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quote: Originally posted by erik: quote:Originally posted by Greg W: Good point. When do we? Oh, um, can you teach me how to? Besides a complete lack of skill, I am totally ready to go. Greg W i might know some ladies that can help there ole buddy!!!! Duh, why do you think I was asking Sarah for some "instruction"?

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: quote:Originally posted by Greg W: Great Northern Slab at Index (wasn't altogether serious but wouldn't that be cool?) Depends if you think WI 2 is cool or not... Since that would be a good grade for me to start learning at, I think it's great (plus it's 15 minutes from my house).

quote: Originally posted by sayjay: awww, c'mon, think big, man! sounds like a great idea to me! then again, for the cost of the hose we'd need to get up there we could probably just buy a few plane tix to Ouray... or New Hampshire! Good point. When do we go? Oh, um, can you teach me how to ice climb before we go? Besides a complete lack of skill, I am totally ready to go. Greg W

quote: Originally posted by cartman: ... never tasted shit though I heard you were into the chocolate trombone...

Great Northern Slab at Index (wasn't altogether serious but wouldn't that be cool?)

quote: Originally posted by mikeadam: I'm heading up to Muir right now. Wish me luck with some dry and light. Rip it up, dude. Lucky bastard...

Mike's post gives me an idea. It was pretty cold at my house this morning. Maybe we could set up a hose at the top of the GNS for a few weeks this winter. I've got 90' that I'm not using this winter. Anyone else want to contribute?

Saw a hint of snow on Pilchuck last night driving home. Also, snow on Stickney and the mountains out Index way. SNOW, SNOW, SNOW!!!

quote: Originally posted by RobBob: That's it, I've heard enough. Let's just go ahead and take Canada now, just for the water supply. Water, hell. Let's take Canada for the oil...DRILL, DRILL, DRILL!!!!!!

What day were you up there? I was descending at about 3:30 on Sunday.

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: Sex starved? Isn't he the one with gads of puppy-porn? Remember Jon, lipstick around your hand does NOT equal a girlfriend. rbw1966 is rolling today!! Good one.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by rbw1966: A canadian giving adice on how to conduct war is akin to a priest giving a lecture on sex. Who beat your ass and burned down the white house in 1812? OH YEAH!!! Well, well...your money looks weird!!! Ha!! Take that!!!

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: A canadian giving adice on how to conduct war is akin to a priest giving a lecture on sex. Actually, to come to Dru's defense, the Canadians fought with distinction in World War II; both in ground forces and the RAF. [ 10-29-2002, 03:44 PM: Message edited by: Greg W ]

I don't think it's a full 600' yet.

I'm 5 and was riding my neighbor's bike down the hill in front of our house. Our street Teed into another street and as I approached this intersection at a decent rate of speed a car (stationwagon, I think) entered the intersection. What to do? In my quick thinking (forgetting brakes), I put my head down and prepared to ram the car! I broadsided the car, fell over, and ran away when the driver got out to ask if I was okay. I ran home and hid in my room until the guy figured out where I lived and told my mom what happened. Mom thought I had a concussion - absolutely no damage; jury is still out on after affects.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: quote:Originally posted by Greg W: quote:Originally posted by rbw1966: Do you ever find yourself wondering whether the activities of your government may be questionnable? Like why they take so much of my money? Sure. I believe that the military is the purview of the government and that the military has a specific purpose. I do question why our government sends our military on bullshit "humanitarian" missions. Yeah. Saving people from natural disasters etc. bad. Enforcing a peace or ceasefire, bad. Killing people good. Especially civilians or friendly forces. Fuck dat humanitarian shit. More killing! Every time you post like this you help renew my faith in Canadians as a people. Thank you. I'm weepy

quote: Originally posted by iain: in short, I think people should only ride in on snow beasts from the emp. strkes bck. that would be acceptable. But imagine the brown coils those things drop!!

quote: Originally posted by vegetablebelay: quote:Originally posted by Greg W: Maybe it's uniforms. Doctors wear coats and scrubs, pharmacists too. Mailmen wear those uniforms and they go nuts. Shit. I wear a tie - you think that counts? Just, uh, stay away from me. Okay, man? Calm down and put the letter opener away. Okay?

