KaskadskyjKozak

I miss Minx! :-)

The easiest way not to get arrested for dope is to not possess said dope. It's not a hard concept... When a petty crime like possession of a joint, or illegally obtained cigarettes leads to death, there is something profoundly fucking wrong - and it's not all on the suspect. Escalation involves two parties, and cops seems all the more willing to take things to extremes. That being said, and this being common knowledge that shit can get out of hand quickly, why the fuck someone would not obey a cops orders to the letter, immediately and without argument, is beyond me.

This is karma. I like it.

From the shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Montezuma just doesn't have the same ring :-) Besides it's about their span across the globe not a chronological listing of operations. :-)

fucking thread drift right off the bat

you ain't gonna convince no senators by sounding all faggoty n' educated - shame though, brilliant bit of presentation there, i struggle to make it ring human most time i take on the subject nicely done piece ivan, quit being a dork :-)

Ivan, I don't see you mocking someone else's reasonable desire for better access. And certainly you aren't calling them fatasses that should walk or STFU. Glad you had a good experience, in a non-hypocritical way to boot!

You mocked "fatasses" who want the W side road open to cars, telling them to walk or bike, then brag how you bypassed a barrier and drove a road you could have walked. The hypocrisy is clear and incontrovertible.

What you're saying is you just want some pussy? Understandable. ;-)

The name of God has a lot of power of you yet, enough to make you afraid to invoke It. Interesting.

Yeah, anybody should just be able to show up anywhere and just vote. As many times as they like! Don't check anything.

Not to mention convicted felons. Give them the vote! Oh, you're opposed, that's because they are disproportionately minorities, you racist. ;-)

These are nice sentiments, but you have never conveyed or practiced any of them here. If you have had some sort of epiphany recently, well, ok. But forgive me if I remain a skeptic. He's admitted he's a card carrying Democrat with a capital D before. He's as non-partisan as James Carville.

Uhh, this is a first. Heretofore, you've always peddled the notion that it's evil Republicans who bear all the blame for our nation's racial injustices. That's because your data points the finger at his party. If it pointed the other way he'd be singing a very different tune. Even Trash can't explain away 100 years of data

Back to your point on the Paradise Road. It can't be a budget issue - they open it, but the timing blows. I've seen rangers sitting there at the gate doing nothing and refusing to open the road until they feel like it. Then they partrol the parking lot telling people they need to hurry and get down from Paradise or the gate will be closed. Gee, maybe if you OPENED an hour earlier we'd clear out in time.

Closing a hole in gun trafficking?? LOL... How, pray-tell? It's not only super easy to bypass, but is essentially unenforceable also. The only people who will comply are 100% legit and risk-averse types, and the only reason anyone will comply is because of the very remote chance that they'd get in trouble and lose their gun privileges. People who want to ignore the law completely still have that option- and with extremely low odds of ever getting in trouble for it. But if you're someone intent on doing crimes with your guns, "low odds" aren't something you worry about at all. This law does NOTHING to prevent crime, but just makes more stuff a crime. Who's gonna ignore a law? The person with the least to lose. Pretty obvious. Gotta love Trashtalker using 3 strikes your out as a justification for efficacy of gun laws on those who have very little to lose and very little self control, especially since his ACLU masters hate these laws and want them eliminated. Nevertheless I voted to close the loophole. It can't make anything worse, and now I don't have to hear about it anymore :-)

This one was a scorcher for sure. IN the fall is better, I agree. Just did Windy 2 weeks ago and it was a bit cooler :-)

