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Erik, A couple of popular titles (not too new though):Try "Sick Puppy" by Carl Hiassen or "Homicide: Life on the Streets" the book that TV show was loosely modeled after. If we ever meet up I can give you my copies (i.e. they were good reads, but I ain't readin' 'em again). As for classics: Have you read "On the Road" by Kerouac. If not, dude, it's right up yer alley. I'm not giving up my copy of that one. Anything by Steinbeck is particularly good for the young womanless male. Grapes of Wrath is not as misogynistic as the rest. One time I was reading that on an airplane and some lady comes by and gushes, "THAT'S THE GREATEST BOOK ANYBODY COULD EVER READ!" She wasn't far off. For whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway. That's a good 'un. I'm reading "Get in the Van" by Henry Rollins right now. I can see now why people think Caveman is Henry.

yeah ditto the walking on snow thing. They can help keep you from postholing so badly (when you don't have snowshoes). I just use my regular 20-year-old ski poles for that. Pain in the ass if you gotta stow 'em though (you can't).

Camped at the notch S of the glacier (GREAT campsite). Had a brutal second day (long). I think other people do it faster than we did. We descended the route.

quote: Originally posted by Attitude: My rack and harness gear for trad: [...] 3 tied slings - single, double, triple belay gloves (Home Depot) 2 hero loops (6 mm perlon) [...] Attitude has identified him/herself as a Mountie!

quote: Originally posted by Alex: Washington Rock Climbs by Smoot has details on the approach. I know this thread is two years old, but Alex, maybe you oughta read the approach description for Static in Smoot before sending people there!

RobBobDude, We got just what we (George Sr.) wanted by not wasting Sadaam. By keeping Iraq a threat, we did not "disrupt the balance of power in the region", which meant that Saudi Arabia still felt compelled to be our lapdogs and keep the oil a flowin'. I don't know whut they are thinking this time with Iraq part II, but I doubt it's what it appears on the surface. It might be meant to rile up Sadaam enough to get him to scare Saudi Arabia again, since the Saudis are starting to act a bit recalcitrant.

Noone showed last Wednesday because of 9/11

quote: Originally posted by Paco: RobBob, sorry, but we haven't been attacked by Iraq yet. Paco, you are wrong there! Iraq HAS attacked us! Repeatedly!!! Just none of us knows about it and they (our executive branch) can't explain it to us 'cause of security issues.

Hey ML, Don't get all flustered. I am pretty sure that both of the responses are from the same person, who is also the same fragile ego (Johhny Rebel) that was whining about Mitch "chestbeating" about his Stuart climb. Just one more self-appointed CC enforcer who wants to decide the content of CC.com. This one's funny though in that he/she appears to prefer non-climbing content. Weird . There are many of us out here who enjoy reading yours and others' trip reports, and do not get our feathers up over beta requests. I think.

How 'bout this idea to minorly monkeywrench the NW Forest Pass: We could have a sorta NWFP "coop". Surely many of you have these things already by paying for them or working for them. If you're not going to be in the mountains for a week or so, let us know on this bulletin board, then people could borrow your pass. Perhaps for a fee of $3 or something more friendly like a fine beer/day . This would result in less tickets, less passes bought, thus less money for the program. By the way, if you really want to get a pass, may I suggest going the do-trail-work method of obtaining one. That way all of what you give actually goes to the trail maintenance. None goes to pay for enforcing the pass program. None goes to the general fund to buy bombs (or give money to indigent mothers).

Hey Allison, maybe that guy played a little trick on you.

The worst thing about soloing is when you get a stupid song stuck in your head.

Dave, do we get a trip report?

quote: Originally posted by k.rose: Must be your status as a spray lord that makes people so interested in coming out to watch you flail on 5.10. I can lead 5.10 yet I don't seem to generate near the amount of intrest or responses to my posts as you do to yours . Hope it went well for ya and you were acctually able to make it up something Hey k! I think your problem is that you're just too smart, too good a climber, too good looking, so people think you're stuck up! Either that, or you're a closet case.

You could be on to something there AT. Last year I got service in weird places like Little Big Chief. Last week I couldn't make a call from the top of Kaleetan, and that looks right down on I-90 and Seattle. Crazy.

quote: Originally posted by jordop: Third pitch of choss

quote: Originally posted by jordop: Third pitch of choss http://www.contrabandent.com/cwm/s/contrib/blackeye/drooling3.gif

They pegged today . Think they're right about the weekend? [ 09-16-2002, 09:38 AM: Message edited by: chucK ]

What about this one? Huh? Huh?

This is chucK RURP . You're falling out of form. This is the second post I've seen from you that hasn't ended with "RURP has spoken". You're slackin' dude.

Hey Lucky, Next time you oughta try taking a quick snap of the suspected hold back man. That'd get'm thinking.

quote: Originally posted by Johnny Rebel: Mitch my chestbeating brotha, congratulations on your hard man accomplishment. But why do you feel it necessary to publicly boast? Just curious. Climbers often like to talk about climbing. Writing about his day out is like talking about climbing. Is that simple enough for you JR?

I LOVE the Tooth! Mounties have never hindered me there!