Jim
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On 5/2/2019 at 10:41 AM, JasonG said:
I bought my first pack there in the mid 90's, a bulletproof Osprey that has been all over the world with me (it was a major expenditure for me in those days). I still have it, but mostly it gets lent out these days since it weighs about 8 lbs. Most recently it went on a month long NOLS trip to AK with a friend's son.
Akk, I remember going into the first location along Lake Union off East Lake
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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I was looking for ideas for a trip in the cascades that might be similar to the ptarmigan traverse but wouldn't be too dangerous to do solo. I don't mind doing a bit of solo glacier travel but don't want to do anything too sketchy. ptarmigan might be just beyond by danger threshold for a solo journey (although I haven't done it) but would love to know if there is anything similar in length (or longer) and scenery that be a bit more low key.
http://www.blurb.com/b/2923822-north-cascades-traverses
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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.
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...but i've read many an obituary w/ a smile
...........you may have another fellow to muse about soon = http://fivethirtyeight.com/politics/elections/
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Appreciate the explanation - things I didn't consider. Thanks
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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??
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I suggest that BEST practice is to NOT LOWER through resident hardware, whether steel or aluminum. Leader can install personal carabiners for entire party to use for climbing and lowering. Last climber should clean carabiners and thread rope through resident rings, then RAPPEL to exit. This practice completely avoids running a LOADED rope through the resident hardware, thus avoiding nearly all abrasive wear on that hardware.
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.
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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?
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the constitutional scholars will no doubt remind us that you have an expressly granted right to bear arms but no such specific right to fly, thus the later is far easier to tamper w/ than the former
Hmmmmmmmmmm
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No, I'm in favor of Due Process. How a person gets on the No Fly List is exactly the point if you're going to use it to remove constitutional rights. Claiming terrorism is the justification for removing rights is a deflection from the real issue which is domestic and national security. The breakdown was simply within how we admit immigrants and how we identify and monitor domestic and international threats. It's just convenient to try to make it a plank political issue otherwise the administration has to admit it failed at doing one of it's primary jobs.
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.
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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?
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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."
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Sen. Lindsey Graham
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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.
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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
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PM sent HA
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Checking in -- did "Jake" buy these - he sure seemed pretty interested
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Dear God. People have way too much time on their hands. And a video device.
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A perfect case of government fuck up and a great case for private ownership.
Here's another interesting link http://www.nber.org/papers/w21624
Yea, lots of money for some. For others in the community not such a deal.
[TR] Mt Logan - Fremont Glacier 08/04/2019
in North Cascades
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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.