. WHEREAS BOTH OF THESE ISSUE SEEM TO FOLLOW OUT OF MOUNTIE GROUP.... EITHER WAY I DONT CARE WHATY YOUR GROUP DOES...AS I DONT CLIMB WHERE Y'ALL DO... BUT EVERYSINGLE CLIMBER IN THE WORLD IS AS VALUABLE AS YOUR BEST MEMBER. THAT IS ONE THING THAT YOUR LEADERS SEEM TO FORGET. AND DONT FORGET TO PICKUP YOUR TRASH.. ALSO WHAT IS UP WITH THE MOUNTIES AND MAKING PEOPLE AFRAID? THIS IS WHAT YOUR PROGRAM CREATES. YOU TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO WRONG AND NEVER RIGHT. YOU MAKE CLIMBING NEGATIVE...IF I HAD PEOPLE TEACHING ME LIKE THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED TO CLIMB. YA SEE! HAVE FUN!

c/b you gonna respond? how much? i wont pay more then bibler prodeal tho??!!

oh and ray i saw your pic from climbing last weekend!!! nice work!!!!

I WUZ GONNA SAY THAT TIBLOCS HAVE TWO USES 1. TO OPEN BEERS 2. TO SET UP THE SLACK LINE