JoshK

a most awesome picture!!!

I was at a gas station on Mercer Island a few years back and there was this old VW bug there with a huuuuge cloud of nasty smoke pouring out the back. The entire gas station was clouded over with this crap. When I went in to pay I asked the guy at the desk what it was all about. The response: "Stupid bitch put deisel in it." HAHAHAHAHHAHA -josh

I heard Bin Laden submitted a paper on a new heuristic for the Travelling Salesman Problem. LOL

Yo...how broken is the Lyman glacier generally? Is this thing tame if you take an easy line up it? I am considering a solo of it but don't remember how slotted the thing is. thanks, -josh

Utah...pfffttt... That summer skiing Crystal opened up that huge snow year like 5 or 6 years back was pretty damn fun.

that's a hell of a lot better than choking on a pretzel... Or puking on a Japanese diplomat...

You even bothered to look into what he does with his time and money outside of music? If you don't like U2, fine, but I think insulting him as a person is pretty low. By the way, what was the last charitable work you did again?

The point was that it is at least something and maybe it got a few people thinking and more aware... After all, are we talking about it? Yup. I would say if it changed a couple of minds in the current and upcoming generation of young people it was worth it. But, hey, that is just my opinion.

Some of you people are complete idiots. A lot of the stars are awesome people that contribute a ton to causes. Bono from U2 has to be one of the best people in this world when it comes to getting a message out and doing what he can. Shut your pieholes if you don't know what you are talking about because I bet the majority of those performers will do more for the world than you ever will.

HAPE or HACE at 14k?? Uhh...ok. I can't really see that happening to anybody in climbing shape, but who knows. I would agree with the possible dehydration. I would just carry way more water and drink constantly. An extra 5 pounds of water will not make the difference between summiting or not. Here in CO i pretty much only climb peaks above 13,500 and no matter how used to the altitude you are, low water equals a nice solid headache. And there is nothing worse than bouncing down boulders or scree with a headache....ugh... -josh

I didn't bother reading this thread...but the reality is Alberto Gonzales is actually *good* compared to the list of schmucks he might choose from. The fact that a bunch of the neo-con bozos consider him "too moderate" is a very good sign. I did a research paper on the guy and I must say he isn't as bad as some liberals might be led to believe. We really could do worse. In particular check out some of his decisions he made regarding abortion when he was on the Texas supreme court. He is against it but upheld pro-choice laws on the base that he considered his job to merely rule on the laws as the existed, not how he might want them. The fact is we aren't going to get somebody I am thrilled with considering we have a bumbling neo-con president and a republican senate, so I've accepted that reality and will be pulling for Gonzales. It all hinges on the good Republicans stepping up to the jackasses on the hard right that will try to get somebody extremely hard-line nominated. As for renquist's possible reitrement (not likely) or passing, I consider it somewhat of a moot point. He is a down the line conservative vote on the court so replacing him is essentially little change from today's situation. Lets just pray the older "liberal" justices, who are all really good people I may add, hang on. John Paul Stevens in particular... It is going to be sad to see him go. Above all else, however, i am sad to see O'Connor go. In today's world of super partisan politics and judicial wars she was a good woman. The fact that you actually didn't know a lot of the time how she would vote was a great thing. -josh

There was a guy next door to me who was considering joining the army. He said to me "It's not going there to die for no reason and republican lies that scares me off, its just what the damn liberal media is saying about the war." Yes, I am being very sarcastic... Inhofe is an idiot.

Well, I'm sure Europe will be more than happy to NOT have you visit. Your loss...

Gotcha. The part about climbing the east ridge on rock, however, is definitely to avoid the inspiration glacier, as it's upper part comprises the NE face of Eldo...

Yes, but one can climb the east ridge direct (3rd/4th class rock scrambling) and avoid the steep glacial bits of the classic "east ridge route" (which is actually more like NE I think). The traverse of the glacier to get to the base of the east ridge involves some hopping of small crevasses, but I've done it unroped, so it ain't that bad. I was referring to the Eldo glacier, not the Inspiration glacier. The Eldo glacier is the one you have to climb to get out of the Roush creek drainage. Once you are on to the inspiration it is indeed trivial from that point forward.

He nails it dead-on. *THIS* is my problem with the Republican party of today, not the differing views of what government should be of the previous 50 years. That was GOOD for the country as debate generally is. Today's politics is garbage. Like he said, we fight about junk issues like Terry Shaivo and Gay Marriage while the role of our country gets more and more twisted.

Just a note...I've done all the suggestions people have thrown out there (sahale, snowking, ruth, eldorado, silver star) and I honestly think the Eldorado glacier is a tad more serious than the others. Granted, it is pretty simple but if your goal is super simple glacier travel then it is a slight step above the others. -josh

Would you be so bitter if we all chipped in some $ to get you a BJ? HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAA Best post I have seen in a while.

Man, the crap they consider "bushwhacking" or "brush" here is nothing!!! This stuff can't even touch the east of crest Cascades brush, let alone the low elevation megabrush on the west side of the crest!! With this said, I dont think Klenke would find enough challenge here.

Anybody else think it is lame that Todd named the fabric "ToddTex" considering it isn't like he invented it or anything? It sounds dorky. IGs use the exact same fabric and they didn't name it BobTex or JoshTex or SteveTex or something. pointless bitch over. -josh

In case y'all are deaf, I would like to again mention that the 301 has a true barometric altimiter and magnetic compass. Considering you can get it for less than the retail of a 201 if you just look online it is the definite way to go, IMHO. The battery excuse is BS. They make AAA lithium batteries now. Just carry an extra set of those -- they weigh nothing.

Wait, I am confused...how in the heck did you get from Ingalls Lake to the Cascadian Coulior?? They are nowhere near eachother. In any event, that is a damn funny TR , but I am just a bit confused.

No chance of convincing Turkey (our only true ally in that entire region) of creation of a Kurdish state...

Afraid of being wiped out?? That has to be the most ridiculous assertion. As CBS said, they are more than willing to kill themselves, no matter what the odds. Fighting insane people willing to die for "religous" reasons is a whole different ball game. How do you suggest partitioning up the country? The current problem isn't the devide between the three groups.

As suspected it is UTS that are the real tools here. I would think twice about letting them profit from yoru little adventure. I have lived nearly the past year in CO and grew up in WA and I can say that the people are pretty much the same. Most nice, some jerks The only thing more laid back in CO is the mountains themselves. T-minus 8 days and then back in the Cascades! Yah!