Bug

If you keep your blood sugar up -Gu is great- you will fare much better. If you get pulled over on the way home, resist the temptation to tell the officer, "It's OK. I've been doing Gu."

A pile of snow could slow that down a bit. Like what they are getting right now. 3" in Mt Vernon.

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam....shit, whatever. Wind River range is where all the smart bugs go. Endless clean granite, skiing year round, booty, coeds, or solitude if you want. Everyone knows about the highly concentrated areas but the range is 70 miles long and granite from stem to stern. The Sierras would be great if you didn't have to sleep with the Rainbow family every night. Maybe I've just had bad luck but those assholes think that everything is communal property. Hey Trask, why don't you take a vacation down there. I'll buy you a few rounds.

It would be interesting to compare what Bob Marshall and some of his contempoaries did to some of these races. Bob has a wilderness area named after him in Montana but he also did a lot of exploring in Alaska. On one trip he put in back to back 30 mile days with one 60 mile day at the end. All with a pack full of wool, cast iron, and bacon. No hip belt. He died in his fifties from an overdose of bacon.

Hump on up to Bridge Creek wall and take your pick. When it warms up, take water and a snake stick too. It's been ten years since I was up there but I remember doing three different hand cracks in one afternoon. I don't know if any of them are named. They were all in the 10+ range. Thin to OW. There are a few nice lines up there worth the hike.

For anyone who likes Moonstone stuff, the North Bend outlet mall has a Ski Liquidation store that has good prices on factory seconds.

"My first trip up there was in early April on the Muldrow- we got trapped on the Harper in a three day storm, during which time the mercury read -60 at night/-40 during the day for three days, a bunch of our shit blew away, including me flying ten feet airborne in a gust (i'm not exaggerating) that had to have been 125 mph+ while I was outside trying to resecure our tent guylines. I lost 17 pounds in 20 days while on a 6000 calorie a day diet. My facts on the snow temperature are off because I think my brain got frostbite on that trip. which explains everything else about me." Dude! Great story. Hope you 're not typing with one finger. If that's not funny, slap me. Er... poke me. Closed cell definately belongs closest to your body if it gets cold enough to wonder about it.

OK Trask. I,m coming out. My real name is Mr. Bug. Some of you can still call me bug, but only if you aren't a facist right wing closet porno site frequenting whining sock sucking idiot who uses broad generalities to pigeon hole people you don't even know. Boy am I glad I got that off my shell! Oh, if you are female,.........oops, never mind. Got u a bug full meal deal going here. I'm gonna bring in my kids so they can see what daddy really does on the internet. "Why yes honey. That icon is sodomizing that other icon............... I don't know honey. Go ask your mother." I always keep a spreadsheet window exposed so I can full screen it with a click. I also clear my internet history file a few times a day. Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me. I visited a prono site with my wife present so she could see why she might want to check up on her teenage son occaisionally. Here she comes gotta go.

Actually, the snow is colder anywhere the temperature is colder. Snow will not be 32 F if the temperature is -70 F. If it drops below what your padding will insulate you from, you will get cold from below.... Denali can be frigin bug freezing cold too. Still, it is a good idea to pack as light as possible without shorting yourself on the essentials. Lizard brain probably has it right. I do the same basic thing. I also take a thermarest for base camp but mostly because I have an old shoulder injury that acts up if I sleep on it on hard ground. Lots of people go up there in May-June and never see the really cold weather that can and does happen accaisionally. Don't underestimate what Denali can throw at you. There are a few frozen people up there who guessed wrong.

I was attracted to this site by the smell. I reprocess stuff to see how far it will be tolerated. Seems like the locker room rules apply here. So far. It would be a shame to lose the only lively female contributers. Bug will behave. But I still eat shit.

Looks like weather. Guess I'll go climbin.

