ashw_justin

So what are you knitting for the baby shower, and when are you gonna get some of your own cute little biscuits in the oven?

I'd just like to say, after my first visit last weekend, that these are really fun, friendly gear routes, and that what they are rated doesn't matter as long as you enjoy them.

Steven, What did they call it, that time in Alaska when you were an eskimo indian, and you brought pain and reckoning to the big bad oil company, and then scored it with the vivacious eskimo indian woman in your big log cabin mansion? Maybe you can find some social injustice in the park service to cure with shotguns and karate chops like last time?

What does the fee increase serve? Do they actually need the money, or is this to scare off dirtbags? Maybe they can get more rangers up there to make sure people are following the rules, i.e. Leave No Trace? And how do they reconcile the Leave No Trace policy with allowing fixed gear on the mountain?

Hm, I'm going to say July 15th. (Given our healthy snowpack this year.)

The descriptions in Beckey are pretty detailed, no?

I'm not sure the weather forecast is going to leave you with many attractive overnight options. This seems more like mountain-biking/whitewater kayaking weather to me...

Things are way snowed in right now. Roads were are snowy and impassible by normal vehicles as low as 1300 feet this past weekend. That means a hike or skin in the ballpark of 5 miles to get to the usual climbing trailheads.

Alpine shakedown?

When is our retarded government going to come around and see it's piece of the action? Fuckers can make BANK on any legal sale. Pot is a commodity just like anything else. "Free market" my ass.

This is for noone specifically... but The insinuation that just because a route is scary to you, then a 'ski mountaineer' must be as pussy as you are, and not crank turns, is bullshit. People have and do ski these routes in good style, without iceaxes, without being little bitches and downclimbing/rapping, like many "climbers" would. There, it's been said. Evolve.

4 or 5 miles of snow before the trailhead.

He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world And the palace in the sun

your body breaks your needs concern you forever

Ah, I'm sorry "Tuff," did I deflate your little metaphoric hard-on? http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/justintimberlake/crymeariverofficialremix.html

I've wanted a helicopter smiley for a long time.

Your imagination is not so orignal. But good to bring this point up. Run! The social psychology police are here! Clearly everyone here is just soooo much smarter, wow, how frightening...

You know they call it the Phantom because people disappear in there every few years. I heard a rumor that there are some pits which get hidden under the snow in the winter, so the approach is something analogous to a crevasse-field... Also heard that Alpental/Summit at Snoqualmie and the W.D.O.T. just agreed on a new plan to reduce traffic delays resulting from avalanche activity and rockslides in the future. The two decommisioned 105 mm howitzers will be aimed at suspect slopes and unfortunately all of the normal approaches to the Slot Couloir will be vulnerable and subject to control fire...

Good point. Let's see some v13-cruxes at 8000 meters!

What thread are you reading dude? This route is 50 feet high and 300 yards away from a village. This is like comparing a half-pipe competition to snowboard descents in the Himalayas. Keep smokin' bro!

Alright people, let's get serious. See the google summary of the second hit for an example of how best to present this ski: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=slot+couloir&btnG=Google+Search "Slot Couloir The Slot Couloir is dangerous, has consistently poor skiing conditions, and getting up Mt Snoqualmie from the Alpental parking lot takes lots of ..." I know that at least three of the other top ten hits can be fixed accordingly by current cc.com members... Get on it!

If all those hardcore extreme skiers do it, and publish such favorable descriptions, then it must be worthwhile. I know that I when I am finally good enough for it, I'm gonna be all like "wow, flykilo, skilfort, and EatALLYouCan skied this! I hope I don't die!"

If you're one of the proud 200 million with cable television, then you have all kinds of imaginary fears and dangers, to contrast against an empty and meaningless life as consumer unit. It's best that you live inside your head, so that your body and proficiency can better serve the machine.

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