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Yeah, but so can women. touché

I saw a guy with a Beagel on top of Pugh a few years ago. He was leashed on the summit and full of energy, pulling on the leash constantly... too much energy after hiking 5300 feet up or whatever it is. To be a dog...

I thought hippies didn't wash their clothes!

First week in June is probably 50/50 odds for climbing most "normal" years in the Cascades. Last two years we had very deep snow pack and high avy risk several times in June (along with a "special advisory" on www.nwac.us). I'd recommend a backup plan if I were you, as this year will likely be the same.

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I hope the NPS rips out all those stupid asphalt walkways in the meadows at Paradise, and tears down the new visitor center too.

for some reason I envision the label of your bottle depicting fat, ugly naked people riding bicycles...

and what is the poison of choice?

the best kind! Those frat guys sure are assholes, huh?

It's possible. He must of developed his impressive drinking abilities somewhere.

Sobo has a new gig - you could look into that... I know you like to shoot guns and stuff

what's with the spray-napalm? did you just quit your job or something?

Rosie? Why Miss R. Palm is doing just great, thanks for asking

Yeah, just look how spotless clean it is in the dorms!

cougars and their endless hunger for fresh meat

You rule, archie!

Yeah, "those" frat guys! You, OTOH...

You really like reading about this kind of stuff, don't you? Maybe, secretly, you want to do the elephant walk... Just sayin'.

With a claim like that you're gonna need to back it up. I heard about something at UW called "the elephant walk" where pledges are naked in a circle and have to grab the dude in front of them by the nutsack and at the same time stick their thumb up their asshole. What purpose does that serve? does it build comradery? Or scar you for life? Who would want to watch that? You heard about it! Wow, it must be true!

I knew people in our college rugby club, and their antics make the stuff in that article look harmless and innocent. Any group of angry hairless monkeys - especially those of the male gender between 16 and 25 years of age will engage in these types of behaviors. The real solution is solitary confinement for 9 years, followed by release into the wild, then, and only then.

I understand that Mt. Washington can be pretty darn fierce in the Winter. If you've been up there in cold temps, you've probably seen worse than you'd see on Rainier in July (prime time for Rainier - best chance of good conditions).

nope, he got the tr for that one as i was trying to show him mercy That's what i said - he padded his # with hikes to lookouts. You, OTOH, maintained your TR integrity. ;-)

Time to start getting flu shots like the rest of us geezers K... I'll hoist a cold beverage in your honor tonight. Least I can do... Happy birthday man. d I did get a shot... this appears to be some other vile strain. Have two drinks for me. ;-)

Hey, and today its you that takes another shuffling step closer to the grave! HBD Mr. Multi-K! Thanks, Off. It's another reminder that I need to get off my ass and nail some climbs I've been putting off. ;-)

Thanks guys (except E? WTF?)... No scotch tonight... just coming out of a weeklong bought of the worst fucking cold or flu I've had in a long long motherfucking time :-( And Sobo- good luck and God-speed to you on your new endeavor. You've got way bigger cojones than I.