Fairweather

Not really a climb, so I won't "[TR]" it, but the kid and I hiked up Mount Townsend today. Originally planned to hike Marmot Pass and climb Buckhorn, but rain on my windshield made me take a right at the fork in FS Road 27 - not a problem since I'd never been up here before. Classic Olympic forest mist and very light rain followed us up this well maintained trail. Plenty of Rhodies and other assorted mountain flowers to be enjoyed. Although I wore boots anticipating snow at 6400 feet, there was none to be found in anything but small patches around 5600 feet. Tennis shoes and a water bottle would have worked just fine. My son claims to be out of shape, but we managed to knock off this 4mile/3000' gain in about 1hr 30min while he sang to himself with his IPod buds stuffed into his ears. (The boy still has much to learn.) Singing merrily: Dad (aka Fairweather): This view lasted about 3 minutes:

Who is this sexy woman Arch? I would very much like to have relations with her please.

Great post!! I'll be writing Norm Dicks - in who's district I reside here in Fircrest. He's very responsive and fair minded. In fact, he's the only Democrat I regularly vote for.

I keep bringing it up because it was an obvious key in their plan, and a terrible defeat for common-sense non-motorized recreation. Their victory on the upper middle fork has since borne fruit for similar pressure groups that have succeeded in closing the road out of Stehiken. Your favorite road may not be next - but it will come up on their list eventually. The USFS let the Middle Fork Road decay while the debate raged, but it could have been properly maintained all-the-while. You just keep rolling over for these enviro-idiots and pretty soon your "weekend outing" will be a thing of the past - unless you really like hiking endless miles of decommissioned road.

That's simply not true. "MidForc", Mountains-to-Sound Greenway, and "ALPS" actively petitioned for its closure. WTA supported it, but wasn't promoting the decommissioning. Were it not for these pressure groups claiming to represent the masses the Upper Middle Fork Road would have remained open.

Too bad reasonable access to Overcoat Glacier is now extinct - compliments of the modern environmental minority.

He must have had a bad childhood.

The wife and I commuted to Sunrise yesterday: Beats the hell out of survival mode in an HOV lane. Nice day, but the beer at Naches Tavern was not cold (enough).

Eric Johnson, no shit! Should be in top 5 at least. Lindsay Buckingham?

Ok, Dru. If abortion were to be banned in Canada - and I've not said that it should be - an exception for rape, or in your "aunty's" case, incest, would be allowed. If the Christian Right thinks otherwise, they're nuts. The rest of your argument is just plain stupid anarchy.

Shit! That means I sent about 200,000,000 potential Fairweathers spiraling to their deaths down the shower drain just this morning!

You're such a tool Dru. You know you're talking .0XX% of pregnancies with the rape argument, but it's a convenient fall-back position for the "militant-choice" like you. Of course abortions should be allowed in case of rape - as they currently are under the on-demand policy. Besides, isn't this an American policy issue being discussed here? Frankly, anyone - right or left - who gets sucked into this embryonic stem cell debate is a useful idiot for one side or the other.

...At implantation, IMO. "At conception" rules out birth control pills and the morning-after variant. While I think Bush is wrong on this, I can see he is simply trying to remain consistent - which is not really possible re this issue. I would point out that this "ban" only applies to federally fundedembryonic stem cell research. The private, for-profit business of research goes forward, and constitutes the vast majority of science here I believe. Should abortion be illegal? I honestly don't know, but I find the idea utterly disgusting, especially with all the birth control options available today. There's just no excuse or reason. And spare me "the condom broke" bullshit - we all know how that one goes.

re: Tahoma Creek Bridge http://www.nps.gov/mora/planyourvisit/trails-and-backcountry-camp-conditions.htm

If these are the only choices, then I guess it's pretty clear:

I give up. What is ggk? And, speaking of chemistry, is it considered rude to present a ph strip or swab and petri dish before partaking?

You never struck me as being guilty of misandry. Also; can one be both misogynistic and a douche bag?

Call me chauvinistic, homophobic, whatever, but I will only allow a female to be mysogyn my body. Even better when she does it right.

That's the first thing I'd do if I was choosing a place to raise kids.....right after checking to see that there wasn't a homeless shelter within a ten mile radius. Sarcasm? You don't think this is a valid concern? Obviously, you don't have children.

Wow!

You realize these folks don't actually live in Bellevue. They're just there to graze on the crumbs left by da man.... Have you been to the Enumclaw QFC lately? Breast obsessed? Nothing wrong with that, but virtually any natural breasts - large or small - are better than fake ones, IMO. Fake ones just don't bounce properly.

If you study climbing you'll likely learn at least a little: Geology Geography Meteorology Glaciology Human Physiology Physics Logistics Planning/Organization Leadership History Natural History Hydrology I can't think of too many other pointless endeavors where so much peripheral knowledge is there for the taking.

Not an answer, simpleton.

So let's see if I have this right: Mythosgirl grows up in Bellevue with all the benefits and privilege therein, can't get into the UW or SPU - so mommy and daddy send her to WWU, she readily adopts the pseudo-environmentalism of Bellingham and Huxley College, then, at age 23 or 24 she finally feels independent and angry enough to blast her Bellevue roots on a climbing web forum. Your parents must be proud.

Any bent riders here that could give advice? There are lots of variants, but I'm thinking about one that would be best for around-town workouts, and also work for an occasional 100 mil'er. The trikes would probably be a little too wide for narrow city shoulders?