eternalX

heh. Actually, the reason I was asking about GPRS service was because i was debating bringing this camera phone with me that i got from AT&T FREE! Service and all. Just curious. I'm slammed at work, but for some reason I can't seem to get any work done. I'm more asking a lot of questions because I'm curious about things, not because i'm nervous about the trip. But thanks for your concern.

Anybody know if you can get ATT GPRS service on the mountan?

Well hell, now i'm going to get the extra weight.

So what you're saying is, you'll set my country music award on fire?

But doesn't the leader need two pickets for crossing unstable snow bridges? one before and one after? Or do you figure that if the leader doesn't fall then the tail should be fine? We'll make sure to put the fatter one up front!

Is there anything extra that might be nice to have around if your rope team is only two members? I was thinking that it might be nice for both members to have two pickets, whereas right now we have it that the lead has two and the tail has one. We're bringing the talkabouts too, which we wouldn't normally bring.

sweet! We gots everything then. By crevasse rescue rig you just mean a cell phone and lots of chocolate bars, right?

ok, he's out. It's just the two of us then. Any need for a helmet on this route? I hear it's a lot more stable then Disappointment Cleaver.

Looks like a couple of us are going to climb the Emmons route this weekend, but i have a question. One of the guys is on the fence right now on whether or not he will try to get past Shurman. If he doesn't plan on going past Shurman, does he need an axe or crampons? I think there is some glacier travel on the way to shurman, but i left my "selected climbs..." book at home. This is all happening last minute so if you con respond, thanks.

Elite?

Wash Post article THe upside is we'll finally be able to buy a house here once it does blow.

nah. my buddy has never spent a night that high and he wants to see how is body will react.

well there's no doubt that's fucked up as well, but i guess i just don't have a problem paying for the work that the rangers do.

I agree. why pull them out? Seems like you're doing more damage to the rock them leaving them in

Damn you're pretty nice Matt. Scanning in pictures and whatnot.

Where's the best place to go to spend the night at altitude on a weekend? Has to be a one day hike with no glacier travel. I was thinking of doing The South Spur of Adams. camp at 9400 with a summit at just over 12. Will it be crazy busy over the weekend? Can you get away with not having crampons (i have em, friend doesn't)? The other thight is Camp Muir, but I'm guessing that'll be packed. Also, do either of these require a 4 season tent? I have a 3 seasen sierra designs clip light. Any thoughts? Thanks

That's the difference between me and a liberal. I think I should actually pay for what I use whereas a liberal thinks that everybody but me should pay for what I use.

I got a ticket back in June and just called them to complain about the whole system. The girl I talked to was named Ann and was really friendly about the whole thing. She agreed that it's a pain if you don't realize you had to pay and then can't do it at a trailhead and said she'd cancel the ticket if i'd buy a $30 annual pass. That seems pretty reasonable to me (I should have one anyway) and so I just bought the pass online here . Now I just have to fax her a copy

hrm. After all three pages of discussion, I vote for minx getting back to talking about tying her coconuts together.

The Genius Within - Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing for the second time. GREAT book. Everyone should read it. Displays how our view of intelligence is skewed how your immune system and brain works and how genes are not the origin of life, but merely documentation. Just finished Eric Schlosser's (Fast Food Nation) last book, Reefer Madness which details 3 major black markets in the US. Those being porn, pot, and migrant labor. Good book, but like FFN, is a bit short on facts and a bit heavy on subjective material. READ THE GENIUS WITHIN

THey do...and a proter too, but they are only available at the brewery next to safeco They are good too.

More info would be helpful. Are you looking at buying a jacket? What are you going to use it for? During this time of year i'm not sure what you need gore-tex for at all. There was an OK article on slate the other day talking about gore-tex and about how much of it is just marketing. That new EVENT stuff is suppose to be better.

nice! When i went i wore running shoes for all the hiking except on summit day. Even then, you probably could still where approach shoes (my buddy did without issue - i don't actually own any). Plastic boots seems like massive overkill. The thing that killed my feet was the last hour of the glacier when i decided to take off my gaiters My feet got soaked and there ended the happiness. gaiters are good

Sweet!

I totally agree. I wonder how much they are paying those lawyers to come up with a law. Did they completely forget about that whole "freedom of religion" thing?