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or maybe camp on the snowfield away from muir a few hundred feet?

Unfortunately you may be right. Parking is already limited enough at paradise. If this is permanent it sucks ass. And it makes me want to demand services from the park (open up the West Side Road like in the old days, for example) if you want my sympathy and support for (under)funding.

speaking of ugly cats...

-9.81!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!} 9.8 m/s/s

How many windshirts in your quiver is a moderate amount? Today's climbers are better than you because they have more windshirts. I sent an email to Bill Belcourt at BD about this very matter. I'm thinking about buying a wind shirt. Any recommendations?

the only problem is that required clothing to use the gym includes shorts over polypro, gaiters and a helmut with your name duct-taped to the front.

also... any evidence of recent slides? the avy forecast was pretty grim this w/e below 7000, hence I avoided this climb... and regret it now.

I'm thinking about doing this route... how did you "avoid the nastiness below"? Would love to avoid the class 4 scrambling on moss-covered rocks I have seen in other TRs...

i am against raising the standard of "moderate": it makes me suck even more.

so, you failed at doing or at teaching?

those who can, do; those who can't, teach... those who can't teach, work help desk?

bullshit. what that person does is makes all the high-and-mighty lefties who claim to "care about the environment" and the "crisis" of "climate change" look like hypocritical fucks. It damages the cause and credability of all who make these claims, and certainly makes people on my side of the political spectrum - who are willing to *consider* making changes for the environment - actually lean towards rejecting doing so.

lick sack

Speaking of McMansions, when riding east bound on the I-90 trail and up into Feroglia fields park, there are a huge row of multi-thousand foot megamansions with lots of windows. I'm sure the heating bill and CO2 footprint is enormous. One of the first McMansions you see has a Obama 2008 sticker displayed proudly on its window.

The Metallica version is a very nice job of putting a hard-edged rock veneer to this traditional song - no 'butchering' whatsoever. The Thin Lizzy version is also quite nice.

I couldn't help notice how the new visitor center takes up some of the already limited parking up at paradise, and was wondering if the old visitor center will be demolished to make up for the lost spaces.

I thought I was in good shape, but Fairweather dusted me the last 1000 feet. :-)

your mom

hike up to camp muir.

after 6 hours of sitting through games (3) yesterday, I said screw it and went up to Muir today. :-)

it wasn't the grateful dead Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, whatever. sucks.

More evidence that the Grateful Dead suck ass

as in it sucks you in, and nothing can escape, not even light.

here's a few... Q:What’s the difference between a lawyer and an onion? A: You cry when you cut up an onion. Q: What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 70? A: Your honor. Q: What do you throw to a drowning lawyer? A: His partners. Q: How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? A: His lips are moving. Q: What do you have if three lawyers are buried up to their necks in cement? A: Not enough cement. Q: What's the difference between a lawyer and a vulture? A: The lawyer gets frequent flyer miles

Cool, I'll be able to fund my Roth while the stock prices are still low.