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These new fees are all occurring under a big-government spend-thrift administration, and they are complete BS.

I'll bet Adolf was a rock-trundler too!

Have you ever said anything a Republican did was "good" and that you supported it?

As if you aren't.

yes, according to libtard bitches who are racists fucks deep at heart

yes, according to libtard bitches

Commies are about as racist as they come, not to mention anti-semites. No surprises here.

yeah, right.

Hey, check it out: Xenophobia on the left looks just like xenophobia on the right! It's for "illustrative" purposes, just like Prole's N-bombs.

you readily throw it out too readily just like all you fucking racist left-wingers

Hey Prole, drop some more n-bombs - for "illustrative" purposes of course.

You could as easily give me $20 to yell "*!" as loud as I could on some street-corners in South Central LA to the same effect (i.e. I would offend almost everyone and probably offend a small minority to the point of taking action). I would not however blame Africans in general for my resulting plight. Get a clue. weak.

Sweet. We are about 5 years behind you. Cant wait to take my two little ones on a more serious hike. They hiked the "grove of the patriarchs" this last weekend while camping at Mt. Rainier......very cool.By age 4 or 5 they can do stuff like Little Si, Rattlesnake Ledge, or even Lake 22. Start 'em young - bring snacks and drinks and they can do more than you'd think!Stephen's got it right. When my boy was 4, we took him on a hike up to Blue Lake near MSH. Two+ miles and 1700 VF of gain, and that little whippersnapper hiked every bit of it w/o so much as one complaint. Enjoyed the hell out of himself. Like the man said, snax and drinks and they can go almost forever. Also, for boys at least, it seems to be endlessly amusing to be allowed to pee outside. And when you come to a lake, let them throw rocks into it for awhile. That is usually the high light of these hikes for them. :-)

Hence, your love of TTK

"redistribution results in much more freedom" Go fuck yourself, j_b. Oh, wait, you do that daily.

"redistribution"...no you're not a commie cocksucker, really!

Sweet. We are about 5 years behind you. Cant wait to take my two little ones on a more serious hike. They hiked the "grove of the patriarchs" this last weekend while camping at Mt. Rainier......very cool. By age 4 or 5 they can do stuff like Little Si, Rattlesnake Ledge, or even Lake 22. Start 'em young - bring snacks and drinks and they can do more than you'd think!

Summer's over. Climb other shit in the Fall and Winter :-)

But a much, much healthier addiction, my friend!

Were you right across from us?

I took my boys camping last weekend to Lake Cushman. We dayhiked Mt. Ellinor from the upper TH. A couple of pics:

Trip: Kangaroo Temple - North Face Date: 9/4/2010 Trip Report: Gaucho Argentino and I ropegunned two newbies up Kangaroo Temple on Saturady. The route we chose is the very pleasant and easy N. Face route. The trip was almost canceled due to marginal weather forecasts (snow/rain coming in for an extended period of time). But it worked out for us. We met at 6:30 at the hairpin turnout and headed up soon afterwards to the pass. We lost the trail for a bit, but regained it after some bushwhacking. We got to the pass in 1:20 minutes, including a pause to bandage a climber's eye brow. He whacked into the end of a fallen tree aimed at eye-level on the left edge of the climber's trail. In another hour or so we were at the notch roping up. It was cool on the approach and we were in the shade. The winds added some biting wind-chill however and we all had to don a mid layer, shell, and cap under our helmets. View of objective on the way to the notch: Gaucho led the first pitch with his partner, and I followed on their heels. Gaucho then proceeded to try to lead all the rest of the climb in the second pitch and had some heinous rope drag. I started up the 2nd pitch, and set up a belay to get both followers up. We then cleared the rope drag issue, and Gaucho's follower retied into that rope and went up. I led around the exposed corner, and then up the hand crack to a nice tree belay in pitch 3. We then untied and scrambled to the summit. Gaucho leading the first pitch: First two pitches were quite cold and in the shade. The last pitch, scramble, and summit all involved basking in glorious golden rays. View back along Kangaroo Ridge from the summit: The down climb to the rappel anchor had a little bit of spiciness, and the rappels themselves were quite exhilarating. There are two rappel anchors with bolts. The top appears to been reinforced with glue (recently?). The bottom pair of bolts looks very new. First rappel: Second rappel: Hike out was pleasant and cool. We got back to the cars hours before dark. View from notch coming down: Gear Notes: Small alpine rack up to C4 #2.

