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Elon has plenty of time to meet you there. Typical do-nothing-CEO

We should kill all bourgeois capitalist CEO scum. They don't "do" anything after all. Nothing. They just count money and snort lines off their desks.

Have you ever actually met a CEO or observed one in a working role for that matter?

FW at the cc.com dojo [video:youtube]

Of course he has; he's a capitalist--and Presidents are just politicians. Still, Musk donated to GW's campaign/reelection. Did you write a check too? You don know that Elon's companies have been the recipient of huge $$$ of corporate welfare?

And who's goanna save us on your side? Hillary? Sanders? Rumor has it, your guy Elon Musk is a pretty strong Marco Rubio supporter. Nice work, FW. I am entertained! :-)

I think our temps were forecast around 55-60 but with windchill it felt cooler. In the morning it was 40's though. Bugs: bad at Colchuck lake. Once up Aasgard I did not notice them, but I did not stay at a melted out lake like Viviane... we were near Isolation

I wonder if there'd be so many if there weren't such a tight permitting system (with people waiting years to get one, denied over and over). In other words, starve the masses, and this is what you get :-P I looked up your way as I hiked up Aasgard to see if any climbers were on that route but you were probably topped off by then (2 pm or so)? Anyways, great job!

Trip: Enchantment Slam - Standards Date: 6/13/2015 - 6/14/2015 Trip Report: I hiked up to the Enchantments with 2 friends this weekend. The weather window and low snow level on the last permit-less weekend was just too enticing to resist. Of course a couple hundred other people had the same idea, and it was a veritable party up there, but it was possible to spread out and enjoy the area nevertheless. We hiked in on Saturday via the Colchuck Lake trail and Aasgard. It took about 6 hours to get to our camp near Isolation Lake. Prior to setting up tents we tagged Little Annapurna. Part way up weather came in and we got peppered with graupel and hit with a biting wind. The night was cold - below freezing. Enchantments glory: The Teanaway looking pretty and green from Little Annapurna: Descending from Little Annapurna with a storm a threatenin' We arose at 4:15 and headed out to take advantage of the full day. My friends headed for Prusik Peak to tag the W ridge. We had heard that that route had been very crowded the previous weekend and the day before as well. My friends got to the base of the route at 6 am and were queued up as party number 4 (all of two peeps each). They were still able to finish the route and get to camp by 3 pm, and enjoyed it greatly. Ice on Inspiration Lake: Sunrise over Prusik: I headed to Prusik Pass and solo'd Enchantment Peak. I then crossed over to Leprechaun lake and tagged McClellan. I enjoyed that route the best. It's gotten a lot of traffic and there is a good bootpath for the final traverse up to the prong. The snow here is steep and icy. It ends on rock and a short third class scramble gets you to the ridge. The final summit block also has some great class 3 scrambling to get you to an airy summit with fantastic views of the Enchantments. I only met one party of three up there and had the peak mostly to myself. McClellan Peak: View towards Enchantment Peak from high on McClellan's snow slopes: View down to Snow Lakes from McClellan: Gear Notes: Ice axe, crampons, helmet. Approach Notes: Trail to Aasgard is 99% snow-free. Snow in the upper Enchantments is consolidated and easy to move across.

could a movie ever do it justice?

Currently reading "A Moveable Feast" and "Eaters of the Dead". Both are quite enjoyable, light, summer reads :-)

Great Movie. Great Reference. However, it can only be appreciated and understood by the old/aging fast ;-)

Really I don't care to provide you with whatever it is you seem to need. Spray is generally a useful distraction area on cc.com and nothing more. Unfortunately pretty much every conversation I have with you is negative, boring, and a waste of time on all fronts. I'm not sure why you continue responding to me or FW honestly. There is nothing about the interaction that you seem to enjoy. You know it all, and we know nothing. You'd just rather have us gone. Maybe it's you who would like to cart folks off into wagons and send them to the gas chamber, not FW, after all. If only people you don't like would just go away, you'd be so much happier. Over and out.

