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In 2000, Doctor of Chiropractic William A. Straughn moved his self-named practice to Florissant, the place where he was born and raised and where his grandmother still lives. This move enabled him to serve the people of his hometown who suffer from chronic lower-back and neck pain or who need to regain their footing after an accident or injury. Dr. Straughn and his staff also teach patients how they can improve their diets and how to incorporate healthy habits into their workdays, such as doing jumping jacks in a crowded elevator or sprinting full speed to the restroom.
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If I were a commissioner for the Sport of Kings, even though the Breeders' Cup is on the west coast at Santa Anita, I would seriously consider ordering a one-week postponement of the event to next Friday and Saturday (November 9-10) and if necessary moving it across town to Hollywood Park, citing an extreme set of circumstances caused by Sandy in the east where many people are currently without power and/or are dealing with serious damage from the storm that is still creating problems in the midwest.
I realize that would create a lot of anger among horseplayers and racing fans looking forward to the Breeders' Cup, but it may be inappropriate to a lot of people still dealing with serious infrastructure problems at the moment that are in many case expected to continue into early next week to see an event like the Breeders' Cup taking place in LA while many people east of the Mississippi are dealing with far more serious issues that have nothing to do with any loss of handle (something BC Ltd. is likely to have a serious drop in for this BC because of so many people being affected by Sandy) having the BC as scheduled would cause.
NO ONE could have predicted we would have had the worst storm in over 100 years hit the northeast less than a week before the Breeders' Cup and cause the kind of damage this storm has caused, including flooding EVERY SINGLE East River subway crossing and two major tunnels to and from Manhattan in New York and all the damage in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and so forth. This is simply my view on this.


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Diet: For Matt Duchene, it meant getting rid of gluten, dropping 10 pounds and adding more quickness and energy. Exercise: For Duchene, it meant not just going through the motions, but learning more what the motions could do for his body. The result of Duchene's new diet and exercise regimen: 28 points in his first 25 games, after a 2011-12 season in which he had only 28 points in 58 games. The Avalanche center is too busy to write a diet and exercise book, but if he did it might become a best seller. His NHL career is back on the right track, and Duchene said it's largely because of new eating and workout habits that started soon after his frustrating, injury-filled season. "Getting leaner was a step I needed to take, but I couldn't figure out why I was having a hard time doing it. And what we figured out was my body has a really high intolerance to wheat and gluten," Duchene said. "You learn in school from the food guys that you're supposed to have a certain serving every day of wheat and grains, and it's not true. You shouldn't eat what's not great for you.
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B.C.'s minimum wage of $10.25 is tough enough for anyone to try to live on, especially given the extra expenses that employed people face for things like clothes for work, transportation, maybe lunch on the job, and even child care.
So how about $4-and-change an hour? If you, like me, wouldn't get out of bed and go out the door for that amount, then you will understand how poor British Columbians might feel when they are effectively being expected to do just that.
The provincial government may require employers to fork over at least $10.25 an hour to each worker they employ, but $4-and-a-bit is all that's left in the pockets of some when the taxmen and their bean-counting colleagues in Victoria and Ottawa are through with them. At a couple of points between $25,000 a year of family income and $50,000, what economists call "the marginal effective tax rate" - the portion of the next dollar earned that is lost to either added taxes or reduced benefits - spikes to 60 per cent or more.
The only consolation - and it's a slim one - is that it could be worse. The tax/clawback combination is just as bad in Alberta, and it's even worse in every other province except Saskatchewan.
In the worst of them, Quebec, the hit on any increased earnings for low-income families reaches an astounding 80 per cent.
Nor is the problem confined to the lowest end of the income continuum. It is somewhat less in magnitude, but still a perverse factor in family decision-making, well into middle incomes, notes a recent C.D. Howe Institute study.
For one thing, the study says, the tax/clawback combination discourages individuals and families from saving, or from investing in training and education.
"They also encourage tax avoidance and evasion, and the growth of the underground economy."
The authors, Alexandre Laurin and Finn Poschmann, note that very low-wage earners often get more in benefits than they pay in taxes. But this doesn't soften the impact of a too-high marginal tax rate. Finding a new job, or working extra hours, will still create a meagre net gain, and a lot of people - understandably, I think - consequently won't do it.
The tax hurdle, Laurin and Poschmann say, "is especially relevant for spouses working part-time and looking to increase paid work hours, or for those not working and considering whether to re-enter the labour market, for example after taking time to care for young children.
"About 40 per cent of families have one spouse working full-time with the other spouse either not working or working part-time," they say. About 10 per cent of these families would see taxes or lost benefits suck up more than half anything additional earned by the underemployed spouse.
And the researchers don't even consider those extra costs I mentioned at the start of this column - a work wardrobe, transportation, lunches and child care. It is easy to imagine a scenario where a mom finds herself working for a net gain of pennies, or even paying for the privilege, when you add up all the costs.
