KaskadskyjKozak

Lick sack.

Huh????? WTF happened? This came out of nowhere...

I am so jealous!

I ran up Eldorado first week of June last year and it was fine. I'd suspect a late May trip would be totally a go this year (as long was we don't have crazy record snowfall in the next 6-8 weeks)

Die, fatty!

this site has a moderator?

Anything fed to laboratory rats in significant quantities will cause cancer.

That as well as this: http://slum.dyndns.org:8090/plots/plots.html Check out the Alpental plot at 5400 elevation level. Temps have been well below freezing a lot up there.

Where else can you buy a $40 pup tent which is functionally equivalent to a Hilleberg?

I had been studying telemetry data which put temps between 25 and 30 degrees at that elevation. Still, the NF was the better bet. There is still time for that one this year, fortunately. :-)

Who dat?

Trip: Chair Peak - NE Buttress Date: 2/9/2010 Trip Report: A few friends and I took the day off to climb Chair Peak after reading all the great recent TRs about it. We opted to try the NE Buttress, rather than the North Face, however, which was apparently a mistake. The approach: The first pitch was a bit spicy with some runout and poor ice quality and protection. I was able to sink a picket, clip the rap anchor, place one screw, an alien, and tie off a dead log. Spin drift was wicket and I was completely covered in snow and ice particles as I got to the belay tree swearing in a manner that makes Ivan's cc.com TR's seem G-rated. The first pitch: The second pitch was more straightforward, although the snow quality was still not good. We went over a bump which turned out to be a snow covered bunch of short trees and rocks and set up a belay at a rock maybe 100 feet E of the ice waterfall. My friend CF attempted to lead the ice waterfall (we had two teams of two) when I arrived. The traverse was gnarly to the waterfall, and the quality of ice on the waterfall not good. CF was not able to get off the deck due to lack of footholds. He also was not that happy with the two ice screw placements he put in at ground level. After 20 minutes of thrashing it was apparent that he couldn't pull it off, and it was unlikely I or the two newbs we were ropegunning would. We decided to call it a day. The downclimb to the rappel anchor sucked, and we were all shivering cold by the time we got the double rope rappel all set up. By this time our bluebird skies were turning gray as well (1:30 pm). Hike out was pretty mellow. View from high on the route: Gear Notes: 4 pickets, 3-4 ice screws, green alien, 2 ice tools (no ice axe).

okay, apples to apples then... how much fuel was wasted on obama's bullshit flight compared to this bullshit flight? Two wrongs don't make a right.

NWHikers is the shit though

you should go ice climbing with him

While you guys were arguing anonymity I took a nice hike up Mt. Si then sat down with a triple-shot of Irish Whiskey and watched the Saints stomp on Peyton Manning's face. This particularly pleased me having my own year cut short. Just once, I will sign my post with my true identity. -- Ocho Cinco

Work sucks. Looking back what do you tend to remember? Those 12 hour days and weekends, or your climbing trips or vacations?

They review less cases now than previously (say 30 years ago).

Fantasizing about Scalia's little monkey again, eh Rob?

Really? I thought it was just like that. The SC only takes cases from lower courts - real cases with a real plaintiff, and only if it wants to. They could review no cases at all if they wanted. Often the court focuses on a certain theme or themes and ignores others.

God I love Office Space.

No. Another case would have to rise up through the courts addressing a similar issue which could then be ruled on, hopefully with a bigger majority. This could be years later. It just seems to me that 5-4 is a flawed way to decide matters this important that then become precedent (which is very difficult to overturn)

I think of such a system as the equivalent of a 'hung jury', where the issue would need to be revisited, rather than become part of precedent with a narrow margin.

Even a quick study of the court and its rulings indicates 'Originalist versus Activist' more accurately describes the taxonomy of the justices that 'Corpo-Nazi Fuck' and (presumably) 'anti-Corpo-Nazi fuck'. This well established and described difference in judicial philosophy has far more to do with the consideration given to the potential impacts of decisions than whatever labels the Daily Kos came up with that week. It always annoys me when there is a 5-4 decision. It seems at that level the minimum should be 6-3 for a ruling to actually take effect.

Methinks you're not much older than me OW...