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: Do you ever find yourself wondering whether the activities of your government may be questionnable? Like why they take so much of my money? Sure. I believe that the military is the purview of the government and that the military has a specific purpose. I do question why our government sends our military on bullshit "humanitarian" missions.

Maybe it's uniforms. Doctors wear coats and scrubs, pharmacists too. Mailmen wear those uniforms and they go nuts.

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: everything up in the enchantment lakes area was frozen over the weekend. need more waterfalls up there I wouldn't say it was "all frozen over"; there was ice on the edges of the streams and thin ice on some of the lakes. Cavey, the outfall of Vivianne was flowing and had ice forming on the sides. Coming down off of Asgaard (shitty chosspile) there were some flows forming up, but still running with water underneath. [ 10-29-2002, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: Greg W ]

quote: Originally posted by MtnGoat: So basically, your religion of the mtns supercedes their religion of the mtns, right? Oh, you're in for it now, E-rock

quote: Originally posted by Necronomicon: Can you refute the issue, or can you only attack me personally? That's the point dipshit (can't resist the personal attack), there is no issue. The author of this article is trying to MAKE an issue where none currently exists. What is the issue? The military trains men for a very specific task (or set of tasks). How many millions of men have passed through the military since WWI? Just because a few extremely evil & bent-minded people have decided to kill a mass amount of people COINCIDENTALLY also served in the military (in what degree we do not know) does not make military training the source of this evil. Greg W P.S. Point taken, Erik. [ 10-29-2002, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: Greg W ]

quote: Originally posted by E-rock: RobBob, since you are polling us for an opinion and this is something I feel very strongly about (and Caveman bullied me into responding with childish insults ), I'm going to speak my mind. I'll go much farther than to say that snowmobiles (and jetskis) should be banned from NP's, I think they should be restricted to a very finite number of specified locations where they are separated from all other forms of winter (and summer) recreation. I believe that people who partake in the use of snowmobiles and jetskis have no sense of aethetics and no reverence for the natural environment. Over the years I have had my altercations with 'bilers in the backcountry. My opinion is that they are generally a bunch of drunken, ape-draped, homophobic, brutes who feel empowered by their gas-burning toys and feel a need to overcompensate for their masculine insecurities. I think the practice of high-marking is destructive to the human spirit and our respect for the mountains. The high marking of high, steep slopes is done with such ease and speed that several sleds can track out an enormous mountainside in a matter of minutes. Because this act is so easy to commit, it makes the mountains feel smaller than they really are. It inflates the human reference frame to the point where we can view ourselves to be as significant as the mountains themselves, which on geologic and spatial scales is not true. I remember once talking a group of 'bilers out of beating me and my friend to a pulp, because my bigmouthed friend was yelling off the ridge at them. They believed that they had more of a right to be in the mountains than us because they "payed taxes on their sleds". These are the sorts of people who ride snowmobiles. They are the same people who bitch and complain that the governent taxes them against their will, then contend that their taxes have bought them priviledges (rights even!). The snowmobiler is a particularly odd sort of redneck, he (and I say HE because you see very few female high-markers/recreational sledders) comes from the city with his money, his gas burning toys, and his irreverence. He pollutes the land with noise and fumes, pisses off the locals, frightens the wildlife, and then goes home to his life of societal insecurities. The reason I was reluctant to post this is that many people on this site may use snowmobiles themselves for approaches. My opinion is biased against this for two reasons: I cut my backcountry teeth in a place where access was easy and snowmobiles were unrequired, and I choose not to access those places where a snowmobile would be necessary. Perhaps I would feel less strongly about snowmobiles as access vehicles if the four stroke engine was readily marketed. I think the two-stroke engine is a disgusting, wasteful excuse for engineering. Furthermore, I'm reluctant to say these things because: 1. I criticize backcountry snowmobilers for claiming their 'right' to recreate supercedes mine, while... 2. At the same time I contend to have 'more' of a right to visit the mountains in unmotorized peace. I am unable to reconcile this paradox in my own mind and fall back on the philosophical aspects of my opinion as expressed above. Whew!! Your pucker's a little tight there bro. Have a

quote: Originally posted by rbw1966: Did I miss something? What was factually inaccurate about that article? I never said it was inaccurate, just sensationalistic and devoid of meaning. There is no point or conclusion to that story, just an attempt to demonize the military. And I don't just don't like Necro; he's a pussy for not showing at the Rope Up.