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If you see another, matt, feel free to share it with the class.

So with the White Chuck Road (23) still out for the year, and the N Fk Sauk the same, what is the most 'convenient' approach to Glacier Peak this summer? From Lake Wenatchee via White River or Indian Creek to White Pass and then up White Chuck Glacier (remnant), Dissapointment Peak Ridge/Gerdine Glacier? I hear Glacier Peak Meadows is one of the most beautiful spots in the North Cascades and wouldn't mind a family outing along this route. Or how about up Milk Creek to the PCT junction then the Dusty Glacier? Ford the White Chuck bridge washout and bike the road? Then climb the Sitkum? (I've heard the trail to Kennedy Hotsprings was almost totally decimated, though.) Any thoughts?

To lend some context to your assertion: Newsweek and Isikoff were the team that sat on the Monica Lewinski story for over a week while they waited for 'corroboration'. Drudge stole the scoop out from under their then-puritan noses. Why was 'getting it right' so important in one instance and not another? I see only one variable.

Fucking Newsweek. The reporters who wrote the Guantanomo Koran-in-the-toilet story....which now appears to be a lie...should face trial and be held accountable for the lives lost. Dan Rather, Jayson Blair, now Newsweek/Isikoff....these guys can't just keep making this shit up with impunity. Someone's gotta pay for this. No anti-military, anti America bias in the print press? C'mon. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7864705/

Divide Camp trail is a better approach to AG anyway.

I assume your Nikon uses the EN EL-1 Nikon lithium rechargable. You can BUY one-time use lithium batteries for back up! Duracell makes the "245" and I've used it in my Nikon Coolpix5400. It lasts a long time; much longer, in fact, than the rechargable. Costs about $9 each, and I would think 4 or 5 of them would last an entire West Buttress trip.

The Kautz has usually been a good all-season route, but the chute might be getting icy by August. Don't camp at Hazard...the climb is still a reasonable day from 9600 feet at the base of The Turtle. The NP climbing rangers often fix a rope in the chute if it gets too icy, but I wouldn't count on this in your plans. Also, I wouldn't get too bogged down with hardware. Maybe an extra tool for the leader (which you most likely won't use), a couple screws and a picket for the team. Also, move fast in the debris gully below Hazard on the way back. Honestly, I've never been inspired by the Kautz climb. I think the Emmons route is much more scenic/spectacular and the crowds aren't all that bad midweek. What can you tell me about climbing Tupungato?

Read the original post. Then the 44 replies. I think Cj is the only one who stayed on topic! The rest of you were distracted by that transvestite over there. Right there! I shit-you-not! I'm totally serious!...

We're talking cliches here, sultana. I posted the definition. Use that great scientific mind you're always bragging about...and try to stay focused.

Gotta give you this one! I recently visited one of my brothers in Wenatchee. The valley was a pall of smoke and my brother was lamenting the fact that this was a result of apple orchards being bull-dozed and burned to make way for new housing. He and his wife were truly heart-broken.... ...he moved to Wenatchee last year...and lives in a new sub-division.

"We're loving nature to death." "That road stabs into the heart of The _______ range." "let nature take over" "death of a thousand cuts" "Take only memories, leave only footprints." "wilderness management plan"....isn't that one an oxymoron?

Hmmmm. Can a cliche assume the form of a question? BTW: The answer is now you. Main Entry: cli·ché Variant(s): also cli·che /klE-'shA, 'klE-", kli-'/ Function: noun Etymology: French, literally, printer's stereotype, from past participle of clicher to stereotype, of imitative origin 1 : a trite phrase or expression; also : the idea expressed by it 2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation 3 : something (as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace - cliché adjective

...and the tired'est of em all.... "No one died when Clinton lied."

"I gotta go, dude. I'm crowning."

I am convinced that these two brought about Kerry's defeat last year.... "Would that it were, Dave. Would that it were." "Tonight we will break bread together..."

"I'm very concerned about the direction this administration is taking our nation....."

Sick trip report dood! Balls to the wall!

Whaahappen? The 7th, 9th, and 17th will pass too.

Buy TOPO! It's worth every penny and you can load your routes/waypoints directly into your handheld unit. You can also look at the UTM northing/easting grid on a newer USGS map. Buy one of those cheap plastic UTM grid-readers for a more precise sub-1000meter read. Then, hand-key the waypoint into your device. (be sure your map datum matches) ...or you can just mark waypoints as you climb, or leave the track mode turned on if you head into poor visibility. You may not get where you're going, but at least you'll find your way back. ...or, you can just follow the boot path. If you want specific info and know the waypoints/physical features you're looking for, let me know.

...the re-write continues.

Communism. At least 100 million dead over an unworkable idea. The twentieth century. What a fucking mess. Here's to a better 21st.

True. You sound like a conservative now.

Let's not forget the TEN MILLION Ukrainians who were starved to death when they refused to give up their farms to collectivization. I would bet that less than 1 in 500 American highschool seniors could cite this horrible history. Our national education machine seems suspiciously selective when it comes to leftist crimes. Teach your children.

If it wasn't for their goofy drug beliefs and their isolationist policy, I too might consider Libertarian. I think multi-party elections are fine... as long as there is a 50% or run-off rule. Gotta keep the majority happy.

The problem, foraker, is that while screaming almost hysterically about the 'conservative menace' to our freedoms you are apparently willing to give a pass to leftists. Only when this logic-fault is pointed out do you grudgingly convict your side of the political spectrum. From my perspective, I can't wholly disagree that there is danger from both sides...or that one day the political pendulum will swing too far to one side. But I do consider the left side of politics more insidious...eliminating personal responsibility/shame, installing moral relevancy, defining new law via a 'living, breathing' constitution, creeping incrementalism. The right wing seems more overt....and, frankly, a lot clumsier.