Rocky Butte Clean Up

Hey everybody,
As some of you know I have been working to try to clean up Rocky Butte. There is a potential at Rocky Butte for a variety of recreation possibilities including biking and rock climbing, unfortunately as it stands this unique area is severely degraded and overrun with garbage, drug use and prostitution. I have finally obtained permits from the land owners (ODOT) to do some work out there. There is a lot of work that needs to be done out there we are going to start with a trash clean up.

The first service project will take place on Saturday April 9th.
Meet at the end of Ne Skidmore in the cul-de-sac (just past the Grotto) . Accessable off of Ne Sandy.

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The permits that I have are good for one year, this will be the first of many clean ups in this area. We would love to see you out there.

Thanks
Jay

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Urgent Message Regarding Rocky Butte

I was out at the Grotto dirt jumps today showing some international students from PSU the area. It seems that there has (in the past few days) been some new jumps built. We are busy working with the city to try to turn this area along with the adjacent Rocky Butte natural area into a recreation area. One of our goals is to save the Grotto dirt jumps. Please respect the no trespassing signs, and chastise those who don't. As far as I know it is still "legal" to ride on the few trails that do exist here, although it is increasingly important to use caution and respect the rights of the adjacent land owners. Please pass this note on to your friends in the Portland bike scene. I will keep everyone posted as to our progress.

For more info please contact jay@stopcycles.com

Here is another post just for the ladies, from the Love Doctor

So I had the misfortune of watching a commercial for a shampoo company, I forget witch one, that came on during my favorite show on Animal Planet, “Pit Boss” (The show about the midgets who rescue pitbulls). In this commercial there is a couple in a fancy resturant, presumably on a first date. The woman suddenly gets the urge to scratch her head (her scalp itches). But she is worried about what her date might think, he may never call her back.

So, I just wanted to take a quick moment to ensure all of the ladies out there, go ahead and scratch, scratch it really good and hard. If this scares your date away it was probably never meant to be. In fact don’t stop with the scalp scratch everywhere (yes even down there). While you’re at it don’t forget to fart, burp, pick your nose, and get up from the table to go to the powder room, but not before proclaiming “I gotta go take a dump.” If this relationship is going to work wouldn’t it be nice to get all of this stuff out of the way on the first date. This could be the beginning of a wonderful longterm relationship of burping, farting, scratching, and while you’re at it honey, could you comb my back hair? And to think it all started with a little head scratch.

Rocky Butte State Park Clean Up

Well folks is is 2011 and we are officially back and working hard, and it is time we start living up to our new years resolution of taking better care of our planet.

We have some exciting new projects, projects that you can be a part of. I have been doing some research on a cool park that I discovered within the Portland city limits, Rocky Butte. Rocky Butte caught my attention the first time I went there to do some rock climbing. It struck me as being under used, under appreciated, and completely trashed, with amazing potential for an abundance of outdoor recreation activities.

I will be organizing a trash clean up for Rocky Butte, hopefully for the last weekend in February. I will have an exact date after I contact the city to see what kinds of resources they can provide. This will be the first of several service projects to help to make this awesome area live up to its potential. There is the possibility that in the future we may be able to connect the trails in this area to the Gateway Green Project.

To RSVP or for more info please contact jay@stopcycles.com.

Rocky Butte Stats:

Also known as Wiberg Butte, 612 feet (187meters), 1.3 million years old.

Rocky Butte is the only volcano in Portland with an abundance of exposed rock, due to being directly in line with the great ice age Missoula floods flowing through the Columbia Gorge scouring all of the soil from the East face.

Much of the rock quarried from Rocky Butte was used for WPA projects of the 1930s, including the building of the Colombia River Highway..

Rocky Butte is a State Park although on the Oregon State Parks website Tryon Creek is listed as Oregon's only state park in a metro area.

Rocky Butte was home to a jail, a train station, and a military school, at different times in history.

Supposedly there are five caves on Rocky Butte (I could only find two, both require ropes to get into.)