Although I applauded Premier Christy Clark for her decision to legislate an overdue increase in the minimum wage, I've also argued long and loud for governments to stop taking so much money from the citizens who can least afford it.
It's not rocket science to design escalating tax scales and declining benefit scales that could work together to create a smooth and moderately paced transition from the substantial support given to low-income workers to the substantial contribution they make to government coffers if or when their earning ability has sufficiently improved.


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MapLight.org shines light on intersection of donations and votes
It's not exactly news that interest group lobbying affects lawmaking, but MapLight.org is showing us how by doing the math down to dollar figures. The non-profit MapLight.org had one of the least ostentatious booths in the Web 2.0 Expo hall, but brought an incredibly informative, practical service regarding the influence of money on California politics.
It's a mashup of voting records pulled from the Official California Legislative Information Web site (up to the 2003-2004 session right now, with 2005-2006 on the way), and campaign contributions kept by the Institute on Money in State Politics.
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My daughter has two large dogs that
needed dog collars. She had a hardtime bringing herself to pay alot of
money for not just one, but two.
So she asked me if I could make her some.
So this is how I made them...
Supplies needed:
Ribbon of your choice
Fray Check
Fashion Buckle
Medal Hole punch
1. Use the Webbing to measure around your dog's neck,
making sure you only leave about 1/2 in to an inch.
(Use your own judgement on how much
neck room your dog will need.)
neck room your dog will need.)
Measure and then cut the length you need.
2. You will need to measure and cut your ribbon.
Your ribbon will measure the same as the
webbing, plus adding 2 extra inches.
Your ribbon will measure the same as the
webbing, plus adding 2 extra inches.
(You will be folding one extra inch of ribbon on
the back side of your webbing for each end.)
3. Starting at one end, take the extra inch of ribbon
and pin it to the back of the webbing
while lining up the ribbon that will
and pin it to the back of the webbing
while lining up the ribbon that will
be running down the front of your webbing.
Sew the ribbon in place and do the same when you
come to the other end of the webbing.
This is what that back of the webbing should look like
on each end, after you have sewn the ribbon.
Once you sew the ribbon in place, use the Fray Check
on the ends of the webbing.
4. Take one end of the collar and run the D-ring in first
and then add the buckle, making sure that when you
take the other end of the webbing that it will go through
the buckle and then the D-ring the correct way.
(Like buckling a belt on your pants)
Now that you have it the correct way, undo it.
Now, with the D-ring and buckle still in place,
fold down the webbing and sew into place.
This is how it should look.
D-ring is under the buckle
and the buckle is upside down.
This is what it looks like when you turn the
collar over with the ribbon facing you.
5. Now, with your metal punch hole,
you will need to punch holes on the other end
of the the dog collar.
Measure your dog's neck again and mark
with a pen where the holes need to be punched.
I set the hole punch onto the pen mark
and hit it once with a hammer and
it worked. Make sure you do this
outside or at least on a hard surface.
I punch 2 holes to start with and then will
punch more if needed as the dog gets bigger.
There you have it, ENJOY
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This month, we're going back to school with our pets to learn training basics and more. But clearly some dogs are further ahead of the curve. Take Jack Russell terrier Jesse, for example, who sets the bar (and the table) for amazing doggie tricks . . . and keeps the house in order in the process!
Russell Terrier Trivia: What Do You Know About the AKC's 175th Breed?
As the proud pet mama of a rambunctious Parson Russell Terrier, I was thrilled to see the news that the Parson's shorter in stature (but certainly not in personality) cousin, the Russell Terrier, became the 175th breed to be recognized by the American Kennel Club! Though you might know the two breeds together as the Jack Russell Terrier, within the last few decades, breed enthusiasts have petitioned to ensure that both varieties maintain their distinct standards, regardless of how long their legs are. Think you know your Russell Terrier trivia? Test yourself with our quiz!
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Take the QuizUggie's All About Gilded Hearts and Golden Statuettes
With a Golden Collar award already under his belt, Uggie attended the 84th Academy Awards in support of his The Artist costars. Wearing Chopard, the Jack Russell Terrier nabbed hearts on stage with best actor Jean Dujardin and at the Weinstein Company afterparty . . . and all this after working the red carpet at an Unleashed charity event on Saturday! We've rounded up his cutest moments and hope he's curled up in a plush dog bed, sleeping off the wild weekend!
Uggie Gets Huggie at the Golden Globe Awards
For one special pup, the world was certainly golden Sunday night. Jack Russell Terrier Uggie, canine star of Golden Globe-winning film The Artist, took to the red carpet wearing a bow tie and his dapper tan-and-white fur coat. The film took home three awards, including best comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy or musical, and best original score, but the best performance of the evening went to Uggie's theatrical tricks during arrivals and in the press room, where he achieved hugs and praise from his A-list costars.
