KaskadskyjKozak

S.O.D! I'm glad someone caught that.

Walk the dog, do the dishes, your lips are brown from kissing ass. Sorry guys I can't make it. Maybe next time, think I'll pass. Don't make her mad, don't make her sad. A fate for you that's worse than death. You're a slave and you don't know. It always happens to the best. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped. She wants to be involved with you. In every little thing you do. Always has to add her two cents. It's obvious who wears the pants. Your friends all hate you, you don't care. Cause you've been trapped in her lair. And hopefully one day you'll see. That pussy can be caught for free. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped.

Yes, we should have waited out the wind, or camped lower than 10K. It was Sat night/Sun morning when the shit hit the fan (100 mph winds on the summit). It was still bad when we bailed (6 pm).

He wasn't soloing (had a partner), but was not roped up? Is that typical for this route - at least for the Gib Chute? I don't believe they were climbing the Gib Chute. It sounds like he lost his footing for whatever reason at the top of the chute while ascending the Gib Ledges route.... Not much pro there so it's probably better they weren't roped. They both would have gone... One of my pet peeves is suicide packs of people on steep terrain, roped, and without pro. Creepy... -Fear So for the gib ledges climbers typically unrope when they get to them, and rope up again when they are out and onto the Ingraham?

He wasn't soloing (had a partner), but was not roped up? Is that typical for this route - at least for the Gib Chute?

Thanks for the tip. Too late though. We went and got our asses spanked. 50 mph winds at Lake Helen and there were 100 mph gusts reported on the summit. Some people were blown off the mountain. The top of Casavel ridge and high on Misery Hill had plumes of snow reminiscent of what you see in photos billowing off of Everest.

Anyone been up there recently? What were the conditions like?

This brings up your earlier discussion about genetics vs. choice. For some folks who didn't fare well in the genetic lottery, their inherited predisposition toward addiction makes some behaviors less of a choice. But should drugs or alcohol be outlawed just becuase some people get addicted? Tough choice. Yeah, right, tough choice - we need to save people from themselves.

In the past there have been third parties. Historically the third party supplants one of the existing two parties, and equilibrium is reestablished...

Yeah, that went through my mind when I was up there yesterday. The wind down low chilled easily yesterday despite sunny, otherwise warm weather. I forced myself to stop twice to throw on a jacket and gloves when I felt cold (and then take them off again later). You guys do an awesome job, IMO.

I went yesterday. The wind sucked from Paradise up to about 8000 feet, then it died down and got warmer and warmer. Camp Muir was an oven. Great day to be up there. We met a party that had just climbed the Ingraham Direct successfully, and saw a group heading up towards Fuhrer Finger/Thumb.

Today would be a great day to be up there. Very tempting...

it's bad form in general, but useful to make a point from time to time. and the contempt is mutual

A stomp-kick to the knee cap works real well.

If I ever have the misfortune of meeting you in person you'll be eating crow.

Uh-huh. If that's what floats your boat to imagine your adversary on an internet forum, go for it. If such an ugly verbal exchange would transpire, be certain that no laughter would be involved. And if someone tried any shit with me, I'd take them out with no hesitation.

Actually, it's not clever at all. It's dumb, embarassing, and makes both the person who says it and the person at whom it is directed feel like shit. Yeah, let's yell at each other on the street, and run around the corner to get away. And here is a newsflash: this is spray. Everything posted here should be taken with a grain of salt. My posting about what to say to be truly rude, was more in line with what I would be thinking about those fat ignoramuses, but I would not actually say to them. Nor would I say what Gary said.

Kind of like your "brave" posting.

so true

Nice use of sarcasm.

Another ironic statement.

I'd spell it out, but have better things to do... It's a good thing you edited your post about the definition of sarcasm. It would be terribly ironic ( a full-on Greek tragedy, I'm telling you ) to accuse me of being dim for not knowing the difference between sarcasm and irony. I didn't want to get into posting dictionary definitions and arguing a quotation that you never said. After all I have no idea what word you are confusing with irony. Sarcasm didn't sound right, so I changed it. What is ironic is that a disgruntled tool named Cobra Commander calls someone else a disgruntled tool. Or that some "tool" has nothing better to do but wait for me to post something on a web site, so he can make lame gratuitous insults about said target being a "tool".

A sodomizing mute? Yes, that is an accurate description of Rudy.

I'd spell it out, but have better things to do...

Funny? If you say so. The irony of your last two sentences is overwhelming.