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Trask, what the fuck is up with the suicide thing? I'm beginning to think we need to worry about you... and I don't want to do that.

So true, So true, If I were a chick, That's what I'd do

I just want to know who's lost control of thier ship LEAST frequently.

Stuart Glacier was no prob this weekend. There are open crevasses on the lower half but none through the traverse route. Do bring crampons. The snow was hard to ice in some places. You can get away without an axe, but I was glad I had one. We wore mountaineering boots, and I was glad I did given the descent route. Not much water after the glacier. Though, we did catch snow drips in one of the gullies on the way... enough to fill bottles if you have the time to wait. Bring plenty of bug juice. Flies and mosquitoes are vicious right now.

Stim came into the shop the other day looking for a 60 meter 8.5 bi-weave rope. That struck me as a little strange. We don't get many climbers looking for a sophisticated rope, let alone ones in their twilight years. I gave him a bit of a cockeye and asked him what kind of climbing he was planning on doing. We got to talking and bit by bit I recalled I'd seen this guy before. At the end, I asked him his name and he replied Stimson Bullitt. I'm glad I've had the pleasure of meeting the fine gent... and I hope I'm still shopping for climbing gear at his age. Here's to you, Stim

On the last night of a four day trip through the Pickets, my partner pulls out a package of Stove Top Stuffing and a few dried cranberries. It made enough for him and enough to tease the rest of us with a few spoonfuls. Yumm, it was dreamy Kinda weird though... it doesn't taste as good at home

I just think of all of the heavy roadway particulate that will fall to this area. It's about the last place I'd want to send my kids to recreate. I's about the last place I'd want to. Just think of the black boogers and snot you'll be blowing out... yuck. My fault for not reading the thread closely, but this money that's earmarked... could it be spent elsewhere? I can think of a dozen other better places, Gasworks, Myrtle Edwards, Volunteer, Freeway Park...

Think about volumes... it's very much a specialty item that addresses a very narrow market. If manufacturers were cranking through several million of these a year, I could see the cost driven down to soemthing well below $100 (prob < $20.) However, how many of these things move off the shelf per season... a couple ten thousand maybe? Given that, $200 - $300 sounds understandable.

DAVE SCHULDT... where are you??!!

Yeah chucK, but were the taps clean??

I have DeLorme Topo and HATE IT It uses USGS data points to render fancy 3D profiles that I never use and has a hard time drawing the smooth contour lines I'm more famiar with in USGS maps. It fails to reference many common places, peaks, ridges... and that's makes it next to useless for searching for all but the most common destinations My advice, get National Geographics Topo.

Can you stinkin' believe it? We got rained on.

She's good lookin and can climb... double plus

I might wear a sarong when in a tropical climate, but utilikilts are fuckin' corny

CBS is being a little bashful about details on the late start. He failed to mention that we picked the wrong granite sidewalk to start off on... we passed the camp and drove up the road till it abruptly ended a couple hundred feet up the road. The avalanche debris seemed to fit the description, and we saw what appeared to be a granite sidewalk... yep, that must be it. An hour later, unwilling to admit that we could possibly be wrong, we found ourselves skittering precariously over sketchy slime covered slabs. The route description did say "and try not to slip", this must be it. We finally tossed in the towel once we began battling BW3 devils club. Note to others, it's the wash you just drove over, silly. Look "up" for a hubcap that marks the spot. Whatever the case, the wait was well worth it. Darrington is worthy Now go get some!

Dave, what's an onee?

Looks like mixed reviews on the Kort Haus. Let's see if we can sort this out: So Suck or Not So SuckSo SuckBlows GoatsI'd come backThis Place Rocks!

Hey, what's up with the cancer log, Greg? If you don't watch out, you'll end up looking like this

All I know is the place is never busy and we could pretty much dominate the space. I'm not sure about tables. It's more of a lean up against a barstool and mingle kinda layout. I like the idea of Shultzy's too. Mmmm, but it has the same kinda space challenges.

Yep, it's that divey looking place. It ain't no fern bar, that's fer sure.

How about the Kort Haus Tavern (sp?) on Phinney Ridge? It's a classic dive with historic crust, just the kinda place for dirtbag climbers. Red Mill Burgers is just around the S-turn and the place proudly boasts Vegetarin Fare (which are probably veggie dogs )

Funny this thread popped up today. My sister finally woke up to the fact that I'm climbing and she sorta freaked. Actually, she didn't freak, but she gives me the classic, "OMFG, that's so dangerous, you be very careful, yada yada yada." I mean, the last thing I want is to go sailing over a cliff with an ice tool impaled in my chest. I'm careful already, jeesh

Um... I think my ex won't climb because of me

Yep, we ran into him too at the head of Easy Ridge about 3:00 PM. He had a most satisfied grin on his face. I don't blame him, though. By that point it was pretty much a coast home from there (at least for him... it took us a full day.) We skirted the impasse as well, but we took the slabs up rather than bushwhacking it. We did have to burrow through thick trees at the top. That so sucked. Perfect Pass was nice, though. It was certainly my best night of sleep. Rain through the night and into morning kept us in bed till 9:00. We decided to bail on a summit bid given we didn't have enough time to wait it out. The slabs were slicker'n snot coming down, so we did a low angle rap down. Needless to say, our double rope rap snagged. Again, so suck. Heading out on the trail, we came across a big ass garbage pile that we encountered coming in. It was some abandoned squatter's camp full of shit: two stinky army down sleeping bags, clothing, batteries, a duffle bag and miscellaneous garbage. We left the sleeping bags as they were damp and heavy, but we managed to scoop up a good chunk of what was left and packed it out. I don't mean to rank too hard on the park service, but that shit had to have been sitting there for months. Anyway, we dumped it on the front door of the ranger station in Glacier. Speaking of Glacier, what's the name of the new pub in town? It doesn't look like much from the outside, but that place It's the first thing you hit on your LEFT as you come into town from the Glacier Ranger Station. And no, it's not that over hyped Italian restaurant that's across the street.