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You see them as people standing in line to buy shoes, but they see themselves as "investors".

Here's your last chance to get out and do that winter climb. No excuses now. We have good weather and decent avalanche forecast. I want to see some trip reports on Monday!

Maybe we should charter a helicopter? We could get some really good pictures that way.

WORK!!!

acetazolamide = Diamox

Dude, I can dig it.

I suspect that movies of your dreams would be a lot like the Grateful Dead. They seem cool when you are in an altered state, but otherwise you wonder what's it all about when you are awake and sober.

i 2nd that motion Explain exactly under which circumstances one should use the "bleeding anus" gremlin. It could be used to denote suffering, or how things can go terribly wrong, just when everything seems to be going your way. Complaining is already covered by the "wahmbulance" (snugtop).

Oil and water don't mix.

I take it that you mean to ask how one would make it LESS viscous at lower temperatures. One way is to dilute with water. The other, as mentioned, is to dilute with alcohol. Alcohol would suppress the freezing temperature depending on how much you added.

Larry = The Man = The Tool

You are right about having to commit early to the cleaver. As I recall, it was Duchess's idea to do it. At one point, we tried dropping off onto the Cowlitz and wallowed until we managed to get back onto the rocks.

If you trademark "dirtbag", can I trademark "dirtbag climber" and have it recognized as distinct?

That's a good one. I know one Norwegian who's a hell of a comedian.

Barry, sometimes the Cowlitz is really deep in snow and the best approach is to hike up the rocks on the cleaver to bypass the difficulty. You have one short rappel after the Beehive. It worked for us a couple years ago.

Yeah!

Nice to meet you peakbetty. I would have been so disappointed if you had told me you were Dru.

Yeah, if you fail on a boulder problem no body cares. If you succeed, they still don't care.

We need a new gremlin, that of a fox doing pushups! All hail the new push up champion!

Thanks, Mike. You really worked hard on preparing for that and it showed. It was inspiring. I loved the sound effects too. That was cool the way you overlayed different tracks. Neat. Finally got to meet Justin. It was hilarious when someone walked in late and declared loudly, "finally- Layton, we've been fucking walking all over this building looking for this show"!

Comparing Bush to Hitler. Preposterous. "I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator,” said Adolf Hitler. “God told me to strike at Al Qa’ida and I struck them. And then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did. With the might of God on our side we will triumph,” said George Bush.

The first thing you get when you Google "casio terrorist".

Climbing is like religion. For some people it is religion. Different people pray to different gods... some people only believe in one god... others got a laundry list of people they pray to. And some people don't believe in a god. Some worship in a synagogue... others in a temple. Some anywhere they want. Some think the sabbath is Saturday... others say Sunday. And everyone has a different document they reference. And who's right? Who's wrong? Who's the holiest? Alpinists? Boulders? Sport climbers? John, you are the Anti-Dwayner!

E-Rock is still around, and no one misses Dru.

With highs in the 40's, I wouldn't hold out much hope.