Gary_Yngve

My mom told me about her experience at Stonehenge in 1968. Very different from my experience, which I wrote up on the UW board: http://uw.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2078

I have a variety of pics from London, Bath, Salisbury (and Stonehenge), and Cambridge. highlights of the trip included: bicycling to Stonehenge the Oxford-Cambridge boat race on the Thames Bach's Easter Oratorio in King's College Chapel on Easter Eve eating/drinking at pubs/cafes frequented by some of the brightest minds of the 20th century

I spent a week in England. Exciting, but no climbing. I have a bunch of pics from skiing and hiking this winter, though the last time I brought my laptop to PubClub, I got made fun of. Maybe sometime when I have more of a chance to prep pics, say the Spring picnic...

Rock on!

I dig Big Time! I can stumble home easily! I've been to maybe one pub club since the New Year? That has to change...

I don't know where you're getting that. The news this morning sounds like he himself is "letting go". He's letting go, but they're not letting him go. They're delaying an inevitable death by maybe a few days. And at the considerable expense of fancy doctors, equipment, and drugs. That same money spent elsewhere could save thousands from famine.

John Paul II has a UTI that has progressed into sepsis and decompensatory shock. He's only being kept alive by intensive care and powerful drugs. When's the Vatican going to let him go?

In the words of Mark Twight, "In the time you spent counting calories, you could have been TRAINING!" More seriously, the sample meal you posted looks more like 3000 calories, not 6000. Since you're doing two trips back to back, I'd actually not use this trip as a test of your systems. I'd bring plenty of food, and fresh tasty food at that. Enjoy it while you can. When you need to go light, you can skimp on quality. You want to stay well nourished on your first trip so that you will be at 100% for your second. On the latter trip, you can abuse your body. Four a six-day trip with no desire for pleasure, I've done: two pounds of couscous six Clif bars oatmeal for six days two sandwiches w/ Munster cheese per day a foot of HC

Kurt, I second that. When I was in the airport a week ago, I was trying to rid myself of the constant drone of CNN and Terry Schiavo. I sat down and pulled out my headphones to crank on Bad Religion. At that point, I heard someone behind me mutter, "See, look at that! She's smiling!" Annoyed, I retorted, "And clouds sometimes look like ducks." They were mystified by my comment, so I explained the idea of consistent, reproducible behavior. Then they replied that the parents think their daughter responds to them. I retorted, "That's human nature. That's what they want to believe. How many times have I thought that a girl liked me but she didn't?" In the next few minutes, I engaged in a conversation with three preachers on their way to do missionary work in Kenya. They were adamant that this case was brought on by the abortionists and that if her life was not saved, that all old people would start to be killed off. They were shocked to find out that I did not get my news from Fox or Drudge Report, the only middle-of-the-road sources. Finally I was able to break out of the conversation and drown my ears in some punk.

There are no rules aside from ethics regarding environmental impact. Even then, you can screw the rules if you're elitist enough. Just don't lie about your style.

Camp stoves are allowed, provided no remaining fuel vapors. http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1187.xml *All* lighters are now prohibited. http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?theme=40&content=0900051980105a77

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But you can't carry stormproof matches.

??? That's news to me. I've taken a canister-based stove with me before. The luggage it was in even got searched by the Department of Homeland Security.

An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship. The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because the passion and mystery he found there. The engineer said, "I like both." "Both?" "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done."

We saw those tracks across Lower Thorton Lake from Trapper Peak. We weren't sure if those were human tracks because the lake looked thin from above and we saw those holes. Good thing you guys are light! Triumph. Pickets and girls for Tom.

That pretty much sums it up. On Valentine's Day evening, the three or four women I've been most interested in the past year and a half were single, either working or hanging out with the herd to keep the predators at bay. And my phone was ringing off the hook with all my doods saying, "Girls are whacked. She's nutz. But why are we so vulnerable to them?"

I have this problem too. I get bored and lose interest. There's a Seinfeld episode that sums it all up as a chess match between Jerry's penis and Jerry's brain. penis: Just one more week! brain: Sure, you get all the fun, but you have no idea what it's like the next morning! I've pretty much come to the conclusion that because I have so much to do (work, climb, cello, volunteer, hang out w/ friends, etc.), that it's not worth my time any more to date anyone but the superlative -- and even then, I have little time to spare. And the superlatives are so busy themselves that they likewise aren't dating anyone at all either.

I noticed that Colin had not turned his hw in on time.

Thanks for posting! The show was awesome! (and the little kids had the coolest questions!)

Anyone have any issues with this? This past weekend my stove (MSR Dragonfly) was leaking through the pump. I disassembled and inspected it last night, and didn't see anything wrong with it. It's working fine now (though I didn't test it last night in sub-freezing conditions). Earlier this year the stove was performing just fine in even colder conditions, but maybe the O-rings have aged more. The manual mentions about the O-rings and the cold and suggests placing the pump in your sleeping bag overnight. I wonder if NASA suggests placing the Space Shuttle in a sleeping bag overnight...

Yep, I was surprised to randomly bump into Fred twice over two days (in both Squamish and Whistler).

Look for the gray-haired dude in both photos, one from Sat morn and one from Sun afternoon. That's my friend Lindsay, not your friend Inger.

Me too. My roommate got a phonecall yesterday that made me so jealous. And I was invited too, but I had to be at work. The phonecall was, "Meet me at Boeing Field in an hour." The end result was three and a half rolls of Velvia filled with Cascades aerial goodness.