Do you ever stop and think? Seriously? All you do is react and accuse. I made points and qualified them. I don't think all lefties are the same or claim to know how everyone thinks. I have already stated that. You just want to put words in my mouth. It's lazy. Ivan is a much more interesting interlocutor - because it is evident he actually reads what his adversary writes, considers it, does not necessarily reject it out of hand (even if he disagrees with it). Unfortunately Ivans are few and far between. You are a dime a dozen.

Fucking A dude. Talk about hyperbole. Of course not all liberals are the same. But there are trends and patterns of thought and behavior. Just like for conservatives. FW does make some interesting points and provocative statements. You don't even try to argue them but just go for the insults. Did you even try to check your emotions at the door for a second and *consider* anything he said at all? Scientists: yeah, they're great to talk to - in small doses and about their specific research area and expertise. Beyond that I've found many to be just as flawed and goofy as the rest of humanity. FW makes a good point about Ivan and generalists. Unidimensional people are boring as fuck (to me) and scientists often trend that way. I worked in biotech for over 10 years, and have known a ton of them both there and elsewhere. Oh, and the relatively few conservatives in science can be just as unidimensional and quirky. FW makes a great point about lay people citing science as gospel. Not knowing a neutrino from whatever he said - it's actually pretty typical of Americans in general, not just lefties. It's just the lefties cite science as gospel (w/o understanding it) while many righties prefer denial as a shield for ignorance. Well, back to your thread folks. I'm headed to the Enchantments along with 1000 other people...

Yes, it does. It is a reminder to myself :-)

The N Face of Buckner actually looked really good. PM me your email and I'll send you something

Trip: Forbidden - Weset Ridge Date: 6/10/2015 Trip Report: Forbidden has thwarted me for years. The first time I attempted the peak I could not even get a permit and had to climb Torment instead. Another time, we got permits but ended up on the ridge with 11 climbers ahead of us and after two hours of motionlessness on the ridge - bailed. Yet another time I attempted the TFT, got destroyed by soul-crushing sun and heat on the approach, and pussed out of climbing the 4th class gully out of the Taboo glacier onto the S ridge of Torment. This time I opted for doing the climb in one push as midweek as possible - Wednesday. No permits, few people, motivated - success. :-) My buddy NH and I headed up at 4 am from the TH. The first half of the trail is quite brushy - more so than I have ever remembered it. It's also showing signs of being unmaintained more and more. Nevertheless we got up it and arrived at the stream crossing in under two hours. The water level was high with the warm temps and melting snow. Alpenglow illuminates the TFT from the Boston Basin trail: We pumped water and roped up for the unnamed glacier/snowfield. It is broken up now and requires numerous end runs around cracks. We had almost a full 60m rope between us and the rope drag was annoying. There are some shenanigans at the large rock blocking the entrance to the W Ridge Couloir as well (crack forming, soft snow). The couloir itself is in great shape but melting fast. Lots of evidence of recent rock fall, and there is a well-established boot path. Some cracks are forming in the couloir - not sure how long it will be in. Broken, dirty snowfield on approach: We simulclimbed the gully and reset leads once. It was really cruiser and probably as good as it gets, with a staircase bootpath to follow. NH belaying the final section of the couloir: At the moat we did a gear adjustment, losing crampons and got out our rock rack. NH lead up the dirty gully immediately to climber's left, but only put a piece or two in. We did another gear adjustment and headed up. View up the route from the notch: We simulclimbed for a bit but noticed a party of two rappelling from the lowest rappel station, so we stopped and setup a belay. When they caught up to us, we figured out a way to coordinate their downclimb with our ascent. I then led the first steep pitch (with the piton), where I ran into a second party descending. They let me bring up my partner and he led the final pitch. We rappelled into the notch and scrambled the true summit. All in all it took us about 3 hours to get to the summit from the notch. I'm sure others cruise this much faster but we thought it went well. Summit pan0 p0rn: We reverse led to the top-most rappel station and linked two rappels. We did a short lead to the third rappel station, rappelled, then simulclimbed in one go all the way to the notch. There were no more parties ascending and it took us about 3.5 hours to get back to the notch. We then downclimbed the 4th class gully, did one rappel into the couloir and simulclimbed down from there in one long pitch back to the unnamed glacier. View towards third and final rappel along the West Ridge: Unfortunately with all the end runs we could not get down as fast as we'd hoped. We ran out of daylight at the 6100' camp area. We got water and continued in the dark At the stream crossing we found the water level way too fast and high to pass. And we were tired and mentally drained. We worked our way upstream looking for a better crossing but none were obvious. I have crossed high before (above a waterfall over slabs) but 18+ hours into our day we opted to rest a bit. We did an open bivy for about 3 hours, then found the high route out of there and walked to the cars, arriving at the TH at dawn. Gear Notes: Ice axe, 'pons, light alpine rack with several double runners. Approach Notes: Boston Basin trail is very brushy for the first half. Almost no snow until 6100' for so. High water level in the stream at Boston Basin. Snow gully on Forbidden in but not for long.

