wally

I am glad the smart people post here to edumacate me

good point, the attacks you listed, were there any ties to them and the trade center terrorists. a whacked out tacoma man and his disciple, some physco with a rifle and someone who got his hands on a little anthrax. Granted they did happen then so did columbine and jeffery dahmer. I guess it is all terrorism eh

wow

any terrorist attacks on US soil since 9-11? seems that taking the war to them is actually working. What kind of job is Kerry going to do with the war on terror? maybe he will ask Jane for some helpful ideas!

beautiful pics! I am jones'n to get my climb underway.

John Kerry Quote "I actually did vote for the 87 billion, before I voted against it."

I have been thinking of a snowboard descent. sounds like you both had a blast. only prob with the boarding is my climbing buddies got no skills on skis or a board. long walk for them fun run for me thanks for the posts

I heart halaburton

wouldn't Bush want to get a second term? If he is in it for power and money thats what he would want. The war has brought alot of critisim to his administration not exactly the best steps if you want to remain in power. So does Bush get a cut of the oil profits from the share holders or how does that work? I also don't remember hearing that were taking the Iraqi oil.

what would be Bush's personal vendata for Iraq? Because his dad was all upset that he didn't finish the job(Son, go kick Sadaam's butt for me. OK dad.) thats pretty far-fetched. Or if for the oil what is Bush doing with it all? I dont see super cheap gas prices for the USA.

On a route like liberty wouldnt it be better to travel unroped in poor conditions if you are not going to use fixed protection? It seems that a fall that is not self-arrested is just going to pull your partner down with you.

you seem to have no trouble posting your leftwing view points so whats wrong with hearing from the right.

wouldn't it be nice if the media instead of pushing it's leftwing/rightwing agenda just brought the truth. were all fed so many lies by those with hidden political motives that who is to say what the truth about Sadaam and Bin hiding is. about WMD's the fact is Sadaam used them on his own people and if he had the opprotunity to use them on us ill bet he would

Heading up one of the two next weekend, Leaning more towards the Kautz. Anyone been up recently that can give me some route information? How is the lower nisqually and what route would you prefer? thanks

anyone have the GPS coordinates for the Kautz to save my lazy butt the time

what are crampons?

the kautz is the plan, i like the idea of kickin it at paradise after practicing all day. Have to see what my partners think. thanks for all the help. went to minne today and had alot of fun. took freedom from the hills with me and thanks to the good information I made it back alive

thanks for the information. very informative, sounds like you became the wedgy king that day. were going to get to rainier alittle early and spend an extra day getting a feel for the actual thing, any good crevasses on or near the turtle to practice in?

I would also like to see how hard it would be on a two person team to stay in self arrest, set up an anchor and attempt to haul out your partner. easy as pie right?

don't you mean alice from the brady bunch

Were going to minne on sunday afternoon, thanks for the info. As far as self arrest, I have practiced alot, but what does it feel like when the guy tied with you unexpectedly falls and out weighs you by 50lbs? Are you catapulted thru the air to your demise? or does all that practice give you a chance

Alright, we'll get some buckets of freezing water to dump on eachother then start chucking rocks down. that sounds like loads of fun! I get the picture though

I am wanting to practice some team crevasse rescue but live couple hundred miles away from ice. we tried prusiking on a swing set but that is about all we could do there. where should we practice? are rock walls any good for this?

88+ people have died on the slopes of rainier since its recorded history