olyclimber

looks like some fun stuff!

those are adorable!

here are some stupid vantage answers: you still need a permit. have parked behind the feathers in the past year and not gotten a ticket, and saw others do this as well.

in other news... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_wild_sky_wilderness.html

i can haz kitteh?

Wow...that is quite a story! Thanks for sharing it. Glad you survived!

woohooo...party at the tooth tonight!

They've got matching funds up to $500,000. Check it out! http://www.heybrookridge.org/news/index.php The donation is tax deductible.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/362013_index07.html

Awesome trip Erik! Thanks for sharing it! FYI, there is either a bug in Firefox 1.5/2.0 or in the board software so that the TR cuts out about 1/2 way through. You can view the TR fully in the new Firefox Beta or in IE, so I suspect Firefox. We ran across this already in Joe P.'s epic SW climbing TR in this forum.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/myanmar.aidcyclone/index.html

while we're talking xkcd

"herbal supplements"?

http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.bottae.html

i just saw an article about colin's patagonia linkup in Men's Health Magazine!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90223448

Trog, check out the Pearly Gates. Well worth the hike up there I think.

my son in the past has worn an invention called "diaper". this allows the wearer to simply process the bowl movement without any interruption with what you are doing, be it a board meeting or dinner party.

nice Off!

blackhead, just try to think of it as a rock that helps keep others from crowding up your favorites i personally find it to be a nice chunk of historical stone to climb on even if it is a bit greasy. the position up on the rock in the canyon is really enjoyable. (is is just pic of the crag, not of the view from it). choice is the spice of life.

Sweet! Thanks for the pics.

in retrospect i was being over zealous in saying that this is wrong perhaps....it would be over zealous if it was a state run highschool for homeland security. then it would be the goosestepper youth. i still think it is weird to have a highschool for homeland security though, even if it is privately run. i think it is a little different than a private military academy highschool in that it is so focused. i have always though private military academys as teaching mostly the diciplinary and "boot campish" elements, rather than actual military skills such as hand to hand combat or how to drive a tank or fire artillery. but this is a school focused on highschool aged kids to teach homeland security? its like rent-a-cop highschool or something. regarding evergreen: "Founded in 1967, Evergreen was formed to be an experimental and non-traditional college. Faculty issue narrative evaluations of students' work rather than grades, and Evergreen organizes most studies into largely interdisciplinary classes that generally constitute a full-time course load." I wonder how one could say that experiment has faired (outside of that recent debacle, which was the act of specific people, but is perhaps the type of person attracted to the school?)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evergreen_State_College Notable alumni and students * Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author * Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator * Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of U.S. Men's Paralympic Soccer Team * Violetta Blue, porn star * Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney * Charles Burns, cartoonist * William Clocksin, Artificial Intelligence pioneer * Rachel Corrie (1979-2003), activist * Kimya Dawson, musician * Heather Duby, musician * Timo Ellis, musician * Phil Elverum, musician * Steve Fisk, musician, audio engineer, and producer * John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review * Jason Frost, musician, publisher A Frosty J Productions (ASCAP) * Elizabeth Furse, former U.S. Congresswoman * Tim Girvin, calligrapher and designer * Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with Montreal Impact of the USL First Division * Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama; quoted in an interview with The A.V. Club as saying "I went to college in Olympia, Washington, a fine little progressive school called Evergreen State College, state-funded, no grades, no hard courses. I highly recommend it to all self-disciplined creative weirdoes." * Frank Gunderson, ethnomusicologist * Kathleen Hanna, musician in band Bikini Kill and Le Tigre * Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author * Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh * Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award Recipient * Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records * Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead * Megan Kelso, cartoonist * Burke Kenny, winner of the Full Beard with Styled Moustache category at the 2007 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Also believed to be the youngest ever World Facial Hair Champion at age 22. * Orin Kirshner, political scientist, Soka University of America; former executive director, Global Environment and Trade Study and senior fellow, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy * Stan Klyne, president of Klyne Audio Arts * Bill Kozlowski (1971-2003), musician, co-founder of Juneau Information Service Technology, and medicinal marijuana advocate. * Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordianist * Sarah Larson, Season 5 Fear Factor winner, girlfriend of George Clooney * Scott Leers, activist * Saab Lofton, author, activist * Lois Maffeo, musician * Audrey Marrs, film producer and Sundance Film Festival award winner * Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review * Andrew Mickel, murderer * Judith Moore, author of the novel Fat Girl: A True Story * Inga Muscio, author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, feminist * Ananda Selah Osel, poet * Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist * Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records * Russell Potter, writer and college professor * Joshua Pilzer, ethnomusicologist * David Price, anthropologist * Jeff Traugott, luthier * Don Price, Deputy Head of Darfur for the United Nations * Judge Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals Judge * Heather Rae, filmmaker * Michael Richards, actor, best known as "Cosmo Kramer" on Seinfeld * Don Roff, writer and filmmaker. * Greg and Jeff Sherman, members of Glass * Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist * D.C. Simpson, cartoonist * Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House * Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington State Representative, 37th District * Cappy Thompson, artist * Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney * Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill * Ryan Wise, writer, director, editor and co-founder of Big Fantastic * John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer * Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist * Tay Zonday, musician, internet video star, became internet-famous for "Chocolate Rain" on YouTube

wow. that thing is a pile! nice work.