New Puppy Alert! Camilla Parker Bowles Adopts a Jack Russell
The royal madness isn't over yet! There's another new member of the royal family, and she may give Kate Middleton a run for her money. Yesterday, the Duchess of Cornwall adopted a rescue puppy named Beth from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London, and we can see why: how could anyone resist that face? Beth is about 4 months old, and was left at the Battersea shelter last month. We're so happy that this rescued pup will now be living the good life!
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Jump For Joy With Jack Russell Terriers
Jack Russell Terrier Cosmo lit up the screen in his new film Beginners alongside actors Ewan McGregor and Mélanie Laurent. Ewan developed such a close bond with his cute little costar that he wanted to take him home after filming! Cosmo's breakout performance has inspired us to share some Jack Russell Terrier love.
Jack Russell Terriers are an amazing breed with tons of energy. Their origins in fox hunting provided them with strong instincts and lots of intelligence. They are definitely lively and loving little guys. In honor of Cosmo, here are some shots of Jack Russells, both purebred and adorably mixed, having an absolute blast.
Watch This Jack Russell Put His Energy to Good Use!
I have a friend who often wishes she could train her cat to run errands and do chores — start the coffee, grab the paper, maybe run a load of laundry. Turns out, this helpful little pet already exists, in the form of a peppy Jack Russell Terrier named Jesse! Jesse may just be the most helpful pup ever, but what cracks me up is how cheerfully he performs his chores. Check out Jesse in action, and spend the weekend wishing for your own errand dog!
Robert Pattinson and Queenie Make a Run For It!
Now I don't remember the vet-student-turned-circus-employee having a sidekick explicitly labeled as a Jack Russell in the book, but I do recall a scene where lil Queenie climbed up on Jacob's lap, so the size of this pup looks perfect!
Speaking of size, we already checked out one of Robert Pattinson's bigger — 8,800-pound — costars and, since a large part of this story takes place in the circus, I'm sure there are even more animals to be spotted later on along with Queenie the dog and Rosie the elephant. Check out more pictures of Rob and his furry pal in the gallery below.
New Puppy Alert! Mariah Carey's Bundle of Jack Russell Joy
When I'm wrong, I can admit I'm wrong, and, yup, I was wrong. Although I expressed doubt about Mariah Carey's new puppy announcement, the singer recently shared the news about "Da Baby" on Twitter.
Born to her Pet of the Year ChaCha (and possibly fathered by JJ ), the lil one is still super tiny and still nameless, but I know this proud pet mama won't resist sharing more photos as the baby grows up. See more pics of the pup and doggie mom in the gallery below. Congratulations!Source: Twitpic User MariahCarey
Name Famously Furry Faces: Jack Russell Terrier Edition!
We've brushed up on the breed itself, but what do you know about Jack Russell pups belonging to famous people? Test yourself and check out some cute terrier faces in the process.


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Solar Slab is a very popular route due to its long length and all pitches are 5.6 or easier. The climb is 9 pitches long and over 1200 feet in height. However, the start of Solar Slab is on a huge terrace 500 feet up, which has a few different multi-pitch approaches. Probably the most common ways to get to the base of Solar Slab are to climb Johnny Vegas (5.7, 4 pitches), or the Solar Slab Gully (5.3, 5 pitches). An early start is highly recommended to beat the crowds, climb the 14 pitches, and make the lengthy descent. A headlamp is also a good idea. Start from the Oak Creek Canyon parking area, and follow the obvious trail for 45 minutes to an hour. A prominent trail leads to an obvious gully to the right, the Solar Slab Gully. Climb this or Johnny Vegas to the terrace 500 feet up. P1) Wander up the beautiful featured golden slab for quite a ways to the start of a nice hand crack. There is little pro in the slab, and the hardest move is gaining the crack system. Follow the crack system to a ledge with a fixed 2-bolt anchor. (5.5) P2) From the ledge, follow the sandy chimney left and up to another ledge to belay at. This is probably the worst pitch of the climb. (5.5) P3) Wander up unprotected but well featured rock for about 20 feet to a finger crack. Traverse right when obvious and follow a corner to a small belay ledge. (5.6) P4) Climb a varnished left facing corner until possible to traverse right to a huge belay ledge with fixed anchors. (5.6) P5) Climb the beautiful hand crack as long as desired, eventually sinking in a belay at the best spot possible. Some bolts are found near the crack on this pitch. This is a 3 star pitch. (5.5) P6) Finish up this crack, stepping left eventually and belaying at the top of a pillar. I don't recommend trying to link this pitch with P5. I don't think that even a 60 meter rope is long enough. (5.4) P7) Wander up and right protecting in various features to get to a low angle crack. Climb this crack up to an anchor. Don't stop at this point, but remember where this anchor is if you are planning to rap the route. Instead, traverse right a bit, then go up and easy corner to the huge low angle terrace. (5.3) P8) Scramble up to a black varnished dihedral and sink a belay. Depending on your comfort level, this pitch can be done unroped. (class 4) P9) Climb the black dihedral until the angle kicks back and sink a belay. (5.5) Descent: I have only done the rappels, but there is also a walk off apparently. This is supposed to be difficult and time consuming. The rappels also take a lot of time, but it is a fairly straight forward way of getting off the rock. Down climb to the right of the last pitch on easy slabs (3rd class) to get to a traverse around to the belay ledge used below the dihedral. Then downclimb the 8th pitch and the last easy part of pitch 7 until the anchors mentioned. From here, rap (double ropes, 200' better, maybe even necessary?). Probably about 6 rappels gets you to the starting terrace. Then rap either Johnny Vegas or Solar Slab Gully (another 5 rappels). I recommend the gully, as Johnny Vegas is likely to get your rope stuck. There is an entire chapter about this route in Red Rock Odyssey
