KaskadskyjKozak

sink the pink

Rainier / Emmons route.

Bullshit. They are only indistinguishable for morons in management and accounting (not to mention libertarian wonks) who assume all goods are fungible - a fallacy bred of ignorance. More sour grapes.

ice screws or pickets? how many pieces did you need to place?

I agree with you. I was on the Emmons last year w/ Stubais and did not have a warm and fuzzy feeling on the icy patches. In fact I bought steel crampons because of that, which I use for the big volcanos now.

I was struck with total disbelief by a news report on the speculation around Rehnquist's resignation. As Rehnquist walked to his car, a reporter asked "is it true that you are considering retiring?". His answer "that's for me to know and you to find out". WTF!?!?! It's nice to see our Chief Justice has graduated from the Pee-Wee Herman school of debate.

The last time I went up Muir, I got burned in the folds in my ear. Now I'm sure to rub lotion in every fold, in addition to the tops of my ears, up each nostri, and under my chin. The reflected sun finds every spot of exposed skin...

Maybe because they're overpriced. Some people make their own with orange juice containers the price is so high. Recently is seems that the major brands are selling them with the crampons at a more reasonable add-on to the price. I just bought Grivel G-12's at Cascade Crags a few weeks back. I think the price was $155 with antibott plates and $!40 w/o.

Yeah, especially if the dummy knocked rocks loose to fall on people below. Hilarious.

Oh, yeah, RMI really loves it when folks do that!

did you have antibotting plates on your crampons?

Maybe not. Maybe death was the best option for them...

What's all this D and R crap? Oh, I, get it: D = Dick R = Richard Two sides of the same coin. They're all 8=D

Instead of going unroped, why not put a picket or two in?

No, but it's true, isn't it? Is there such thing as "private property"? If you pay off your home loan completely, you still have to pay real estate taxes. If you do not, your house will be taken from you. Sounds like the government is *renting* land to you. And who sets the rent? The government - at their "discretion". In Snohomish county, taxes would be adjusted (always up) every 4 years - now they've switched to annually. Doesn't matter to them if your salary has not gone up - just that the property is more valuable.

I'm not sure they actually are idiotic. It's a facade. Dumb-down the rhetoric to the level of the least common denominator. Clinton is a perfect example.

Sad that Bush is the barometer of idiocy. Newsflash: Gore and Kerry sounded just as idiotic as Bush.

The story did not make sense as it stood. Now, with corrections, it does.

It must have been a large platform that they were unaware they were on that gave way. I'm wondering if they were coming off the cleaver and had been short roping it, or were coming off a rest break and had not stretched out their ropes yet.

no need to flaunt your smegma-fetish

so why were 4 people all crossing a snow bridge at the same time?

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning!

Crampons are overkill if you hike up in the mid-morning or later. If you get up at 4 am or so, they are nice - less slippery.

I believe the more eloquent is expression would be Come on, one more post you freakin lightweight That's better... where is Polish Bob when you need him?

to each his own. I always have a great time when I hike to Muir (in good weather). Great views, sounds and smells of alpine meadows, being at elevation, etc. A boring hike is something more in the vein of Mt. Si.