If you hit high water you might try going up to where the McKinely bar comes out of the Muldrow. I did that once and it worked out fine. It's a lot of extra miles but it's better than sittin in the rain and then going home. You still have to cross a tributary that can be full too but as I remember, it was braided upstream about a mile or so. We followed huge fresh bear tracks up the stream. He ate me and that's how I became a dung beetle.

For anyone whose delicate sensibilities were affronted by my carefully thought out spray: "bugger" was the term used by ancient mariners for sodomizers. They were often thrown overboard and certainly not given any respect. Allison has proven herself as a ruffian as far as I am concerned. I respect her enough to not treat her with kid gloves (anymore). Besides, I'm an avatar. If you take me seriously you will go insane.

quote: Originally posted by mattp: Keith: Consider GRPC 2.2(3)(a) (this form of lameness can be remedied by showing up at the next PubClub, or as soon as practicable, and buying a round). Bullshit. Fill him with beer and poke him with a sharp probe.

I'll be BugR if I get to do Allison from behind.

quote: Originally posted by russ: Got to disagree with Solid Gold being a "sport route" - if you only do the first pitch I could see the argument, but IMHO you haven't done the route if you rap after the first pitch. AAAArgh. I only remember bolts and topping out. But my memory............uhm.....Bob was there.

Where does put your nose Dru?

Write and vote. Statistically, the higher the percentage of voter turnout, the more liberal the outcome and the younger the demographics. Public works such as parks, public transportation, etc do not tend to be supported during low turnout elections. Sorry Fairweather. They are numbers. They won't do anything I tell them to.

quote: Originally posted by tasmith513: Yo Bug, Are you maybe thinking of Sidewinder? It sure sounds like it by your description. But the one I'm thinking of is more northwest of Hidden Valley campground if I remember correctly. Near the the Outback I think. Steve's Canyon or something like that? Well, either way its a great pitch. Yes. Sidewinder. Thank you for correcting my addled gray matter.Another classic 5.9 is Solid Gold near Barker Canyon Dam. Or has that been mentioned already? It is a sport route but still very ascetic.Oh and has anyone mentioned going into the Barker Canyon area under a full moon? Lot's of really interesting climbing that way not to mention wildlife. Figures on a Landscape takes on a whole new feel.

The 3 pitch off width sqeeze chimney on the south side of the Cock in the Sawtooths. Thanks Fred. That's a great name!

Zig zag? Is that that 5.9 south of Hidden valley that ends with a traverse on a tiny ramp? That was fun. I watched a guy launch off the middle of that ramp and leave half a pound of thigh flesh on the lip of the overhang. That was when the bolt was a manky 1/4". Now it's 3/8" and higher.

Man you wouldn't beleive all the road kill along E Lake Sammamish!

Kelty has a line of light packs out. I have one that is 4500 ci. It hauls loads well and is pretty good for climbing. It strips down to 2 lbs for summit day.

quote: Originally posted by AllYouCanEat: I believe it is always smart to be aware of the avi conditions in the area. On the other hand, I never understand why you must judge other people, or deam them as ignorant. The only reason would be to install some confidence in your own abilities by dashing those of others who oviously made the wrong decision. I am guilty of that. Most of you are, too. I have made many bad decisions that I warrented sane decisions at the time. Some have ended badly. Finaly, to sum up my rant, is to die in the backcounry simply a result of dull wit? Of course not. I was once told I would win the darwin award (for skiing on a glacier). I believe we just had different views of what is stupid. The skier probably did too. That's stupid. [ 03-12-2002: Message edited by: Bug ]

If you pull it, use it. A fine enforcer of good manners I once knew pulled a gun on a guy that was driving eratically and the guy ran him off the road, jumped on his hood,and started screaming at him to "shoot you pussy bastard. Shoot!" Then he kicked in the windsheild and stomped all over the hood and told him to stuff that little pop gun up his ars. As Henry Fonda once said to Jimmy Stewart, "Never pull a gun on a man you don't fully intend to kill."