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Use the internet, boner. Not only ignorant, but stupid. From Wikipedia: Deep Purple are cited, along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, as pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal.[3][5] The group have influenced a number of rock bands, including Metallica,[92] Queen,[93] Aerosmith,[94] Van Halen,[95] Alice in Chains,[96] Pantera,[97] Bon Jovi,[98] Rush,[99] Motörhead,[100] as well as many New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands such as Iron Maiden,[101] Judas Priest,[102] and Def Leppard.[103] Iron Maiden's bassist and primary songwriter, Steve Harris, states that the band's "heaviness" was inspired by "Black Sabbath and Deep Purple with a bit of Zeppelin thrown in."[104] Lead vocalist of Def Leppard, Joe Elliot, has stated, "In 1971, there were only three bands that mattered, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple."[4] In 2000, Deep Purple were ranked number 22 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" programme.[105] In 2011, they received the Innovator Award at the 2011 Classic Rock Awards in London.[16]

Someone who makes Eddie Van Halen look like a 5 year old playing chopsticks at his first piano recital. ("Jump" LOL)

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You don't just rope up on a glacier to be able to group arrest. If you keep slack out of the rope and someone punches through a hidden crevasse or unstable snow bridge they will should not fall far, whereas without roping up you could go for a long ride.

Sad news. Link: http://jonlord.org/2012/07/16/jon-lord-has-sadly-passed-away/ [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZBiqVjEhw

An event held annually in Puyallup?

sounds "fun"

There are 37 and 40 m glacier ropes that are sold (at least I recall that when shopping in the past). For moderate slopes a 30m is fine for 2-3 persons, including the DC.

30m is fine for that route, IMO. Try out your prusiks first on it, if they slip, wrap an extra time.

North Twin Sister (N face I think). It is about 50 degrees at the top and eases going down. It may be melted back by now, but you may be in luck if you hit it soon.

And post after post of this, is OK? "douchey, can you create your own insults or are you a total total dumb fucking clowpunch incapable of any creative process? so far: reposts: 2, creativity:0. looks like one sided game. I was going to post pic of your mom, but you beat me to it. good job salty breath."

Trip: Kangaroo Temple - North Face Date: 7/8/2012 Trip Report: SG and I led a couple of beginners up the N face of Kangaroo Temple on Sunday, the day after we climbed SEWS. We were pretty beat from the previous day's work so this trip was a welcome notch lower - at least on the technical part. Unfortunately, I lost my camera battery on the summit of SEWS, so I only have a few photos taken by another party on the route that day. See approach notes for a conditions report. This is a fun, easy route with great exposure and views. There is also a cool 5.7 route nearby (NW face) which I have been meaning to try. KK leading around the exposed corner on the third pitch: KK topping out on the third pitch: Gear Notes: Small alpine rack up to 2". You could use a C4 #3 if you have one with you. Approach Notes: Patchy snow from the parking lot until where the valley steepens. Much of the climber's trail through the bush is either flooded or under snow, and tricky to follow. The snow is melting fast, however. There is still a ton of snow up to the pass, and the climbers trail from there to Kangaroo Temple still has a lot of steep snow to maneuver around. Just below the notch on KT you can either ascend steep snow or stay climber's left on the loose rocky trail.

Go Ron Paul!!

H2S

You are tearing it up this year Matt! Good one!

All this talk about Boston makes me want to go back and tag it. :-)

Just got this from a friend who was hiking and at a different vantage point. I am following here on the friction pitch below the Bear Hug cracks:

Trip: South Early Winters Spire - W Face/SW Rib Date: 7/7/2012 Trip Report: I climbed SEWS on Sat with my friends DC, DB, and SG. We followed the fine route topo given in "Weekend Rock". The route was a bit crowded, with us waiting a bit for a party of 2 to start, and another party of 4 coming up as we started. We ended up mixing/merging and chatting with the latter folks, and let them pass us 2 at a time during the course of the day. I got the honors of leading the Bear Hug cracks which was very cool and the highlight of my day. Some pics... In the cool of the morning: SG leads up pitch 1: SG is smiling now... before he heads up the runout friction pitch: View up above the Bear Hug pitch: Not a bad belay spot here for sure: SG seemed to like leading slabs and tried to link pitches until he ran out of rope: Views down from the Rabbit Ears: KK summit stoke: Gear Notes: C4 #5 for the Bear Hug pitch. Walked it once in the right-hand crack. Otherwise, standard alpine rack. Approach Notes: Patchy snow from trailhead and continuous on the open slopes.

More so with some than others.

Fuck off.

He raised taxes and added brackets, no?

They did in the past. "Read my lips...". In fact if that's what you want, I bet you'd have more chance getting it under the Mitt-ster (and he'd probably cave in that way when push comes to shove)

BS and you know it. I'd be much more in favor of adding more brackets for higher income folks with higher rates than raising the current highest rate to match "historic [sic] levels". But, hey, let's just avoid any common ground!