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mushrooms
Aug 23, 2006, 12:41 AM
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Next spring, late, depending on the snow if anyone is interested in a new area that is East and North of Enumclaw Washington the rock is in need of cleaning. I have located a few areas that are worth looking at very close. One area does have two real nice cliffs of about 100 feet with a few boulders. Take a look at my web site.
http://greenwaterclimbingarea.homestead.com/index.html
Thanks
Ed
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socalbolter
Aug 23, 2006, 1:05 AM
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"The Valley" looks the most promising, given it's proximity to the fire road and the bulges and overhung(?) central face.
Have fun !
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billcoe_
Aug 25, 2006, 4:35 PM
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In reply to: Next spring, late, depending on the snow if anyone is interested in a new area that is East and North of Enumclaw Washington the rock is in need of cleaning. I have located a few areas that are worth looking at very close. One area does have two real nice cliffs of about 100 feet with a few boulders. Take a look at my web site. http://greenwaterclimbingarea.homestead.com/index.html Thanks Ed
Sweet looking stuff Ed. Thank you for sharing. Hope you get some nice folks to help you fix it all up. Looks like some great routes in there.
May I suggest 2 things. Have a trashed rope or 2 that you can still rappel for use in cleaning off the larger boulders (I chopped 2 ropes doing that very thing this year, it always amazes me because it seems so obvious not to drop a rock on your rope, but then you do it anyway :lol: )
2nd, do not use wire brushes for cleaning routes. I did that for years until my friend Jim Opdycke mentioned that a wire brush will smooth the little rugosites and tiny bumps which our climbing shoes love to grip, and will make the rock slick. Use a Palmyra bristle brush, bigger and stiffer is better. As it wears, if you rip some bristles out, as the Palmyra is natural bristles and is basically vegetation anyway it will break down naturally, and it won't lay there like looking like a Rat Turd in the sugar bowl like brightly colored poly bristles will.
Enjoy!
Bill
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