Trip: Robinson Mountain - SE Ridge Date: 8/4/2014 Trip Report: For three years straight I've been thwarted on my plans to climb the classic NE buttress of Goode. This year was the ultimate bitch-slap - warm temps and gorgeous weather in-town for weeks on end, with 30-40% chance of thunderstorms and possibly significant, localized precip in the N Cascades. My two partners for the trip and I discussed backup options and they settled on the ambitious itinerary of Mesahchie, Kimtah, Katsuk and Cosho in place of our 4-day of Goode and Storm King. I hem and haw and deliberate and bail. I spent two days at home catching up on neglected house work then pack for a solo outing - my first of this nature as an overnight. I left town fairly late and arrive at Mazama around 11 am. It's fucking hot - around 95. Good call, buddy. I hate the heat. After a quick stop for some supplies in the store, I continue on to the trail head a few miles down the road, park, and start up. Poor tree! Eye candy from the first section of trail: I move as quickly as I can without risking heat stroke. The grade is pretty chill and the views are actually nicer than I expected as I head up the trail. A couple of miles in I round a corner face-to-face with a horse. I step to the right, uphill and am told to go to the other side of the trail which is below them. There are two fellows on horseback - rangers. They ask where I am going and get confused. "You're going to the pass?". "Nope - I cross the creek on the bridge ahead then head up along Beauty Creek, then uphill to climb Robinson". Blank stares. Now I feel real warm and fuzzy about the solo trip since the rangers don't even know where I'm fucking going. At the creek I stop and fill up on water, and chug some. Every pore of my skin is seeping sweat, even just standing there. Maybe I'll find relief as I gain elevation? I locate the climber's trail in a few feet. It starts off rocky and fucking steep. No relief yet. Later the trail does moderate and is a pretty nice and easy-to-follow trail. I'm pleasantly surprised. As advertised in my beta, the trail drops to a creek and is very schwacky, then comes out into open space and kind of dies out. Here you turn uphill and follow near the creek you just cross, which originates over a thousand feet above at the tarn where I'll camp below the SE ridge of Robinson. It's steep as shit but mostly open. Purty view down from whence I've come: Old fucker selfie: Then you hit some wooded sections that require some smart navigation to avoid schwacking and I manage this better on the way out then in... Anyways, after 4000 foot gain on the day in 90+ degree temps average I arrive at the tarn. I set up camp quickly, eat, and crash. I see t-storms brewing E, and hear the thunder, but I have blue bird skies. So far, so good. I awaken at dawn to perfect skies, turn to the scree slope hell that awaits and embrace the suck... Come get some! Looking back before hitting scree: Fortunately I've been on worse slopes, including Big Craggy and Abernathy just weeks before, so this one seems like a joy by comparison. I'm on the ridge quickly. View down to camp from top of scree-slog: The ridge walk is mostly very nice - one of the best ridge runs I've been on. It's cooler up here and I have shit to look at. Very nice indeed. My route descriptions talks about a sketchy class 3 section before the final slope to the summit. I'm trying to figure out where that might be with each hump I hike up and dip I descend. Then I see the summit ahead... oh, I guess they meant that class 3 that I just did. :-) Basin below ridge - more impressive in real life: Summit salute: I savor the summit views and retrace my steps to camp. It's now unbearably hot and around noon. I can hardly motivate myself to pack up and move sloth-like around, refilling water, drinking, packing my shit up. Finally I resign myself to the suffering ahead and head down. The hellish temps and steep terrain do not disappoint. And neither does the 22 oz Stone IPA, still in ice water, awaiting me at my vehicle. Gear Notes: Beer in car. Approach Notes: Dry, hot, steep.

Homo homini lupus Man is Wolf to Man Men feed on each other Claws rend flesh as the pack descends Yeah, the Walking Dead sure has gotten dark the past few episodes. ;-)

Nice! I was hoping to get some colors like this on Windy Peak this weekend, but nothing came close to what your camera captured (we got some nice larch views on the drive out from the TH only)

Agreed. Stopped there a couple times this year myself.

They may have been better 15 years ago, but the last two times I stopped (2-4 years ago?), it was no good at all.

Sweet! Thanks!

I still need to run back up there to get the summit myself... Nice work, kaskade!

"Good Food" was neither.