Cobra_Commander

Don't you get your ass kicked for opening that up at Beacon? I remember Jim getting all pissed when Olson was out sketching things down.

In a true white-out, where you start tripping up because you can't even tell the slope angle, sometimes it's best to just sit down and wait on broken-up glaciers you are not familiar with. You really should be good with a compass and altimeter if you're climbing anything in the Cascades. GPS can work very well if you set up waypoints on the way up, then use compass to navigate to the points in the white out.

This is clearly a traveling violation:

You can already get it on amazon.com Kinda pricey though.

Payback is a bitch. I think we know who the bitch is. Oh yeah, vengeance. Always the best solution for getting out of shitty situations.

Wait, doesn't she say we'd be better off if women didn't vote at all?

Are you seriously quoting an Ann Coulter article? Wow.

It would be incredibly easy to fake these reports about Africa, etc, and a slip of the tongue from Palin could be inflated into this story. I really have trouble believing she thought Africa was a country. It's simply not possible.

There are still a ton of people in America who would vote for Palin with this information about her available.

awesome. the can rockies always inspire and intimidate me.

Damn Dow! Looks like Obama is slacking already!

I will pay $100 to anyone for each firearm taken from them (not due to felony charges) because of an Obama presidency.

I think I was enjoying a screening of E.T. when this was happening.

In other news, the Pamplona bulls have been named the new head curators of the British Museum's Ming Dynasty collection.

Man if you are skiing blacks at the resort but want to learn to ski ungroomed better...then....don't ski on the groomed stuff as much as possible, it's that simple. Just stay on the edges. Ski the crappy stuff and try to stay on your feet. Take the line through the trees, or head up to Alpental when it's really nuking. You'll learn a ton this way, and it's just the price of a lift ticket. It's all about logging mileage on crappy and/or deep snow. You sound like you are past the point where a lesson is going to improve you dramatically (though that is hard to say without seeing what you call skiing). Unless you totally suck and were squiggling down the blacks, you just need to put on a ton of mileage on ungroomed snow at resorts, or on short tours. I recommend at resorts since you can put a ton of laps on quick. It's all about attitude and attacking the slope in a controlled way. Also, locate the really good skiers and try to follow them (within reason). See how they approach runs with fluidity and confidence. Fall a lot. Hope that helps.

bwahaah so true

The first one captures Beacon Rock perfectly. I can almost hear the train, and the wind through the trees at the base.

beacon beacon beacon beacon (sorry I'm just luring JosephH in here for some fireworks)

If by Las Lenas you mean your mom's house then no he's still there lol ExtremoMtnDude = 9.9 on the McSickter scale

Fuuuck that must be why. I didn't have skulls or a cartoon of woman getting molested on my top-sheets either. I'm hoping to be gnar enough this year for a full face at least.

Pfft, their lenses couldn't handle the xxx-treme lines being thrown down in the deep pow on Hood. Plus you have to walk like, 20 feet to the snowcat and alpine boots don't do so well on the rime.

Speaking of cool movie trailers - thus gear-ripping aid fall is nice (almost as cool as the guy chugging king cobra while he whips later in the video): http://senderfilms.com/SEtrailer.html

YEAAAAAH BRAAAAAA SICKEST heli drops on BIG MOUNTAIN FREERIDES like RAINIER BAKER ETC NOTHING GETS ME MORE AMPED THEN PICTURES OF HELICOPTERS

I find it surprising that the backside of that rock has not seen any mountaineers walking classes yet.