Mr._Good_Time

Erik??? C'mon. The guy's a well-known drunk. Juan

As Erik and a few others know, I am one of the lucky ones. My incredible wife is in great shape, nearly a black belt in a martial art, is a wonderful mother to our two little boys, and has still managed to climb lots of fun routes with me and others (Rainier twice, Hood twice, Baker, Outer Space, Maude N. Face in a day from home, S.W. Rib and S. Arete of S. Early Winter Spire, Canary, Givler's Crack, several winter walk ups, Stuart W. Ridge in a day from home (11 hours car-to-car), Ingall's N. Peak, S. Ridge, the Tooth S. Face, etc. Not real hard stuff by any means, but enough to give us a rush before going home to the baby sitter. We have busy lives to be sure, but climbing together a few times each summer and winter is good clean fun, whether we top out or not. In other words, marriage and climbing can very peacefully co-exist if you find the right person to start with. John

Erik Snyder and I were another party on N. Face of Chair yesterday (I think we were the second team up yesterday -- there may have been a third after us). Sorry about the poles. Are you the guys from B'ham/Everett? We took our poles on the climb, but left our snowshoes in the basin, were they stayed faithfully until our return. To answer Dan's question, the route was not bad, but more ice and more consolidated snow will make it more fun and safer. Cheers, John

I'll bet I am fatter. Haven't climbed since Silent Running in Aug. I'm going out with Erik and John J. manana. Call me in the next five minutes if you want to go. 425-646-5383. Ciao.

Mr. Good Time rides again. Cheers all. John