Ricardo_Montalban

alien DNA in your water. the incubation period is over!! DESTROY IMMEDIATLY!!!!!!

ok, i'll admit i'm a relative newbie on the subject, but this doesn't jive. Direction of force: even with a basic z-system the forces are pulling towards the crevasse. you are pulling away from it, but the force on the anchor is coming from the secondary pully. multiplied force: force of haulers X force (weight) of hualee. i know this is over simplified, and someone else would better exlpain it. am i out in left field here?

public land is public land. no one can claim rights or ownership (unless you're a multimillion $ mining corporation...but that's another thread) it's my understanding that any motorized equipment (gas / electric) is illegal in wilderness areas, even for the land managers (although, exceptions are granted) would i go out to climb it? yes. i would not 'rat' them out to the land managers though, since it would open the location up to probable bureaucratic mayhem. i believe management/policing from the users of the area is the best option.

yeah, my post looks like i'm recommending zips. i don't! i had trouble with mine, crashed my system, had to zero out HD and start over, and i still have a corrupt zip disc full of irreplaceable data that i can't bring myself to throw away. it sits there on my desk and taunt's me. hey, anyone wanna buy a zip drive? (no exp with mkey)

there are devices called 'memory keys' but the products that came up on a google search didn't seem to hold much. zip drives (iomega) hold 100, 250, and ?? MB of data

thanks for the info, shred!

Stephan, unfortunately the budget is not pooled and shared like that. each division (in this case 'transportation' (or something to that effect)) has they're own budget and the can't give the leftovers to another division

i worked for the blm in roseburg several years ago. they bought two of these to max out their budget so it wouldn't be dropped the following year. they didn't tow shit! worst part about it was how the clear-cut-specialists stood around it, scratching their nuts, admiring that fine piece of american made, gas guzzling machinery. same guys who had the "earth first, we'll log the other planets later" bumper stickers.

Thanks all (especially the TAY tip) Unless I go for a long drive, I think i'm SOL down here in OR until fall.

DUMBASS, DUMBASS!!!! I vote for Dumbass! Hey 007, write up TR when you get back! I wanna hear all about how easy it was for you!

beware of the cock, cluck. he's got an ornery look in his eye. suspect cock has ulterior motives with your chicken.

anywhere to get a decent run in the cascades or is it all crap now?

correction... suburban driving NWIF soccer moms (NWIF: no way i'd fu##)

"bring major league education to portland"

As a newbie, I've gone up Hood (SS) with 11 other mazamas of varied skill levels. I won't do that again. Too messy and confusing. Much slower. Greater chance of no-summit. Most importantly, it's much harder for newbies to raise concerns or outright objections due to weather/route/leadership failure/ etc.

Hey all, I have some fish-newbie questions... has anyone fished the lakes in Indian Heavens Wilderness? is it allowed? are there fish? are there many/any subalpine lakes devoid of fish in the cascades? recommend a good web source for this info? thanks!

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uuhh...you want your mom to get a boob job???? you gotta let those issues go...

"I Love Mormon Pussy" on the back window of a caravan. not really my favorite, but couldn't stop laughing when i saw it.

cost of vanity: 2 butt cheeks benefit of vanity: $17.5 million lawsuit WTF!? you're kinda cute, bronco

pd $130, will sell for $100 (bag included) bought this april and never used. crappy job security is forcing me to prepare for the worst. prefer an in-person transaction specs (couldn't find on mammut site) Promo, 10.0mm X 60m UIAA falls: 6 over sharp edge: 0 weight: 66g/m (8.7 lb) impact force: 9.2kN elongation in use: 6.5% at 1st fall: 30% sheath slip: 0 proportion of sheath: 37%

Chriznitch's last picture on his Cooper Spur TR (last wed) is of the hogsback.

Chirp, it's definitely Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia). the type specimen has a network of white marks (like snakeskin) on the leaves, but this species shows a lot of variation (dark green with midrib vs. lighter green with snakeskin pattern). This is an orchid, not a plantain. The leaves can resemble a plantain, hence the name. Excellent field guide suggestion above (Plants of the PNW, Pojar, MacKinnon). For the super botano-geeks, Flora of the PNW, Hitchcock & Cronquist is the leading authority (all key, no photos)...although up in WA it may be replaced by now (or in the process of). when buying a field guide, the more local the guide (in scope), the better luck you'll have identifying. More info...(invasives, plant lists, listserves, etc.) Native Plant Society of Oregon: http://npsoregon.org/ Native Plant Society of WA: http://www.wnps.org/ (damn! Wnps site kicks npsO's ass) Native PLant Society of BC: http://eflora.bc.ca/ (very cool) USDA Plants site: http://plants.usda.gov/ (can query, but scope is national and is cumbersome to find local species) happy botanizing!!

or set the bait and lurk in the bushes with a gun loaded with rubber bullets.

hhmm...i've seen this before. i thought it was a wintergreen (pyrola), but that's not checking out. i'll check my keys and get back to you tomorrow. could you describe the spent flower and stalk?