Come fondle my rack!

[dryad]

Bet that got your attention!

 

But seriously folks, I'm looking to practice leading this weekend and to dirty up my shiny new gear on some easy (5.4-5.6-ish) trad routes. I'm thinking something along the lines of R&D or Saber. Doesn't have to be in 11-worth, those are just 2 obvious ones that popped into mind.

 

Newbies like me of course are welcome, or if you're a better leader than me and can think of a route like Blueberry Hill with both harder and easy pitches, that would be great too. Either Sat or Sun (or both) work for me, but I have to be back in town on Monday for Bumbershoot.

[Fence_Sitter]

hey i will be up in squamish this weekend with partners some days and some days not... PM me if you could get up there... kinda depends on tho ol wisdom teeth thingy tho.... but its feeling good so far... no pain and seems to have stopped bleeding and whatnot already...

[Fence_Sitter]

i might be down with darrington... i'll let you know how i feel later today if you are interested... ciao

[dryad]

Looks like Sunday will be the day for me.

 

How about Mt. Erie? I haven't been there in a while.

[Fence_Sitter]

for sunday i will have to get back with you... might be leaving by then for squish... i'll let you know tonight...

[Dave_Schuldt]

Wait till it cools down, or you will roast. Dinky climbs with awsome views of the sound and Lopez Island. Would be happy to go up there when it cools down. On a sunny day you can climb there througout the winter.

[Fence_Sitter]

nope... leaving sat night... good luck chica!

[dryad]

Nevermind that last post about Sunday. Had a little change of plans. Either Sat or Sun works, just not Mon.

[nolanr]

I might be up for that. I probably have to work part of Saturday, Sunday should be wide open. L-worth or Erie sound fine.

[dryad]

I just checked the weather forecast. Mt. Erie sounds more appealing. It will be hot as hell in 11-worth.

[hillweasel]

Dear Miss Rack Fondle-ee,

 

a side thought has crept into my brain...

 

what with all of lower BC closed (including most of squish), canudian 'sportsmen' will be flocking to this beautiful state to get their fix of endorphines while hiking, scrambling, and climbing.

 

we will be lucky if there is anything left after the dust settles come Tuesday. (i don't think they get monday off like we do but if they do it must be Boxing Day or something ).

 

so wherever you are going get there early and don't accept any Loonies or Twoonies (queen's bear ass)

 

and definetly don't do any conversions (convulsions) to metric or whatever...

 

have fun.

 

-hw

[ctuller]

I'm thinking I may head up to Mt Erie on Sunday as I've never been there yet.

But maybe 11worth or Index, too.

[Szyjakowski]

dryad said:

I just checked the weather forecast. It will be hot as hell in 11-worth.

not when you hike above the valley floor a few thousand ft

[dryad]

A little note on Mt. Erie... The little convenience store on the corner there didn't have the guide book. Apparently the skinny one is all sold out, and it's being replaced by a fat one that's still at the printers.

 

So since the only guide we had was this one pretty worthless printout from the web, we wandered around a lot and eventually just did a few routes at a place I'd been before. But the objective of testing out my new rack was achieved. I took my very first ever leader fall on a 2" cam! I had never even taken a leader fall on bolts before. It was pretty exciting.

 

After the climb, we stopped at this farm stand outside La Conner for barbeque ribs and great homemade waffle cones the size of your head. Yummy!