Stefan

Yes. 4-8 weeks does something different to you mentally than 1 week of vacation. A good mental. Only go if you are in the know about your company and the economy.

good article. kevbone, what would be the symantex you would use if you were caught doing something against the company rules at work, but you were not fired? what actions would they take?

support the troops is the same as saying: no on taxes for a new stadium but chear on the team.

He probably would replace Dick Cheney, but he would still be vice president.

I take cortisone shots one a year in my ankle....the shots do help.

Thanks for sharing. Welcome back. You had said, "I had survived my first major epic". Hope you don't have another one. Any way your partner could share their downclimbing effort?

you guys have done a little tour in washington over the past of dasy. good to see. excellent.

If this dude was an illegal immigrant coming into the US, that is one long walk especially along that Skagit Silver road before the snow melted out. Dang.

Interesting information. I was that accountant. Nobody ever told me of any errors I committed after I left. It would have been nice to be told instead of reading from a 3rd person account. I told Christine I was no expert on tax matters and have somebody handle all tax matters and could not do them. She told me to do the best I could and she would evaluate my work. I took over from the old accountants, and Christine had informed me the old accountants had taken some money--I never checked into it. I left becuase I couldn't do the free work any more. Too much time. It was also at that time Washington State had implemented a new law for travel agencies where they had to put money into escrow before a trip went. This was to protect the customer with the cash when a company would go under bankruptcy. Kind of like what the credit card company did with Frontier Airlines recently. Anyway, I expressed this concern to Christine, and she told me to keep a lid on it. I also got only one trip out of working there for just over 5 years. A good trip...but one trip. Mark is a good guy. I wish him the best of luck with the omen of ownership that looms over that company.

I don't know...but you can always check out the Trinity webcam: http://www.zeitcam.com/showcam.php?cam=trinity&day=20080507

Thanks. Great pictures!

I can't find peak 5919 on the map. Where is it?

Saw a bear in Federal Way once. He was eventually caught.

Pass is open.

wow. way to spend some time down there!

I am jealous of your problem. Our helpdesk always fixes the problems we have. That means our networks and our computers by the most part work correctly and functionally all the time. Which means we can usually never have an excuse to slack. Ever. Take this as a blessing.

I enjoyed the local flea market called Tianges on Sundays only in the town of Bucerias. Its like a Wal-Mart on a narrow dirt road.

happened twice to me--both times playing soccer in games when I was a teenager....we just stopped the games for while. pretty darned cool.

dang. I have seen the truck in the driveway of that house on the roads around where I live--you can't help but notice bohemith trucks like that. that is kinda close.

You thought this meeting was appropriate at the time of organizing it. Why would you ever have a motivation to do something wrong? I think your motivations are comendable. Good for you for trying. You are appearing as a father figure for the son that is not yours. Great for you! As you know with your children, you must teach them some of the pitfalls of life--and as such you must teach the same lessons to the "son" who is looking up to you. IMO, parenthood never ends no matter what age your children or you are at.

Same here. My word is good.

are you a weight freak and willing to gamble a bit? Here is one tip for longer trips when you want to carry white gas or kerosene. Unless you have money for a titanium bottle...here is a suggestion for us hobos out there. Carry the smallest MSR metal bottle, but carry the rest of the fuel in a plastic drinking bottle(s). Never had problems when I did this for a 3 week trip. I don't know what the gas will do to the plastic in 4 weeks. I had to be extra careful to pack the plastic bottle away correctly so it did not puncture.

now that is something I need. loved the ice thing.

How about something even better? How about being a belay slave for either the other person for one day?

Now I have you in quotes. Let's come back to this thread on November 5th and see if you will say you are wrong on your wrong.