Fairweather

That's right. Thanks, in very large part, to the adoption and promotion of capitalist models world wide the past 30 or so years.

I still don't understand why the same folks who decry the government's most benign intrusions into its citizen's privacy are the very same one's who are so willing to turn over what is probably one of the most intimate parts of a their life - their health care and the personal issues that lie therein - to the state. You don't want the government listening to Sahib's overseas phone calls, but you don't mind if a government agent (aka "doctor") sticks a gloved hand up your rectum and records what he finds in a government database? Gimme a break. What I would like to see is health insurance companies punished severely - jail time for execs - for the practice of denying coverage in the hope that a patient will die before a necessary or hopeful procedure, however expensive, is performed. I would like to see HMO's held to the same care standards as open choice. I would also like to see some minimum coverage standards for children along the lines of those provided for the elderly - but with parents somehow still financially responsible for their care vis a vis community service, service in a daycare co-op, whatever.

I guess you're right. It was so foggy that I was pretty turned around, and with such a nice trail to follow I never did the bearing. So what was I looking at? Northwest, I believe. Those slabs look pretty nice.

Does anyone keep one? What type of format do you use? I have a journals that cover most of my trips over the past 25 years, but it's really just a couple of paragraphs, on a separate page for each adventure, contained in four cheap spiral bound notebooks mentioning peak, route, partners, date(s), conditions, and some semi-poetic thoughts. I would like to revise it, put it into something nice and durable, but it seems like things should remain in their original pen and format - as ugly as that may now seem. Is anyone ever gonna read the things I wrote? Waste of time? Any thoughts? Are pictures enough? What do you use?

Is it over between you and Mick?

Wow! That ranks right up there with Sky's Liberty Ridge ski picture. Thanks. Better watermark the shit outta that suckka.

I'm not sure what's more dangerous: Bush's relatively minor misinterpretations of executive privilege - common to presidents throuought American history - or the gasoline that hysterical types like those here are throwing on the lit match? No one is suggesting we stifle debate (except Crux, MattP, and certain other Democrats bent on suppressing free political expression in media), but the rise of anger on the left is reaching heights that far exceed in-kind or appropriate levels. When those on the left don't get their way they will go to great lengths to justify their anger with vitriol about a broken system, stolen elections, or insults directed at the intellect of the general voting populace. You want a revolution? I say, bring it. But you won't end up with anything better than what we all have right now.

You haven't really thought that one through - have you?

Damn you Arch! You really know how to crush a man's spirit.

Employees, sure. We just went through a 5% purge last month. But I'm talking clients being viewed this way!

Can I ... "just watch"?

How is it that DV has taken over so many companies? Don’t know ask Olyclimber, Yoda should know these things. I guess it must be the farce. I think it has something to do with large corporations either grow or die. Mine is busy imploding without any invasion by the emperor's imperial forces. My latest response to yet more expense/service cutting in the name of short term gain: "Hey, I know a way we could cut our expenses to zero!" If I don't shut up and become a bobblehead I might be looking at a severance package very soon.

That last schrund/crevasse at the top doesn't look like it will be easily crossable for much longer.

Are you suggesting we reign-in the excessive demands/"gains" extorted by labor unions? God forbid a UAW employee be asked to pay a single dime of their healthcare premium! Jim? You there? Cat got yer tongue?

I don't really see much to disagree with in those principles. But comparing the content therein to Mein Kampf just makes you yet another hysterical idiot. Shall we now label all mission statements with the tag? Or just those you don't like? I would think that your little bitch, Diane Feinstein, and her recent suggestion of legislation restricting free speech is more in line with the goals of Adolph Hitler. And you.

Are you suggesting we reign-in the excessive demands/"gains" extorted by labor unions? God forbid a UAW employee be asked to pay a single dime of their healthcare premium!

What world do you live in, Matt? What planet? Seriously. When have you ever called upon your fellow lefty 9/11 conspiracy kook clan to account? When have you stood up against your fellow lefties here who have expressed the desire to "put a bullet in the head" of the president? How many "passes" have you given to the likes of Viendra7, Dave Schultz, and ilk? Posting without information? Like the LA Times/NY Times pap you regularly and exclusively regurgitate here? Where is this "counter-argument" link you boast of? You regularly claim open-minded status and political neutrality but rarely - if ever - claim a center stand on anything political. I do like your expressed stands on wilderness access, but I'm not sure you're trustworthy there either, frankly. You remain the most frustratingly hypocritical albeit chameleon-like poster on this entire site. Stop pretending, Matt. You are never going to seriously consider any position that takes you outside of your comfortable little belief system. You are Crux hiding under a thin tarpaulin.

Actually, that was John Kerry's line during the '04 race when faced with policy questions he was unable to answer. Now, Crux, please consider changing your username to "Demtool" or, maybe, "Demjizguzzler".

Nice TR. Your comments about "laying there 15 minutes past the 3:30 alarm wondering why" are a page right out of my life - and as I get older the answer only gets more difficult to find. I believe the total net gain (including the hump back over Long's Pass) on this trip is 8000 feet! That's almost a one-day Rainier climb. I really like the trend toward one day ascents...lighter packs, less time away from family, personal physical challenge, and less impact on the backcountry. Thanks for the report.

I've seen the exact freshman-type edit hack done to Clinton and, frankly, it's just not that funny. I guess almost anyone can piece together words, phrases, gestures and do this to virtually anybody in the public spotlight. It's just plain dumb. What is humorous is when someone actually says something stupid, and GW offers plenty of material for his detractors. You can do better.

I think so - with Warrior in the left/background? I'm not sure, and even though I had Buckhorn as a waypoint in my GPS that day, I didn't turn it on to see if it pointed that way.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/orders/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_%28United_States%29 http://www.thisnation.com/question/040.html

I think "Jupiter Cliffs" are what I saw through a brief break in the clouds yesterday from the top of Mount Townsend. (?)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/93350.html