Stefan

HOLY SHIT!!! I saw that guy too, only a few WEEKS later on the trail down from Buck Creek Pass about 5 miles from Trinity. He was on his way out finally but wasn't going to make it that day (it was late). He asked me if I had any cigarette rolling paper. It seems he had run out. Right... You know I heard about a guy once with a whole bunch of suitcases hiking in the North Cascades. He would walk 500 feet or so with one suitcase, walk back and repeat the trail with the next suitcase, and so on. Apparently he was in some sort of mid life crisis and on a leave of absence from his wife. Some park rangers went up to check him out and see if he was sane, all was well. Same dude, ya think? ALL THE WAY FROM BRIDGE CREEK!?!?! He did start at Bridge Creek. And then somebody told me they heard it from another person that they guy actually made it to Leavenworth.

In July of 2001 my friend and I were hiking on our way back to the Bridge Creek trailhead after a successful ascent on the NE Buttress of Goode. We were five miles from the trailhead when...... ....we came across a metal locker about 5ftx2ftx2ft, a 5 gallon jug full of water, the largest duffel bag I have ever seen, two garbage bags full of stuff, and two suitcases, both with wheels on them. We wondered, "What the hell is this?" All of a sudden a guy comes around the corner from the trail. It is 85 degrees out and he is wearing a full blown wool sweater and jeans. He is carrying a suitcase and a garbage bag. I kid you not. We got to talking to him. He was going to Leavenworth on the trails starting from the Bridge Creek trailhead. He had no help. He had no horses. He didn't even have a backpack. He said he would carry something for about a mile, go back, get some more stuff, and then carrying it the mile down the trail. To carry his stuff it took 5 trips. We were 5 miles from the Bridge Creek trailhead when we were talking to him. It took him one week to reach that distance. He talked as if he was stoned. I found out later the rangers by Stehekin came across him and they thought he was a walking meth lab. They inspected his stuff and it just was all his worldly possessions. No drugs.

I guess I feel like a dead tuna.

What is a real climb ? In some people's opinion real climbinging is 5.13 and above......can you do 5.13?

Actually I have done Tomyhoi from the Yellow Aster Butte trail, probably the same way as Catbirdseat. I remember the climbers path going up quite a ways thereby avoiding quite a lot of brush. Did it in September too. The meadows around Yellow Aster Butte were fantastic--in addition there are several small lakes which you can skinny dip in after your outing to the west of Yellow Aster Butte! I went into one and it was fantastic!

Uhhhhh. If Saddam was known to be on a Canadian boat, the US would bomb the Canadian boat. Now if it was a Russian boat, the US government would begin open diplomatic dialog......

Anybody been here? Got this from a friend who was there about 8 weeks ago. What I would like to know is the woman on top or the man on top in the chair and is that their pants by the boulder? http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=589

Half Moon. For some reason it is not that popular. I don't know the quality of rock.

And.....another update.....both sides met yesterday....... http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/northcentral/Maint/Area3/nc2003/default.htm

I have empathy for him.

You were right.

Yes, those are my ankles. No the ankle is NOT swollen. The instep on the right is bone. That will be with me for the rest of my life. I have been out snowshoeing several times. Funny thing is I am not having any problems with the right foot, just the ligaments on the left foot. The left foot didn't require surgery but did have broken bone, which is healed.

Do not break your ankles or fall in a climb. This could happen to you. These pictures were taken on 4/2/03. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=539&papass=&sort=1&thecat=997 http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/showphoto.php?photo=540&papass=&sort=1&thecat=997

just bring this to the top due to the update on their website....

I was wondering, if lack of oxygen kills brain cells, does Anaerobic exercising contribute to the killing of brain cells? So then I started thinking of my biggest friends who like to do a lot of weight lifting. In my opinion, they appear to not have the most "pistons firing" compared to all my other friends......

No Dru, no before and after scans....it's a documentary and they are probably ruled by a budget....cat scans aint cheap. Like I said, I don't recall the exact way the documentary went. What I got out of it is this: The less oxygen to the brain, the more brain cells will die. It happens to drowning victims too....

I saw a documentary on cognitive results at high altitude on Everest. Don't take my word for it, but I think they also took brain scans of the people before they left. Ed Viesturs was one of them. Somehow I remember the doctors saying that Ed Viesturs had significantly less brain cells compared to the average human as a result of looking at his brain scan.

Anybody been to the Chigmit Mountains in Alaska..... looks interesting..... http://www.terragalleria.com/parks/np-image.lacl1646.html http://www.pollackphoto.com/us/ak/lakeclark/F0089-01.htm

I am still waiting for evidence of chemicals in weapons......

The money is really only to pay for people who use the dog routes (mainly feces and garbage administration). I still don't agree that money should be charged for non-dog routes becuase those routes do not have toiletry services.

I think the General Nutrition Centers (GNC) had a sale going on, but I don't know if it is currently continuing.

I never been to one. What time do people show up?

Interesting. I am not knowledgeable in this area. Would like to know what you come up with for choices. One thing I try to do is drink lots of orange juice in the car on the way to the climb which is very high in carbohydrates and tastes great! I usually try to suck down about a liter before the car stops at the trailhead or roadgate.

Dru, are you trying to find the most caloric food with the least amount of weight? What about that stuff that the Polish climbers eat? What is that stuff and its name?

Stefan would show up if it was in Tacoma.