ScottP

No... shit like that does happen everywhere.

Joe Biden? Evan Bayh? Wesley Clark? George Pataki? Chuck Hagel? Rick Santorum?

Sounds like a lot of Leavenworth climbing.

It seemed an ordinary enough gas station. Being in Oregon, however, we weren’t allowed to pump our own gas. "Do you need some gas?" I told the guy to fill it and went to the attached store to get a soda. The store turned out to be a cheesy gift shop so we went back to the car. I immediately noticed that our friendly attendant hadn’t even put the nozzle in my car yet. He finished the windshield and said, “Thirteen dollars.” Incredulous, I handed him my plastic and made a bee-line for the cab as he headed into the store. I checked my gas gauge and sure enough, it registered an empty tank. The attendant came back and handed me the credit slip on a clipboard. I again asked him if he had put the gas in yet. “Yeah.” I showed him the gas gauge. With a blank face he went back and started pumping gas into my car. The gauge immediately began moving. He looked at it to be sure, said, “Yep.” and went back to filling my tank. He brought me a new credit slip. Robert had previously asked him for an Oregon map. It was on the credit slip. I asked Robert if he had got it yet. He hadn’t. The attendant went back and got us the map, returning with a stoned idiot grin on his face. Getting out of the car at the store across the street, I noticed the gas filler door was open. Upon closer inspection, I saw the gas cap was missing. Shaking my head as I went, I walked back across the street and found the gas cap sitting on the pump. As I picked it up, the same attendant walked up and asked if I needed some gas.

Hammer [Groucho Marx]: ... Now here is a little peninsula, and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland. Chico: Why a duck? Hammer: I'm all right. How are you? I say here is a little peninsula, and here's a viaduct leading over to the mainland. Chico: All right. Why a duck? Hammer: I'm not playing Ask-Me-Another. I say, that's a viaduct. Chico: All right. Why a duck? Why a--- why a duck? Why-a-no-chicken? Hammer: I don't know why-a-no-chicken. I'm a stranger here myself. All I know is that it's a viaduct. You try to cross over there a chicken, and you'll find out why a duck. It's deep water, that's viaduct. Chico: That's-why-a-duck? Hammer: Look ... Suppose you were out horseback riding and you came to that stream and wanted to ford over there, you couldn't make it. Too deep. Chico: But what do you want with a Ford when you gotta horse? Hammer: Well, I'm sorry the matter even came up. All I know is that it's a viaduct. Chico: Now look ... all righta ... I catcha on to why-a-horse, why-a-chicken, why-a-this, why-a-that. I no catch on to why-a-duck. Hammer: I was only fooling. I was only fooling. They're going to build a tunnel in the morning. Now, is that clear to you? Chico: Yes. Everything---excepta why a duck.

STFU Sorry, I couldn't resist... Seriously, do you mean like ATC, HVS, NBD?

Shouldn't this thread be titled "A new low in ice climbing"?

Closest I could find...

How stylish...except... You can't see the ocean from Arcata. Humboldt Bay maybe.

No... This is rude...

Probably all you'll ever want to know about it...

Maybe this...?

That's one ugly route. Appropriate name though...

Ain't that the truth.

Jam the knot against the link and rap the single rope on the other side would work. Why you'd want to do this versus using a rap/belay device is another question... And, uh...

Incoherence is a good refuge for you.

Does Feathered Friends make these?

The ski tracks are splitter also... Access is mostly trail with a small bit of schwack, in WA. We counted no less than 5 waterfalls. The north facing aspect provides some serious water ice potential, if you're into that. Gray on gray with snow mix makes for bad pics (as does my photoshop skills)... Hopefully Mike will post some hi-res images from that high-dollar camera he totes.