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Is it still "leave no trace" if you leave a hole where the bones were? Leave your quickdraws out in the open? Trash to be collected! Leave your bones in the dirt? The same!!!

you forgot: the one who inflated the huge ass housing bubble in the first place Barney Frank!

Costs are going up for a variety of fucked up reasons - some of which I'd love to roll back (and you'd probably vehemently oppose). Rising costs will hurt me just like it will you in about 10 years or so, Rob.

Time for austerity!

There's no such thing as a free lunch, j_bot!

Oh, look: HOT CARL!

JayB: 1 Prole: 0

Speaking of FAIL, the sooner this failure is gone, the better

Now we're getting somewhere, at long last. And the connection between participating in a leisure activity that requires immense amounts of persistence, sacrifice, discipline, deferred gratification and getting into and completing college is...completely random? Something that happens only after someone sits in a lecture hall for X number of hours? It's amazing what a shitty job college has done at developing Comrade Prole's analytical skills.

Another one on my list. Good stuff!

Barry must be so happy she is running.

Cool. This one is on my list!

Yep. Planning next weekend already.

I'm betting, however, that you both accomplished the same regarding making the world a better place over the weekend. Who is in a better place is up for debate I suppose. I'm betting much of the middle class managed to enjoy their weekend despite their supposedly imminent demise

How're the guitar gigs going, boner?

you've neither regressed nor progressed that's more your style. in your Mom's basement.

The sky is falling? My hair is burning! A crisis here a crisis there, a crisis everywhere! Let's obsess about them all endlessly! On a climbing web site! Here's some links! Read, wring your hands, call the waaahmbulance!

That works. You should teach j-bot some multi-tasking skills.

How's the manifesto coming along? Did your Mom at least make you some cookies and milk?

For the densest amongst us: - We had gorgeous weather last w/e - We will have more gorgeous weather this w/e - Some small minority prefer to focus only on how "shitty" it supposed is - Some small minority prefer to work on their manifestos while sequestered in their Mom's basement rather than get out etc.

j_bot has no outdoor photos to share. surprised?

There was snow along the stream you use as a handline on the final 2.5 miles or so of approach. we used climbing boots the whole way. The summit ridge is 99% snow-covered. We used 1-2 screws only. also we had a small rack but never used it as the snow at the top of the couloir is still quite deep and wide. Beware that the Bergschrund crossing we used may be out by now. However, there looked to be a crossing lower down all the way on climber's left that could be a go still.

Spectacular!

I need to go back and bag the Stuart Glacier Couloir next year - you can join me for that one. :-)