KaskadskyjKozak

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

"Indeed, today many video games are actually replicating military training and conditioning kids to kill" manufacturing contempt what about the kids in the 50s playing cowboys n' indians? i don't think the modern game industry is doing much more than making a buck stoking a fire that was already burning... j_bot can't relate: he played with dolls and "My Little Pony" as a youngster.

"GreaterGood" at "Berkeley"

There have been atrocities conducted in every war that mankind has engaged in, including every US conflict. In the modern era we just have instant access to the gory details. The assertion expressed above by someone that suddenly people will now be opposed to war(s) because of this is a dubious one. We'll get used to the abuses we see on YouTube and just tune them out. Jay's last post is spot on in his commentary as well.

TTK: the Van der Sloot of cc.com

You ought to ask the wit connoisseur if it met his approval. In all honesty, it made me laugh (considering the recipient of the golden shower and his track record in being civil) but I understand that humor isn't universal. nice try, but we know nothing makes you laugh, oh humorless one.

once again, the lap-dog arrives on cue

I hear ya. KKK asked me to climb with him once, but the caveat was he wanted me to pee in his mouth. Suddenly...my calendar was full. Gee, that's almost as funny as your threats to rape FW and his family. You're a barrel off laughs, you fat, worthless fuck.

If only it was just four stupid jarheads.... These guys just acted out the attitude of a huge portion of our population. The problem goes much, much deeper than the idiocy for 4 individuals. 'course, that just leaves you w/ an indictment on the whole human race... this is a little closer to form...

there's a reason the corps has always taken pride in their label of "devil dogs" I am disappointed, Ivan! I was expecting something like this: "... nothing new or excessive... the Chinese used to cut off the testicles of their slaughtered enemies and shove them down their throat, then cut a hole in their stomach and crap in it... the ancient Romans, OTOH,.... "

that's a lot of hooch

video I want to see Ivan's response first.

no, actually... whoeverskiy or whoeverskij :-)

*Auf Wiedersehen*. Oy, what spelling this week!