larrythellama Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 kiosk= shotgun target Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szyjakowski Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 definitely in darrington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 We have had remarkably little vandalism of any kind in the Clear Creek valley. I don't know why, but the existing sign is not all shot up and I've never heard of anybody having their car broken into. I once saw a couple who had a teddy bear hung in a tree at the campsite, and the wife would poke it with a stick and jump back so her husband could shoot at the moving target, but overall we have not seen the kind of shenanigans you might expect for such a valley and nobody much bothers to drive more than a mile up the road to drop off their old refrigerator. At the parking area and along the trail, climbers are probably the biggest source of trash. Â The goat count is a cool project that I hope climbers will support. Over the last couple decades, the mountain goat population has drastically fallen in and around Darrington, and apparently there is no clear answer why. I used to see them up at the start of Dreamer from time to time, but I have not seen them for years. The tribal biologist is asking climbers to report sightings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Off topic, but whats up with the weird little wooden cross by the waterfall/swimming hole where the road crosses Asbestos Creek? Kinda ruins the atmosphere. Matt do you have anymore info? How long has it been there. Â Darin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 A guy was killed when he dove from the cliffs into a pool there. His name was posted there some years back -- I can't remember if it was on the cross or what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 what they countin' goats fer anyways?! Â polishbob's harem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 We have had remarkably little vandalism of any kind in the Clear Creek valley...overall we have not seen the kind of shenanigans you might expect for such a valley... Â Maybe not, but I recall a time coming off Dreamer when we got back to the car in the dark, drove a short ways before getting a flat tire, and then--when finally back in motion--rounding a corner to come full face with a bonfire right in the middle of the road. As we skirted around the flames, we could see people's eyes reflected in the bushes to either side. Harmless high schoolers, or...DEVIL WORSHIPERS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dberdinka Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 A guy was killed when he dove from the cliffs into a pool there. Â Dove!? The pool's about waist deep and the cliffs are about 20' tall. Definitely a cleansing of the gene pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I was just coming clean because I recieved several pm's asking if I knew contact info for possible summer employment!   suckers  Will there be a hubcap hanging on the kiosk, so as not to contradict current approach descriptions? climber 1: "The guide doesn't say anything about a bulletin board thingy. I think we should keep driving."  climber 2: "What about a kiosk? Does it say anything about a kiosk?  That sounds like a good way to fool CBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Too late, I already know where it is. The hub cap idea would be a nice touch, though. Better bolt it on with tamperproof bolts. You know how those hub caps are in demand these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 The hubcaps are stolen every time we put them up. Either somebody's selling them to the recycler or maybe they think a mangled hubcap is trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 ...maybe they think a mangled hubcap is trash. One man's trash is another man's... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 One man's trash is another man's... signpost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 The new kiosk and the installation crew at the Three O'Clock Rock trailhead: Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvb Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 hey, i recognize that formation. is that three o'clock rock?? i think we did "silent running" (5.9?) in like 79 or 80, a bunch of the bolts were missing hangers so we did huge "misty beethoven" style runouts, or tried to loop the studs with #2 stoppers. Â we did a couple a new routes on the detached slab on the lower right of this pic, and went back a year later and some of the bolts had sheared off...turned out it was a bad batch of 1/4 splits. Â it rained most of the time we were there...we holed up in OW's VW bus and smoked prince albert in a can, plus lotsa ragweed, and waited for the dry spells. Â good times. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanman Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 Hey bvb- did you do the FA of Stance or Dance (mixed crack/face climbing to the climber's left of said detached slab)? If so- how many pitches up the butress crest did it go? Indeed good times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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