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I've not done the downclimb either, I have heard of several epics. I like Swain's comment on the downclimb "The descent can be done unroped, if you can solo down 5.6." Heck if you can down solo 5.6, you don't need a rope for the route either! If you have climbed Black Orpheus, you can descend the same way as for that climb. Even if you have not, you can, but it is trickier to find. Basically you head up and west to the red rock, around a corner to where you can see the Rainbow Buttress. Then two 50m or 3 25m raps will get you the the base of the Painted Bowl, where a long downclimb puts you in the drainage for a long exercise in boulder hopping. The first two pitches of Solar Slab are weird and runout. On p. 1, the runout before the crack is huge, and it's easy to get into terrain harder than 5.6. On p. 2, there are also some runouts and it is a bit confusing. I was thinking of going up an unprotected arete on the left but a better route is the lieback crack on the right.
Great route, particularly if accessed from Beluah's Book. You can hit the summit and then scramble over to teh finish of the solar Slab gully and scramble down that. A little shrubby, but more like 5.3 than 5.6, if memory serves me. I'm not even gonna start a discussion about our car-to-car time on this... (snicker) ...but I will say that it's a nice cruiser line and an advanced party can still have fun simul-climbing it.
The descent for Black Orpheus (another awesome climb) is almost certainly the way to go for getting off the top of Solar Slab. The long gully descent (basically heading the opposite way from the Black Orpheus descent) is brutally long and dirty. And once you fight through all of that, you still have to rappel/downclimb the Solar Slab Gully itself. Avoid this descent at all costs!
If you compare George Bell's modern photo of Warren Teissier leading pitch 1 with the old photo of Joe Herbst leading, you'll see that the FA took a different line, farther right. The black roof by Joe's feet can be seen towards upper right of the Warren Teissier photo. That original first pitch, also about 5.6, seemed among the route's best.
P1:At the start we headed up slightly right of the crack, and headed for some slings that are below and right of the crack. Not quite as runout and there is some good gear before the slings (not as bad as it looks). Move left under the crack, then up. P3: Head up just left of the belay to some gear (can't see it from the belay), then scoot right to get into the crack. If you head up right of the belay, there is no gear until the crack. P4 is the crux.
After topping out on Johnny Vegas we found a ton of people in line for solar slab. We decided to climb a route left of solar slab called "Going Nuts 5.6." This route avoids the runnout slab of solar slab but keeps it at the same grade. P1 climb two dark steep cracks beneath the middle of the large arch. The cracks eventually separate and the crack on the right is the one you want. Once this crack ends climb left and belay using nuts and small cams in between the many plates. P2 Climb the plates up and left to avoide the arch until you reach a large bushy ledge. A quick scramble right on the ledge will put you at the bottom of P3 for the remainder of solar slab. The best part about this route is when everyone gives you the "get in line buddy" glance for solar slab and you walk right passed them and climb this excellent variation. Check the supertopo for a more detailed description. Chris M.
This is a great route, but not to be underestimated by those who are just entering the realm of multipitch routes. At well over 1000' from the start of the route proper, plus 500' of technical climbing to get to it, this is a big day for most parties. A couple of side notes for quick parties and/or those interested:There is a fairly easy single rope descent off of Solar Slab as per Black Orpheus that does not involve going clear up to a gully as per Supertopo. As noted by George Bell, the best way down is to start the double rope raps for Black Orpheus- do the first one (35') and the second (60'), but on the second, traverse to the climbers left to a large, sloping ledge. From here, pull the rope and walk along the edge to an old, but good rap station (historical Titon here if you want to see what one looks like). Make this rappel and one more off of a tree to get back down to the Painted Bowls. From here, head for the IBM boulder, and then follow the cairns to the deck. I did the route today and my descent time was a little over 2hrs from the summit to the car (which was on 159). This of course, assumes the parties know the way. With route finding, expect about 3hrs down. It's a beautiful walk for those who haven't done it and I highly recommend it, especially if Solar Slab is choked with parties. Oh, and even though it's almost June, Oak Creek is still running strong up above the fork!
