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Mt Princeton in Colorado has a plaque dedicated to a woman killed by lightning up there, some years ago. That was sobering enough for me to beat feet straight down versus traversing on the trail, when storm clouds approached. Why are there so few lightning strikes around here (Seattle/PNW)?

Herbert Kornfeld rules. Too bad he quit writing for the onion a couple years ago.

Damn, I need to either grow myself a pair of tits or get myself a female avatar to get this kind of beta response.

Jesus, tits and casserole you whiners! Here's a dude from the government offering for climbers to get involved in a project and all he gets are three people who 'might' be interested? So we see who's all show and no go. Keep whining, this thing will be built with or without your help. Roadway particulate, my ass.

To the top because this is a sick and twisted trip report. Where the hell is hacim?

Y'all haze newbies? "THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?!"

I recall several groups: A group of four, two guys and two gals, climbing the furthest right, with helmets. A strong dude with a blonde mom and daughter (both with helmets) but I think they left before Stim went up the center. A strong dude with two good looking women going up next to us. I'm guessing though, that my Americanski cc.commies were amongst that group of four on the right? Ida be the guy in the orange t-shirt, my bud and I went up the left side. If so, and I was just curious as we were leaving, why'd y'all leave the quickies on the bolts during the TR? Nice to meet you, Figger_Eight That was a pretty crowded day, eh?

I was at Exit 38 today and saw (amongst the 30 kids and instructors from Stone Gardens) this 85 year old guy lead a 5.6 and then later a 5.9 on We Did Rock, the center route. Holy frijoles! Stim said he'd been hiking all his life but got into rock climbing at 70. He said that while coordination, speed and reaction times decrease with age, practically none of that is required for rock climbing. He said so long as you keep your bodyweight down and have good forearms, the techniques of rock climbing stay with you as you age. That was super-impressive! He did a couple other routes too while we were there, so he wasn't a one-hit wonder. Here's to Stim "Dave, get back on route!" "But it's so tempting to go this way!" (Cute girl on other route ) Got a ton of ripe raspberries too on the way out... mm,mm good!

FREE You can pay for the stuff, but why?

Become a human burrito by wrapping yourself up in a space blanket. Or... one bivy bag for two people

Or you can just sleep in the hut on the summit. It's a bit on the worn side...

I'd like to do the walk-off on the north side, I've heard it's pretty simple.

Fence Sitter, that effing cam is still in GNS! WTF? I thought you were going to remove it? The cam that beat FenceSitter... never thought I'd live to see the day

Belay device? Munter hitch. Norm, screw solo, let's do the phone thing. I may be a lard-ass nowadays, but I might be up for a three day climb. I could go in with Flying_Ned early and wait for you at the Blue Glacier.

Toenail polish really accelerates toenail growth. Better yet, just have some milf to help out your crippled-butt. Lovely foot photos, btw.

This is the best climbing book I've ever read. Unlike some other authors whose critique and egos leave a little bit of a bad taste in my mouth, this dude keeps it all in check and does a good job of it. He looks like a geek in a few of the pictures but is just a climbing animal! Lots of pictures throughout and some fascinating detail, without going too in-depth, as well he talks of his formative years. Very impressive. ISBN 0898865735

Yeah, I see that Utilikilts store on 15th Ave NW or Denny, near Peir 91. I've actually seen a guy in one at Rattlesnake Ledges. But yeah, they're skirts with heavier fabric, imo.

Our pace in seemed fast, but you'll definitely need to jog a little ways or swap carrying the rope (hint, hint) to do better than last year (?6:30). Definitely wear running or trail shoes the whole way. Clip your toenails? Short aluminum axe... all the light stuff from the other thread. No, I wasn't a runner either before this. Although I had lost 15-20 pounds two months earlier, which definitely helped. Break it all down into sections and it won't seem so bad. Once y'all get back across the glacier, it can pretty much be every man for himself to the trailhead. Then I can tell JoshK it's chestbeating, plain and simple Seriously though, after reading your triple 9k quick trip, I figured you'd go for something like this. The scenery is quite good. Oh, and check out gapertimmy too. This is a quote of his from another thread on Olympus: "i like the challenge of it, but i think the fact of being able to go lighter is what attracts me. either way, i'd love to do olympus this year, or perhpas some traverses of the whole range. "

My answer to that number 5 was a pic of those silicone Hooters girls Dwayner had put on another thread. Man that was so annoying trying to get it to display. Anyhow, Norm/sketch... I got out in something like 4:17 from the Meadows so you should try to conserve some of that energy in the beginning, realizing you can get out in close to 4 on the exit. A four hour approach may be hard to recoup from Maybe JoshK or swissman would be interested too. Or just start a new thread titled "Olympus death march" Suckers here love that stuff

Flying_Ned, I'm guessing Norman is more prepared and more fit for this go at Olympus than last year. The dude just ran some 50k trail run race with the hopes of winning. He's very driven and 16 hours sounds reasonable. 1) Blight says someone did it in 14 plus change 2) Something like 24:30? That with a 3 or 3:30 shiverfest at the meadows and we went up Snowdome on the left side. Plus I think that was the first time up there for all of us so I bet he has a strategy worked out now. 3) The trail is relatively flat. I guess for this you would need to jog a bit on the approach, say nine miles. Jogging out would be for 13 or so miles. 4) Take an 8mm glacier rope, 30m. Pro Mtn Sports sells them. Norman was cool without the rope on the summit climb last year, Sketch and I wanted it. 5) goddamn computer bullshit stupid computer goddamn computer bullshit, i can't even make a stupid image appear here. We figured a couple of things to make it lighter would be that glacier rope versus the 50m, 9mm we took, and two pickets for three people (one on each end) versus one per person. Plus I bet Norman leaves the boots behind this year instead of packing them up. I'll be the designated driver if y'all need one, as you'll be wasted on the return. Notice "y'all" is the active word here. I think I'll visit the coastline while y'all take that scenic hike Norm, talk with sketch too. I can't remember when, but I think he was planning for another sufferfest.

Booty cam for the masses on Great Northern Slab-leftside, Index. Last seen yesterday. I do like those spaghetti-strap climbing shirt/bra for the women!

My sentiments exactly.

What gives you two? TR?

Old Lakota Indian wisdom: "You can't outrun the radio." Damn, sobo, I know it looks like I'm picking on you, but there's a quote I'm not too fond of. Whoever said you can't outrun the radio has never owned a crotch rocket. With one of them, you're doing Warp 20 before anyone else can think of responding. Or, say you're traveling on a two lane Texas road with a red bike, red helmet and red/white striped shirt, during a summer day, and Mr DPS clocks you at 95 or so. Well you can go to jail (55mph limit) or give it a twist of the wrist and fly down the road at over 130 until some of the adrenaline has subsided and you realize you're in real deep shit if you get caught. Lock the rear brake trying to stop, hide bike and yourself in bushes till nightfall and then find another way home. Long story short, but that's an old trick... hiding in the bushes. Maybe the other stipulation is you need to be young, dumb, and...

While I doubt you'd be tracked down and handcuffed, I think I remember some stipulation for Rainier about "if you go over 10k or onto a glacier" they want you to register.