Trip: Le Petit Chaval - Spontaneity Arête Date: 9/5/2010 Trip Report: After our climb of Kangaroo Temple, Gaucho Argentino and I camped at Lone Fir and considered options for the next day's climb. We were worried about the forecast of snow showers and if that would work with our initial plan to climb SEWS via the SW rib. In the morning the weather looked OK from camp, so we decided to give it a go and climb. En route on the way out we twisted our friend DC's arm to come with. His climbing partner was leaving that morning and he would be going home otherwise. When we got to below the hairpin we noticed fresh snow high on the Liberty Bell Group, and pulled over. Backup plan needed. We opted for Spontaneity Arête - it appeared to be dry and there were less clouds floating that way. View of Liberty Bell Group in the morning: We downclimbed from the road, crossed the stream, and began ascending. The climber's trail was mostly easy to follow. The only exception was where the trail hits a rock wall and appears to go left only to peter out. In actuality you need to scramble up this wall for 20 feet or so. When we got to the top of the second fixed rope over slabs we noticed snowflakes were falling. Well, not snowflakes, but little ice balls, not quite hail, but close. This, coupled with the cold, damped our spirits. We had all frozen our butts off the previous day with cold temps and no precipitation. We discussed bailing. Maybe Mazama would be better? What about Goat Wall/Prime Rib? I suggested we climb to the base of the route so I could at least see what it looked like (I had never been there, but DC had). We went up. OK, time to bail, right? Gaucho Argentino wanted to climb. DC and I wanted to climb... but for it to be fun. This did not seem like fun. And we'd probably bail anyways if the weather got worse. Somebody took their pack off and pulled out a harness. That action was contagious. Soon Gaucho was leading up pitch one. DC followed with pitch 2. DC is happy with our decision as Gaucho starts up pitch one: Then we hit scrambling terrain with some class 4 mixed in. Because we had 3 people and 2 ropes we seemed aversed to packing a rope and just wanted to keep running the crap out on belay. We probably burned some time unnecessarily here. Pitching out some class 4: Now we were at the part of the ridge that got steeper. Gaucho was gung-ho, so we let him block lead the next three or four pitches. The clouds and snow came and went and came and went again. And again. We were alternately encouraged with wonderful sun and beaten to submission with biting cold winds and snow flurries. We all wore a skull-cap under our helmets, a mid layer and shell jacket. Gloves came on for each belay. There was some shivering involved. Sometimes our views were like this: Gaucho leads a finger crack in a corner: Finally we were at the summit, or so Gaucho said. It wasn't. I then scrambled up some class 4 unroped... and saw more climbing. I brought the others up. Gaucho went up 40 feet more. He said there was more scrambling and then "one last pitch". We weren't sure if we believe him now... In any case, we had left the guide book at the base of the route, and it was getting late - about 4:15. Since I have exceeded my quota of epics and night descents this year, I insisted we descend. We had already done more than we thought we were for the day and weather! Gaucho leads the penultimate pitch which we completed: We did around 4 rappels, the final leading into the gully at about the spot where the arete gets steep. We downclimbed the gully about 500 feet and found the trail out. The latter went quickly and unevenfully. We were back at the cars at 7:30 with light beginning to go. Descending the shitty gully: Descending the short rock wall below the first fixed rope: Gear Notes: Warm cap, mid layer, outer shell, gloves.

Careful there, Bill! Left&Co will brand you a racist for comments like that. Oh, wait, I guess they pulled that card out long ago... Much of our aid to Egypt and Israel is part of the deal that came with Carter's "brilliant" peace treaty. It wasn't enough to just stop killing eachother - we need to pay both sides not to do so - in perpetuity.

That's how I always view you.