wayne Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Sure Iain , I will just swing by portland on my way to exit 32. I was just down there at that bbq . and again on my way back from Cal. Were you at that bbq?You guys gatta do that again! Quote
iain Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 I was hiding in the foliage with the lone ranger mask, cap gun, and diapers. Quote
mattp Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 I can't leave before 4:00 or close to 4:00, but I'd take a couple riders from Ballard/Fremont. Â By the way, mosquitos can be a problem there. Anybody got DEET? Â Headlamps recommended. Â Â Quote
mattp Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 I can't tell if there's much interest in climbing tonight. Every week, there's no shortage of enthusiasm for arguing about where to drink beer, though, and lots of you have time to hang out in the pub for several hours every tuesday. It's damn near the longest day of the year, people. And we can drink beer in the woods (not before, but after belaying TLG) or go to town for some pizza and beer afterward!!! Maybe they're right, we are a bunch of drunks that like to talk about climbing rather than climbing. Quote
Dave_Schuldt Posted June 24, 2003 Author Posted June 24, 2003 Catbirdseat and I will be there. Left mesage for Jeff Hansel. See you there Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 make it at the index parking lot and i am there... or underneath the country wall... Quote
mattp Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 The Cave would be a cool place for pubclub. Ever been in there? Last time I was there, they had computers and stuff so we could have pubclub ONLINE. Quote
catbirdseat Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Dave and I will be there. I have some DEET if anyone wants some. Â The North Bend Bar and Grill has great nachos: a huge plate big enough for three for $9. Quote
Fence_Sitter Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 hells yeah... i just would think it would be snaffle central! snaffle BBQ on the spit! Quote
AlpineK Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Soon as I get cleaned up and take care of some business I'll head out. Quote
mattp Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 Meet either place. If you are at the trailhead and nobody's there and you have a partner, I bet you're not going to want to wait. Quote
Beck Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 mattp i'd be there but am working marmot until after six and my newspaper deadline is this friday so i'm freakin swamped.... id be happy to be tlgs belay slave, so long as shes not drytooling! Quote
catbirdseat Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 We had a really fun time at the Exit 32 crags last night with about 10 people. Afterwards we moved to the North Bend Bar and Grill for some nachos and beer. Home kind of late. Â Mattp took a bunch of good digital pics. Can't wait to see them. Â Oh, yeah, the participants (that I can remember): AlpineK, Matt, mattp, dryad, Never_summer, wayne1112, ctuller, Kevin, and catbirdseat. Quote
mattp Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Nobody died. Some predicted disaster, but PubClub went climbing and everybody had a good time. Wayne was the leader of the pack, lugging a medium sized cooler full of coors light up there early in the afternoon to get a head start on us. Lacking a belayer, he self-belayed just about every climb on the two repo rocks before the rest of us showed up. Part-way into his cooler, he was ready for action and led Goddess and then cruised Little Hitler (Wayne is leading Little Hitler in the first picture). Â Â Catbird set a rope on Human Foot, Dave Schuldt put one on one of the Repo Climbs, and Ctuller lead Kinder and Gentler Carpet Bombing. Between stories and speculation about what had happened to the lost dog "Dakota" whose owners were desparately running back and forth along the trail calling their lost pooch, we took laps on these climbs and just as I eyed the last cruxy bit before the chains on Goddess, Wayne (my belayer) took a phone call from his climbing partner for the next few days. Hang on, Matt -- no it's OK climb on. Fred Beckey is known for requiring his partners to stop at every pay phone booth on the way to and from a climb so that he can line up his partners for the next trip, but Wayne was doing it while on belay! Picture's two and three show our refinement of this tactic. Â Â As you can see, we found that with careful juggling one can drink beer, talk on the phone AND belay at the same time (thus, climbing is almost like bowling - the only sport I know where you can have a cigarette in one hand, a beer in the other, and STILL throw the ball). Anyway, less than a minute after the last picture was taken, Dryad actually caught Brian, who took a leader fall and ripped out a stopper before being caught on a small TCU. We can definitely say it: TCU's work! Â WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. ROCK CLIMBING WHILE HANGING OUT AND DRINKING BEER IS DANGEROUS!!!!! DO NOT, REPEAT DO NOT, TAKE CELL PHONES AND DOGS TO THE CRAG. THIS IS ONLY A JOKE. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 mattp said: Wayne was the leader of the pack, lugging a medium sized cooler full of coors light up there early in the afternoon to get a head start on us. Lacking a belayer, he self-belayed just about every climb on the two repo rocks before the rest of us showed up. sounds like wayne! cool tr. Quote
catbirdseat Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 For the record it was an Alien, and thanks, Matt, for lending it to me. It saved me bloomin' arse. Quote
Dwayner Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Dwayner was there, hiding out, and stealing your beer. (I also threw a pine-cone at Dryad but she was too busy on the phone to notice.)  Later, I took these shots of all the action at the North Bend Bar & Grill where more people showed up. It was rockin!     And Big Lou showed up to greet everybody at the door, pose for some pictures and autograph a few beer coasters!   Nice idea, MattP! I had a great time! Let's do it again!  - Dwayner  Quote
catbirdseat Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 There ought to be a limit on the number of times one can recycle old photos. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Anyone notice the similarity between the guy next to Icegirl in the first photo and the guy next to Allison in the third? Amazing that I never noticed that before. Â PP Quote
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