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Geez, Chuck. Nervy situation. Amazing how different things are on the way down vs on the way up. Certainly glad you were able to recover without a serious mishap.

Good call on fIREHOSE They also did outstanding versions of Superchunk: Slack Motherf***** and (I think) Public Enemy: Sophisticated Bitch. And how about Elvis Costello's "Ship of Fools"?

Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first. More nervous than a ring-tailed cat in a rocking-chair factory. He was so crooked he had to screw his pants on every morning. Put Chinese handcuffs on their peckers and let 'em fight it out.

JK is right on -- consider Hendrix doing All Along the Watchtower (and also Gloria (vs Van Morrison)) I must beg to differ with Muffy on the best version of My Way -- Sid is excellent, but Killdozer is even better. Also must mention the bangup job the Meat Puppets did with Battle Hymn of the Republic as an encore at a PDX show years ago.

The Snowy Torrents books are very helpful, as they are about accidents and show detailed reports of what went wrong and why. (The AAC Accidents version of avalanches.)

Snowfield Peak, Caveman?

Mattp -- is it the area 'bove Horseshoe Lake (Jack Ridge)?

Perhaps just the Stuart Glacier, then

My confidence is shot, but I'll venture a guess: the unnamed glacier on the s. side of Forbidden.

Slow Children

Since no one is guessing on the second (newer) photo, I'll keep flailing: Mt Thompson?

Black Peak?

MattP: Main Peak of Bonanza (looking up Holden Ridge)

Here's a question along these lines that you guys can solve without a photo. On the cover of Challenge of the North Cascades, there is a great shot taken in close of a mixed climb. Buckner, Goode, and Logan are in the background. I've wondered for years what I am looking at. Something on the N or NE aspect of Forbidden, perhaps. Please help.

Repo Man's ALWAYS intense....

Great route! Please enlighten me on the everyday ID of the SM.

First real pitch on Direct E Butt of SEWS?

That would suppose Bush's accomplishments and plans deserve said respect... He's 2 years in and what he claims as accomplishments (for the most part) are still plans.

You could also say something like, "particpated in my preferred form of ritual violence". Many people don't seem to get why they like football, baseball etc until you describe it as such. Of course, you could also get rid of the word "ritual" if you have properly thrashed yourself.

Wouldn't it be simpler, though, if Bush's energy "plan" included this line item: Use whatever means necessary to gain control of oil production capability in expanded Kuwait (formerly Iraq).

If they turn out to be long-term friends, they will gradually learn enough to be of some use in conversations. Or they will just accept what you do as something that is important to you and not worry about it. If they are just work associates, tell them whatever you want -- "I went bowling again" or "just went over to the gravel pit and killed a 12 pack of Silver Bullets whilst exercising my 2nd Amendment Rights" or whatever seems right at the time.

No, we're just saying AWOL is AWOL. And I was wrong -- Cheney had 16 military deferments, not 11.

Bill Pilling on the Beckey Rte?

Isn't it ironic how the ads often show the SUVs driven into a supposedly "roadless" area?

Yes, it's good to remember that one of the primary reasons it's hard to get rid of the Troubles once and for all is it's Big Business for a lot of people in a place where unemployment is always in the double digits. Terrorism is profitable, and people need something to do.