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Suddenly I'm hungry for roast capon with a mushroom and armagnac sauce. Have you been "fixed" by any chance?

He said "stfu j_bot"

Hendrix: master of rhythm guitar, constantly varying the riff. Master of lead. Master of noise (feedback). Does it get any better than Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Little Wing, or just about anything he's done? Just ask the Axis... ;-)

You've got a lot in common with that guy on the bus, j_bot... except in your case, you probably need to take more drugs (of a prescription sort) rather than less (of a recreational sort)

That's because you are part of the problem

Wow, the Rooster fails Minx's spray challenge... who'd of thunk that?

That driver deserves a cash bonus just for dealing with this one encounter (on top of probably working long ass hours this week in shitty conditions). Last night there was the group of people who got on the bus just to avoid a 4 block walk... then got mad when the bus did not stop where they wanted.... but 4 blocks past that (WTF? we have to walk 4 blocks anyways!)

A young kid gets on the bus this morning. The driver starts off and suddenly we all get treated to Nirvana at full blast. The driver turns his head and tells the kid to turn it down. Soon things get even more stupid: Kid: "Have we passed the McDonald's yet" Passenger with some disability: "No, not yet" Kid to driver: "Will you be going right past the Safeway?" Driver: "We are running the normal route" pause Kid to driver: "Will you be going right past the Safeway? You know which one I mean?" Driver: "We are running the normal route" pause Kid: "Where does this route go?" Driver: - describes entire route with every turnoff and intersection - Kid: "Can you drop me off by the Safeway?" Driver: "I've told you the route already. I'm not repeating myself" Kid: begins to nod his head, falling asleep. Wakes up and asks "Can you drop me off by the Safeway?" Driver: "You need to take less drugs and think more" Kid: "I don't take drugs... but can you answer my question?" Driver: "I am trying to drive... can't you see the conditions outside?" Kid: pause. "I just need to know if you are going by the Safeway" Driver: "I'm not going to do your thinking for you. I told you the route. Think for yourself" Kid: "I don't even know where we are now" Driver: "We are at the intersection of 24th and 156th" ...this convo continued in like terms until the kid got off the bus... Be afraid, America.

umm, you lose Ivan... the comparison to beating a "tar baby" is clearly insulting

the race to the bottom continues (pun intended)

Chris Poland is better than both of these guys, IMO (and I think Dave M agrees). The guy's eclectic roots and influences and his frenetic style are simply spectacular. Friedman is a close second though...

3/5 of a Z-Rest pad which folded in thirds forms the back panel of my backpack Bivi sack Extra socks Pocket Rocket, 1 liter pot, tiny lighter, 8 oz fuel cannister Bivy sack, and at least 3/4 length of pad (my 40l pack has a pad that comes right out, my 20l pack does not). Down coat, balaclava, extra gloves (mits actually).

This was the mistake: "Sixty-six-year-old Yong Chun Kim, of Tacoma, became separated from a hiking club when he slid down a slope and said he would meet them farther down the trail." Good to hear he got out safe and sound!

What Alex says. As for my group and Mito's, we both topped off on the "middle" route up the Reid. There is a "left variation" that is longer and ends up closer to the summit. You go up through the slot like we did but then continue up and left rather than traversing right to the west crater rim. There is also a third route that winds up through the Castle Crags, so at least three major variations. Each has its own possibilities to vary too though.

Ihre Papiere, bitte! Schnell!

By royal proclamation of Marmot Prince, I am an e-mountaineer and I don't know shit, but I do know that that's fuq'n funny, I don't care who y'are. That's weird, 'cos, I swear I've seen pics of you climbing and shit. Huh.

+1 what Dru says To be specific: 1 - luck to be aligned with a tower 2 - just because you signal someone doesn't mean you'll have time to be found and rescued while wedged 80 feet down. Hypothermia takes far less time to develop than the fittest climbing ranger will take to hike from Paradise or Muir to say, 13K

Stalin and Mao lived to be in their 70's and 80's respectively. And damn, but they enjoyed their life of privilege as much as anyone you despise (corporate multimillionaires).

I doubt that "inheriting the earth" has ever made becoming a butcher worthwhile to anybody. Anybody but folks ranging from Ghengis Khan to Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, etc, etc, etc, etc? Is that the reason that the average human has 2-3X more female than male ancestors? It sure was difficult to come up with those obscure counterexamples, eh Jay? ;-)

There are cell towers located near Paradise, and you had a straight line through the air between you at 12K and those towers. When in the crevasse, you've lost that.

Simon says: "type a stupid response"

I have practiced crevasse rescue. I was lowered 50 feet into a crevasse and prusik'ed out. Once over the lip and into the abyss I could not hear the voices of anyone outside, nor could they hear me. So, unless you bring a flaregun with you... good luck summoning help. cell phone? Mine had service on the DC. Even uploaded pics to facebook. Hike up to Muir. Test your cell phone. Then descend the Cowlitz to a crevasse. Build an anchor and lower yourself into the crevasse 30 feet. Try your cell phone again.

huh? what are you saying?

I have practiced crevasse rescue. I was lowered 50 feet into a crevasse and prusik'ed out. Once over the lip and into the abyss I could not hear the voices of anyone outside, nor could they hear me. So, unless you bring a flaregun with you... good luck summoning help.

what a fucking moron you are