olyclimber
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There are some many things wrong with this picture!
1. The guy on the left forgot to put on his harness! Free solo!
2. He's wearing gaitors on a rock climb!
3. Are they sharing a sandwich?
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You can use your pack for a bivy. Then *everything* can get wet.
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Do you know who you're talking to?
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I don't feel worthy to post on the same thread with you...
Yes, truly, quite an acheivement and in just four hours too.
Was the climb sponsored?
I want to make it clear that I'm all about inclusion. I realize that I'm intimidating, but I can't change who I am. So post, and we'll work out the pecking order afterward.
Mountain Hardwear is my sponsor. On the way down, I found a Mountain Hardwear chapstick, and I figure they probably left it on the snowfield for me. They have a funny way of compensating me, but it's all good and stuff.
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Why do you hate 'Merica so much?
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i see two
Oooohhhh! Twins!
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dude u rawk
In North America, I'm known as "The Ascentionist". In Europe and the East they call me "Ascentionismo".
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Thats a cute little baby goat there. What's it's name?
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Guy, here is a little something for you to think about:
First of all, I'm old school. 92 Loyale in the house. So that predates any Baldwin representation. He is obviously supporting the Forester drivers and shiz.
Second of all, lets address the street cred issue. I'm a tru playa for real. Don't even start to question me and da Scrooby Roo.
BTW, are you interested in a quality used car?
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Climb: Camp Muir-Muir Snowfield
Date of Climb: 6/12/2004
Trip Report:
It was looking like another poor weekend weather-wise, so the Big Balla (AKA the Anti-____) and I decided to hike up to Camp Muir just to check the scene as neither of us had been there before.
We left Seattle at around 8am, and headed south.
The Big Balla was hungry, and he started raving about this "mystery food" at the golden arches. Now normally I don't support the golden arches, but he was going off on this "mystery food", so we swung in to the clown's place and got a couple of what I can only say is the perfect food: McGriddle Cakes. I'm loving it. 
Around this time, we realize we have no idea how to actually drive to Mt Rainier.
We both grew up in the NW, but never had a chance to get down there. We decided the best tactic would just be to start driving towards it...we could see it, and as long as it looked like it was getting closer we figured we would be on the right track. Unfortunately for us, however, all roads do not lead to Mt. Rainier. At this point the day wasn't getting any younger. Somehow we ended up in Enumclaw. The Big Balla was getting hungry again, so we stopped at a QFC. The Balla decided this would be a great time to do his monthly grocery shopping, and check out the magazine section for a little reading. I'm loving it.
Once I found him in the store, I reminded him that we were actually sorta thinking about maybe going on a hike that day or something. 
Sometime around 11am or so, we're back on the road and driving up toward Cayuse Pass
, and all of the sudden we could see Mt. Rainier really huge right in front of us...so we knew we were probably on the right track. Luckily, there were limited opportunities to stop for more food, so we were able to make good time. We arrived at Paradise around noon. Does this qualify for an Alpine start?If you know how long it takes to prepare for a three month expedition, you can probably start to understand how long it takes the Big Balla to get ready for a day hike.
There is gear selection, clothing selection, food selection, last minute eating, and bathroom preparations. We started off, only to be marauded by this small beast: 
Visibility wasn't great, but we heard reports that it would be possible to get above the clouds at about 500 feet below Camp Muir, according to the approximately 700 people we saw hiking up and down the Muir snow field.
The hike up looked sort of like this:
We reached the flurry of activity known as Camp Muir around 4:00pm. There were alot of tense people ordering each other around.
We couldn't see squat. 
I started to worry about the Big Balla. Unfortunately HACE started to set in, and he lost it:
He started chasing this little bird that was eating our Moose Goo, threatening to "rip off its little head". Later he heard voices that commanded him to strip down naked and babble like an idiot. "I'm sorry, this isn't me...it's the altitude talking".
Extreme. I'm loving it. It was time to descend and get back so the Balla could go to a Mariners game. Word up.Gear Notes:
McGriddle Cakes, months worth of groceries,
, Johnathon Winters Approach Notes:
*Warning* Do not expect a Wilderness Experience on this hike.
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"Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense! Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year!"
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Gary Yngve?
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Ya, but nobody compares to the Gert Jonnys!
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Gary Yngve?
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It just doesn't seem possible to state it better than this:
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My name is Martlet. I served from ’66 to ’67 and from ’68 to ’69. The last tour was An Thoi and Cat Lo. I served for over 2 ½ months with John Kerry. I was the third class gunner’s mate, within five feet of John Kerry at all times. While I was not on the 94 boat, the boat where he put in for his purple hearts, I did watch his indecisiveness put his boat and crew in jeopardy time after time. His is inability to manage a six man crew properly; I do not believe Kerry is qualified to be our commander-in-chief. I left the Navy, lived in Clover, South Carolina and managed boat dealerships. I’m an ordinary guy with no political agenda and no party affiliation. You can believe me. No bias what so ever. Trust me. I'm telling the truth. That I'm an ordinary guy makes me more believable. Really, and truly I have no ties with the Republican party. Believe it. I spent alot of time at Grateful Dead shows dancing. I was a spinner. This makes me more credible.
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I think we have a Grateful Dead fan on the board.
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elufagus
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The Truth is that Fat Teddy just went and bought himself a new little toy:
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REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
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NOTE; PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER (VE/S/09/99) IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES.
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Drury Lane is looking good too.
WTF: boyfriend; seriously. *DELETED*
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The odds are 738.