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  1. Never been to much in the area. During this time of year what would be the best bet to get someplace cool in the pasayten (high peak, etc.) considering road avilability, trail access, etc...
  2. JoshK

    WILD KINGDOM

    I found a squirril at 12k on mount adams once. Couldn't figure it out until I realized some bird caught him then couldn't hold on.
  3. JoshK

    WILD KINGDOM

    LOL! Damn, that's awesome. There isn't much wildlife outside my window save the neighbor's mangy dog and the annoying birds that fight and wake me up every morning. Bald eagles are cool.
  4. I would agree that all religions are particularly sexist in their beginnings. I wont address my general dislike for organized religion as a whole but let's just say I like Islam the same as the rest of them. I'll call a cigar a cigar. The scarfs are a sign of male dominance in their culture. Frankly, I dont give a shit if 0.1% of their female population "likes" them, the fact is in lots of those countries if they dont wear them they'll be stoned or beaten...for religious reasons. Yes, it may be a horrible interpration of a religous writing but the fact remains that it is used to conduct a mass injustice. Will you get stoned if you dont participate in hot dogs and listen to rock n' roll? No, I dont think so. Yes, it's their culture, and I reserve the right to dislike it. Frankly I value the basic rights of a human being over the forced religous and cultural beliefs they had the misfortune of being born into. P.S. I agree about Iraq vs. the other countries there. Our "allies" are the most fucked up.
  5. Climb: McGregor Mountain-North Side Date of Climb: 5/15/2004 Trip Report: I was hoping Forrest would supply us with a humorous TR including a breakdown of the various ski/boot carrying methods we used on this trip, but, alas, it seems it is up to me. Considering this trip happened a week ago I have barely enough interest to write it up, let alone inject humor into it Anyway, last weekend ForrestM, Gordy and myself ski-climbed McGregor mountain. McGregpr is a peak that many have probably not heard of. It is located very near Stehikin and rises above the south fork bridge creek valley. From Stehikin access is fairly reasonable and there is a route to a lookout on the south slopes. The north side, however, is a different ballgame. No trail enters the basin beneath the north side of the mountain and the only reasonable access (save going through stehekin and up and over rainbow lakes pass) is to enter from SR20 on the bridge creek trail. You follow this for several miles and then branch off onto the rainbow lake trails. Once in the wide basin where the drainage you want heads west, you just start going up. Thank god the snow cover had started so schwaking was kept to a minimum. I would imagine this valley is unpleasent without snow. We quickly set up a camp about 4pm on saturday and headed up the mountain around 4:30. I think the summit was reached shortly before 7:30 if I recall. The clouds began to roll in and the temperature began to drop. Fully expecting a lousy ski down we took off. Much to our delight the snow was actually very surprisingly good. The entire descent of 3500 feet or so probably took 20 minutes tops. Soon we were back at camp where Forrest cooked us up a gourmet meal. We all enjoyed a nice long night of sleep and slept in the next morning. The walk out was long, but not that bad. It only took us just shy of 6 hours, which I think was quite fast considering the terrain and conditions. It took us much longer on the way in for routefinding, etc. Gear Notes: Skis, Skins, normal backpacking stuff. Approach Notes: Bridge creek trail starts on snow. You start to lose snow near fireweed camp. It is pretty much snow free until a mile up the rainbow creek trail where it alternates (annoyingly) between snow and trail for what seems like forever. Nearing the basin beneath the rainbow lakes pass it becomes solid snow. The definitely crux of the trip (at least I thought) was finding ways to get across the various rivers. The first log crossing on the bridge creek trail is still intact, but nothing else from that point on is. Forrest was the trip hero for finding us a big ass tree across bridge creek that had recently bit the dust. Wading would not have been an option. I think the S fork of bridge creek would be best desribed as a river most places. It was flowing fast and high.
  6. Huh? Since when am I conservative?
  7. Snowboarders are smart enough to get a pair of crampons on!?!?
  8. JoshK

    Polls

    he needs to pick Edwards! That guy is sweet. Southern, confident, well spoken, well liked, not ugly (something Kerry and Bush cannot claim) and just damn cool.
  9. No, Warren Buffet is a good man, and one of the few who does vote with his mind and heart and not pocketbook. He is a billionaire and supports liberal causes. The fact that PP said to hell with him is a good indication that he is on the side of the just.
  10. Check out the Camp XLC490s. I went with those cause they had a more agressive secondary point and were even lighter still...
  11. His daughter is all dressed up in that "female wrap" they force them to wear over there. I think they should take her away from them for abuse.
  12. Call me crazy, but wouldn't the fact that they already HAVE $100 million mean they're ALREADY doing well? HAHA...sorry, I should have pointed out that I *changed* the quote to what Mr. McCaw really meant. It originally said something like for all people to do well his huge business had to do well or something like that. What is really sad is folks like Bill Gates are now supporting Bush. I remember reading some stuff a few years back about how he actually voted with his brain and not his pocketbook and supported liberal causes. It's sad to see he has now put the anti-trust suit and money above all else.
  13. Simple, convert to an inherently sexist religion (islam works well) and marry a woman of that religion. Unfortunately it has the side effect of getting picked up for terrorism charages. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/05/20/spain.bombings.lawyer.ap/index.html
  14. JoshK

    Polls

    The more debates...the better for Kerry. Bush can't string together a coherent sentence when it's in a pre-written speech. It comes out even worse when he has to..uhh...think...on his feet.
  15. Wow! Billionaires supporting Bush, ya don't say! "I would say the conundrum is that for all people with net worths in excess of $100 million to do well in the country, American businesses have to prosper again," said cellphone pioneer Craig McCaw.
  16. Yeah, and one of the dead was a 63 year old woman. From eveything I have read when everest cooperates (and you get dragged up) things go easy aside from the physical challenge. When shit goes a little wrong, things go downhill real quick. Not much room for margin at that altitude.
  17. Duh...good point. BTW, do they have plans to fix the road?
  18. Please if anybody happens across any other info on this accident post it. I am looking and can't find anything. Is there a whatcom county SAR that could have info???
  19. Snagging a crampon on a tired stumble down from a tough summit is always one of my biggest fears. This is why if the snow conditions allow I will always stop to take the crampons off. They can sometimes do more harm than good...
  20. So do they really fog up less than your glacier glasses? I get real hot easily and sweat quite a bit so I always fog up sunglasses or glacier glasses, it really sucks. You are saying these things, tho being fully enclosed fog up *less*?? If so I'm buying 'em.
  21. Some of the climbs up near Lake Chelan are more easily done with the "lady of the lake" water taxi. You can do goode and logan that way, but I think you are way better off walking the extra miles and going in via highway 20. Bonanza peak is probably easiest from Chelan too.
  22. Cytomax Cytomax nasty ass chit. I used it once and notice that some had leaked out of my water bottle and the caused the paint to peel. Accelerade, now on sale at Supergo $7 for a large container. Where (and what) is supergo?
  23. HAHAHAHA Oh man, that is a good one! I get it, so you see that, cause you have him blocked, so like, your joke is to say "well, it's like cracked is posting that!" Oh man, I am dying here!
  24. Hehe...well, yup, sometimes it doesn't need much. I climbed Sahale during a minor showstorm with tennis shoes. There was about 5" of snow on the glacier. My feet got wet, but it worked out
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