My partner (Jay) and I climbed this on 9/30/2005, and we are both climbers stuck in Indiana, so take that for what it is worth. I have climbed quite a bit in Colorado (Petit Grepons, Culp Bossier, etc), and I consider Solar Slab to be a near-classic, just below the quality of other routes that I have climbed. For the record, we started mega-early, and parked at the old Oak Creek Campground. The approach (in the dark) from there was not obvious. I led the first pitch of the gully...we then essentially soloed the rest of the gully, save for the last 70' or so. The first pitch was mine...it started out very low angle, and the runout quality of it was not at all an issue. The second pitch Jay led, and it was a bit weird (to steal a few words from George Bell), but not at all bad. I had intended to link both pitch 3 and 4, but thought better of it, because pitch 4 gets a bit burly and thin (but never too insecure). Jay led the stellar crack on pitch 5 for about 190', where he set up a belay. I led pitch 6 up another 120' to bolts. All the belays were bolted, save for our pitch 5. The bolts at the end of pitch 6 were the first rappell bolts, and (for a few reasons), we decided to descend from there. Out rope got stuck on the first rappell, so I spent about an hour climbing up a 5.6-5.7 crack to free it, then I downclimbed. Thes rest of the descent was uneventful. So, my advice is to 1. Start early. 2. Climb efficiently (ie try to simulclimb the gully). 3. Don't worry about the runout on the first pitch...it is very low angle and not at all that bad. 4. Routefinding on the ascent, and the rap route are both fairly straightforward. 5. Bring lots of water with you, and stash some at the terrace above the gully, as well as at the base of the gully.
For those looking for a bit more adventure, try going for the summit of Rainbow Mountain from Solar Slab! From the top of Solar Slab, head north toward the red pillars. Eventually, you'll go under the little 'arch' for the single line descent off of Black Orpheus. Instead of turning left here, go straight. One...interesting pitch leads to a nice ledge. From here, heading up and right and then following a nice ledge system to the right of an obvious crack leads to 3rd class terrain and eventually the summit. Count on a HUGE walk-off with interesting route-finding issues (stay mostly south when in doubt), but it is an unforgettable experience that every Red Rock climber should have!
12/27/05 Beulah's book to solar slab and the walk off truck to truck 8.5 hours. walk off took 2.5 hours. done in 7 pitches. 3 for beulah's and 4 for solar slab w/simu-climbing. walk off aint too bad. after last pitch just keep going straight up into purple and red stone approx. 500-600 feet. Locate a small landing w/fire ring and head due west or up canyon from there. it's about as high you can go and still walk along side the main wall at top. follow side walk slab that turns into a trough that turns into a large flake/chimney feature. easy scramble/down climb down this feature for approx. 600 feet will land you on a large ledge. walk across ledge to the end and scramble down to the top of a flared chimney. This is probably the crux of the walk off. Down climb chimney 20 feet (maybe 5.4). Follow trail thru bushes to last down climb section. down climb another 60 feet and your at the top of painted bowl slab.from here the IBM boulder can be spotted easily. From boulder the easiest way to creek bed is to head west or up canyon traversing across ledges to creek bed.now your just a lovely bush whack away down the creek bed to your packs. MIght sound a bit involved but I just hate multiple rappels.
By scurrying up the Solar Slab Gully and swinging leads on Solar Slab with combined pitches, we were able to complete climb from ground to ground in 4 hours and 45 minutes. We only took one rope, which sufficed, as we rapped the steep, narrow upper gully on the climber's right. A bit of easy climbing and 3rd classing to get there. Eight single rope rappels from big chock-stones, with short, intermittent down-climbing to reach the terrace. Then a few more raps down the Solar Slab Gully. Note:As of 2/18/06, Solar Slab has water trickling down climbing path and the upper,steep gully has snow and ice for about half the way down, so if planning on rapping the upper gully anytime soon, be careful. The winds were brutal when we were on the upper pitches and blew me over twice while hiking up the low angle slabs higher up. Due to the high wind gusts, we had to literally crawl on our hands and knees (How humiliating!) as we 3rd classed our way over to the gully.The steep, narrow gully on climber's right provided great wind escape though. It was snowing on our hike out.
For those who wish to descend Solar Slab via the Gullies climber's right of the route, the first gully -- the West Descent Gully -- is significantly easier and safer than the right gully -- the East Descent Gully. However, you should expect to leave cordellette or sling material as people don't often change out the anchors in either of these gullies very often. It should be noted that the drawing in the Brock guide takes one to the East Gully. Ignore this and use the West Gully. Jason
In my opinion, both of the gullies right of Solar Slab should be avoided- there is absolutely no reason to use them as they are not quicker, safer, or easily accessed from any of the SS routes compared to the Black Orpheus descent or the SS rappels. The best option, in my opinion, is to do the BO double rope descent with a single line- details for this are on the Black Orpheus route page courtesy of George Bell. This descent takes about 60-90 minutes (to the base of SS) and is one of the more beautiful descents you can do in Red Rock.
