retired Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Enjoyed a beautiful shirtless day at Horsethief butte today, bouldering and top rope soloing. Noticed some slings halfway up one of the highest but chossiest sections (what were you thinking???) and the booty run was on. Quite a little pile was in my pack 20 minutes later but shit it's nothing I need, don't you people have cams? so name it and it's yours for the story. Quote
retired Posted October 21, 2004 Author Posted October 21, 2004 No, it like Beacon rock are in Washington but for some reason considered Oregon by most folks? Quote
rbw1966 Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Maybe because its about 500 yards from the Oregon border? Quote
nolanr Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 Maybe because its about 500 yards from the Oregon border? Â Yeah but that's a long swim across the Columbia! Horsethief Butte is in the middle of nowhere, somewhere between White Salmon (where I grew up) and Goldendale. Quote
rbw1966 Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 And ten minutes from The Dalles. Its a pretty popular spot with the Mazamas. Quote
nolanr Posted October 21, 2004 Posted October 21, 2004 The Dalles, one of my least favorite towns anywhere in the US. Don't know exactly what it is, but I always hated that place. Quote
rbw1966 Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 But you ahve to love Cousins! "howdy Cousin, what can I get for ya?" Quote
cj001f Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 The Dalles, one of my least favorite towns anywhere in the US. Don't know exactly what it is, but I always hated that place. Because it was the site of a biological weapon domestic terrorist attack? Quote
k44 Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 the dalles is the arm pit of the US... Â i have to agree with nolanr, there is just something about that place Quote
texplorer Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 You don't know what an armpit of a place is until you visit New Mexico. Quote
Alpinfox Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 You don't know what an armpit of a place is until you visit New Mexico. Â Milwaukee, WI (possibly the ugliest place I've ever seen) Butte, MT (#1 EPA Superfund site, lots of unusual diseases and birth defects) Most of NJ East St. Louis. Ugly and dangerous. Some town east of LA. The air smelled/tasted like the air from a bicycle innertube. Quote
Ireneo_Funes Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 The Dalles is an earthly paradise compared to Butte, MT. Â But the worst place I've ever been is Datong, China, near the Mongolian border. I do not recommend honeymooning there. Packs of mangy dogs roaming the muddy streets, a permanent yellow smog from the coal plants that puts LA to shame. Extremely depressing. Â But this is getting away from the original subject. Who's going to step up and claim the neutrino that Jim found at Horsethief? Quote
OldManRock Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 Hi Jim - If its a bunch of old army pitons, some hemp rope and slings, a few nuts with threads filed out, I sure its mine. When you send it back why don't you toss in one of those cam thingys - I always wanted to see what they look like..... Quote
Ricardo_Montalban Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 You don't know what an armpit of a place is until you visit New Mexico. Â Milwaukee, WI (possibly the ugliest place I've ever seen) Butte, MT (#1 EPA Superfund site, lots of unusual diseases and birth defects) Most of NJ East St. Louis. Ugly and dangerous. Some town east of LA. The air smelled/tasted like the air from a bicycle innertube. Â wichita, ks...absolutely no redeeming values Quote
sobo Posted October 22, 2004 Posted October 22, 2004 wichita, ks...absolutely no redeeming values  OMFG! Kansas sux ass so bad. I spent a week there one day while driving across the country! Talk about FLAT!  And about every 100 miles or so, there's these little outposts with big, tall, wire fences with razor wire on top and little control buildings near by, and lots of gov't warning signs all around... Made me think of "The Day After" the whole day. Creepy. <shiver> Quote
Hal_Burton Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 wichita, ks...absolutely no redeeming values  OMFG! Kansas sux ass so bad. I spent a week there one day while driving across the country! Talk about FLAT!  Yeah, but at least they have Rock City!!! Wheeeee!!!  Quote
Alpinfox Posted October 23, 2004 Posted October 23, 2004 OMFG! Kansas sux ass so bad. I spent a week there one day... Â Â Â Â "173 miles to Hayes" Quote
Hanger Posted October 24, 2004 Posted October 24, 2004 try being raised in the texas panhandle (ie. anywhere between amarillo and lubbock) Quote
sketchfest Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 My vote would go to Yuma, AZ...there is just no reason to build a town that is lower than sea level! Quote
bunglehead Posted October 25, 2004 Posted October 25, 2004 While I must cast my vote for my hometown Detroit, Michigan. Still one of the worst cities on earth. Quote
Kevin_Matlock Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 I will agree that the Detroit airport sux well hung donkey; however my vote is for Taos, NM. Quite the trendy, tourist trap (ala Sisters, OR). While fine if you are into that sort of thing ("not that there's anything wrong with that"), but DEFINITELY not the place to be broken down. I'm still walking bull-legged over that little incident. Quote
bunglehead Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 SISTERS. Â The only thing good about Sisters is the campground. Quote
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