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According to accuweather.com there's a 14% chance of showers in the mornig falling to 7% in the afternoon. Don't be afraid of the little rain cloud icons!

Where do you get your forecasts? According to the weather channel... Sat May 22 Mostly Cloudy 63°/41° 10 % Sun May 23 Mostly Cloudy 65°/40° 10 % 10% chance of rain. it's 75 there right now.

you mean you need an OS from within the last 5 years?! it is MSN video afterall.

On MSN Video today MSN Video

i think the idea was to buy one boot to handle two jobs (plastics and light hikers)

Anybody else have these boots? Had them for two years and get mad blisters whenever I wear them. Can't stand them. Sucks too because they were like $150.

Rad shots! I spent so much time admiring Shuksan this winter. can't wait to get out there this summer and climb it.

Done as well. Nice job setting up the form letter.

I'm stoked and bringing my gf. Camping is free at Bridge Creek that night? What a deal!

thanks everyone. I must be going crazy because I went home and looked at my Selected Climbs... book and read up on Luna Peak and that's not it. Maybe i'm in the wrong range. I remember reading about a trip where you had to arrong water travel and pickup or else you couldn't get to the start. Am I smoking too much crak these days? I'll keep looking around. Thanks again

What's the peak that you get to by taking the boat across Ross Lake? I know it's in my Selected book but that's at home. thanks

My favorite thing on that page is: One less exciting rescue involved the “short-roping” of a solo climber from the summit to Camp Muir in July. This climber chose to ascend despite warnings from guides and other mountaineers. He did not have a solo permit, proper equipment (overnight gear) or preparations (adequate amounts of food and water). Once on the summit, he requested (through other climbing teams) a rescue, stating that he was too tired and hypothermic to descend safely. Climbing rangers from Camp Muir ascended to the Crater Rim and escorted the climber over the course of 11 hours back to Paradise. The climber was cited and convicted in court for endangering the lives of others and soloing without a permit. I can almost see the writer rolling his eyes...

What about Baker? You can be at Heliotrope ridge in just over two hours from Seattle and the fish tacos at Graham's are awesome once you are done.

get some lemon in that water to activate your liver.

My bro jsut got back from Afghanistan. While he was there we'd regularly send liquor (usually Jack) in cleaned out gatorade bottles (liquor is by far the most popular), apple chips, various dried fruit (mangos and shit from trader joes), cured sausage, wasabi chips, etc. The food they get is very bland so anything weird that they can snack on is good. They actualyl had like chips and salsa night so we'd send good tortilla chips, velveeta, salsa, etc. Otherwise, i sent books and dvds. They actually had a little PX so they could pick up normal everyday goods.

When I saw <i> Bowling </i> I thought it was both amusing and interesting. For one, I was sick of hearing how MM and KMFDM and Quake were responsible for the tragedy instead of a host of other things. The whole lawsuit against these artists was ridiculous and just an attempt to deflect blame from the parents onto places with deep pockets. But as much as Moore whines about other people's agendas, he's most certainly got one himself and so you have to watch these films with a grain of salt. the parts i did not like were 1. The cheap ending. Look. Columbine wasn't Heston's fault. The movie doesn't really draw any conclusions on WHY we in modern America have such a high murder rate compared to other modern countries (somewhere around 5 times more). Ending with Heston was an easy way out of the movie, despite how much of a jackass the d00d is. 2. I feel like the kid taken to Walmart was exploited. He just wasn't old enough to decide what he wanted to do and it seemed like he was just gonig along with Moore. It felt cheap. It did however work. Whether it has any real effect on the world, I don't know. 3. I'm sorry, the welfare system might be fucked up and all, but I don't think you sholud blame Dick Clark for taking part in a government program. Othrewise I enjoyed the movie. I recommended it to others. But you can't take this stuff as gospel either. Moore is trying to sell books and movies and he's appealing to a slightly more stoner community. Cheers

I just bought a pair of Merrill Gore-tex trail runners that are pretty cool. The waterproof design has already saved my ass a couple of times when friends feet have gotten soaked. And the simple blue design is pretty decent looking. I personally hate that all the freaking logos on the damn thing, but what running shoe is not ugly? I think it's $90 at REI and i used my dividend and 20% discount to get it for like $20 The Shoe

Did you get these at the PC Feather sale for $10?

going up to helens? worm flows?

Six Feet Under is the best show on tv. Period. Unfortuantely I don't have HBO. I bum tv from friends.

Super feet cause me pain. I tried them for awhile but they aren't for me. Frineds swear by them though.

I went to second ascent to buy my first pair of rock shoes and the i got the same advice as AF gave you. I was looking at some used performance shoes and the sales guy said "See all those used rock shoes on the shelf there? Those were all bought by beginners who got sick of climbing because their feet hurt." and he recommended the Mad Rock Phoenx shoes which i believe cast me around $60 new. I've used them for awhile now and i still like them. they are comfy and snug and i'm sure the only thing that limits my climbing right now is me. Not the shoes. Cheers

Good times! Thanks to Matt for organizing, toast for the cheesy pasta salad, and whoever that was for cooing all the burgers. They were TASTY. I really thought there would've been more pictures though. Who slacked here?

Climb: Mt Baker-Heliotrope Date of Climb: 5/1/2004 Trip Report: Went up to Glacier on Saturday for the last weekend at our winter trailer. After stopping by the ski ship to rent a split board and get a little advice, we made it to the last good place to park at about noon (late start). Hiked and skinned about a mile to the restrooms. Took off the board and proceeded to enter the forest behind the bathroom, climbing southeast to the creek. Crossed the creek and started skinning up the ridge. Snow was VERY soft and skins had a bit of a hard time getting any traction. Once we reached the moraine on the east side, we jumped on it hoping to hike up a bit. Proved harder with more wind. We had a dog along and she was about out of juice so two of us stopped at maybe 5500 to let her rest. Three other continued to the top of the ridge line, making it about 1.25 hours later. We skied/boarded down the slush fest and made it back to the car by 5. Was fun but really soft. On another note, there were a ton of cars where we parked but we only encountered a few people on the route. I'm guessing others were up to climb and stay at the summit. Gear Notes: split board and skins. I brought my new BD pack acquired at the PF sale, forgetting that it didn't have a board strap Approach Notes: The approach is only going to get harder as the snowbridges over the creek conitnue to melt out. We had to park about a mile short of the restrooms.

This bone graft isn't healing as fast as i had hoped. i'm out