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Drip Lineclimbing in an old trolley barn · Seattle

The Pool · public · vouching-required

Belay Partners

6 climbers our floor staff have checked, who would like to be asked to climb. A staff check comes first; then the Pool asks, and each person says yes or no. Anyone can read this Pool, only checked climbers are in it, and anyone can leave in one action.

The charter

Climbers who passed a staff belay check at Drip Line and would like to be asked to climb, most often on Saturday mornings. The check is our vouch in this Pool and nowhere else: one of us watched you tie in, belay, catch a fall and lower, once, here. Say what you climb and when, in your own words. Nobody pays to be here or to be introduced.
Kept by
Pilar EcheverríaSigned in with OAuthprimary · floor lead
Emil KowalczykSigned in with OAuthco-curator · Saturdays
Visibility
public. In our discovery file; anyone may read it §3.2 §8.3.
Consent
vouching-required. A staff belay check is the step before the handshake; you can still say no, or leave §5.4.
The vouch
Local to this Pool §4.4. Your level here reads Vouched for by the curator; everywhere else it stays what it was.
Messages
Senders must be at least email verified (a Pool minimum), then each person’s own rules §7.2.
Block lists
Kindling public list, and the Circular consortium list §7.3.
Status
active · updated 22 September 2026
The file
pools/drip-line-belay.json

How it is kept

  • Pilar Echeverría checks on Tuesday nights and Emil Kowalczyk on Saturday mornings. Only they vouch, and only after watching you, here.
  • People hang on the rail in the order they said yes, never by what they climb.
  • What climbers say about grades is in their own words on their own pages. We never parse it into a number or sort by it.
  • If staff see an unsafe belay on the floor, they talk to you there and ask you to check again. Until then your tag comes off; nothing is written anywhere else.
  • The words on each tag are that person’s own page, parsed when they said yes. Pictures are drawn from their pages §2.5.

Listed

6 tags, in the order they said yes

An orange band means the person said yes, and nothing else on this site is orange. Each tag carries its verification in words, who checked them and when, and who may write to them.

  • Illustration: Beto laughing, with a mustache, in a navy flannel shirt

    Belay Partners

    Beto Aguilar

    Vouched for by the curator

    he/him · Seattle, Washington

    beto-aguilar.carrd.example

    Electrician. At the bouldering wall most Tuesday nights, and glad to catch anyone on a rope on Saturdays. Leads 5.10 and falls off 5.11 cheerfully.

    bouldering · climbing · belay · friendship

    Checked by Pilar Echeverría, Tuesday 14 October

    Takes messages from people in a Pool with them.

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: André with locs and a short beard, in a coral tee

    Belay Partners

    André Baptiste

    Vouched for by the curator

    he/him · Seattle, Washington

    andre-baptiste.example

    Middle-school science teacher. Leads in the gym, and would like a steady Saturday partner who does not mind a slow warm-up.

    climbing · lead · belay · bouldering

    Checked by Pilar Echeverría, Tuesday 4 November

    Takes messages from anyone verified.

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Signe smiling, short white hair and round glasses, in a gray sweater

    Belay Partners

    Signe Dahl

    Vouched for by the curator

    she/her · Seattle, Washington

    signe-dahl.notion.example

    Retired ferry engineer, 64. Runs the easy 5 km, then top ropes until lunch. Takes belay asks only from people the gym has checked, and would rather talk at the run than by message.

    climbing · belay · running

    Checked by Emil Kowalczyk, Saturday 17 January

    Takes messages from people a curator vouched for in the same Pool.

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: head-and-shoulders portrait of Maya, grinning, with a brown ponytail and freckles, in a forest-green tank top

    Belay Partners

    Maya Lindgren

    Vouched for by the curator

    she/her · Seattle, Washington

    docs.example/d/maya-lindgren-climbing

    My climbing page. Nurse practitioner. Top ropes and leads in the gym when the crags are wet, which is most weekends. Looking for a Saturday partner around 5.9 to 5.10 who likes a long warm-up. Sometimes runs the 10 km first.

    climbing · belay · trail-running

    Checked by Emil Kowalczyk, Saturday 14 March

    Takes messages from people in a Pool with them.

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Jules grinning, with long auburn curls, freckles and a nose ring

    Belay Partners

    Jules Marín

    Vouched for by the curator

    they/them · Seattle, Washington

    jules-marin.example

    Barista on early shifts, so Tuesday is the late night. Boulders, top ropes, and will belay anyone who has been checked.

    bouldering · climbing · belay · friendship

    Checked by Pilar Echeverría, Tuesday 5 May

    Takes messages from people in a Pool with them.

