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What that article fails to mention is he's paying billions of dollars in taxes when he sells his shares in the IPO. The big question is does the CIA pay taxes on their investment? That's not how an IPO works -- he isn't selling ANY shares during the IPO: Facebook is. Facebook will pay the taxes on that initial IPO investment. And even if he sold his personal shares at a later date (up to him), taxes would be 15% -- we should all be so lucky The point of the article, though, was the he never has to sell his shares. He can simply borrow money against their value, and never pay taxes. Pretty awesome either way! You succeed, you cash in; you fail you still cash in!

Or make it big and never pay taxes again! linky

Yes. Since this is a "possible" FA. "No" for you. The OP climbs lots of routes that are not FA's, all for fun and "getting out there" (every single weekend, in case you have not noticed). This route is exceptional. Don't read them. Nobody is forcing you to. I personally enjoy seeing these TRs on Hood that are "off the beaten path". why don't the shit talkers simply go climb their own objectives and post their own TRs?

Sorry to hear that. Best to ignore couch jockey douchery and let the rest of the forum enjoy the stoke from such great climbs with great pics. Ne poddavaysya mudakam!

mmm... this water tastes like snaffle!

... but only in private industry

yeah, it doesn't "count" if you skip the snow slogging moderate slopes and just do the technical part.

I have a BD Venom and like it.

Nice job Matt! How long did it take you from camp to summit?

I quit FB so I could refocus on what is important in life: cc.com.

which way did you guys do the approach? SC or Asssssguard?

based on the weather the last few weeks it should be good. Expect the upper part of the boulder field to still be under snow.

Nicely done, Nasten'ka! You kick ass!

Yo Gaucho, long time no talk. The climbing wasn't hard, just awkward made worse by the fact that you were smearing on moss/weeds and there was nowhere to set gear. Maybe if I am bored later this summer I'll bring my gardening tools and head up again. I bet there is a nice crack under all that dirt. The wire brush helped that. :-) This was just on a 20 or so foot section of the route (at the crux of course). I managed to dig out enough dirt to place a couple small cams.

As a note, the Pearly Gates used to be standard and did not require a tool or be that steep, but in recent years the Hogsback shifted away from this feature and it changed. That's why the Old Chute is standard now.

there are nice bivvies across from the start of the route on the Wapowety cleaver. We were there late June, admittedly, but at that time the flat spots were melted out.

How do the ridge tops look now? Melting out and snow free? For example, how does the ridge run from the falst to true summit on Stuart look? Did you get a look at Argonaut, by any chance?

+1. also with some shovels you can fit your ice axe shaft into the blade and can leave the handle at home.

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Great climb - my favorite from last year. Thanks for the pics and conditions update!

Great choice! The camps are nice up there and you avoid the massive crowds too.

It's in 11-worth rock. The approach pitch to the notch at Easter Tower is rated 5.8. The crux pitch (pitch one) is rated 5.7, and is pretty sustained. I'd say the chimney has some 5.7 and otherwise sustained 5.6. The rest of the route is 5.6 or less.

Please do... and bring a wire brush and clean up pitch 1 some more. With some more traffic the route will be a lot better!

Prekrasna robota, Nastia, Oleg, i Andrushka (that would be you Andy ;-) ) !!