Jim

Very nice. Did this 25 years ago -- I think a few joints would hurt on me as well if I went out on it this year. Cheers and keep on plodding along. You're way ahead of most of your age group.

Akk, I remember going into the first location along Lake Union off East Lake

sufferfest (plural sufferfests) A workout or race in the arena of endurance sports that involves prolonged suffering on the part of all who participate. (by extension) An activity in which all participants ache, agonize, ail, endure.

That one is a feather in your cap. Been on my list a long time - with two fails due to weather and needless wandering. I'm racing the clock on this one - good job

Well, that guy had one good run of it. First time I ran into him was out at Peshatin in '89 or so. I'm leading and look down and he is hitting on my belayer - 25 yrs younger than him. Somehow he later found got her phone number and called her up asking her out a couple times. Then in the early 90's I was skinning up Mt Amebalis with others and was having equipment issues so stopped to doodle with it and my team kept moving upward. It's snowing pretty hard and up comes this lone craggy guy from below, pauses to nod to me from under his hood, and up he continues. The last time we chatted was at Vertical World last year when he came in to imitate a creaky spider. How many times did you look up at some vague "ascending traverse" and think - man, that was bold for 30 yrs ago - and still is? Peace bro' - and thanks for the memories. Just an icon.

Nice photos - snuck one in before the snow flies. Man - multiple parties on a Thursday - too many friggin' folks out there. Those routes are seeing a lot of traffic.

http://www.blurb.com/b/2923822-north-cascades-traverses

Love the guys using two strands of webbing, which could snap like a carrot stick under the right conditions of a good static fall. Then they'll sue.

...........you may have another fellow to muse about soon = http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/elections/

Appreciate the explanation - things I didn't consider. Thanks

I still find this odd. Why would I use gear of unknown quality when it's easy to set up a top rope and then rap off without wear and tear on the anchor. It's a nice gesture but unnecessary. Don't folks know how to safely anchor, untie, set up rap and go??

I also thought this was thr standard approach. It's quick if you know what you are doing, avoids leaving gear behind, and avoids wear on the anchor.

In the Heart of the Sea Read this before going to see the overwrought screen version including an exploding ship that never happened. Really Oppie?

Hmmmmmmmmmm

You can't get a gun if you are a convicted felon, have a mental health history, have a domestic disturbance restriction order, and any number of other parameters. The second amendment, as SCOTUS has outline and just last week upheld by refusing to review a gun restriction law, is not universal. If Congress votes in a law that says if your on the No Fly list -- it IS just that simple. The logic that you are unsafe enough to jump on a SW flight to Vegas but ok to pickup the latest semi-automatic with a few hundred rounds of ammo is, well, astonishing.

Please, please, please let it be the Donald. I'd have to get the extra big popcorn to watch that GOP meltdown. Venturing a guess I'd say his freak show doesn't have the staying power through the traditional vetting process - but will his ego allow him NOT to enter the race as an independent?

Unfortunately, there are too few in the GOP to call it what it is, but there are a few with a spine: "He is a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn't represent my party. He does not represent the values that the men and women in uniform are fighting for... He is putting our soldiers and diplomats at risk. He is empowering the enemy...Tell Donald Trump to go to hell." — Sen. Lindsey Graham

Hitler was quite a bit brighter than Trump. The GOP has no one to blame but themselves for the rise of Trump - they birthed this creature by slowly bringing up the heat and rhetoric against public institutions, minorities, women, and immigrants for some time now, conducting a rather cynical appeal to the base of slowly running out old, angry, white voters. As far as the Syrian refugees - really? These are folks who are fleeing the terrorists. While the EU has less border control and has to depend on entry countries vetting these folks, and Greece is just overwhelmed, here in the US we have control of the process. But if the GOP wants to tighten things up a bit they could prohibit guns to folks on the No-Fly list to start. But alas, that doesn't fit the narrative.

Appreciate it - too bad, these things are pretty cool, but likely looked at as an iPhone 5. ---------- so if interested make an offer. Cheers.

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Price drop $275 - in time for ice season

PM sent HA

Checking in -- did "Jake" buy these - he sure seemed pretty interested

Dear God. People have way too much time on their hands. And a video device.

Yea, lots of money for some. For others in the community not such a deal. Gasland