I think that the canyon to the climbers right can't be missed! It is one cool little canyon. I on-sight soloed the route in 04/03 in 47 minutes bottom (ground not ledge) to top (summit) It is a wonderful route with very classic climbing and the descent was amazing. I downclimbed the whole descent (onsight) with nothing harder the 5.5 or so. Then down to the ledge and down climb the gully route for a time of 1 hour 47 minutes ground to ground and 3 hours and 22 minutes car to car (parked on the highway not the loop) and I smoke so I really suck at the running thing. HA! Great day it is amazing how such a crappy day can end so well. Kurt
Definitely a classic and one of the high points of my first trip to Red Rock! Doing Johnny Vegas and Solar Slab was a really full day; we were on the rock around 7 a.m., started SS about 10 and were back on the ground close to 7 p.m. This was a good reality check for my partner, who had been planning to lead Epinephrine, which now seems like an Everest expedition in comparison. It was our longest sustained multi-pitch climb ever. The climbing was great and exposed and had its challenges despite the 5.6 grade. P2 was the only place I felt any stress on lead; my partner found P3 and P4 (which he linked) to be a little tricky. P5 and P6 were probably my favorite lead; we linked these by simulclimbing for maybe 20' or so, which I think is a good option to keep things flowing. The rap on SS went off without a hitch, but our ropes got snagged twice rapping Johnny Vegas, so be aware. JL
We climbed the route in 5 pitches using a 70M rope, including the final pitch. Basically stretch the first pitch to the second anchor, above the left angling chimney sort of thing. Then just keep stretching the rope from there. We didn't simul-climb at all doing it this way, but it still kept us moving pretty fast. Also, thanks to Jason and Ting Ting (if you ever see this! - sorry for the spelling of your name Ting Ting), for sharing their rope to simul-rap. We only brought our one rope and didn't have the luxury of reading the Mountain Proj beta on the descent, so this was a really nice gesture. On that note, it seems like we could have possibly rappelled the route proper with our one single 70M. Has anyone ever done this?
I checked yesterday whether you could rappel with a single 70m- and the answer is.....not really. Someone chopped the upper handcrack anchor down to a single bolt (as it should be) and removed the tat off the boulder above- minus those two things, you cannot rap with a single 70m. From the base of the handcrack, a single 70m will get you down, but you'll have to leave some tat partway down 2 to get to 1 (maybe), and then you'll have to downclimb the easy slab at the base.
I just wanted to extend a BIG THANK YOU to whoever took some major time out of their day and reslung every rap station on Solar Slab in addition to maintaining the single rope descent and cairning out the descent down oak creek (discreetly, i might add)- the general condition of the trail and climb has been greatly improved. Thanks!
I'm unclear. can I rap solar slab and solar slab gully with my meter 70m rope or not?
you cannot rappel solar slab with a single 70m.
What a fun climb. I didn't think anything was run out on it but if I was a 5.6 leader I might take my time on Ps 1 and 2. Personally, P4 was the weird one. The topo said its a lieback but I climbed the face to the right with only a little pro but it went fine. If I did it again (pitched out) Id do some things different. First, Id bring a 70m rope and do P1 & 1/2 of P2 to the bolted "intermediate" belay above the flaring slanting crack thingy. Then Id combine the rest of P2 with P3. (we did this w/a 60m no problem). Then, combine P4 &5 (once again, a 60m would be no problem). Then you could shoot for the next bolted belay just shy of the big ledge and 3rd class scramble in one pitch. With a 60 we had to stop short and build an anchor about 20 ft from the anchors as my partner didn't want to simul. You can easily do the Painted Bowl double rope descent w/a 70m. That descent rocks. Ive never done the Solar Slab raps and would never even thing of doing them with such a cool option available. Ive done it twice, both the single rope and double rope option. The double rope one is best but they are both fine. Don't miss this part of the climb!!!! You are only cheating yourself.
Is it possible to climb solar slab via the johny vegas approach and then hike up to the summit of rainbow peak and hike down ?
Anant-- it is possible to continue to the summit of Rainbow Mountain from the top of Solar Slab, but it is a substantially bigger operation. Not a "hike" either; several roped pitches, including one or two of 5.9 unless your routefinding is a lot better than mine. Once you unrope, you still have a half-hour walk to the summit followed by the non-trivial Oak Creek descent. Just as a yardstick, we took about 6 hours from the top of the Solar Slab route to get to the summit and back down the canyon (and we were familiar with the terrain).
