Gary_Yngve

I finally got around to making a website: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gyngve/photos.html

Yeah, they make sure that they themselves don't get hurt, and that bystanders don't get hurt. But if there's a closed room where gunshots came from, I don't think they go inside until they're sure a gun is not going to be used on them too.

I assume the media left out a step here? Like I'd expect some cops to show up and take care of scene safety before the FD went in?

You can park your car at the TH for multiple days and all you need is a forest pass. If a ranger encounters you back there camping or with overnight gear, you might be in some trouble. If you're camping up high like AJ suggests, I think that's a great way to go -- that's what I originally referred to with linking via ridges. If I were thinking of camping near the Stuart/Colchuck trail junction (you could get busted there), I'd just go back to the car (2.5 miles of flats x2 is nothing).

You'll need a permit for the Colchuck Lake too. If you're doing both NR Stuart and Backbone Dtail in a day each, just car-to-car them both -- it's just a few extra miles of flats. That way you don't need to carry overnight gear, and you don't have to lug the big cam for Dtail up Stuart as well.

What routes on Dtail and Stuey? If you're trying to link the two via the ridges and are bivying up there, you do not need a permit. Stuart Lake requires a permit. The advance permits were done around Feb/Mar. If you opt for a walk-in permit, you need to be at the ranger station at like 7:45 AM (yes, that ruins your alpine start).

Maybe they got rejected from Jerry Springer?

That's right. I am not in Information Technology. I am in Computer Science. Now where's the IT guy to tell me why my computer crashes when I open Windows Media Player?

I am not an it.

I'm pretty happy I didn't fall into a crevasse today.

Married professor dude having affair with student? What do you think? We need to speculate without any knowledge of what's going on, just as we do with any mountain accident.

We need to pass a law requiring PLBs before 9AM on UW campus! This incident could have been prevented!

sorry to hear that it's broken. hope it heals fast and you're climbing again by summer!

What clothing?

I wouldn't be too concerned about slightly limited ROM just after the injury. Your body initiated an inflammatory response. It sounds like the limb is usable, so I'd HI-RICE it and take it easy. Starting tomorrow or the day after, I'd work on stretching it to full ROM. If it's not getting better, go to a doctor. An x-ray will tell if bones are broken, but they may not be able to tell about soft tissue damage until swelling goes down. Hydration Ibuprofen (max 2400 mg a day, antiinflammatories still kick in even after pain supression is successful) Rest Ice Compression Elevation (I am not a doctor)

what did i miss in the past few days? please put the memo on my desk by 2 PM.

Do people need to carry batteries too?

:lmao:

I don't know how it works for them. Or if they're running into issues with party sizes. But they were there, selling their case.

We went to the open forum at Town Hall w/ the Secretary of the Dept of Interior and Director of NPS last night. Quite an interesting experience. First, some good news -- there's an awesome-looking budget for the NPS, ramping up from now to their centennial in 2016. Other tidbits: -My god, politicians pander and brown-nose till their brown-faced. Assistants would read statements from congressmen to the Secretary regretting they couldn't attend but they thank him for coming here and they value anything he do for them and thank him for what he's already done... like five minutes worth of zero substance, just to say, welcome to town, bro. -The Secretary was an active listener and taking notes throughout the night, but his face seemed especially tense/poker-faced when global warming came up (as how it could affect the parks). -Much of the talk last night was from the historical side, not the wilderness side. Lots of folks interested in their pet projects. One particularly cool one is that Japanese internment camps becoming historical sites. -Various special interest groups wanted their say. Horseback folks (who do much trail maintenance) had issues with the new regulations requiring feed to be certified as not having weeds. Their problem is that feed is not sold in WA. The orienteering folks want courses established in Natl Parks. Some cleanup/maintenance crews want it to be easier to get approval for helicopters/machinery. -There's some concern about projects just targeting visitor centers and frontpieces, not the park as a whole. -Lots of folks want gateway communities to be considered as major stakeholders. -Getting children into the parks and getting them experiencing nature instead of Nintendo seems to be #1 priority. -If you want to speak at one of these gigs, you need to show up early. You can comment on the NPS plans here: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?parkID=442&projectID=17892&documentId=18372

very cool letter

Vantage was the place to be this past weekend. We even slept under the stars Saturday night. I went with Wayne and Lane, and we must have bumped into at least 20 people we knew. We climbed at MidEast Wall on Saturday and Millennium/Riverview on Sunday. Much less crowded than Sunshine Wall. We climbed all three- and four-star routes and were impressed by the quality of the climbing. George and Quincy didn't have F&W parking passes this past weekend.

fyi - The Mountaineers Basic Rock 2 Fieldtrip will be at Mt. Erie next weekend (Mar 31, Apr 1).

f'n awesome!