WageSlave Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 I'd be game to get out as I just moved down here. Today or Thursday sound good by me. Give me a ring at (360) 823-7344. Quote
billcoe Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 I brought my shoes (and harness) to work today thinking I might be able to run up to the butte and get a bouldering pump apre work. Â Anyone going to be on the cliffs doing laps or need a spotter? Let me know. Today or Thus may be the last good outside day. I might be good for the same thing Thus. Gets dark like @ 6:30, so I was wanting to be on rock by 5 or so. Quote
billcoe Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Â Anyone besides me? Might be the last chance to tear out some serious ligaments and tendons before the winter rot sets in:-) Â Bueller? Â B..u..e..l..l...e......r? Â anyone see this thread has 122,000+ page views? Some of you need to turn off the computer and get out more:-) Tsk tsk! Quote
ColinB Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 I can't make it tonight, but does anyone want to get some evening/night time drytooling time in at Rocky Butte? I'm game any night but Tues and Thurs. C'mon you internet trolls, get some fresh air. Quote
hkrhnk11 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 I'm down, PM me if you want to head out. Almost any night but wed nights are good, as wed. are usually when I leave my bridge in search of stray cats or wounded childen ... Quote
OrygunJim Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Can anyone make it out to RB tomorrow a.m.? I'll be rope soloing around the Blackberry area 10-11ish. White helmet, foul language. Quote
billcoe Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Tempted to take off work...any chance you can do it AFTER work? Say @5pm (I'll leave early). Quote
OrygunJim Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 I'm on Wassail no. 4 tonight so maybe an afternoon climb is advisable. Meet you there at 5ish Bill. I'll be there a little before if anyone else wants to join, say 3 o'clock for a few burns in the Breakfast area. Quote
billcoe Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 Fine, I'll try to leave work earlier as well. Whhoo Hooo! Real climbing! (ie not bouldering). Â You give good belay? (mine is the top notch!) Quote
OrygunJim Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 I'll have my gri, so you can hang all afternoon, if that's what you mean by good belay. And Bill, everyone on this site, I mean everyone, knows yours is top notch. It's hard to keep things like that quiet when they're posted on the bathroom stall (ie climber's board). Quote
billcoe Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 LOL! Â Cya tomorrow, anyone else, be there too. I'll be the short fat balding old white guy with a Misty Mt harness. Quote
billcoe Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Nice lapping with ya Jim. Wish I'd run into you earlier in the year. I think I got to the Butte 5 times this year (exclusive of bouldering)- that was real nice. Â Now the rest of you ladies.....and you know who you are, NOT JH who was in the cardiac unit, NOT Kyle who's taking some recovery time, and not Ivan who's been lapping beacon daily it seems....the rest of you ladies need to get out some more! Quote
denalidave Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 My mascara might run if I get out in the rain... Quote
OrygunJim Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Good times for sure, Bill. Thanks for the Birds of Paradise clinic. Definitely a nice evening outside and just in time judging by this morning's wet streets. Quote
billcoe Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 My mascara might run if I get out in the rain... Â Quote
WageSlave Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Sat (11/1) around 10 am I'll be out at RB. Come one, come all. Rain or shine. Quote
billcoe Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 Sat (11/1) around 10 am I'll be out at RB. Come one, come all. Rain or shine.  It's the first part of the second part that troubles me......I was thinking if I had to go climbing Saturday:, Beacon, via aid, in the rain, is as good as it gets if you dress warm. Next would be digging dirt off at the Far Side. Or hiking up to Jimmys and doing the combo shooting the Noveske or the 9's/drinking water fill-up from the artesian well there and sawing the downfall timber from last year.  Should have done some bouldering then laps with young Jim yesterday up there after work....ahhh sublime! And warm yet!  Rocky Butte in the wet sucks. Short routes, no sun....condoms...blah blah  Got to pass on that. Quote
letsroll Posted November 1, 2008 Posted November 1, 2008 I will have to agree with bill on this one. Free climbing in the rain.....sucks. Â Â have fun Quote
WageSlave Posted November 2, 2008 Posted November 2, 2008 You just aren't trying hard enough. The rain at least shifted all the broken glass around so it wasn't where I remembered it. Quote
Lub Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 Hey, I'm relatively new to PDX and never been to Rocky Butte. Although, I've heard about it... Â Anyways, I can deal with broken glass and bad rock if it means dry tooling in town! What's the story? Â Quote
John Frieh Posted November 25, 2008 Author Posted November 25, 2008 I'm out of town till Dec 8th but if you can wait till after that I can show you all the drytool routes out there... try and find a night that works for who ever is interested. Quote
kevbone Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 Does dry tooling scar the rock in anyway? Quote
John Frieh Posted November 25, 2008 Author Posted November 25, 2008 Dont be a dumbfuck. What do you think? Of course it does. That's why we developed our own routes that werent preexisting rock climbs. Quote
letsroll Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 I would be interested in heading out for some dry tool. I have never done it before, FYI. Would it be best for crampons to be mono or dual point? would it mater? Quote
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