cracked

Martlet makes good points, but only once every ten or twenty posts. The rest are so juvenile and mind numbingly assinine that they would make Donald Rumsfeld cry. JoshK might be right.

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Are you fucking joking?

Multipleuse, I have to admit to being biased against snomobiles, but I have a question. One of the most annoying things about the sleds is how noisy they are. On Mt Bailey, we skinned for five hours, got to the top, and were surprised by a snocat that chugged up. Apparently there's a cat skiing operation up there that we hadn't known about. But the cats are quiet enough that when it was 100 yards away we could barely hear it, and the low noise kept me from getting too annoyed by its presence. With this example in mind, why aren't sleds built with 4 stroke engines and other modifications to reduce noise pollution? I know some sled heads actually make mods to increase the noise of their obnoxious machines. If you really want to reduce the impact of sleds and keep others happy, consider making the machines quiet. Damage to fragile environments is a different issue that pisses me off even more, but quiet sleds would be a step forward. And for your dream of skiing backcountry powder....go for it! It doesn't take that much time to become a proficient skier. Catbirdseat, I think it is the former. It's too easy to destory something when it'll be a mile behind you in a minute.

Jesus Christ. Get a room, you two. You sounds like a bunch of whiny schoolgirls. Martlet, you bring up good points, but your good point to pointless bickering ratio is kinda low.

in a crevasse. Snomos are lame.

Christ, I can't read it.

j_b would make a good crusader.

Post of the year.

"Failing to believe?" Are we talking about religion here?

Oops.

Kinda hard to argue with this.... Well, I argued with it below since it wasn't true. Cracked, as Squid said, either get involved with the issue or quit throwing jabs at everybody and anybody. You're like that annoying kid in middle school that told two kids that the other guy was talking shit about him to try to start a fight. Getting involved means talking to a brick wall? I've already made up my mind that MM is a miserable excuse for a human being, along with Bush, Kerry, Saddam (no, not quite the same level of miserable excuse), and half the morons on this thread. And I'm beginning to wonder whether I'm an idiot for participating. I think the answer is yes. So now that I've reduced human psychology to "we're all stupid", I'll go do something similarly productive. And if you hadn't noticed, I only throw jabs that I sincerely believe to be true. I'm sure we'd get along quite well in the mountains.

Politics is a bunch of lame asses quibbling and our culture places quite some emphasis on being 'involved'. This is sickening.

Kinda hard to argue with this....

Oh, Jesus Christ people, don't you EVER get TIRED of this BULLSHIT? Moore is an asshole, or he isn't. You've made up your mind, it's not gonna change. IMHO, he's a piece of shit, but really, WHO GIVES A FUCK?

Divided we stand. The current administration fucked up. It's pretty obvious. But like Kenke says, what is Kerry about? Other than not being Bush, what does he having going for him? What does he believe? Hard to tell, since he's so good at saying nothing with many big words. But ignoring who to vote for, the anger and hostility that accompanies politics is saddening.

Josh, you're spending far too much time and energy obsessing on politics lately. Git yer ass to dem hillz!

on training.

If riding a 'bile is so physically demanding, then why are most 'bilers old and fat? There are rude dicks on skis, too, but first off, you don't hear them from several miles off, you can easily get away from them, and they have way less of an impact on the environment on average. Machines shouldn't be allowed anywhere but on roads. I bitch about snowmobiles because they ruin what I go to the mountains for to get. I also bitch about 'biles because of the damage I've seen done from one or two jackasses on them. 24 inch minimum, huh? Tell that to the loses who tore up the Long's Pass trail on Stuart last year. And the assholes who tear up the meadows below the Easton. Climbers and skiers aren't 'pure', we're less obnoxious, less noticable, and less damaging to the mountains. Your buddy 'hiker' says that you are 'courteous' by passing us slowly and waving while doing so. Well, thanks, that wave will keep me happy while listening to you roar around all day. Thanks for being so courteous. Snowmobiles give you a workout. That's a treat!

I wuz thinking the same thing.

moonbat asshat!

Very easy. Drop the pack off at my room. Come back in an hour. www.seattlefabrics.com, get some light coated nylon, maybe silnylon. If you have access to a sewing machine things will be easier. Remove the frame. Turn pack inside out. Sew the edges of your nylon into a hem on all four sides. Sew the fabric over one of the back panels, with the stiches matching the seams holding the frame sleeve together. Add a top and velcro if you want, if not, then don't. Done.

Huh? I think Fairweather's argument is as follows: 1. Kerry supports extended unemployment benefits. 2. Kerry caused the bill to extend said benefits to fail by not showing up to vote. 3. As such, Kerry says one thing, and does another. Is that really so hard to understand? What he says and what he does are two different things.

Who says I'm complaining about Kerry's background? I don't see him taking a clear stance on anything, which makes me wonder what to expect of this guy in office. I think Fairweather has a beef with Kerry that he brought up in the very first post on this thread, try checking that.