Mike_Gauthier

Hey! Good job!

Yeah, spoken for here... http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/s...true#Post148102

Danny D is a good actor... But I still think Rutger Hauer is my guy. And please, Rainier doesn't need the other characters mentioned...

Careful there Dru, careful...

There have been a references about these climbers reaching the summit last week; here's the story. Congrats http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/eastsidenews/2002397548_climbers23e.html

Skateboarder 'branded' by manhole cover sues Woman seeks damages from Con Ed after fall onto searing hot spot NEW YORK - A woman who was branded with letters from the Consolidated Edison logo when she fell off a skateboard onto a searing hot manhole cover in Manhattan last year filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking unspecified damages from the utility. Elizabeth C. Wallenberg, 27, was burned just above her buttocks and on her left arm when she fell off her skateboard onto a cover over a steam pipe at Second Avenue and 13th Street in the East Village shortly after midnight on Aug. 11, 2004, said her lawyer Ronald Berman. "It literally looked like a brand that had been applied by someone," Berman said about the burn marks left on Wallenberg's body. He said she was treated for the injury in the Beth Israel Hospital emergency room and was released. Wallenberg, then a Brooklyn resident who worked for Paper magazine, reportedly said she heard her skin sizzle and saw an "o" and an "n" from the hot cover impressed upon her body. Wallenberg has been told the scarring is permanent, Berman said. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, accused Con Ed of "negligence, carelessness, recklessness and culpable conduct" related to Wallenberg's injuries. Court papers said Wallenberg, now a factory worker who lives in Portland, Ore., is entitled to compensatory and punitive damages because of Con Ed's "reprehensible and egregious failure and refusal ... to protect the public from this manifestly clear and present danger." Con Ed spokesman Chris Olert said he had no comment on the lawsuit.

The Seattle PI found them. flowers a-plenty

Why bother trying?

I hear the Enumclaw is a reasonable place to live. Ask Maria...

We saw LOTS of beargrass in the Tattoosh, up by Snow Lake and in the meadows between Unicorn and Pinacle I've seen quite a bit in this area too. It seem the bear grass grows better on the non-volcanic slopes. There is also quite a bit on the Eagle Peak trail (up high that is.)

Danny Way skateboard jumps the Great Wall of China. http://www.dannydoeschina.com/

Ok TLG... I'll get some! But you'll have to wait a day. Relax and enjoy the wildflowers Mr. D; TLG rocks! Anyway, by my standards, she summited 16,497 times yesterday.

This isn't climbing, but you may be interested. Many visitors and rangers are commenting that this may be the one of the BEST years for wildflowers in and around the Paradise and Sunrise meadows. I would suspect the same for other meadows around the park... I thought you otter know. Hope you can get out and enjoy the scenary.

That's what I'm saying, save the extra armies by gaining a continent, build a blob and take over... Oh yeah, you have to gain a new country every round, so that you get a card.

I loved playing "Risk" as a kid. The key is to take over Australia or South America, save up the extra continent points and then invade other areas (like Africa.) Never try to hold Asia or Europe...

Better go steal somethin' I'm bored of that too... Maybe I'll go "extreme summiting" on Rainier instead...

I'm bored with this thread...

I'm guessing liability insurance is one of those reasons? If one has to pay for services, then it seems like you have to be worried about malpractice issues. Granted, someone can sue you no matter what, but if you're in effect charging for the service, well... Yes and the SAR managers will have to consider rescue cost as much as they consider rescue safety AND rescue management. After the rescue is over, everyone is going to pour over every expenditure looking for justification. And that can go both ways... i.e. "Why DIDN'T you get a helicopter; you could have saved my brother/son/etc..." OR, "Why DID you get the helicopter? I was fine; your ground team could have rescued me..." There will be pervasive second guessing of all costs. Imagine inserting lawyers to sort this out? Now imagine the fire department sending a resident a bill for a fire response b/c they improperly installed the propane heater w/o a building permit and it burned the house down... Or maybe they will bill DUI's for the PD time involved to handle the arrest. Obviously that's negligent? The list of what everyone else perceives as careless and reckless could get very very long. BTW, we've got another SAR on the Emmons Glacier at 13,500 feet... Thus I'm up late monitoring the radio and posting on CC.COM.

Are you still hiding out in some bog Jedi Yoda??? On a real note, this editorial does deserve a response, but the climate isn't the best for our sport right now with the "perceptions" of numerous rescues occurring... And there have been a number of rescues this week... In fact... That said, I'd be more than happy to lend any writing/editorial-skills to this letter. It's a complex topic, and there are sound reasons why it's NOT in the best interest of the public to charge at this time.

YOSAR doesn't have policy of charging for SAR, but the NPS can and sometimes does assign a "fine" for creating a hazardous situation or for negligence. The bail schedule may vary, but usually involves a trip to the magistrate (who decides.) The NPS has cited some climbers for this offense. I recall one example; a climber soloed the DC without a permit (etc), ignored RMI guides and rangers who warned him to turn around, and then called for a rescue on the summit claiming he was too tired to descend. Rangers were sent to the summit to escort him down. For the most part, the visitor really has to make some bad decisions to get this sort of ticket. Generally speaking, the bail isn't nearly as expensive as the rescue. BTW,

Dru, this counts as 6 summits. But if you're careless and forgetful, you can easily turn 6 into 9...

Ryland If things keep going this way, the Emmons won’t be nearly as dry this August as in years past. I've always enjoyed late season ascents of this route. Even when it gets icy, the route is interesting b/c of all the cool crevasse and ice formations. Some of my most memorable trips have been in late Aug and Sept. Very few people are up there too... Though it does get cold early, as the sun sets behind Curtis ridge.

Lots of fresh snow on the route after last Friday. There are a few exposed crevasses on then Inter, but travel is very straightforward. The icy sections can easily be avoided. As for the climbing route above Schurman; it’s as good as it gets. Very few crevasse crossings, very little hard ice (if any,) very direct for July. As of yesterday, the route was obliterated and no boot track existed. The weather is supposed to be great this week; I suspect that climbers will punch in a new line. The Emmons should be in good shape well into August.

This is terrible news... Jo and Mark were really active in the Tacoma Branch...

I don't have any NPS/work images of this area at this time Phil. If we get more flights, I'll try to snap a few.