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Lake Leland. Two cats. One I believe is dead. The other is wearing a collar now. Were you at (in general) in Quil?

Looks pretty thin for snow already. How tough was the summit…as in could a dog do it? Thinking of adding it to my yearly trip through that area with Kiba.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/video-captures-cougar-chasing-pets-coming-within-feet-of-family-in-wa-backyard/ar-BB1mopOr dang I can’t seem to escape these dang cats!

To the non-profit end: if anyone has experience (especially from the legal side) I'd like to explore what it would take to actually incorporate this enterprise as a non-profit from a legal and business standpoint.

wow. that was a near miss for sure! I admire your offer to eat the TR though. I hope it stands an FA, but if not, I recommend some good hot sauce as a condiment.

I wonder what cougar populations are these days. Growing up in the sticks, I only ever once saw a cougar, fleeting....running in front of a car driven by my dad. We also used to have a cougar rug, made from a head and the whole body that was from when one of my older brothers shot one that was attacking his dog (epic story behind that one). I'm seeing more cougar reports these days, this is just anecdotal so pretty worthless. But two in Quilcene there were HUGE, biggest I've ever seen was captured on a friends game camera near Lake Leland. One had a tracker on it. Edit: 3600 in Washington according to WDFW https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/puma-concolor#:~:text=Cougar (Puma concolor)&text=Sleek and graceful%2C cougars (Puma,3%2C600 cougars in Washington state.

Love these Bike/Hike/Climb TRS @Eric Gilbertson !

Maybe its a control room for the secret super collider.

Sorry for the thread drift…

Also check the size of this thing! From out by Quilcene a couple days ago.

Meanwhile.... https://www.yahoo.com/news/shoot-owls-california-don-t-175431421.html

Yeah shits been like that for a while my man. Sorry. Right now focused on keeping the site around, many sites have died, good ones. We are still going. I was working on getting a better TR system in place and made progress. But then that fell apart as the developer kind of went his own direction. You can still find stuff. And yes it could be better. I'm the only one running the site from the technical side. @JasonG and a few other mods keep things clean. Honestly I'd like to eventually hand the site over to a new guard of younger folks who will not commercialize the site and keep the community aspect alive...but also can make it better. Life has been taking me personally in a lot of different directions, but I still love this site and am committed to keeping it going. Also invite new energy and drive, but it has to be selfless, and directed towards keeping this going like a non-profit entity. Thankfully we have a great sponsor in the American Alpine Insitute, and we have had generous donations from the users of the site. There is a TON of great stories here, and they continue to grow. We will find a way to keep that alive.

I just have regular health insurance which paid (outside of deductible) for my collarbone break last year .

Another link to the declaration in case you ran into a paywall: https://ecology.wa.gov/about-us/who-we-are/news/2024-news-stories/april-16-drought-declaration#:~:text=In Washington%2C drought is declared,water right permits and transfers.

Not “recent” and not this site but: https://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=578637 I’ll search this site later for you

Well if you're really a sleuth, it seems there is a long list of well known people that should know Mr Creeden, at least enough to trust him with some historical documents: https://statisticalclimbingguideforfredbeckey.webador.com/acknowledgements

Ha this is a gem of a report. Thanks for digging it up, and to @Tom Beirne for sharing

Imagine the Enchantments “opened up” by instead of a lottery….an auction. Highest bidder gets to camp. ‘Merica! Fuck yeah!

Never heard this before, seems like something everyone should know about:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2024/03/27/mountaineer-everest-rainier-jim-whittaker/af7007b4-ec92-11ee-8f2c-380a821c02db_story.html

I know it’s long been sport to rip on REI, I’ve even at one point torn up my membership after they pissed me off with whatever, but man they have fallen since the days back when they were on Capitol Hill. I even now know multiple really good people who work for them (or I think they still work for them…been lots of layoffs). But man they just keep digging deeper into the shite hole in my opinion. I admit I still do have a membership. Bought a pair of cycling shoes a couple weeks ago with the sale. But this kind of crap: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/national-parks/2024/03/24/rei-signature-campground-grand-canyon/73085605007/ Its sad. The concept of a coop for outdoor gear is nice but they are instead of a corporate beast that lays off the people in the store who actually know anything and only hires seasonally to avoid paying benefits. With Promountain Sports going out of business where do you shop these days? I think our sponsor has an American Alpine Institute has a store up in Bellingham (never made it up during the right hours to check it out). There is the place in Ballard, that just moved to somewhere else (used to be Second Ascent). I’m talking places the actually have a good chosen selection of climbing, mountaineering, and skiing gear.

Maybe Easter Overhang at Midnight Rock?

Carnival Crack up in Leavenworth i think meets your criteria.

Damn. Steve was so nice . Got me two kegs for the first Rooeup I did, the one up at Chatter Creek. Then for all them after too. That is sad news.

https://www.wired.com/story/morbid-war-online-obituaries/