This is pure BS again trying to spin the GOP talking points. Let's take climate change for instance - rather than say what they mean - "yes, we understand the climate is changing due to human inputs - but we've analyzed this and have decided that we think taking any action on this would cause a major economic effect and would not change the situation much anyway - thus we see a benefit for the US in adhering to fossil fuel based-economy". That's a policy debate. Instead we have GOP senators bring snowballs to the podium and saying climate change is not real - or if it is it has nothing to do with human inputs. From a science standpoint that argument is over. Policy debate is a different thing. The GOP instead chooses science denial. You misquoted me - I did not make that statement.

Climb the Tooth after Labor Day weekend and you'll have it mostly to yourself. During prime time other objectives are a better option :-)

How were the conditions on Ruth? Much scree/talus slogging now? I advised some beginners to head up and mount Ruth as a conditioner and way to check out the Emmons full-frontal.

Trip: Unicorn Peak - Standard Date: 6/7/2015 Trip Report: I only had Sunday to get out and play this weekend, and opted to head up Unicorn. I've only climbed Lane Peak in the Tatoosh, so this was a welcome climb to do, and a good break from Bulgers. We started up at about 8:45 and it was warm already. We timed the temps well for snow conditions though - with little give on the already-sun-soaked snow above the first gully. On the descent in the early after noon, we had perfect plunge-stepping. We chose a 5th class variation on the summit block (led in boots). Felt mid-fifth, with about three moves. Definitely a fun way to finish. As for conditions - it looks like mid-to-late July up at Rainier now, not early June. The objective as viewed from alpine meadows near Bench Lake: First gully completely melted out: Upper snowfield melting fast: Traversing the ridge to the base of the summit block: Summit pano-p0rn: Rapelling from the dead tree stump that must eventually fail to remain viable: Descending from the ridge: Gear Notes: Ice axe, small rack (nuts, 2-3 cams, 4-5 slings). Approach Notes: Hot. Buggy in the green areas and around the lake, but not horrible (yet). Snow free until the top of the first gully, then snow to the col.

ready for the bukake, Oly?

What a strawload of shit, Oly. Trying to portray conservatives as "anti-science" is a tired old tard meme and it's sad to see you participating. Again, it's not science that conservatives and moderates view with disdain, rather, it's the people (mostly liberal dupes who wouldn't know a neutrino from an amoeba) who have turned science into a belief system exactly as you decry. Science is a cornerstone of modernity--but it's not a system under which societies ought to consciously organize. Unharnessed by outside forces (the market, for example) it tends to ignore really great things--like humanity and individualism. Things libtards claim to care about--but really don't. In short, my point was that science-types make shitty political commentators--Jim, TTK, on so on. Broadly speaking, they're too specialized to see much of the big picture, IMO. What's more, it's why generalists like Ivan are a whole lot more engaging. Excellent points, FW.

if you get out on something worthy of posting about for whatever reason, please do if anything it's cool to see route conditions, pics, and get some stoke going