Roger

bad news, extremo... I'm pretty sure trask has been jibbin' jenny since january.

It's pretty amazing that none of these "extreme snowmobilers" were seriously injured or killed. Here's a link that you don't need to sign in to read - http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=ad95a022-feb5-4210-83c0-b193db1a3993

I seriously doubt you will want snowshoes. I went up two weeks ago on mother's day - skinned up the whole way, but it was pretty consolidated and I don't recall seeing anyone wearing snowshoes. Lots of dudes in sassy dresses though.

I thought the ramones' appeal was universal...?

and, just to make matters worse, today I heard an AT&T cell phone ad featuring the Ramones.... which caused me to briefly consider driving my car off the hawthorne bridge.

hmmm... no dream date? damn. this contest sucks.

Spiro Agnew. Or more precisely, one of his more alliterative speechwriters. what do I win? a dream date with minx?

no kidding - I thought about calling the ranger district, but figured it would probably be a waste of time. I'd rather post the question here and get a real answer from someone who has actually been there recently, instead of some usfs employee reading a computer printout from a month ago.

thanks

Has anyone been up to cloud cap lately? Thinking about a trip this weekend, and wondering about the status of the road. And don't give me any of that shitty beta like you gave Desey, or... or... I'll be really really mad!

Right now I couldn't live without the timeless trip-hop sounds of Sweden's "Gert Jonnys," and their latest release "2 Dope fo' Manchesta."

iain, you should buy those montets. If you try to drive Mitos in leather boots, you will s-u-f-f-e-r. Actually, you will suffer no matter what you do if you are convinced that you need to learn how to tele in leather boots. I have heard a lot of people say "it's better to learn in leather." I think people say this because it's what they did, and they suffered, and they want to make you suffer, too. Break the cycle of violence. Go get yourself some relatively soft plastic boots and save yourself a season or two of misery. I've done both leather and plastic, and I'm here to tell you that there's nothing "fake" about making tele turns in plastic. For SAR use in varied snow conditions, you'll be a lot better off, IMHO. Have fun! Hope to see you on the hill.

My quest for freshiez took me to the selkirks for the week, where I hit the motherlode with Reudi and the SME crew. Seven straight days of fresh tracks in (at least) knee-deep powder, off the summits of 7 or 8 different peaks. I've been in Oregon so long I'd actually forgotten about cold smoke. damn, what am I doing back at work.... ?

what a disastrous winter it's been. unbelievable. In about ten days I'm leaving for a week in the selkirks with SME and Reudi... my feelings are somewhat mixed right now. Maybe a trip to pub club will help.

no, no, she means Van HALEN...

it might say that people have a lot of time on their hands... or that folks take their pies very seriously.

rage against the garden! if that disc doesn't get you psyched up for climbing, nothing will...

what would one learn about Minn-e-soh-tah from its radio?

ah. I was hoping for something more scandalous. oh well...

currently, Flaming Lips' latest - yoshimi battles the pink robots. good stuff. not exactly rawkin', but good stuff.

interesting. discuss fully.

I've definitely had a hard time finding a toque anywhere in the states...

hmmm.... that sounds like bad news, as I just bought a pair of ascensions for my new fat skis. How many days did you get out of them before the glue stopped working?

what kind of crazy country are you guys running up there, anyway...? we may have a president who didn't even win the popular vote and is about to invade iraq, but at least we don't have serious problems like a total lack of climbing skins...

"I see buried people..." wait, I think you might be mixing 6th sense w/Minority Report? jordop, maybe you should just pick up some ascensions.