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Compare to the Great Wall in January of 2004. This pic is shot from MilePost 1, with Sniveling Gulley out of frame on the near right. The curtain in center frame that doesn't touch down is Two-Face. The flow on the left in the far distance that touches down is Peekaboo. Here's another pic for y'all of Peekaboo. That's Cragg at the base, on the day after we snagged the FA, in January of 2004. Photos are in my Gallery on Page 4, if you want to see larger versions.

All powerful = omnipotent All knowing = omniscient Class dismissed.

First pic's Peekaboo, viewed from upstream of the climb. Sweetest route on the Great Wall ('cept mebbe Sniveling Gulley). Peekaboo, from opposite viewpoint of Pic #1. Two-Face. If you led it, you may now very likely have the FA. Cragg and I have only TR'ed it. Unclear... appears to be the flow that never forms, located between Two-Face and Sniveling Gulley. Listed as "Unnamed on the Great Wall" on page 207 of The Guide. Unclear... Definitely NOT Sniveling Gulley. SG is in an amphitheater at MilePost 1, right after you turn the bend at the downstream end of the Great Wall. Can't miss it. Surprised you guys didn't try that one. So, is this shot across the river at Drowning Pool? Or is it in the trees on the road side and just shy of Great Wall as you drive upstream? FYI: There is a climb hiding behind some trees just on the corner before reaching the GW. Has some tall pines growing right next to it that "scratch your back" all the way up. It's short but steep. Paul Eggurud of Mountain Mojo's in Crackima snagged the FA of that little gem last year.

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Not only is Les Calanques some really cool climbing and close to town (you walk from the Cassis town square), but the fjords are "home" to many scantily clad college girls on vacation. Gaston would be proud of what his old stomping grounds have become!

Shit, Joe, half of NC is closed by that measure. I remember cutting my teeth on NC granite at Whitesides, "the Gorge", and Looking Glass. About the only rock open by that posting is Stone Mountain, unless the State Parks people have done that one in by now. They were always threatening to close SM down to climbers.

I was thinking of that for mid-August this year meself...

Yeah, Horsetail, Union Creek, and most of the other Chinook Pass stuff is about the easiest access to ice I've seen anywhere. 10 minutes or less from the car. Makes for pretty lazy (read: spoiled) climbers after a while...

Believe me, the thought had occurred to me... But that would be a hard one to have to live down after the fact. Also, who would Alex have to go with him to the 3rd Annual Winter Training Prime Rib Feast and Beer Swilling Event at the lodge?

and it would be hann solo not darth god what kind of nerd are you (lol) You've not been around here long enough to know who the Evil Dark Lord is. Check his avatar pic and embark on the path to the Light Side... Gator's the guy who would have to ride out on a taun-taun in a Hoth ice storm to save your padwan ass on Rainier. Best not to be dissin' him or his Sith buddies, neither.

So what did you find? How did Strobach look from the highway?

how many do you want? you got a team of three... that's enough. That would be Divot, Icefall, Crampon... With Arc as back-up...

I'd be up for taking it down the home stretch fer ya. Thanks fer thinking of me.

Oh Mel, you scored another hit! "Huh! Ass..." "Someone's coming! Act like a cat." "Meow." "Meow." "Meow."

I thought I recognized the "112" avatar. You still working at Little Goose? I ain't holding the stand-up against you. Now, if it happens twice...

Ken, I live in the Dry-Shitties, about an hour west of you. I'd be up for some ice, if I could ever get out of the house when the timing/wife/weather cooperate. Otherwise, I'd be up for trips to Spring Mountain (sport cragging) and Lightning Dome (multi-pitch bolted/trad granite slab climbing and tons of unexplored stuff across the river) starting in the spring. If you have any contact with Walla Walla College, a chemistry prof there is an occasional partner of mine, and he gets to climb all the freakin' time because he's divorced and his kids are in college now. Plus, he's always game for taking his students out on trips. PM me if you want his contact info. He's a great guy. And so is Kurt Hicks. You should hook up with him if you get the chance. The karma from his tools should infuse you with warm fuzzy feelings. He's a class act - very positive and encouraging. Keep me in mind, and perhaps we can hook up. I'm old (48), been doing this climbin' thang for 20+ years, but I'm not as fat as I used to be (headed back to the gym recently).

Ken, The Krawarik/Martin guide sez "The climbs are on the left side of the road at 17.4 miles, but are difficult to see approaching from [the Dayton] direction because they are hidden by a small hill. If you reach the Sno-Park at MP 20, you have gone too far. Turn around and proceed 2.6 miles back down the road [toward Dayton], to where the climbs are visible, 100 feet from the road." HTH PS: Check your post in the Partners Forum.

Now that I've stopped laughing so hard, I've got to get some paper towels and wipe the beer off the monitor.

HC, I fixed your tags. Nice one. Possibly a X-POTD.

bstach, That one simply has to go into the album. Drag it out a few years from now when he brings his climber girlfriend home to meet you. You'll truthfully be able to say he "had climbing in his blood" from Day One.

It's Rammstein... Mein Teil... it's relevent to the direction the drift was going It all becomes clear to me now... I guess I don't get out enough. Never heard about this macabre act until this discussion...

I lost my colon in da trunk.

Hey, 5K, why'd ya go and kill a good thread drift with the High German? Ach!

That's funny. Reminds me of a quote from Dolph Lundgren years back... something about him being able to "crack a walnut with his butt."

Thank you, Couloir, for clueing me in on the Bugster's employment woes with respect to your avatar pics. And HUGE thanks for returning to your "standard" stash of avatars.