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  1. I just renewed the sole sponsorship of CascadeCllimbers.com server hosting costs by The American Alpine Institute for another year.    We owe it to these guys, they believe in this place and shown that in monetary support. Thank you @Jason_Martin and team!   Our hosting company was recently purchased and this resulted in significant increase in monthly cost for hosting as they jacked the rates.  AAI has increased their support to continue to support the full cost of hosting.

    We will need to evaluate our options to see if we can bring that cost down, but for now AAI is keeping the lights on and it is very much appreciated.   Please give them all the support you can, referrals, whatever.

    Thank you.

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, dberdinka said:

    I have not yet had the opportunity to smell Alex Honnold, but in a similar vein I was once roping up at the base of Heavens Gate when a somewhat annoyed Colin Haley showed up questioning our plans.   Not wanting to wait around he crashed into the brush below us to take a enormous dump before sauntering away.  The effervescence perfused the area saturating our chalk bags.  We proceeded to rapidly send both Heavens Gate and DH-LA (a solid performance for us).  We attributed it to the Colin Haley Poo Poo Dust we had been graciously granted prior to the climbing.  Rolls off the tongue quite nicely as "the C-H-P-P-D".  If you ever run into him maybe try to collect a pinch.  Not sure I've ever climbed quite as well since.

    High quality shit post if I ever saw one.

  3.  I had to take down the search I was working on with the dev I had.  Too many bugs and I was not happy how things were going with him.   He kept delivering something other than what I was asking and making pretty bad UI.  There were also complications with our board given how old it is, and he was not willing to deviate from vanilla install.

    At this point you can use Google or the general site search. Sorry.

    I'm super busy right now and I just don't have time to work on this right now.  I'm going to keep the lights on of course, but I just don't have time to improve the site.

    If you have coding skills then DM me.  

  4. well i'm feeling better...who wants to do another pubclub?    Kinda went off the rails with the 3rd Wednesday after my collarbone break.

    Seattle area, venue open.  Who is in?

  5. 2 hours ago, jdj said:

    And by the way - you can take your dog - just keep it on a leash where it should be anyway.

    Well as I said there are huge limits as to where you can bring a dog,. It varies park to park but here are a few examples: 
     

    in the ONP:

    IMG_0063.jpeg.4af2f1bd521b2aef5004c33ac690f792.jpeg

     

    in the NCNP:

    IMG_0064.jpeg.db42641c5d26d98a27501dc639acb221.jpeg

     

    personally I’m not complaining about it.  I just look at it as differing land use rules with different goals in mind for each agency that manages the land.  I can take Kiba into the national forest and wilderness areas.  There are TONS public lands he can be on, so we just go there instead.  

  6. 5 minutes ago, Fairweather said:

    This is part of the problem: you automatically think of national parks as your only escape, when, in fact, NPs represent a relatively small part of what's available. National parks have become "concentrators" for urban and suburban folks who want adventure--but not too much. They even collect patches and bumper stickers and themed blankets. Enter the rule-makers and fee collectors! We have ourselves a real industry here. Yes, this might be the future of NCNP if it remains a park. Or expands.

    Read up on the Wilderness Society's 1930s opposition to Ice Peaks National Park and you might better understand what I'm saying.

     

    Quite contrary to every single TR I posted last year...in fact I didn't really go into the park system at all as I wanted to be with my dog and he isn't allowed in there with minor exceptions.

  7. I'm not sure I follow your logic there, but as far as "affordability" I would love to see the Park system maintenance be paid out of the general funds and be free to enter for all. As for what that video shows,  I think unless we start building roads into the center of the NCNP and put a big parking lots near to the most "Insta" worthy vistas that NCNP will never "share its full load".   I'm ok with that never happening, I understand you may see it differently.  And seems like the biggest cost in those "Insta worthy" places is preventing overuse/destruction.

    Perhaps you can show articles/websites/documents that show otherwise, but besides providing an "escape valve" the key purpose of the park system was more to preserve and protect wild places for all people....including future citizens.  In this day and age that seems pretty dang difficult given the garbage heaps modern masses seem to leave behind, and the general lack of respect demonstrated time after time these day.  But that is the mission...its for all people.   I just picked this link randomly (maybe this is a well know "lib" org that you would despise, I have no idea. Feel free to share your own links describing the goals of the creation of the Park System if these seem bent in a particular direction.):

    https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/July-2016/Why-Was-the-National-Park-Service-Created

    or from the Park itself:

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/npshistory-origins.htm#:~:text=It stemmed from the desire,national park has expanded significantly.

     I would bet you have less a problem with the Park system its self, but more of a problem with the people running it (I'm sure you'll tell me I'm wrong if I am).  If that is true then I think that is a poor reason to get rid of the system without demonstrating that another system is truly better and is immune to the same problems.  The State and the USFS were created with different missions than the Park system. Seems like if that mission has strayed its worth just fixing it, unless you think the Park system should haven never been created..  I think in general the creation of the Park System was one of the best things this country ever did, and I'm sure grateful for the ability to put on a backpack occasionally and escape the rat race. 

  8. 7 hours ago, Lostbolt said:

    What about a registration question? would that do anything Like whats your favorite type of Piton.. I have no clue about technology so laugh away!

    Actually believe it or not this is one of the solutions (or part of it).   

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  9. There is a chance I over did it with the ban hammer.  If you are a real human and want to use the site let me know via the contact feature at the bottom of the site.  Tell some basic info that proves you are not a spammer and what the user ID you registered with.

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