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Some people are just amazing! Others, not so much. A huge thanks go out to Armida (who helped me out at the last Safeco game), Sheri and Leizle for working another game for me! We all worked at Safeco on May 6th as the Mariners got there ass kicked! I think it was like 10-1 for Texas. We had a good time as it was not as busy as the first game we worked so we could actually chat a bit. I'malpineracknoreply@blogger.com

I have a little over a month to raise $3000! Can I do it? Will my friends actually show there support or will they turn? Good question and I honestly don't know. I had a huge opportunity to make a lot of money and only 2 of my friends actually helped me out. We were still able to make $340 but if my friends would have actually came through I could of made over $1000. Dissapointing? A huge alpinerack

My brother Bryon donated $100 to help me raise money for Big City Mountaineers! Thanks Bryon, you rock! It was great to see you and the rest of the fam in Utah. You are so lucky to have access to all of that cold Utah powder! I miss it.
Last night my friend Nick Barfuss donated $100. This was a complete shock as I haven't seen Nick for like 10 years! We spent the Logan High School years alpinerack

Matt Wilson donated $25 to help inner-city kids have an experience of a lifetime! Thanks for your support Matt!

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A huge thanks to Debby Bronson for donating $100 to help Big City Mountaineers inspire our youth! Yup, she's my mom. THANKS MOM!

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I am officially committed to raise $4000! OUCH! I sent the fax in last night and received my confirmation today! Summit for Someone is BackPacker Magazine's annual charity fund raising event to help benefit the at-risk teens of Big City Mountaineers. I have wanted to do this for years but have never really had the time or means to commit to it.
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I have been trying my hardest to keep the climbing shoes on but it is difficult this time of the year in Washington. It seems every trip is thwarted by rain and/or snow. I guess it is time to put away the summer rock shoes and break out the snowboard boots. Mt. Baker opens on thursday, Whistler and Blackcomb are already open with a 40 inch base! Hopefully Stevens Pass will soon follow with alpinerack

So this isn't exactly about climbing. But I am pretty excited to announce the first version of the Alpinerack Widget for my website! If you are running a apple machine with osx than you can download this widget and get all of my trip report updates delivered to the widget. It reads off of an RSS feed that I will update every time I go on a new climbing trip. You can download it from my home alpinerack

On monday a friend and I climbed the East Ridge Direct route on Forbidden Peak. It was great to get out with another climber that I don't have to teach how to tie a figure eight. The road to the trail head isn't open yet (as of July 30) so It added an additional 2.75 miles each way. We woke up at about 3:30 am and made it back to the car about 16 hours later. Yea, we could of done better butalpinerack

I have been slacking on the blog updates. I graduated from school about a month ago and have been to busy playing and climbing to pay to much attention to my web site. I spent the last couple of days updating from my last few trips and as of now I am all caught up. My good friend and climbing partner just got back from an 8 month stay in Hawaii so I am glad to have him back in the north west, alpinerack