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walking up the TJ trail is a refreshing change from starting at t-line though - being in the trees for an hour or two makes the grandeur of the open alpine slopes more fantastic (one of the reasons i like climbing on most rainier routes more) plus it makes you feel more like you've earned the summit

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKK YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! and it's on like donkey kong...

jesus christ son! i don't know what the hell you're doing over there in your little communist paradise but here a real man let's his dog shit out in the front yard - you better mind the landmines!

as it is currently, no new development can occur at all on the north side, given the park's restrictions - can this requirement to get things approved first be viewed then as a compromise (which tradionally are dissatisfing to all involved)? the park'll be content to just keep the whole face in a de facto shutdown forever - is that better than having to jump through a bunch of hoops? more pressure could be applied of course to open up the whole thing w/o restrictions, but do you see any realistic chance of that occuring?

Congregation, please be seated and open your prayer guides to the book Of revelations, psalm 69 Drinking the blood of jesus Drinking it right from his veins Learning to swim in the ocean Learning to prowl in his name The body of christ looked unto me A preacher with god-given hands He wants you to suck on the holy ghost And swallow the sins of man Psalm 69 The invisible piss of the holy ghost Comes down like acid rain They’re making a bonnet of terminal guilt The scavengers go on parade The fathers who write that eternity Is used to fight the sword Have filled you up with the devil’s cock And he’ll come in the name of the lord The way to succeed and the way to suck eggs

Dick Cheney only cares about the black gold. Face it. We didn't give a shit about Sudan. We didn't give a shit about Rwanda. We ain't gonna care about Mongolia. what about 10 years from now? after they make the super tear-jerker hollywood oscar-studded mega-blockbuster staring a flabby tom cruise as the desperate half-charcoaled cabron and a petulant mini-me as his gay dwarf nephew who forgot to talk him out of it- all in a dilipidated restraunt which'll give the flick it's title - "the mongolian grill of despair" speaking of hollywood - they appear to have given a shit about tibet for years now - has it amounted to anything? (honest queston - it doesn't appear so to me but all i know about tibet i learned from brad pitt and eddie murphy )?

nelson's gudes are easier/friendler to work w/ but much more limited than beckey (also cheaper) - a serious man starts w/ beckey and a tourist w/ nelson - half the fun is the mystery of the unknown so having some grey areas in the beta isn't all bad no permits for shuskan - need permit to camp in boston basin and might be annoying to get if on a weekend but doing it car-car is very reasonalbe and bivying above the basin in practice generally puts you beyond the eyes of The Man

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i agree w/ matt here - this is mostly a rock climb - plus the standard route would be tedious and annoying for the way up - work on your skills and then go and do the north face route and descend the standard - much cooler. if you have the time, definitly get in a climb of mt shuksan (nooksack is a smaller satellite peak on the massif) - the fisher chimeny route and sounds like a perfect match for your wishes (mostly snow, but a bit of easy rock thrown in, including a beautiful summit pyramid to scramble up)

you saw johannesburg on your last trip - time to do the ne buttress! the rock is all very easy, but there's a bunch of vertical bushwacking to be done before you get to it and the final snowfield - a wierd climb but a fantastic setting - you'll be able to look back at everything you've done already, which heightens the enjoyment

um dan - i know you're way ahead of us all but i think it's actually wendsday

word. "weed'll get you through times w/ no money better than money'll get you through times w/ no weed"

you clearly have never met any of the folks i climb w/ - shit i dont pay for ! the pleasure of my company more than makes up for the price i exact...

not if you're an emunclaw rancher! oh wait - is beastiality considered out of bounds in land?

who was whining dumb-fuck? i said you'd be poor if you teach. my wife and i are both teachers - my wife's staying home for the next 2 years with our young children b/c, if she went to work instead and we paid the most basic childcare (essentially some meth-head showing reruns of teletubbies to the 30 crackers jammed into her trailer living room) we'd only net an extra $150 a month. if we had a third child, we'd qualify for food stamps. the combined mileage of my family cars is roughly equiavelent to the distance apollo 13 covered. you want to split hairs on the meaning of "poor" or should we start w/ "is" instead? again, not whining. i entered into the field w/ eyes wide open (8 years ago, in a state that paid only $25k a year to starting teachers). i enjoy the work, i usually enjoy the kids, i take full advantage of my vacation time. it's a good job w/ a lot of stability, provided yer not a pederast. the original poster got it right though - you teach, you don't have much money for gear (ask anyone i climb w/ about my ratty ass shite). i got $25 of personal money a month - still trying to pay off the shit i had to get for last summer. if you're single you'll make plenty to buy what you want as long as it's within reason. regardless, time is more valuable than money and skimping on gear on wild climbs just makes you feel more like an old-timer.

must be a master vampire then as he does, according to The Big Book, walk around in the daylight did anyone mention if the zombie/blood-sucker/hellion-of-the-night was gay already?

ar! a release ta free verse! walt-by-goddamn-yer-black-arse-whitman minding the tiller now!

ar - a vulture be a more manly comportment! 'specially one w/ a peg-leg...

yer diabtribe'd sound alot better w/ a cock 'n yer trap

um - so - i guess treetoad wins?

yup - had the same thing happen last year

man - i needed to see this!

holy thread murdering mega picture post batman!

Well I've drunk to drown, on every ocean I've been Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen's land Well I drank with the Sultan, down the Suez Canal Cause Every Dog Has Its Day Like every woman, she gets her own way And if there's a ship that sails tonight I'll captain that too, just to be there with you Well there was old Jerry Rooney, who was mad as a mule Spillblood Maloney had a head like one too That night on the bridge, with my shovel in hand Well he threatened to kill me, for sure he picked the wrong man Cause Every Dog Has Its Day Like every woman, she gets her own way And if there's a ship that sails tonight I'll captain that too, just to be there with you Well there was mutiny in Lagos, aboard the mean ship Skondi Ten or twelve days in prison, till the bastards set me free McCloskey you're free Cause Every Dog Has Its Day Like every woman, she gets her own way And if there's a ship that sails tonight I'll captain that too, just to be there with you Now I love the sea and she wants me back So I leave this ol' harbor, with the wind at my back Goodbye mother Theresa, I hope the kids settle down I must head for the Chinas, pray to God I don't drown For Every Dog Has Its Day Like every woman, she gets her own way And if there's a ship that sails tonight I'll captain that too Cause Every Dog Has Its Day Like every woman, she gets her own way And if there's a ship that sails tonight I'll captain that too, just to be there with you

well - if they're freaky freaky enough why not both at the same time?