skykilo

Probably not. I'm more of an anti-social, I-hate-everyone elitist prick kinda skier. But I'm happy to drink with anyone.

I think I still owe Oly a beer. I couldn't buy him one at SausageFest. 'Sup?

What about when Jason hurt his knee? Hmm? Make that five at least. Jizzelink: I'd be impressed as hell if you rapped the North Ridge of Stuey, just because of the amount of gear you'd hafta haul to make the anchors. Sounds like a challenge. On the other hand, that's a lotta garbage to leave in the hillz. DirtyHarry prolly wouldn't mind cleaning your mess though.

Nice work Bro. Those couloirs look sweet in your pictures! Glad you got that out of your system. Your plan had me a bit stymied though; I'd much rather climb it to know the conditions, especially since I've never climbed it to know what to expect in the first place. I don't think it's really fair to compare the Cascades to the Alps. I haven't skied in the Alps, so maybe I'm talking from my ass. But I don't think anything compares to vertical bushwhacking with skis on your back.

Yeah, now let's see that route photo Jens! Draw a line, draw a line. I think I can visualize it, but I want to see where the hell you went.

Yeah Mike, now can you just evict the dragons for us?! I'm pretty sure they didn't get their permits...

Here's a shot from Sunday morning.

You're worried about equalization and you don't have ONE fucking coat? Get a grip!

I want my Kool-Aid RED and my potato chips YELLOW, damn it! Shoes are much less appetizing without dye.

There's a lot more snow than that now. The blue ice in the fall line below Thumb Rock is gone. Maybe I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Nice shot gaper! STOKE!

Regardless of oil, there is enough coal to keep us running on fossil fuels for millenia. The Nazis made coal from oil during WWII when their oil supply was blocked. The technology already exists; it's only prohibitively expensive since oil is still relatively cheap. Ten times one's life span doesn't seem all that myopic. Not that I don't support each individual making all the little differences they can... Jon, surely you know sex with condoms is only marginally better than masturbation? Admit it, you like playing with your test tubes.

A fisty one? I think you meant feisty, or else I'd call you a sick bastard. Fisty might be appropriate though; a windslab high on Tahoma could rearrange your ass real quick.

I hear there's a bunch of police-state rangers there ready to dish $75 tickets for parking overnight without a camping permit. That's when it cost $15 for the pleasure of parking in the first place. Nevermind whether or not suckaz think you went high on the mountain. Plus I hear dragons nest up there. Yuck.

I was so inspired by the Steve House slideshow last night; I just had to go do something. So I went and skied your route. It was sweet! I had to leave another hooker for a deadman to rap off the summit, but from there I was able to link three 100' boofs via steep ramps. Sickest descent I've ever skied. I'm glad I was alone, so that no one else had to face such ridiculous danger.

Congrats, quality descent nice and close to home.

Too true. Skiing without bushwhacking is like sex with a condom.

Congrats E. Teach him to ski!

I'll respond to some sucker-ass commentary. It's like this. I'll be the first to agree that roped skiing and billygoat BS are highly contrived. But who goes to ski something with those kinda maneuvers in mind? Step 1: go climb the route (or the route next to the route). Step 2: determine that a ski descent is possible. Now you're getting after it. But maybe at some point making turns just doesn't seem safe any more. So you fetch your ax. Or you do some sidestepping. If you were on a huge alpine climb would you retreat just because you couldn't free part of it? I didn't think so. Step 3: spray hard and let the peanut gallery and some armchair mofos scrutinize everything and rampantly misinterpret words, actions and motives as they are so wont to do. It all makes for good entertainment.

benman represent! What's that line in CrackSniffer's photo? It looks good.

Don't apologize on my behalf, hoser!

STFU n00b!

Way to go use your skis Barry. Do you think you might have had better luck trying to skin up the ID?

from http://www.risktaking.co.uk/intro.htm Even other animals have been shown to take risks for social reasons; the underlying theory being that by taking risks that a less able animal would have to avoid they demonstrate the superiority of their genes and become more attractive as a mate. Interestingly some studies have found this phenomenon in humans too, with people who engage in high risk sports (e.g. parachuting) seen to be more sexually attractive.