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But the volcanoes are an important part of the Cascades, if you have a classics list that doesn't have a volcano, are you denying part of the essential yet ugly nature of the Cascades themselves? I mean...in the Alps you have rock routes (Walker Spur), ice/mixed routes, good rock (Piz Badile), bad rock (Eiger) In the Cascades you should have steep rock, mixed faces, volcanoes and bushwack all represented. And a Beckey "obvious descent gully" too.

I can't believe that you are dissing my 'accomplishment' [sic] of making all these posts! It's still a funny picture any way you slice it. The irony of Klenke, self proclaimed bushwack lover, wanting to go onto the clean rock but being overruled. This one is a good picture too, not funny like the other one but impressive It's hard to believe that the two photos are taken on the same route actually!

You see if you write a proper TR of failure ahead of time, you wouldn't be forced into these after the fact justifications as to why you lost your tool. But it's probably too late to move this to the TR forum and add some pictures now anyway, isn't it?

At the first VIMFF Voytek stood up to give the slideshow about the Gash IV west face climb... "So, the face is 2500 meters tall... we take three screw, three pitons, two nuts"

outer space!

Like any heirarchical organization, the government is composed of people raised to their level of incompetence, and chosen not for skill or ability, but for political allegiance. Same government that "knew" the aspirin factory in Sudan was making bombs and that "knew" Saddam had WMDs. Oops You think these guys actually know where all the resources are? They can't even find competent yes-men for media scrums, they resort to using male prostitute bloggers.

Arctic National Snaffle Refuge

Well let's not forget that in Angels of Light ol' Jeff mentions "bands of sandstone" high on Half Dome. My expectations were not so high to begin with.

No, now its a "lost dropped leashless tool below factor 1.8 fall site on GP" incident. Much better. I wonder if anybody tore their windshirt or stained their action suit?

good eye super ripped back and arms and yet a spare tire at waist level. there can only be one explanation.... reverse liposuction. that is some of the fat from oprah's thighs and butt. this poor chap was paid $3000 to be a human toxic waste dump. what a horrible way to fund a road trip! wasn't selling blood or semen paying enough

You forget a human characteristic fundamental to emotion: greed. The oil-based governmantal & industrial engines of this planet will not choose to change to another energy source, however scientifically superior, until econonmic wealth, corporately and individually, is assured. Saw an inventor on Carson's Tonight Show back in the early '80's display an engine that was powered, in a rotary manner, by the opposing poles of many magnets. His device was smaller than a four-cylinder automotive engine. When allowed to run, the "magnet motor" powered a 5KW generator which powered all the lights in the building without a grunt. A brake was required to keep this engine from running non-stop. The only oil this engine required was for its bearings. The inventor told Carson the U.S. patent office refused to give him a patent as they were not awarded for designs of "perpetual-motion" machines. I've never heard of the inventor, nor his invention, again. conspiracy theory. if there was a free energy source people would already be using it. its more effective to patent it and screw the public than to block it anyway

well baker (mountain not ski area) is one of the few areas left with enough snow to ski near vancouver these days, although it seems more like ice than corn

Latest British invention. Just add water! http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66872,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2 just fixing your link... try it now gravitylover

Rikke Ishoy wannabes.

Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy too?

Maybe you can be the next Edna Everidge

Population is already curving. In 1995 the global population was supposedly going to hit 10 billion in 2010. The current forecast is for 10 billion MAYBE in 2050. Give it another 10 years and they'll probably be saying 9 billion max. China is currently planning for a massive crunch, a 2025 family of two working adults supporting one child, four nonworking parents and up to eight nonworking grandparents. Ouch.

Actually there is a disconnect here The world can support a much higher population - at a lower level of consumption. On the other hand to maintain the current global population, using resources at the current North American level per capita, will only take 4 more Earths. Look out Mars here comes the drill.

"Oh please, don't throw me into dat briar patch"

But is Toby going to live down being mistaken for a girl

Un ban catturdeat!

But did someone learn a valuable lesson from this or not?

Maybe they can combine it with On*Star so you push a button to talk to some guy in an Indian call centre who has no idea which street exit you should take either.

This picture is so funny "Hey guys let's ignore the good, clean rock rock and rope up for this classic heather and krummholz thrash" "Shit bra, those crag climbers in Leavenworth don't know what they're missing when they scrub those routes!"

Oh c'mon people from Vancouver and Bellingham climb Baker routes almost every month of the year.