I think it is a memorial to a climbing accident way back. Remember, Cooper Spur was the original "standard" route on Hood long before Timberline or T-line road were around. At one point a steel cable was hauled up the route for people to use as a hand line.
Now that's a good one. Did you come up with that on your own, iain?
It's on the back of the helmet of someone in Portland Mountain Rescue, not sure who said it but pretty funny.
no they make a nice football but you're pretty much limited to laterals so it's more like a rugby game.
my friend has a yellow lab that is well-behaved but not very bright. when he sees a daschund my friend says "that's a funny looking cat isn't it..."