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Jan 14, 2025 According to the website a second edition is coming soon in 2024!https://www.snoqualmierock.com/buy View Message

Nov 27, 2024 Coaching basketball, writing a book and restoring a couple classic Index 5.8s from the 60s: the Back Road and P1 of the Ave. Not many other cars in the LTW lot these days. View Message

Sep 19, 2024 Hello Mountain Project Hive-Mind,I'm working on a fun little project and am currently trying to write a little blurb about ethics in Index.Note: I do not care about other areas… View Message

Sep 18, 2024 Mid Wall will not be dry but a lot of the other stuff will. View Message

Jul 19, 2024 George M wrote: Assuming you’re Ben Hubbard, say hi to St Francis, old man :)You got it! View Message

Jul 19, 2024 A four star moderate on an incredibly popular wall with only one tick. Was it named after me? No, but the description seems apt enough  View Message

Jul 19, 2024 The First Degreehttps://www.mountainproject.com/route/108114962/the-first-degree View Message

Jul 17, 2024 Caroline Yearwood wrote: Agreed it's not really an area you need the guidebook for. Especially because for the longer routes, the guidebook doesn't have topos, which is the… View Message

May 29, 2024 Darryl Cramer wrote: Bejamin – Not sure how crusty Max and I have been.My bad Darryl, it was mostly intended in jest. I was really just trying to call out that there… View Message

May 29, 2024 Man this thread is such a bummer. I really think there's an interesting discussion to be had here, but instead of discussing the arguments there's just a lot of straw mans and… View Message

May 28, 2024 Chode Mega Fan wrote: This thread is like an old man yelling at clouds. It really lacks any coherent argument. You have failed to articulate any meaningful examples. The on… View Message

Apr 30, 2024 Don Harder wrote: Mr Jamin Sir,I thought your post was kinda funny. You’ve gotta just ignore all the babble.You gonna be at the memorial in Index tomorrow?Thanks Don!… View Message

Apr 29, 2024 JCM wrote: I'm kinda perplexed by this post to be honest. MP is certainly full of toxicity, but this thread is fairly tame. There's some lively debate, but it's on topic,… View Message

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Apr 27, 2024 Apologies to all, I was off my rocker. Ill amend my comments: Index is choss! All the Index classics are at the Town Walls! The shady options are limited! We only climb 5.10 fr… View Message

Apr 27, 2024 Some of the responses here are kind of mind boggling to me. I climb in Index all summer and there's almost never a point where we don't climb due to heat - outside of anomalous… View Message

Jan 7, 2024 Lower Town Wall to the right of the rockfall zone is still climbable. GNS and Rogers Corner area is not. View Message

Dec 26, 2023 I've got a pretty good relationship with the land manager for Index after going through the process at Halloween this year, so personally I feel comfortable publicly saying I'm… View Message

Dec 26, 2023 In the interest in warding off snarky replies I'm not advocating for everyone going rogue and building trails anyway. I'm just trying to highlight an issue with the current pro… View Message

Dec 26, 2023 John, thank you for your interest in trail building! Washington desperately needs more folks who are psyched on trail work. However, actually getting anything done so… View Message

Dec 22, 2023 I was there yesterday and it looks like not much of any cleanup has happened. There are giant trees and such everywhere. It seems like it's a little unclear when/if the area wi… View Message

Dec 15, 2023 The wrist issues with moss are real. I've found that I put a lot more stress on them with a typical left/right motion, because you're essentially putting a bending moment on a… View Message

Dec 15, 2023 I believe I'm the guy Jon and Big Red are referring to. James if you want to test it out you're welcome to borrow it - or come to Zappa and I can show you! Just DM me or whatev… View Message

Nov 22, 2023 I'm starting to think the go down and make bongs strategy was just the way a lot of big climbs were done in the 60s. I was talking to Doug Leen a few weeks ago about his first… View Message

Nov 14, 2023 Technically I don't believe the route you're referring to is within the property lines of the WCC purchase. I know Tang is not, which is right next to it. Don't count that as a… View Message

Sep 18, 2023 Garrett Genereux wrote: A moderate, but adventurous route that isn't too far from the city. The formation is named for exactly what it is geologically, and this route likel… View Message

Oct 15, 2022 You can set up a top rope solo on 90% of the stuff at Halloween Wall in Index - some is quite easy to do. You basically just follow the left side of the wall to a handline. Fee… View Message

Oct 15, 2022 Maybe a pipe dream, but am looking to buy a number 7 or 8 cam from someone. Alternatively, I'd be willing to pay a small fee to borrow one or both next September/October for a… View Message

Sep 15, 2022 This one could go a lot of ways: Marymoor, UW Rock, or the buildering routes around UW campus all fit the description View Message

Sep 15, 2022 Brush stations, C0+ View Message

Sep 10, 2022 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/denverpost/name/william-ungar-obituary?id=36454315 View Message

Sep 7, 2022 We hiked into the propeller cairn and camped on Friday after work and spoke to a couple climbers who I believe spoke with the person's partner. The only info I have about it is… View Message

Sep 5, 2022 Following up on my own post. We climbed the NE Buttress over two days this past weekend - there were about 5 or 6 other parties on the route.The pocket glacier is easily b… View Message

Aug 30, 2022 Hoping to revive this thread: does anyone know if the pocket glacier has slid yet or have any info on water sources? View Message

Jun 1, 2022 I'm heading to Colorado for the week of 4th of July and am hoping to do the Little Bear-Blanca Traverse in the later half of the week (most likely the 7th or 8th).(Also might b… View Message

Aug 20, 2020 Looking for a partner to do Liberty Crack next weekend or sometime in the next few weeks.I've been leading 5.10s in Index this summer and have experience with aiding (climbed t… View Message