KaskadskyjKozak

The ones who are fucked in the head are the twisted fucks that mentally rape children by taking away their innocence, force-feeding homosexuality down their throats with cartoon characters. You might as well just hand everyone's kid over to Michael Jackson for a sleepover!

we're all descended from primates - remember?

You actually watched that extravaganza? I can't stand these types of events - no matter who gives it. I hate politicians and political posturing - even more than this shitty winter.

excellent counterexample

Life is too short to be a beer snob. Drink piss water if you want. I don't have to, and will not do so, as long as I have a choice.

Not a matter of toughness, but taste, fool. I can drink Night Train strained into a moutaineering boot through funkified polypro socks - doesn't mean that is a "good thing".

Just curious: how often is this route climbed in winter? I thought it was mostly in shape in late Spring.

You're a Tele skiier from colorado as well, I'll bet. Nope.

It's "due". And apparently the magma chamber is filling again. The original geological survey data seemed to be "off". When measurements were taken again recently, it seems the water level in the lake is rising, suggesting something is causing the lake bed to swell...

perhaps. but most people don't live that long. if we have a couple back-to-back "winters" like this one, I won't want to.

Life is too short to drink beer from a can.

Climbs Adams twice.

And how does it relate to the average over say the last 50,000 years? 100 or so years is hardly a blip on the geological time scale.

Something like that might be our only/best hope AFAIK nobody is talking about halting, yet alone reversing, global warming - just about "slowing the increase" of emissions into the atmosphere.

Speaking of avalanches, I saw a massive, truly impressive one looking up the Muir Snowfield at the upper Nisqually on Sunday. It looked to be as wide as about half the glacier, and, like the energizer bunny, kept going, and going, and going...

mmm... tastes like chicken

Point taken! Thanks, I'll look into this. Thanks Mike! The update and removal of old stuff didn't go unnoticed. -kurt I'll second that!!!

Yes, move to Canada - they *love* Americans, especially those who will permanently live amongst them, compete for jobs, and 'contribute' to Canadian culture. Please, do it! Maybe our traffic will improve if *enough* of you go, and WA might even turn into a red state!

Their subscription is pricey. is it worth it?

I'd like some recommendations on good mountaineering narratives out there. Sure, I can browse Amazon and read the reviews, but would like to see what others on the forum have read and liked. I'm looking for interesting epics in the vein of "Into Thin Air" or "Touching the Void".

Mercy Corps

Maybe so, but they are better than the yahoos in tennis shoes (who don't usually make it that far up).

The NPS should manage a grill at the Muir hut serving beer and brats.

Another one: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

WA has the same law. There are signs all along the freeways saying that the left-most lane (excluding HOV lanes) is for passing only. In the most congested stretches of our freeways, this often strikes me as ridiculous. I'm not sure how rigorously the law is enforced...