JosephH Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Looks potentially good 16th (wed) - 18th (fri)... I'm thinking YW. Can anyone else play hooky any of those days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 i wish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godskid5 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 just wondering why beacon stuff always comes up in the oregon section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 b/c beacon's the best place to climb in oregon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Isn't that about the 10th time you've posted that now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Isn't that about the 10th time you've posted that now? i think maybe the first actually, but it's an old saw 'rouuuund here for sure - i figured i'd give it another stroke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Pink used to always say “ Beacon….its the best place to climb in OR…..and its in Washington”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godskid5 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 i don't think ive posted that before? good answers, works for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Supposed to be 50 and sunny on friday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 And next week looks even better in the ten day forecast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemmes Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 where is this beacon place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Last call for Beacon, lest your like gulls poached. Saturday looks good. Sunday a maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 where is this beacon place? it's in oregon, can't you read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 where is this beacon place? it's in oregon, can't you read Super top secret tell ya have to kill ya kind of place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 YW as a prelude to the party at the Op-Warrior's place would be fitting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 b/c beacon's the best place to climb in oregon. Too bad that it is actually in Washington..... Considering that actually Oregon considered purchasing the tract of land to make it a park, caused a political upset in the Washington legislature.... Hell, they wanted to demolish it, and make it quarry.... to build jetty's.... Climb on, rock nerds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 where is this beacon place? It's not that secret.... There is a trail you can hike to the top... Unless stupid birds are nesting... It's south of Wind Mountain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 you mean they started demolishing it. everyone who climbs at beacon pretty much lives in OR. anyway all the seattle snobs want nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 (edited) you mean they started demolishing it. Nah. no demolition occurred, but there where plans. Big plans. everyone who climbs at beacon pretty much lives in OR. anyway all the seattle snobs want nothing to do with it. Thats because no one in SW Washington is worth the time... Not to mention the Seattle snobs... Probably is too much of a hike for those guys... Hell what do I know, I hate rock climbing to begin with... (post 200!! Whoo hoo!! I am coming up in the interweb world!!) Edited January 16, 2008 by Frikadeller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 then how did the huge arena on the sw corner occur and what about the two mysterious tunnels/caves on the south face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Who knows... I don't, do you? Demolition companies? Geologists making a survey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/cmp_pdx.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frikadeller Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 well, I see... Google is your friend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 yes i do know. used to live at beacon rock. WTF are you doing on the site if you hate rock climbing, did anybody tell you that the mt. hood speculation thread was locked? In 1811, Alexander Ross of the John Jacob Astor expedition called the rock Inoshoack Castle. The rock became known as Castle Rock until 1916, when the United States Board of Geographic Names restored the name back to Beacon Rock. In the early 1900s, the Army Corps of Engineers planned to destroy Beacon Rock with dynamite. Railroad officials opposed the idea because they didn't want the blasting to drop boulders onto the train tracks. Their opposition was enough to get the demolition stopped. Another idea was to use Beacon Rock as a rock quarry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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