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not more PTL data gathering...

amazing what a run will do for you.

raising the driving age simply means less chances to get laid until you're 18. school shootings would increase. QED.

The north sister is legendary for rockfall and chossy conds in general. This is an early spring mountain in my opinion. I can't see the benefit of climbing it at this time, but I bet the majority of people do. Snow seems to scare people away. Personally I'd rather be axe-belayed on steep snow/ice than climbing stacked graham crackers with no pro and an atrocious fatal runout.

sometimes shit happens. same happened to a friend of a friend on fisher chimneys. slipped on some 4th class stuff trying to get off the mtn in a hurry after climbing the n. face of shuksan, took a slide, 1 tiny ledge from a certain fatality. broke his arm, had to be airlifted off the mountain, never climbed again.

addict!

ah, well all in the name of research. thank you for contributing your body to science. admirable.

that would be a pretty miserable way to die. pants down at the bottom of a rap with turds all over you. I can think of better ways to go

what the hell are you guys eating out there that produces all these bowl movement problems

the trollometer 2000 is pegged!

those look like asics kayanos, suckers last for years. ran pdx marathon in a pair after at least a year of abuse from a 180-something runner on trails. finally stopped wearing them when there was no rubber left on the sole.

even the wheelbarrow and scottish mutt were taken?

what's with the shoe robbob? new running program and you need to remind yourself to get off your ass when you are on the board?

crappy anchor

a random stone sticking out of the snow in a gulley in the battle range. couldn't get the webbing too far down on it so some serious leverage on that sucka closer to home, a picket and stacked pile of rocks down a gulley on steel cliffs, hood

I thought payton was the perfect answer for the blazer's stoudamire woes. too bad.

ouch!

Perhaps the AAC would be interested in a cleanup event as was done before I think...

I thought Twight said when rocks are falling stay the hell off the mountain. I see no reward for climbing things like Yocum out of season. Doesn't matter what skill you have on that dirt, you're just as likely to get the chop as someone you pick up off the street in those conditions.

just bring your VHF along on the rcmp freq. and key the mic with duct tape. probably would only give you 20yrs-life if you were caught too

...and there's no chance that a bunch of old guys back in the 1700's would not necessarily predict what life would be like in 2003...they'd probably laugh at us for trying to follow the letter of these laws w/o budging

malone's a loud-mouthed moron pretty fitting lineup for l.a.

Seeing as it is already so difficult to get people to buy avalanche beacons when there is an obvious threat to life, and PLB's cost more than avi beacons and are even less-likely to be used, I don't really see them flying off the shelves. I guess they have been pretty key on some searches in Alaska for snowmo's and stuff though.

gotta love a good plague story.