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Nice.....Just the picture I needed before I head to bed............TLG on top of something more than once...........sheesh!.

Do you piss on every ones posts on purpose, or is your foley catheter leaking....? Just asking sweety....

Conditions are not standard for terrain or season, sometimes they may be totally off the wall conditions for the season....who knows......... Your dealing with nature, and not a terrain park, and if you have invested stock in our weather service here in the PNW it may be time to pull out. But just to answer that question based on trends...............Look for a fews cracks and snow bridges which require a quick piss before you cross.

Yeah I saw it today up behind Paradise, totally trippy in its own sense Folks. I do have to tell everyone....Just come out and see it.

How about avoiding the dice, and take a crevasse rescue coarse ith some good people in the area and get your hands dirty sorta speak. That way, you will see what its like, get to really know other than figure it out, and just do it, and not rely on our opinions.

Sounds like you guys have done your homework and a rearing to go. Sounds like a fun time. Those books are great for varied method learning. As you said, you will be practicing alot of the things you have read, and I totally am an advocate of that in the right senario. However, 30m Isnt enough. Its perfect for a perfect climb, however, 91+ft isnt enough for practicing C-Z-pulley systems, which is the "ideal" system for a 2 person team, and the extra 72+ ft if you are using a 60m rope is a little more security on your back in terms of a kiwi-coil. A 30m rope will be ok, but wont give you the extra cushion for playing, security, or being there for others when a rescue is on the plate and you guys are the only ones closest to help. I even carry a 8.3 50m when I solo.....Just incase. Sorry to stomp on the horse, but a little more rope will never hurt.

Great Pics man, glad you folks had a good time.

By the way...Would you be interested in that Annapurna Im selling?.....Or know anyone?...lol

BTW Mike, the photos were and still are great, Cya tomorrow.

16 From Paradise atleast??? C'Mon Miguel....

Right on Mike..! LOL

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Exactly....My friend....Anonymous or not, I dip in the Shit, and I know that others are reading, and wondering if they are counting their shit as real. This aint about Rainier, its about Summits, and the claims. I've done the Mckinley run 5 times, Summited twice, from the air strip, and summited a 3rd time from 19k, the same week........, does that count?.......NO!! But if I were to say, I summited 3 times, then it would be a LIE. Its not about logic, or pride, or proof, but the words people believe man. I agree whole heartedly with what you say, but you must admit,....the public believes in something that isnt what they read, or see in a book, or magazine. To put it in plainly, and in a rather off the wall sense.....Would you say you slept with the same person twice if you pulled out in the middle of your grove and then went in again????? NOT.....so think about it, its the same concept.

We are waiting Mike......

I just PM'd Mike to drive an honest answer outta him regarding the whole summit issue. Here is what I said in my PM... "There is a wonderful question, and this isnt hate mail, far from it, but YOU ARE BEING CALLED OUT on this subject and you HAVE TO RESPOND....Its over in SPRAY regarding summits........ My quote was....."Damn Skippy on this question.........I think this post should be here for a while... Well, I dont agree with the whole 100 ft down and up thing, but there is a real grey area with regards to going up from Muir, Sherman, or Ing Flats over and over again, and counting it as a "SUMMIT"....Wouldnt you agree Mr Gauthier?????????".....There you go my work partner"..... Answer back to the public, and dont throw at them what they wanna hear.....now.....the truth, and WE WILL DECIDE WHAT A REAL SUMMIT IS SINCE YOU HAVE "SUMMITED" OVER 200 TIMES, AND DONT GIVE US THAT "HIGH CAMP" CRAP EITHER.

Damn Skippy on this question.........I think this post should be here for a while... Well, I dont agree with the whole 100 ft down and up thing, but there is a real grey area with regards to going up from Muir, Sherman, or Ing Flats over and over again, and counting it as a "SUMMIT"....Wouldnt you agree Mr Gauthier????????? ETHICS..................................OR "ethics"...?

I'll just walk over and meet ya @ 8:00 then TJ, get a formal intro going, and talk shop about what we will do and all that.....I need coffee right now.

You are taking this way too far my friend....And too uptite about the Climbing ranger status.....Can you admit to all here why? And then I will tell which one I am. Notice, location doesnt mean you live there..................Ponder on that for just a minute. In addition, you are making a spectacle of yourself right now as we speak, and we here in the park are taking bets on you.....Keep going......Push the envelope a little more, but in the end, its not who has the last laugh, but who laughed the hardest. By they way.........Your left boot lace is loose.

I happen to be toying with a Hood trip idea, and have a lifetime of experience to shae with anyone in small doses. Lets do, or plan for Hood, and see what happens?

Good TR, thanks....

And in terms of the the whole pep rally folks, I was just havin fun...whats wrong with that, Im sure we all know our stuff, I just happen to know what I know cause I use it every day. Just because I do something for a livng doesnt mean I cant have fun, or wild out, or try to be much different from the ones here on the hill, and try different crowd, and not stik to the "In Crowd"....The hell with them....They think they are gods, Im not, but I sure can try.

Actually, Mike didnt have many impressive thoughts to share on Andy....Soggyendo34. I guess the politics as I know now arent different anywhere else. Thanks to my friend here which I have seen personally, but he doesnt know who I am, an has seen me too, it makes me laugh. People think that this is the coolest most awesome job in the world. To get paid to climb, and "save lives". But honestly, we are mostly just EMT's, perhps a 1 or 2 medics.....OOOOOOHHH! In Seattle, the medics and EMT's would blow us away in terms of speed, quik thinking, and experience. If ya think ya got it made man.....ya dont, cause you are doing it for free, and what I know about you so far man, is that you are gonna be on the VOLLY list for a while... And when you meet me, your gonna piss your pants cause you would never have thought it was me......When I tap you on the shoulder soon enough, I would turn around slowly.

Damn....What did I start here.?