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it's GWB's Niece, not daughter. Note the lack of public intoxication reports surrounding her.

Here's another along the same vein. http://store.yahoo.com/campmor/32694.html Retail sucks... buy cheap.

can't you use the 20% coupon on any one purchase?

The Lady of the lake does indeed have a monopoly, and they own the lodge at teh boat landing too! apart from hiking in from highway 20 (4hrs, flat trail) you can also take the Chelan Airways float plane up, which can go when you want it to, and only take about 25 or 30 minutes. However, this is more expensive so it's best to get a group together and split it. The boat company does have a "high speed" catamaran boat which makes 2 trips to Stehekin a day, but costs almost as much as the plane and takes an hour each way. So what trail from highway 20 gets you there in 4 hours? The shortest way I could find from highway 20 was along the bridge creek trail to the bridge creek camp. That is like 15 or 16 hours, which, granted, I could easily do jogging, but I'm not sure I could swing that with a big pack and skis on my back. Did you mean 15 or 16 miles instead of hours? Also, I'm sure that it would be more than 11 miles from the western Wash. end of the cascade river road, over the pass, and down to Bridge creek. When the road was NOT washed out, it was about 3 miles up to the pass, then ~6 miles to Cottonwood campground at the end of the Stehekin road, and a shuttle. The stehekin road ended at glory Mtn. last summer(~2.5 miles short of cottonwood)and it's another 4 miles along the road to bridge creek, which might be impassable to cars due to last fall's flooding. This whole hike would be even longer if the cascade river road is not repaired. Straight down bridge creek is 12 miles (flat, slight downhill) to the Stehekin road. It's 3 miles to the Fireweed PCT junction where you can take Mcalester creek to Mcalester pass(~6miles), then down rainbow creek to the Bakery(10miles). At Fireweed you can also stay on bridge creek/pct and it's 9 more miles to the Stehekin road, for a 12 mile total walk in. I know of people who bike it, which is a fast option, but mind the parkies.

That spot rocks! (at least until you have to fend off the marmots that invade your little rock forts.) I've always thought it'd be a great place for a snowball fight, everyone's already got their own pre-made base.

The Lady of the lake does indeed have a monopoly, and they own the lodge at teh boat landing too! apart from hiking in from highway 20 (4hrs, flat trail) you can also take the Chelan Airways float plane up, which can go when you want it to, and only take about 25 or 30 minutes. However, this is more expensive so it's best to get a group together and split it. The boat company does have a "high speed" catamaran boat which makes 2 trips to Stehekin a day, but costs almost as much as the plane and takes an hour each way.

Well, I think if bertuzzi had been there, his presence would have put them over the edge in this very close series.

That's a good point Klenke, I guess I was thinking "Least tagged of the prominent/published/higher profile peaks." Obviously unnamed high points along remote ridgetops receive fewer visitors than those mentioned. However, in regards to your "Circle without human visit" question, it's usefull to keep in mind that Indians had been exploring the cascades for thousands of years, and there was intense and widespread exploration by trappers and miners after that. These were definitely a hardy group of folks who weren't deterred by some harsh terrain.

Tupshin, Reynolds, Copper, Mcalester and Fernow are all tagged fairly infrequently (guessing on a couple). There is no way to know on a lot of peaks in the area, but Bonanza's prominence and "prestige" makes it more climbed than many fairly high mountains around there.

After watching both the Kill Bills this week I couldn't help but notice that David Carradine (Bill) seemed to really resemble FRed Beckey in some scenes. Anyone else see this? These pics aren't the best, but google only can do so much.

the thing I saw said the tires were weighted with bolts inside. All pieces are honda parts.

No tricks or special computer graphics... this is all real stuff. http://zerotrilogy.gotdns.com/jaysonblog/misc/cog.mov

The base beat sounds a LOT like Franz Ferdinand's 'Take Me Out'

I finally got through to Jack's Store. With a CC # you can call and reserve them in advance and then they will leave them in the al Gore lockbox for a "non-business hour" pickup.

So if I permits are only available at Jack's store during open hours (7-7PM) what does everyone typically do if they are going to be legal and get a permit? Drive up early the night before, get one, then sleep at the trailhead? Start late morning? If anyone else has gone up this weekend, I'd be interested in beta.

56. Dark Peak, 8,504'/2592m, North Cascades, USGS Agnes Mountain. Dark Peak is a high ridge point NW of Bonanza Peak. The easiest route is via the SW face. Like Bonanza Peak, Dark Peak has abundant loose rock. Those who have climbed it vow to never climb it again, just like Bonanza Peak. Reference: Cascade Alpine Guide. I bet Klenke has some pics... check his Summitpost websites for close peaks.

I'm more or less ambivalent on the whole thing.

So YOU'RE the reason that these darn tax cuts aint stimulating the economy. How dare you!

Anyone know if the Oregon Sno* park permits work in WA? (I know the WA ones work in OR)

Anyone know if the Oregon Sno* park permits work in WA? (I know the WA ones work in OR)

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there are some smaller public schools that incorporate those type of principals into the curriculum. I'd agree that climbers in general tend to be more "experience it" types than "read about it" types.

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When I started rowing crew my hands had the same thing. After continued use (ie weeks and months) of every day, they eventually toughened up to where they are practically blister-proof. I think it just takes a long time of constant "roughening up." Lifting weights where the knurling of the bars will rub on your hands (ie deadlifts, chin-ups) helps too.

"Administrative assistants' day"