mattp

Meanwhile, more pictures please!

Mark Hanna. He has not yet to get beyond "lurker" status on this board. He's kind of sensitive, so be nice and don't flame him whenver he posts, OK?

Correct you are, Bobinc. And that is the Safety Man with the grin on his face.

nope.

bobinc: nope and nope.

Dru, you got me stumped.

Still no progress on Dru's pictures? Meanwhile, another easy one:

Thanks, Dru. Have you ever read Outside Magazine? A guy I share an office with keeps suggesting that I subscribe.

Colchuck Balanced Rock?

I'm sorry to say it RobBob, but I don't think it will happen. Israel is our surrogate asskicker in the region and they more or less serve our interests. They are white people like us, and we have faith that if somebody in Lebanon gets out of hand, Israel will take care of it and we won't have to take direct responsibility. Also, as long as there is instability in the region, we can justify throwing our military might about and in the process we get to tell everybody what to do. A peaceful middle east, where our military is not invited, may in fact be the LAST thing we want. The oil producers could then get their act together and tell us what to do.

I think "Into Thin Air" was the best offerings I have ever read from an author who has been publishing for over 20 years but who in my opinion has generally not been very insightful. It was gripping, and that is why it was such a successful book. Anatoli's book was a very well written defense, but I cannot say whether his story or Krakauer's or anybody else's is correct, and although I didn't try to carefully analyze the "evidence," I would agree in a general way with some of the criticism's offered by Krakauer. I can also say that if you interview any two people from any expedition of that sort, you will find them to tell completely different stories. Yes, John Krakauer cashed in on a phenomenon that many of us disapprove of, but I don't understand exactly why it is that he should be vilified for doing so. Exactly what harm has he done to the sport of mountaineering?

Allright. You can't play anymore ... or else I'm going to have to crop or otherwise distort the photos to make them unrecognizable. It is the East Face of Pidgeon, shot from the Pidgeon Feathers. Does anybody have a mystery photo of something Dru HASN'T climbed?

Damn. You got photographic memory or what, Mr. Berdinka? It was taken from over near Stoat Lake. Here is one more, and then it is SOMEBODY ELSE'S TURN to post a mystery pic. And please, somebody tell me what that shot of Dru's was.

Now try this one:

It is Pancake Flake, shot from the belay right next to the end of the Great Roof. See: I told you it would be easy.

OK, so Dru's mystery photo remains a mystery. Any more guesses? Meanwhile, I have another. Though I'm guessing this one may be pretty easy:

Krakauer?

Correct, Mr. Berdinka. And that's CascadeClimbers' very own DanielPatrickSmith in the foreground. Now where's your mystery photo?

Might Dru's attachment be Matier and Joffre from the North?

Any other guesses? Any other photo's?

I have the guide allmighty's and I would sau much the same thing about them as Fred said about the Mountain Master: they don't hike well or climb particularly well but the rubber is good for slab approaches. I haven't worn them out yet but they don't strike me as being a particularly durable shoe, though I don't think they are any worse than lots of lightweight trail shoes.

Mystery No. 2:

Bling Bling! Is it the Guthrie's?

It might be Bill and Marcy, but it is not Canary. Nor is it Saber.