Ireneo_Funes
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It's the return of glissading-in-shorts guy!
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Has anyone been up Leuthold Couloir or in the neighborhood of that route recently? Thinking about going up on Saturday and wondering about conditions.
Thanks.
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Wow, my list is so modest....
* Elephant's Perch, Mountaineer's Route
* Warbonnet
* Mt. Heyburn, Stur Chimney
* Rainier, Kautz Glacier
* Monkey Face, West Face variation
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Rocky Butte is close, has a lot of moderate single-pitch routes, and you can set up a toprope on pretty much anything if you want. It might be kinda muddy out there right now though.
But for a really fun time, do what Tex and Iain have suggested and go out to Beacon. SE corner has a lot of fun variations.
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Want: swimming pool (like they have under that bridge in Corvallis)
Don't want: hard bouldering problems that make me feel feeble and inadequate
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Japanese HC
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The Homo Sausage folks have been trying their hand at soap too...
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OK, how about Mt. Hood from NE Portland?
Kickin it wit my homies drinkin forties on the curb
Scopin out the ladies and smokin up some herb
Wit the gold around my neck you know it's all good
Wit my crampons and my ice axe fixin to climb Mt. Hood.
See, white boys can hit it gangsta-style too! Don't be hatin', y'all.
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Good lyrics
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You just can't beat Leonard Cohen.
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
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I agree the pass is bullshit whatever the cost. I'm just saying people who ordinarily would pay for a $25 pass won't (necessarily) pay for a $100 one. The government could charge whatever they wanted for the pass but if they don't make the price fair and reasonable to those who would pay it, they will instigate more rebellious problems than if they did.
Where the money collected goes is an accountability issue. It is not beside the point in my mind.
Where the money from the fees goes is important, but it's not the crux of the problem, which is that we're being charged fees to access land that should be open to everyone. I don't think any fee is "fair and reasonable." In fact, if there's going to be a fee, I think it'd be great if they did raise it to $100, or even better, $200. Make it a thousand bucks! Then folks who don't think a $25 fee is worth protesting would maybe get some backbone and take a stand against it.
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In most of medicine (and life) there's a statistic governing how often a given operation, transaction, treatment, diagnosis, etc. will be succesful. If you fall on the wrong side of that because of fate, not negligence, too fucking bad.
But do statistics=fate?
I hope not!
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Whether this bullshit pass costs $25, $85, $100, whatever is beside the point.
These are public lands, and we shouldn't need to pay a fee to access them. That's all there is to it.
Whether or not the money will end up going toward private companies contracted to "manage" our public lands is also beside the point, though it would add insult to injury.
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Great photos. Perfect antidote to this grim weather.
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C'mon, details!
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I second "The Professional" as her best work. Admit it, you old lechers, that little 12 year old made you think bad, bad thoughts.
I'm not going to admit to any Humbert Humbert fantasies, but "The Professional" is one of my favorite movies.
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The first record I ever bought was Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits. I was nine, and didn't know any better.
I agree with DFA that greatest hits albums are lame for the most part. When a band I like puts out a greatest hits album it's a sad time for me, 'cause I know the good times are over.
That said, I still listen to my Misfits greatest hits CD, so I guess I'm a wanker.
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went on a vacation to Minnesota
That is strange!
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Mike, did you draw up the acclumidization tables for this expedition yet? This isn't a pay-to-climb deal, is it?
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Jethro Tull reunion concert on Mars?
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"The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/Gang aft agley"
That's how the old saying goes.
Just so you know.
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More law enforcement, Italian style...Genoa 2001.
Working for the clampdown.
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That's too bad, Carolyn. When I lived in Minneapolis, First Ave was the place to see bands play (even though I personally liked the 400 Bar & the Turf Club better). I have a lot of memories from shows in the mainroom & the seventh street entry... I think the first time I went there was to see Soul Asylum do a show in the entry back in like '88 or something. It was always a big deal when a friend's band got a show in the mainroom, even if they were just opening.
From the StarTrib article it sounds like Steve McClellan & another guy might try to start a new club in the same space...hope that works out.
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Maureen Dowd's got a good editorial in this morning's NY times... The Red Zone
Personally, I hate the idea of the Dems shifting further to the right to woo the kind of voters that think that gay marriage and abortion are more important issues than the disaster in Iraq.
very very funny
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What Squid said. Good job, tomtom.
