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Yeah, individual freedom sucks. How can they claim faith in a religion that "merges science and religion" yet discriminates against women for faith based reasons. Jackasses.

looks like a fun trip, thanks for the pics paul&sergio. How crevassed is that glacier? I was thinking of heading up ruth for a solo ski objective.

Yes, it is truly a sagging point in cc.com activity at the moment.

Couldn't have said it better myself, (the other) Josh...

Thanks for the info. My "run" on si generally degrades into a very fast hike, truth be told. Still sounds like great excercise, which is what I'm aiming for.

I want to go for a run after lunch today. I was going to go do mount si, cause it's quick and I know where it is. everybody is always taking about mailbox peak. I admit a change of locale would be nice. how do I get there and how does it compare to si in distance, elevation, etc? i'm just looking for an uphill jog, so views/etc. are secondary.

Funny, dipshit, how I am a "enviro-peacenik-protesting wacko" even though I've never protested anything and didn't even take a hard stance against the war. Moron.

as i'm sure you've heard a million times, there are good fats and bad fats. In the grand scheme of things, nuts are high in good quality fats and contain some protein to boot. I often carry them with me in the B/C. And you can't be the taste.

1.) I dont give a shit about posturing one way or another. Clinton (or bush, or whoever) can be religous in their private lives all they want. It's went the politics of this country get influenced by the family-value crap religous right and their ideals that the problems start. 2.)This is the most idiotic fucking thing I have ever heard. Ripping down trees and poluting the earth ruins it. If you are too fucking stupid to realize this, you can't be helped. 3.)Again, it's not who it's coming from, it's what they want to do. the christian right in this country is a powerful (and frankly scare) force that, if they had their way, would have us living in a single language, single religion barracaded society. 4.)Whatever. I hope the debacle of the last few years wakes up the large group of seldom-voters and helps get rid of that schmuck.

Dustin, Matt and co. are right. The approach is long for a short climb, but the area is so beautiful, and the overall experience so great it's definitely worth it. In summer, I used only a few cams (mid range sizes), a couple of stoppers and a large hex or two. Go up or down based on your experience on rock of that difficulty. Again, snow may change things, so if it was me, personally, I'd err on the side of more gear. One thing to consider is getting off. On the summer it's 3 or 4 easy repels off the north side off blocks that are already slung with enough webbing, etc. to choke a donkey. It's possible that some of that stuff is snowed over so you may have to get creative. Somebody who has climbed it during this time of the season could probably be of more help. Have fun and bring a camera!

Erik, I'll pay you to stop posting in all caps.

Erik, nobody is ripping on the guy. It's perfectly fair to point out that the prices may not be the best around.

mmm, sailors. You like semen...err...seamen...do you? Couldn't resist..

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Eric's comment on WR prusik is the same as what I would say. It's a *very* short climb for walking all that way, and it's much easier than the 5.7 rating would have you believe, at least in summer. For that reason, I bet it would be fun with some snow on it combined with another climb in the area. There is some sort of 5.8ish chimney variation on the last pitch that I took which was pretty fun, but god knows what that would look like with snow in it.

You looking to do W ridge of prusik?

You're lucky. I sweat like a hooker in church as it is, get me scared shitless on some hot rock in summer and it's even worse. I'll take my chalk aid thanks.

Shit, seriously, I get that same thing. It's things like this that make me wanna smack somebody.

Saaaweeet pics!

I saw the pics. Looked *beautiful*. Great thing to wake up to.

The south american developing countries are huge culprits. Not only polluting like shit but ripping down their rain forests to raise cattle for fuckin' mcdonalds.

Somebody tell him we don't want a christian fundamentalist government here either while he's at it.

I know this isn't what you were looking for, but I was up there around this time last year, and you could drive to within 3 miles of the trailhead. Remember last year was a heavy snow year with a particularly high amount of snow at the lower elevations. My educated guess would be you could get pretty close to the trailhead, maybe within a mile. Again, that's just a guess, so don't rely on it for any real planning. It's a great time of year for the sulphide glacier route. Take skis, it's an awesome ski outing, and the summit pyramid was great neve last year, rather than a loose rock gully.