Dru

Richard Gere's new

he was a nazi, so what? he was the dalai lama's friend too. it is not necessary to whitewash his past or pretend he wasn't, temporarily, a nazi.

he was showng them how to put the velcro gloves on

looks a lot like 3 ring circus!

those draws have bent gates on both ends... where is safety nazi catbirdseat to warn us of danger?

Well shit!

there is reportedly ice at blackcomb....

location 23 in the diagram is where the midget from enumclaw goes

its been +4 in lillooet for 2 weeks now the guides are cancelling their ice courses!

four and twenty s baked in a pie

i think you must have it confused with the tuna casserole!

Your moms pie

you tell 'em, mattbirdseat!

Oregon Grape makes a decent wine.

And 2 seconds of pulling the cord back and forth is going to magically mitigate that?

And remember "The best climbing in Oregon is in Washington"

You can hike up Mt Si wearing plastic boots for 'training'. Look out for cougars!

Although it is now "calendar winter" you would do much better to wait for good "winter conditions", ie cold, frozen, low avvy hazard - instead of warm rain and isothermal avalanche prone snow.

Pie

You haven't tried it, have you

My knowledge is empirical while yours is theoretical. Or hypothetical. Or even fanciful. try it sometime. It's easier to get a flat sheet of ice to fracture than it is a rounded piece with a diameter equal to the width of the flat piece.

Pillar of Pi

Thank you for your valuable contribution CBS. NOw go back to discussing something you might have a clue about It is easier to fracture a flat surface than a round surface and a round surface is easier than a pointed surface - basic mechanics. Try it sometime with an icicle!

Is this the "whine like Gary Yngve thread?"

"most difficult" except for the Breach Wall routes maybe lets not even get into "highest freestanding mountain in the world"