What's to like about the Pacific Northwest?

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Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2012 - 01:47pm PT
Love the Otter Dog!
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Sep 26, 2012 - 04:53pm PT
Nice shots Chaz. You've got that kite/camera thing down.

I've had some good times in the PNW. When the weather's nice, it's truly glorious but in a way those sunny days in the English countryside are glorious. They're so rare and the scenery is the result of lots of rain. I think Chaz' original observation pretty much sums it up:
The coffee's pretty good. I won't buy a cup of coffee south of, say, Grants Pass.

Every town - no matter how small - has its own brewery. Even little one-horse towns like Laconner, Port Townsend, and Birdsview have outstanding local breweries.
When the weather sucks as much as it does, you need strong coffee and lots of alcohol to compensate. You're actually trading alot for that good coffee and beer.
Binks

climber
Uranus
Sep 26, 2012 - 05:13pm PT
Why complain about the weather? I'm in an office all day anyway. If it's raining on the weekend, I go to the mountains. BTW, it hasn't rained appreciably in Portland for the last three months. The rainy months make reading books,cocooning with your artistic pursuits, and hitting the pubs and cafes very appealing. The culture is great.
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Sep 26, 2012 - 09:43pm PT
Unclimbed walls half an hour away. Well, probably two hours all told to the base. Same time as to get to Squamish but greater effort.

Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 28, 2012 - 01:12am PT
Even though the Locals all grumble about the ferries, I like them.





The dog likes them too. She gets to walk around on the car deck. It keeps me from going upstairs and wasting money on over-priced beer.



I can't see myself ever on a cruise ship - even though I dig ships. Ferry rides are just long enough to be entertaining without the mind-numbing boredom of being stuck for days in a floating hotel.

Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 07:51pm PT
Fletcher

Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
Oct 5, 2012 - 02:39am PT
More Portlandia, but this time, nobody's trying to make anything up:

Star Wars Yoga is Really a Real Thing in Portland

Make sure to check out the video down article.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Well, HST probably would have just shot the f*#kers. :-)

Eric
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2012 - 11:24pm PT
God Bless Vern Fonk.

[Click to View YouTube Video]

martygarrison

Trad climber
Washington DC
Nov 22, 2012 - 11:45pm PT
San Juan Islands. I have had five acres on Lopez for over thirty years. Maybe someday I will build something on it.
kpinwalla2

Social climber
WA
Nov 23, 2012 - 12:04am PT
Best wine in North America. Year round climbing and less than 10 inches of rain per year east of the Cascades (just why DO you folks live on the we(s)t side? - all the good wine and dry rock is over here....)
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2014 - 08:22am PT
Somewhere in America, it's summertime right now ...


... but not here.

I like summers on Whidbey Island. Summer here is like winter in SoCal.
PhilG

Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
Aug 13, 2014 - 08:55am PT
It's summer here in this part of the Pacific Northwest!

Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2014 - 09:01am PT

Wanna go to Port Townsend, and get a beer? Here's your ride.
The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Aug 13, 2014 - 09:13am PT
"Put a bird on it. "
looks easy from here

climber
Ben Lomond, CA
Aug 13, 2014 - 09:19am PT
B.C. in June:

OR in June:

;p
bixquite

Social climber
humboldt nation
Aug 13, 2014 - 09:28am PT
index is like primus... sucks
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2014 - 10:24pm PT

They get low clouds here sometimes.
Studly

Trad climber
WA
Aug 13, 2014 - 11:11pm PT
The skiing is good

Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2014 - 10:56am PT
Seattle is a damn scenic city - but not so much at street level.

Fortunately, there are some tall buildings with observation decks open to the public ( and I'm not talking about the Space Needle, either )

100-year-old Smith Tower is one of them:


Columbia Center is another one:










Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Aug 19, 2014 - 11:01am PT
The guy that owned the Smith Tower BITD paid a friend of mine to change the
salmon wind sock he liked up there every six months. I helped do it once.
You had to climb up a ladder into the tiny glass cupola on top that had a
light in it when it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
Then I belayed Mark as he went outside and did the deed. Lotta fun.
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