A couple of comments about an ascent on 4/8: 1) If there is snow on top of the slab, expect water to begin running right down pitches 1-3. Realize the water might not start running until the snow starts melting in mid morning. We arrived at the base of pitch 1 at 9 am and it was totally dry. At 9:02 there was a literal torrent running down the crack. 2) In the event that you are committed to the route, you can avoid pitch 1, pitch 2, and most of the wet part of pitch 3 by doing Go Nuts instead (still just 5.6). We ended up only having to climb through about 20 feet of water on pitch 3. Most of the water runs down the 5.9 variation on the right of pitch 3, rather than the 5.6 on the left side. The remainder of the route was completely dry except for another 10 feet on the last technical pitch. 3) If there is snow on top of the slab, realize that the scariest part of the route will be descending the ramp to the first rappel. We ended up having to belay the ramp. Anymore ice on it and we would have had to leave anchors and rap down to the first rappel anchor. Alternatively, if you rappel the route with double ropes you'll end up soaked by the time you reach the terrace since the rappels go right through the water. Pick your poison or wait a couple more days for the snow to completely melt off. 4) It is possible to do this entire route with a 50 meter. You will have to occasionally (maybe twice) simul-climb for 15-20 feet on easier pitches and the very last rappel for the walk-off option will require about 10 feet of low 5th class downclimbing at the end of the rappel. It was worth it to us to save the weight and hassle of taking a longer rope (or heaven forbid 2 ropes.) Doing the descent with a 50 meter rope requires 4 rappels-2 on bolted anchors down to the big ledge, then traverse the ledge and rappel off a slung horn/deadman in a hueco/fixed nut anchor to another ledge, and off a tree to the ground. The downside of the 50 meter is that it makes the route much more committing than dragging a couple of 60 meters up it. We would have had to leave an entire rack behind if we had had to bail off from high up on the upper slab. 5) The downclimb isn't that big of a deal. I've done it twice. It takes a long time. We were 9.5 hours car to car and I think 2.5-3 of that was on the descent. The rappels go pretty quickly, even with a single rope. The descent down the painted bowl isn't too bad either. Mostly trend right and follow cairns (although they go back left at one point low down.) The really crappy part of the descent is going down oak creek canyon, especially if a lot of water is flowing. Tons of boulder hopping and bushwhacking to avoid the pools of water and drop-offs. This canyon is MUCH more involved to descend than others such as Juniper or Pine Creek. As far as George Bell's comment that the descent can go at 5.6....I didn't see it. The only 5.6 option I saw was to climb back down the route itself.
If you find yourself at the top of this route without a rope (how'd that happen?), the down climb into the Painted Bowl is quite reasonable for anyone who made it this far without a rope. Here's the beta. First locate the normal rappels into the Painted Bowl by scrambling left (west toward Eagle wall) in the red rock up high. Eventually the ramps/ledges will head down into the top of the Painted Bowl on a narrow ledge. At the first rappel anchor, carefully down climb about 10 feet to a good stance. This is the hardest part...probably 5.5ish. Now, instead of continuing down, climb up and left on 5.5 ish positive holds to reach a ledge system about 20-30 feet above you. Now, scramble down this ledge system and traverse all the way across the ledge (easy). At the time of this writing, you'll see a cairn on top of a little ridge to the west. Don't keep going west, but instead now shimmy down the chimney below the cairn. There's a mass of slings here to facilitate rapping...but you don't have a rope...so 5.4 down climbing is required. Now, wander through some bush directly down hill to a pine tree with rap anchors. Now, bear skiers right (west toward Eagle Wall) and start down climbing again, finding the path of least resistance on 5.3sih jugs and plates, eventually depositing you on the slabs at the top of the Lower Painted Bowl. Not recommended for anyone squeamish of down climbing with exposure. But solid for the competent who wasn't bothered by the 14 pitches of 5.6 scrambling it took to get up there.
Climbed this and went down through painted bowl. The descent and walk down the canyon made this an extra long and tiring day, despite the moderate climbing. I took a look at a quick solo to the mountain summit, climbed halfway up the slot on the right after the low arch, but it was more than I was prepared for. As for the descent, there is definitely a low commitment downclimb option. I think most people just never find it. At the very top of the terrace at the end of the climb, we went through the low arch and up against the summit wall, followed a narrow gully down. It was maybe 45 deg easily downclimbed. After that there is one more vegetated gully to the walk off slab
I'm going to buck the consensus and say that I did not like this climb, and that it did not live up to all the hype I have been hearing about it for years. It is long, but only has a few pitches of real climbing, namely P1, P3+4, and the hand crack on....P5? The rest is pretty much just low 5th class scrambling up to the next belay (P2, P6, P7, "P"8, P9). Not very sustained. We finished P7 and figured we had to go all the way to the top, only to get to the top and realize that it wasn't really the top of anything. Rapped back down the route. I think it is worth doing once and I can see why some people really love it, but off-hand I can think of plenty of multi-pitch 5.6 moderates that offer more exposure, better climbing, scenery, etc. etc. YMMV. Also, there always seems to be a conga line on Johnny Vegas, even when EVERY other route is empty, so consider other options for getting to the base of SS.
