Stefan

damn.

Still a fricken rad movie skiing the eiger. Seen it many times. Love it.

Glad to see that everything ended up okay in the end.

The "War on Terror" has been and will always be about money. Since the fall of the U.S.S.R. the military complex of companies making money have struggled to find a reason to build stuff that kills people. September 11, 2001 was a blessing to them. Now those on Capitol Hill who believe in a strong military have the reason and keep touting it to feed the money machine.

I got two kids and a wife too. I get out....even this past awesome weekend. Don't get in fights no more. Why? I realized it aint fucking worth it. Hint...a little piece of you must die before you can live.

wow.....again!

Speed is aid.

Fair question by Mr. Blitzer. It shows how one say one thing and act something different. Mr. Cheney could shut the whole thing up by saying, "I support my President in what he says about gay marriage (becuase he is my boss), but I personally do not agree with it."

If Canada does not do it, then the terrorists will.

The Breithorn is climbed more often than Mt. Hood.

This conflict was not about oil. It was and will be about money. Another winner not mentioned so often today: Haliburton http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=HAL&t=5y

I touch the first snow I come across with bare hands on each trip. Kiss every summit and think "Thank you". Put one foot on every summit.

all you fricken pussies drink bottled water anyway nowadays, so why do you care about flouridation? Even the old woman I married pays for bottled water, and our water comes from the Green River watershed--some of the best damned water in the nation--they do NOT filter it!

Chicago 27 Seattle 10

to find that sweet Renton granite.

Not bad Sir John.

That's what the military dudes told me on the helicopter when they rescued me in the Enchantments back in 2003.

Thanks for the link Sobo. What everyone has failed and will continue to fail in this "cost" is what are the incremental costs for a rescue. For example, if a sheriff was not coordinating the rescue, he would still get paid becuase he is salaried. His cost then does not get factored into the rescue becuase it is not an incremental cost. Military personell will still be training, so their cost does not factor. The only incremental cost I can think about is hiring personal contractors for each mission, and the incremental fuel for the missions.

result = less noobies on Hood. They will be too afraid.

failed attempt! haha!

Dude. Are you in SAR? Truth be told. I have been in several SAR groups. One thing I have found is that they joke about the deaths. It is one way of coping with the death. It is happening right now.

I can't believe the amount of climbers angry over non climber's opinions. O'Reily who?

Ask him what he is doing to stop the spread of sexual related diseases from risky behavior--that's a billions of dollars related question. He is wasting my time and yours with questions of search and rescues when the cost is in the thousands of dollars.

Weekend Climberz: Why didn't you come in on the weekend to read up?

you're just pissed becuase your birthday comes close to Christmas...which means you always get screwed in the amount of presents