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Fatima smiling, in a hijab and a plum jacket

    Belay Partners

    Fatima Al-Sayed

    Vouched for by the curator

    she/her · Seattle, Washington

    fatima-alsayed.notion.example

    Took the intro class in August and learn-to-belay in September. Passed the belay check and would like a patient partner on a Saturday or a Thursday.

    climbing · belay · new-to-climbing · friendship

    Checked by Pilar Echeverría, Tuesday 15 September

    Takes messages from people in a Pool with them.

    Said yes · listed

Halima Osman was checked on Tuesday and has not answered yet. Answer as Halima, and her tag goes on this rail.

Ask the Pool

Who is free on Saturday?

Ask in plain words. Only people who said yes are in the file, so only they can come up §5.1. Answers appear in the order people said yes.

Try:
  • Roberto “Beto” AguilarVouched for by the curator

    Electrician. At the bouldering wall most Tuesday nights, and glad to catch anyone on a rope on Saturdays. Leads 5.10 and falls off 5.11 cheerfully.

  • André BaptisteVouched for by the curator

    Middle-school science teacher. Leads in the gym, and would like a steady Saturday partner who does not mind a slow warm-up.

  • Signe DahlVouched for by the curator

    Retired ferry engineer, 64. Runs the easy 5 km, then top ropes until lunch. Takes belay asks only from people the gym has checked, and would rather talk at the run than by message.

  • Maya LindgrenVouched for by the curator

    My climbing page. Nurse practitioner. Top ropes and leads in the gym when the crags are wet, which is most weekends. Looking for a Saturday partner around 5.9 to 5.10 who likes a long warm-up. Sometimes runs the 10 km first.

  • Jules MarínVouched for by the curator

    Barista on early shifts, so Tuesday is the late night. Boulders, top ropes, and will belay anyone who has been checked.

  • Fatima Al-SayedVouched for by the curator

    Took the intro class in August and learn-to-belay in September. Passed the belay check and would like a patient partner on a Saturday or a Thursday.

The box answers; it does not introduce. Nothing was sent. This is an example, answered in this page from the manifest.

Who can ask whom

Only checked climbers can ask, checked

Everyone in this Pool was checked, so an ask through it can only come from, and reach, a checked climber. Signe goes further: her own page takes messages only from people vouched for in the same Pool. Each row is checked in this page with Kindling’s rules, the way a compliant client would §7.

Who asksToResultRuleWhy
bulk-intros@relay.exampleSigneBlocked§7.3The sender is on a block list this Pool subscribes to: The Circular consortium block list (spam).
Arjun Pillai, in The Saturday Run, not checkedSigneHeld back§7.2 vouched-onlyOnly people a curator has vouched for in this Pool can write.
Arjun Pillai, in The Saturday Run, not checkedMayaHeld back§7.2 pool-mates-onlyOnly people in this Pool with them can write. Join the Pool first.
Halima Osman, checked, before she says yesSigneHeld back§7.2 vouched-onlyOnly people a curator has vouched for in this Pool can write.
Halima Osman, after she says yesSigneDelivered§7Allowed by their rules.
Beto Aguilar, checked, in this PoolMayaDelivered§7Allowed by their rules.

Rows four and five are the same person. The check alone lets nobody write; the check and her own yes do. See Saturday.

Four more Pools

The regulars, the run, the new, and Thursday night

Separate Pools where a separate yes makes sense. None of them needs a check, and saying yes to one says nothing about the others.

Tuesday nights · everyone opts in

Tuesday Regulars

People who boulder at Drip Line most weeks, often on Tuesday nights, and would like the other regulars to know their name. No rope, so no check needed. Say when you usually come and what you like to work on. We list people in the order they said yes, never by what they climb.

