olyclimber Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 [video:youtube]DJnAxPXi5mI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 I can be at the gate to MRNP in under an hour. Not sure how Seattle is "closer to skiing and climbing." Closer to corduroy snow and the state's largest outdoor rock climbing gym is what I think he meant to say. Â Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Jesus you hit a nerve with this thread!!!! Feeling so inadequate. Well, at least I don't live in Tacoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 OMG YOU MUST LIVE IN SEATTLE I AM SO SORRY IF THAT YOU ARE OFFENDED THAT WAS NOT MY INTENT AT ALL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I can be at the gate to MRNP in under an hour. Not sure how Seattle is "closer to skiing and climbing." Closer to corduroy snow and the state's largest outdoor rock climbing gym is what I think he meant to say. Â Â Â Â pretty sure sure seattle is actually closer to skiing and climbing. how long is the drive (on a normal day) to skiing for you? How close are you to climbing? How about climbing on granite? How close is it to Index? Â I do understand...you've got to make a case that you've made a good choice. I think you have! If you actually love it there, that is. But if a free market person is to speak, then let the free market speak. Clearly Tacoma is less popular. If less popular is what you seek, then you won. Congrats. I don't think where I live is better because it is more popular though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I can be at the gate to MRNP in under an hour. Not sure how Seattle is "closer to skiing and climbing." Closer to corduroy snow and the state's largest outdoor rock climbing gym is what I think he meant to say. Â Â Â Â Arguably, Tacoma is closer to better skiing than seattle. Crystal anrd rainier are both reasonable drives from t-town but under an hour seems a bit optimistic, but maybe. And you still have to negotiate the road to Paradise, so add another 30-40 min. Â Regardless, snoqualmie is closer to seattle and traffic is typically not bad headed that direction. Snoqualmie, IMHO, has some of the best accessible backcountry in the state. The low elevation has, especially, in recent years, done it no favors. Â Climbing-wise, seattle wins, hands down. 30 min to "the state's biggest outdoor climbing gym," (which actually sounds pretty sweet to me). And 1 hour from the state's best crag, Index. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Based on Fairweather's photo it seems like the only skiing he's ever done at Snoqualmie is lift skiing at Ski Acres. Â Crystal is a better ski area, but when it comes to backcountry decent wintertime options are limited to Paradise for the most part. Not a bad spot but you have to play by park service rules and bad visibility on the upper mountain takes away some of the best skiing. Â Yes I have done a bit of backcountry out of Crystal, but you can get to better lines faster at Snoqualmie, and backcountry out of Stevens is a lot closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 One thing I liked about seattle when I lived there was that it might not have been super close to the goods, but it wasn't that far either. I mean, it's pretty central to lots of good stuff. SPSL has Rainier but thats about it. Seattle is not too far from Rainier, not too far from N Cascades, Snoqualmie, not too far to head to the east side of the mountains, etc. Â Even in 11worth, I've got a lot in my backyard but if I want to go to Baker or Rainier it's a multi-day event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 ooohhh so sayth a card carrying member of the Leavenworth Elite. baa baa sickie ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 this thread is hilarious. Seattle vs Tacoma. How about Seattle vs Spokane? Or Tacoma vs Kennewick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I went to MonsterJam last weekend in the TACOMA DOME. And SUPERCROSS isn't coming to Seattle this year. Â The implications are clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougd Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 this thread is hilarious. Seattle vs Tacoma. How about Seattle vs Spokane? Or Tacoma vs Kennewick? Â Spokane is a bit of a drive to the real climbing. Other than that, and speaking in an overall, qualified sense, would beat out Tacoma for sure, and possibly Seattle due mainly to the horrid traffic situation there. Â d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I went to MonsterJam last weekend in the TACOMA DOME. Â OOOH OOOH Did you see Gravedigger!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Spokane does have a bigger Dicks sign than Seattle does [img:center]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4252469877_75d5793e94.jpg[/img] Â [img:center]http://www.outlawmagazine.tv/content/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG-20120702-01197.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 People from Spokane must really like big dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Signs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 OOOH OOOH Did you see Gravedigger!? Â Well of course, but the truck to watch last weekend was Son-uva Digger. While my wee lads were justifiably mesmerized by the monster trucks, I was much more impressed with the freestyle motocross dudes. Those guys are crazy skilled. Â I just wish I could live closer to Tacoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 We could all move to Tacoma and make it a social utopia with free healthcare and government jobs for all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I'd be happier if Chihuly took his museum back to Tacoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Based on Fairweather's photo it seems like the only skiing he's ever done at Snoqualmie is lift skiing at Ski Acres. Â Dude, like, you're not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Not my picture; you missed the point. In any event, just got back from a semi-backcountry adventure at Crystal. Rain and more rain. All my shit is wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Wern't you the guy trying to sell these, "delux," backcountry skis? [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/medium/WP_20131019_002.jpg[/img] Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
num1mc Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Looking at you two? Proud be be SoSnoCo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 (edited) Did I use the word "deluxe?" No. You should save quotes for quotes. I think what I did was try to sell a pair of skis here on Jon's website, like, two years ago? Are you really a moderator? or a joke? Edited January 18, 2015 by Fairweather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 POSSE'S ON BROADWAY y'all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glassgowkiss Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Tacoma = meth central. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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