JoshK

I've taken one of my best friends who is black out backpacking with me a couple of times. It's funny, because he always throws out the "you white people are crazy" and "black people don't climb mountains" lines to me. We've always had a good time backpacking, but he's said he has no interest in doing anything too much more adventurous in the hills. I think the mentioned socioeconimc reasons do have a lot to do with it, but I also think the fact that there are so few black climbers/alpinists to follow after is a factor.

It kind of looks like the cathedral rock area in the picture of the crazy dude jumping off into the snow

No, but someone is an idiot for ditching school or a good stable job to take a high paying job at a dot com who claims their business model is going to be selling <insert dumb product here> over the internet. Lots of people I know took it for granted that they'd always be able to get easy jobs with high pay requiring no skills.

It's sunny days like this that make me want to quit...but then the cruel reality that lots of my friends are in the same boat as you guys sets in...sigh...

Yes, lift 1, the high speed quad at alpental. No, it's not very nice, but I have a pass to the slummit and can ride up and climb that ice at night under the ski lights. So for that reason, it's unique.

anybody been up to alpy in the last few days and seen if there is any ice left on the rocks off to the skier's right of the armstrong express lift?

I think penis enlargment is a *must* for anybody living in a chick-magnet pad such as that. You need to have enough to go around.

so eric, sounds like it was a no-summit?

Damn...smart stuff. Crap, now people with real skills (read: not web developers and dot commers) are getting layed off.

catbirdseat, if you don't mind sharing, I'm curious what industry/field you are in?

The amount of good stuff you can get to on that highway really makes me wish I had a snowmachine.

I lost a crampon in a deep fucking crevase on the price glacier on shuksan late this fall. If you are nearby, please repel in and look for it.

Here is my beta...GORE TEX

tlg, I can safely assure you that their are plenty of opportunities to climb ice (in the dark or not) with the help of margaritas outside of ouray. In fact, doesn't climbing with a thermos of hot buttered yukon jack sound even better?

I think I'll probably be up there tomorrow some time. If I do go, I'll post a report.

"Meanwhile, the fallen trees remain in Colman Park, looking "like pick-up sticks," Seattle parks spokeswoman Dewey Potter said." Good to see that even though he figured it was his right to cut down the trees, he still thought it was the city's obligation to clean them up. What a dickhead.

Ed from Yakima county SAR just called and confirmed that yes, they have been found. They came out around dog lake, a little ways east of the summit. Glad to hear that everybody is ok. Also glad to hear we wont be asked to search in tomorrow's sure-to-be-nasty storm.

Hopefully they can narrow down a search area with those tracks, because come tonight the tracks are going to buried under lots of new sloppy snow. Does anybody else know the area around white pass well? From limited studying of the topos, it seems that the white pass end of the chinook-to-white tour is where you'll find generally less threatening terrain.

you are better than us...heheh

http://www.king5.com/topstories/NW_010303WABmissing_skiers.5314fc12.html the newer news articles now mention James' name in them.

Has anybody else noticed that practically everybody has voted everybody else to an even 2 star rating? It's good to see we all think so highly of eachother.

I just called the number listed on Yakima's SAR web site. The guy who answered the phone took down my contact information and said they would be reavaluating the situation in a few hours and would take account that I volunteered to help if need be. I also mentioned that I could probably round up several other people if nescessary (meaning those on this board.) I will post again if I hear back with any news.