Went to the site, signed on (a breeze), and printed out the article. Validation is good for the scoffers and those whose ears perk up at the sound of something new and exciting. One observation on the cell phone in the tree trick - put it on a line - I dropped one and never did find it (a camera phone with some nice shots in it). I did a climb next to a lake, brought my sky chair and a good book up and even napped a bit - verrrry peaceful. Climb high, climb safe. Ben and Logan from Anacortes.

That is one great article! I'm always amazed when journalists get it at least half right (apologies to any good journalists reading this. My experiences being misquoted has me a bit jaded.), but this one seemed to have a pretty good idea of what it's all about. Did you get him to go up?

Yes, much of what he wrote was from our climb. He did pretty well for a first timer.

I think the difference in the accuracies of some of the media coverage can be traced to fact checking. Publications like the New York Times employ fact checkers who are independent of both the author and the newspaper. In this case, a lady from Seattle called to check on some of the more technical aspects, after the original story was written. Unfortunately, she didn't run some of the more editorial comments by me. But so it goes, all in all a very good piece.