Kept by Hugo SandovalSigned in with OAuth Lark TanakaSigned in with OAuth

public · universal-opt-in §3.2 · status active · pools/drip-line-regulars.json

  • Illustration: Hugo smiling, with short curly hair and a short beard

    Regular

    Hugo Sandoval

    Signed in with OAuth

    Said yes 2 September 2025

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Beto laughing, with a mustache, in a navy flannel shirt

    Regular

    Beto Aguilar

    Email verified

    Said yes 9 September 2025

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Tomoko with a black bob and round glasses

    Regular

    Tomoko Hirano

    Email verified

    Said yes 30 September 2025

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Jules grinning, with long auburn curls, freckles and a nose ring

    Regular

    Jules Marín

    Email verified

    Said yes 3 February 2026

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: André with locs and a short beard, in a coral tee

    Regular

    André Baptiste

    Signed in with OAuth

    Said yes 7 April 2026

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Pavel with a full beard and square glasses, in a gray sweater

    Regular

    Pavel Horák

    Email verified

    Said yes 18 August 2026

    Said yes · listed

Saturday at eight · everyone opts in, member or not

The Saturday Run

Saturday at eight from the front doors of Drip Line: a flat loop along the water, 5 or 10 km, and coffee after. Three paces leave together: easy, about 7:00 a kilometer or slower; steady, about 6:00; quick, about 5:00. Free, rain or shine, and open to anyone, member or not. Say your usual pace in your own words, so someone at your pace can find you. Nobody is timed, ranked or counted.

Kept by Winnie OtienoEmail verified Cass WhitakerSigned in with OAuth

public · universal-opt-in §3.2 · status active · pools/drip-line-saturday-run.json

Grouped by the pace each runner wrote on their own page, in their own words. We never time anyone, and nobody is sorted within a group.

Easyabout 7:00 a kilometer or slower

  • Illustration: Winnie laughing, in braids and a mustard jacket

    Runner

    Winnie Otieno

    Email verified

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Ray smiling, with a gray mustache and a cap

    Runner

    Ray Castillo

    Email verified

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Signe smiling, short white hair and round glasses, in a gray sweater

    Runner

    Signe Dahl

    Email verified

    Said yes · listed

Steadyabout 6:00 a kilometer

  • Illustration: Cass grinning, short gray hair and square glasses, in a rust flannel shirt

    Runner

    Cass Whitaker

    Signed in with OAuth

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: head-and-shoulders portrait of Arjun, smiling softly, with short black hair, a short beard and square glasses, in an olive sweater

    Runner

    Arjun Pillai

    Signed in with OAuth

    Said yes · listed

Quickabout 5:00 a kilometer

  • Illustration: Noa grinning, with a red ponytail and freckles

    Runner

    Noa Friedman

    Signed in with OAuth

    Said yes · listed

Did not saytheir own words name no pace

  • Illustration: head-and-shoulders portrait of Maya, grinning, with a brown ponytail and freckles, in a forest-green tank top

    Runner

    Maya Lindgren

    Email verified

    Said yes · listed

The first months · everyone opts in

New to Climbing

People in their first months of climbing at Drip Line: after the intro class, before or after a belay check, or bouldering only. Ask the questions you think are obvious; staff read this Pool and answer. Being here needs no check and says nothing about how you climb.

Kept by Lark TanakaSigned in with OAuth Pilar EcheverríaSigned in with OAuth

public · universal-opt-in §3.2 · status active · pools/drip-line-new.json

  • Illustration: Fatima smiling, in a hijab and a plum jacket

    New here

    Fatima Al-Sayed

    Email verified

    Said yes 22 August

    Said yes · listed

  • Illustration: Pavel with a full beard and square glasses, in a gray sweater

    New here

    Pavel Horák

    Email verified

    Said yes 25 August

    Said yes · listed

First and third Thursdays · unlisted

Thursday Night: Women and Nonbinary Climbers

Women and nonbinary climbers at Drip Line’s first- and third-Thursday night, and anyone who would like to be. Unlisted: the address is on the card at the front desk on those nights, and in no directory or discovery file. Anyone with the address can still read it, so say here only what you would say at the desk.

unlisted · universal-opt-in §3.2. Not in our well-known file §8.3. 5 people said yes.

We do not print its members here, and we do not link its file from this site. Unlisted keeps it out of directories and apps; it does not make it private, so the charter asks people to write only what they would say at the desk.

A member’s own screen

Taking your tag down is one action

This is Fatima’s own screen for Belay Partners: her tag, who checked her, and one way out. Leaving sends one withdrawal message, and the Pool must process it within sixty seconds §5.3. Her page stays hers, her check is simply no longer listed, and anyone she has already written to keeps the thread, because messages go by email §6.1.

Privacy in a Pool comes from its visibility. kindling_noindex means something else: “do not include me in any Pool at all” §2.7.

Halima’s tag, in this demo

Halima has not answered yet. Answer as Halima.

Drip LineFatima’s screen

Belay Partners

Checked by Pilar Echeverría Signed in with OAuth on Tuesday 15 September.

You are listed here as Vouched for by the curator Checked climbers can ask you to climb, by your own rules.