I climbed and rappelled this route in late March 2013. The Handren guide shows (pg 133, 134) that the rappel line has an intermediate rappel station between the pitch 4 anchors and the pitch 1 anchors. When I got there, I found that this station was a pair of rusty old bolts with no hangers. I had to swing left to the pitch 2 anchors to continue my descent.
Intermediate rap anchor between P4 and P1 anchors mentioned above now consists of solid hardware. Also, rope got stuck on the pull after the rap from the boulder slings atop P6 down to P4 anchor, in a hard-to-avoid crack pinch (beware), while trying to bypass a super slow group on reg rap route. Re-led on other end of almost-down rope, cleared jam, cleaned while downclimbed. Rapped JV to bypass same slow group congesting Solar Slab Gully, good on all pulls.


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Posted: Jan 28, 2013 6:42 PM by Nikki Ibarra
Updated: Jan 29, 2013 5:14 AM
Monday marks the one year anniversary of when Santa Maria police officer Albert Covarrubias Jr. was shot and killed, on duty, be a fellow officer at a DUI checkpoint.
Police said Covarrubias fired his gun, as two supervisors tries to arrest him on charges he had an alleged sexual relationship with a 17 year-old police explorer.
The shooting was followed by a no confidence vote against former police chief Danny Macagni, who resigned in August.
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney decided the shooting was legally justified.
Current Police Chief Ralph Martin has been reviewing an internal affairs investigation.
The report is confidential, but Martin told KSBY's Nikki Ibarra it's full of interviews, photographs and witness statements.
"We have to know why this occured. We lost an officer on duty, killed by another officer in uniform. I mean, it's just not something you see," said Martin.
About 1700 pages, and over 100 hours of recorded interviews. "I'm going to look at this in their hour glass at that time, during that hour that they made that decision," added Martin.
The internal investigation began in April, after the police department called in two retired, internal affairs investigators to conduct the review. "Under the hundreds that I've read, you know, this one is certainly, you know, very tough to read," said Martin.
Martin said he will decide in about 2 weeks if any department policies were violated. "They made a decision to do that and their decision, they're going to have to, you know, look back on, you know, was it the right decision and that is the crux of the investigation. That is the decision I'm going to have to make when it's all done," added Martin.
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KSBY reached out the attorneys for the Covarrubias family, as well as the police explorer's family, but we did not hear back.
In November, the city settled a $185,000 lawsuit with the police explorer, who accused the city of not protecting her.
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Babies Are Born Where They Are Born:
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[Editor's note: This is an excerpt of an article which appears in Midwifery Today, Issue 106, Summer 2013. View other great articles and columns in the table of contents. To read the rest of this article, order your copy of Midwifery Today, Issue 106.]
As a doula, one of the questions I ask my pregnant clients is, "How do you envision the moment of birth?" Women respond differently, but something I hear over and over is the clear expectation and hope that doctors or midwives will deliver their babies to their chests for that first, long-awaited hello. With my first two children, I didn't give it a second thought—I assumed my babies would be handed to me as they were born and, following two hardworking but straightforward labors, this is what happened. When I gave birth to my third child, however, this first hello with my baby went quite differently.
It turns out that some midwives are exploring other ways of facilitating the moment of birth. They are doing less and leaving more to the mothers. Valeriana Pasqua-Masback, a midwife with a thriving homebirth practice in the New York City metropolitan area, is one such midwife. Instead of placing my daughter on my chest as the midwives had done at the births of my sons, Valeriana simply guided my baby down where she emerged and left her there for me to explore on my own time.
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"Let's talk in the cottage," she said as we pulled into her driveway. "My little guy is just waking up. I'll be right out." Valeriana, a fit, 60-year-old midwife, equestrian and self-described mad gardener, was on babysitting duty for her 6-month-old grandson. She hurried into the house while my daughter and I turned toward her impressive vegetable gardens and the cottage where she sees her midwifery clients.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Teresa Giudice might bring the drama on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" — but this "Housewife" can also bring the heat in the kitchen!
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Shrimp Salad with Diablo Dressing
2 garlic cloves, crushed under the flat side of a chef's knife and peeled
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 (5 ounce) container mixed with salad greens
2 ripe plum (Roma) tomatoes, cut into 1/2 inch chunks
1 pound chilled cooked, peeled and deveined shrimp
How to:
1. To make the dressing, chop the garlic cloves on a cutting board. Sprinkle with the salt,
2. And smear the garlic on the board to make a rough paste. Transfer to a jar. Add 3 tablespoons
3. Water, the vinegar, oil, lemon juice, oregano, and red pepper flakes to the jar. Secure the lid on the jar and shake well to combine.
4. Spread the salad greens on a serving platter and add the tomatoes. Mix the shrimp with the dressing. Using a slotted spoon, heap the shrimp on top of the salad and drizzle the dressing Over all. Serve immediately.
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