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Uh, so here's my non-TR. Short version: I didn't climb a damn thing. We were only there for four days, two of which were spent hiking with my mom. On the day I set aside to climb something, I got into an argument with my erstwhile partner and brother Chris, so I just spent the rest of the afternoon pissed off. The easy route on the Moench looked like a good option, but the train ticket is about 100 bucks and I was already dropping big money just on meals. Next time (oh yes, there will be a next time!) I go it'll be just to climb. Trying to squeeze it in on a family vacation is probably not going to work for me. On our hiking days, we got a clear view of the Eiger, Moench, Jungfrau, Lobhoerner, Wetterhorn, Schreckhorn, etc. The Alps are incredible! panorama from the Kleine Scheidegg train station

Josh Stern is the name you're looking for.

I tried GU2O powder. It was really difficult to dissolve in cold water, which was annoying, but I guess not much of a problem if you dissolve it beforehand. The stuff tasted like an electrolyte, but wasn't that bad. I drank some Pedialyte once (medical electrolyte for children) when I sick once and it was horrible...

I think Stiletto is the one on the right, with Gilbert at center.

"I do hope someone makes a fleet out of me when I die."

Bush has always wanted to be number one. That's why, as Governor, he executed retarded murderers -- in order to eliminate the competition for Most Retardedest Murderer in America. Discuss.

I see you cut off the rest of the photo so no one would know that you're standing on Eric's head. Eric's head is aid. A0, even.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

In the new Beckey, Snow Gulch is two drainages west, directly below Lone Tree Pass. His "glacier route" goes up the Sill Glacier/Basin.

I'm sitting here looking between the Beckey and Nelson guides, trying to figure out where the "Whitehorse Glacier" route goes. Beckey's got a line (p130) going up the NE aspect labeled "glacier route", but Nelson's line seems to be a route on the N aspect, right of the "rock hump", up the left side of the broad slope shown at center in Beckey's photo. To top it off, what Beckey labels "snow gulch" is way far west of either of those routes. What's the dilly, yo?

Turn to page 134 of your new green Beckey and be grateful the next time you're tormented at night by merely one wily snafflehound. The trap Mr. C. C. McGuire devises to deal with his mouse problem is surprisingly cruel and inventive. It's a baited with .

Yeah, it is in the new Selected Climbs. We didn't place much gear per pitch, but did use a wide variety. Big hexes and a 3.5" cam were nice to have on the pitch before the traverse. There's also a good purple TCU placement for the belay in the alcove. Definitely bring long slings. It took us about 6:30 roundtrip, but we weren't moving particularly quickly and got sidetracked a couple times on the descent. Have fun!

Yeah, everything else in the North Cascades is closed for bridge repairs and raptor nesting.

It was definitely fun and worthwhile. For a short day trip so close to home, you get a nice variety of climbing (dirt, slabs, cracks, face moves), exciting exposure out in the middle of the face, and some routefinding on the descent. You sort of forget that you're about a half-mile from I-90. We didn't see anyone else until we were halfway down the trail. Go do it! You can always hit up Exit 38 on the way back to Seattle if a short route on Guye doesn't satisify your craving for choss. I want to check out some of the other routes on that peak. Anyone done Beckey's Chimney or the exit variation from Lunch Ledge?

Climbed it Saturday with eric8. Simulclimbed most of the dirty lower section. The short wide crack was cool and the traverse was sweet. Eric kept dropping my gear in retribution for me not cleaning his pin on Colchuck a while back. I found some of it, but there's a shitty biner up there for you booty hounds. The heat was ridiculous, but we saw a dude lugging snowshoes up the trail. He must be headed for Alaska. Climb it early so you stay in the shade! Photos of Eric on the crack pitch: one two

You've got quite a potty mouth on ya there, Scott. Two damns and and asshole... we might have to move this thread to spray!

What're the Happy Cowboys?

Oh, you mean this one? I've got one. And a Grivel pack that also says "Grivel Mont Blanc" on it. Grivel Mont Blanc is some kind of European-style brand name. Like "Lancome Paris".

Which of Grivel's many products did you lose? A Pamir ice axe, perhaps?

Better than economics!

Doesn't talking about the Canadian lumber industry give you WOOD?

The only way the Canadians can reduce their unit costs is to increase production, which would lower the market price. There's no reason to do that, since, before the tariffs, they were already out-pricing the US (selling below cost? maybe just to keep US competition at bay) and probably making their money in other markets. Now that the tariffs are in place, they increase production, flooding the market, because they'd rather see the glut eventually bring the price lower than pay extra duties to the US. Hmm... dunno if that makes sense.

What about Nucor Steel? (Their management and compensation plans seem to be pretty reasonable and egalitarian, that's all I know.) I would think that there is some value in a diverse economy. Countries will economies based around a single resource like tourism, oil, diamonds, or cheap labor seem to be the most subject to total collapse if their business moves elsewhere, and also the most subject to corruption (Saudi Arabia, Congo, etc.). How can a country with few options for competitive advantage in many areas diversify its economy? Man, this is fascinating. I avoided econ like the plague in college, but for some reason it gets me all hot now. Thanks for the replies, everyone.