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Wait, I thought we were all supposed to try things first before complaining about them? I'm so confused GGK: the new voice of moderation in language and opinion.

ain't that the truth Canadians also claim Americans are nationalist zealouts (U.S.A! U.S.A!) but everytime I am in Canada, I can't help to notice the huge # of Canadian flags everywhere, on shirts, clothes, etc. as well as logos and signs announcing works/projects/etc funded by the Canadian gov't.

It's amazing that you can still demonstrate this level of "us vs. them" divisiveness, especially considering that you and I appear to agree on this issue. It's confusing to me how you can, on the one hand, acknowledge your basic agreement with me on the grand ideals of freedom of speech, but on the other hand lump me into a group of "you guys" who are actively trying to destroy what you and I apparently agreed on just moments before. It's kind of surreal. Especially when my original point was that Canada isn't actually very liberal. Me: "Hey, Wow, look at this! Canada actually isn't very liberal at all! Shocking! America is way better." You: "Yeah, you're right. But this is what happens when people like you get their way." Personally, I don't know any major U.S. liberal icon that thinks freedom of speech should be limited in this manner, and I doubt the ACLU would support such legislation -- in fact, that particular organization would probably fight to the death against legislation like this. Yet you probably lump the ACLU into the group of "you guys" who are trying to destroy america or whatever. Here's a direct question for you: Would this country be better off if the conservatives in charge lacked any liberal opposition? Lighten up Francis. :-)

And they call Americans prudes! Most Canadians, I think, are actually quite conservative. I guess it's not surprising -- despite pockets of liberalism, most of Canada is basically Texas, isn't it? Canada exemplifies where liberalism leads once it takes hold. When you guys "win" here, you may be very disappointed in the outcome.

Wait... no names taped to your helmets. WTH?? ;-) Nice job getting up there. How does Lib Bell look? Any chance the Beckey Route is snow free now?

Father's day is a great day to treat oneself to a climb!

LOL, I did? You must have me mistaken for somebody else, dude. I was never a McCain supporter, where did you even get that idea? Back in 2008 FW was still busy making personal insults out of my pending divorce and shit. a masseur of hairy dudes is much more qualified to comment on technology trends than you Rob

A filter is not too heavy for the dog route on Rainier. If I am worried about weight, I will use ClO2 tablets. You have to wait a while to drink though. This works OK on alpine starts.

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?