Dave_Schuldt

Why just a few years ago you were dissin' the areas. There not so bad now are they? Rip it.

Jeff H, Mark L and I had a great time. Jeff left us in the dust on the first run. Great snow!!!!! We're off to a good start.

Nice slide show.

See you gapers at baker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had similar expierence 2 years ago. Went up Licthenberg from the Smith Brook Road across from the hair pin at the avy slope. Didn't make summit, too much snow. Saw natural avy across the lake. Did 2 good rums in the woods. The lake is a nice spot, want to go back again.

Sucks to rear your in pain again. So tempting to start climbing before it has heeled................

I had the same problem. Took 9 months to go away. I will never climb in a gym again, however, I can handle the UW rock just fine. Your climbing days aren't over, you can discover the wonderfull world of slab climbing. Think Darrington and Static Point. This is ski and mountain bike season anyway. Good luck and a speedy recovery.

Just heard this story. Someone left there car at the smoke stack to car pool. When they came back it had been towed, they found the car and drove away without paying the !!!!!$245!!!!!!!!! towing fee. Got pulled over by cops, more details later. There is a park and ride at the east end of town.

Cavie = Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Gate opening depends of plowing and the ranger in charge that day. Some rangers will open the gate as soon as the plowing is finished others will wait till 9 evan if the plows are done at 8. Plan on doing a snow shoe out of Longmire as a back up.

Backcountry, area or XC. I live in Fremont and need a ride. Conditions look good!

Bummer to hear you sold you skis! Try Pro Ski at 90th and 99. They also rent AT gear. They are verry cool.

Don't forget about this site http://www.changingtheclimate.com/

From todays Seattle PI SAMMAMISH -- It occurred near the fresh pasta and in the canned-food aisle of the Safeway on 228th Avenue Northeast. The 26-year-old mother sensed a presence, a mysterious one. But the Sammamish resident dismissed it that July morning. Instead, she focused on pushing her baby son in a shopping cart and browsing the aisles. As she turned a corner, a woman rushed up to tell her what had happened. A man, whom police identified as 50-year-old trask, allegedly slid a silver cell-phone camera under the woman's blue flowered skirt and snapped electronic photographs while she shopped. Charged with voyeurism, a felony under state law, trask pleaded not guilty Monday in what officials believe is the first case of its kind in King County. trask, who lives in Sammamish, has been released on $25,000 bail. He is expected back in court next week; if convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. The state law under which trask was charged stems from a Seattle case in which a man used a video camera to film up a woman's dress at the Bite of Seattle festival. Yesterday, trask's father said the family had no comment. But in charging papers, trask told police he has a panty fetish and has taken photographs of other women. Those images, according to charging papers, made their way onto his home computer. Months after the alleged incident, the woman says she's still shaken. "In hindsight, I never turned around," said the woman, who asked that her name not be published. "It's the last thing you expect to happen in any public place." The growing popularity of wireless technology makes the alleged incident even more frightening. By the end of 2003, worldwide sales of cell-phone cameras are expected to be between 40 million and 65 million. Some analysts believe U.S. consumers will buy 2 million to 3 million of the cameras this year. And in July, 1 million cell-phone camera pictures were sent and received over Verizon Wireless' network alone, said Georgia Taylor, a spokeswoman for Verizon Wireless' Bellevue office. Although customers typically send images of friends or loved ones, one 15-year-old New Jersey boy used his camera in thwarting a kidnap attempt. The boy escaped from a man who tried to abduct him, and he gave police that man's image. Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the Sammamish case is the first of its kind that he has heard about. The Washington, D.C., organization focuses on civil liberties and protecting privacy. Rotenberg said laws in South Korea and Japan, two countries where cell-phone camera use is hot, limit the devices in areas where people expect privacy. In the United States, he added, some health clubs try to keep them out of locker rooms. "I don't think the purpose is to regulate the technology," he said. "I think it's about regulating conduct that many people consider to be highly offensive." Yesterday, the 26-year-old woman said she still shops at that Safeway. But now, she no longer wears a dress or a skirt there. "I don't want people to live in fear and not trust anyone ever," she said. "I guess just be aware of what's going on around you."

I think they need trask.

http://216.12.215.215/users/stevefirebaugh/index.cgi No spray department?

How did this thread wind up here and not in spray?

The fun begins.

Fire away, I don't care!

A sex industry worker as moderator?!?!? So, will there be more porn? This could be fun. Who will she ban?

While suturing a laceration on the hand of a 70-year-old Texas rancher (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle), a doctor and the old man were talking about George W. Bush sitting in the White House. The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush is a 'post turtle'." Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old man said, "When you're driving down a country road,and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle." The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain: "You know he didn't get there by himself ... he doesn't belong there... he can't get anything done while he's up there ... and you just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down."

East of Stevens Pass at the train tunnel entrance.

cman and I skied it today. Show was wind affected powder over funky crusts. The boulder fields are filled in but not the lower clear cut. It cleared up and the wind died by the time we hit the summit. Three guys ahead of us broke trail all the way to the summit. They were moving fast and put in a steep track. The best part of the day was when cman got to watch one of the 3 guys TAKE A SHIT in the track right in front of him! Has anyone skied the run from the summit down towards White Pine Creek? Looks cool. Nice to see so much snow so early!

This should be funny, let us know what happens.