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Forgot about that one. Here's a shot of it... ... which brings up a question. When is it a cannonhole and when is it an arch - or is it just mincing words. Seems to me a cannonhole is a hole through solid rock. This one seems more arch-ish as there isn't rock in the bottom. Granted, I suppose if I excavated down far enough I could find rock, thus making it a cannonhole, but you know what I'm sayin... That's really more of a rhetorical question - I'm not going to lose any sleep over it or anything. And 'no', I have not Googled for the answer - just makin' conversation. -kurt

archenemy has the directions tattooed on her ass I guess I'm a little confused. Granted Clintoris hasn't been around much since he got NOLSe'd a few weeks back, but why would archenemy have directions to find him tattooed to his/her ass?

ba dum ba.

I think we've found Shrubya's next speech writer.

There's one on a ridge between the Edmunds and Mowich Glaciers on Rainier. I'll see if I can scrounge up a picture... thought there was a shot of it in Beckey, but I couldn't find it.

Yeah... but watching them stand on their own hands is kind of fun, no?

I think you nailed it there - you never really savor life until you've thought it was gone. I know two people that have been buried in avalanches. At least one of them, I know, had pretty much packed it in when they were buried. He was conscious and aware that he had about 20 minutes to live. He was skiing alone and didn't realize another group saw the incident, and luckily had transceivers and gear to get him out. He now lives life very differently than the rest of us. I envy him for that, but at the same time do not want to go through what he did to attain that state. Welcome to a very special club mvs. -kurt

Here's some info from a KOMO story for everyone to keep in mind when they're out at the trailheads... I'm assuming those are WA plates. -kurt

Hey - I know Viola and not only is she NOT fat, she never eats at McDonald's in the first place!

Wow. That took a while. Such stamina. All tapped out, eh?

Wow. I hadn't read this thread since it went to a second page 'cause I thought everything that could be said, had already been said. After Norman opened up, I thought "How could this get more powerful?!" Boy was I wrong. Thank you everyone. Would I stop climbing if I knew I'd die from it? If you mean knowing that the serac I was under was going to crush me in 5 minutes... sure thing. I'm done. But knowing that somewhere, sometime - climbing would take my life? Probably not. Shoot... living will take my life sometime and I'm not taking drastic measures to stop that. Dechristo, you're so right - however we live our lives, we are making a difference - in one form or another. And however death finds us, we will be living our lives. That's not to say that I want death to find me soon - there is always more life to live... even if you're 92. But when it does find me, I hope, I pray, that I'll be content with it. I used to think "dying doing what he loved doing" was a noble thing. I used to think this was somehow praising the life of a person. What a bunch of bunk. I'm pretty certain that if I die in the woods, my last thoughts won't be "Well... at least I died doing what I enjoyed doing." No... I imagine it'll be more like "Damn. And I knew that was a bad rock." or "Well THAT was stupid." As Ireneo mentioned, I don't think that way anymore, and could definitely do with hearing that phrase less and less. But what I WOULD like to hear when I die is that I was doing something I enjoyed doing - living life. We all need to live our lives to the fullest - however that might be defined for us. It's not the same for all of us. But it's the only life we have to make a difference here on earth. -kurt

Something that has been overlooked is that if you want to keep your stuff really cold for a long time, be sure and precool your Thermos. Precooling is key. Fill the Thermos with ice cold water, let it sit for about 4 hours in a fridge, then pour out the ice water and refill with the beverage you want to keep cool. Keep this in mind with the winter climbing season coming upon us.

Don't have the answer you're looking for, but here's a far-off shot from last Saturday. Doesn't tell you much, but it's better than nothin' I suppose. -kurt

I see you're reading the "Skeptics Annotated Bible" again, eh? Yeah... that's my main source when I have real questions about Christianity.

Wow! Exodus to ball gags in 13 posts! Yet a new cc.com record.

Would that be from siamese pussies?

I think it involves the "real" Saddam who is living in Mississippi. Not the fake one that's on trial in Iraq. And ya know, the Japanese Mafia are the only ones that really know this, and that's why they're steering those hurricanes down there, trying to get him. Oops... I'm stealing olyclimber's surprise.

Where's his other hand?

Nah... I think if you lose the hair, you'd easily be mistaken for Annabelle. Easily.

Don't know how to tell you this, but... ahhh... it makes you look fat.

I vote for the Crackima route - quicker AND more relaxing. You can actually feel your fingers throbbing on the way home, unlike the I5 route.

While I never met Carl, stories of his adventures and his photos relayed the spirit of living life to its fullest, each and every day. I'll miss that. My condolences and prayers go out to Carl's family and friends. -kurt

From 10/20 NPS "Morning Report"... Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks (CA) Body of WWII Airman Found in Ice in Park Last week, the park received a report from the Inyo County Sheriffs Department that two ice climbers had discovered the remains of a person while ice climbing on Mt. Mendel in Kings Canyon National Park. Rangers attempted to reach the site by helicopter on Sunday, but were unable to due to adverse weather. The weather broke for a short time on Tuesday, allowing an investigation team to reach the location. They secured the site, and began documenting the scene. The person is presumed to have been with the Army Air Corp around the time of WWII because of evidence found at the scene including an undeployed parachute on his back with the word "ARMY" stenciled on it. Because of this initial evidence, the park notified the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), the military unit in charge of recovering and identifying the remains of lost soldiers. JPAC has sent a forensic anthropologist to the park to assist in this effort. The body is still 80% encased in ice. NPS mountaineering rangers are guarding the body and working carefully to preserve evidence that can help in identifying this person. The NPS will also assist JPAC with the investigation and body recovery. It is unknown how long this recovery process will take. In 1947, a Sierra Club hiker discovered a downed AT-7 military training plane in the area of Mt. Mendel. That plane crashed in 1942. It is unknown whether this person is from that crash. [submitted by Alexandra Picavet, Public Affairs Officer] http://data2.itc.nps.gov/morningreport/

Well... as long as we're playing "Clintoris - It's YOOOOUUUUR Life", here's my fav: "What Qualifies as a Summit" http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=UBB23&Number=471300 Can't believe you guys haven't mentioned this one yet. Poseurs.

Well that pretty much summarizes life in general, if you have the right attitude. I didn't realize I've been guiding all this time.