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I'll be at Frenchman Saturday. I'll expect my hug then.

Drunk in a ditch is better than drunk on a bitch!

Were those Mythos he was wearing?

I like it all. You made the day!

Kurt is a WAZZU AC Alum! May the force be with him! (I'm with ya Kurt).

Idaho's a slacker when it comes to potatoes. Eastern WA produces more.

Now this brings back some memories! Did a lot of firsts here but I'm sure none of the names stuck. Good ole WAZZU Alpine Club daze (days too).

A problem with building huts at places like Boston Basin or Colchuck Lake is that they would likely become magnets for even more people, increasing stress on the landscape. Maybe the model should be to allow huts at places that inherently limit crowds due to approach difficulty or remotness. Camp Muir is an example.

I'm particularly impressed by the originality of the site layout, especially the Forum topics. Are there any copywrite issues?

Have a year old 85 lb chocolate lab named Mooser. I turned on the lawn sprinkler system last weekend getting ready for the desert's summer heat only to find that The Moose had eaten nearly all of the sprinkler heads during the winter...Bad Moose!

Got her silicon in the wrong place.

Quite frankly, if anyone is going to solo the mountain then they should've climed it at least once just to know the territory, peferable more than once. Rainier can throw some real sh*t at you on ANY route due to the many alpine variables not experienced anywhere else in the lower 48. If you don't recognize this up front you are in troble from the start. I agree with the former advice that if you have to ask, don't try.

Blake's recomendations are non-non-technical. For you much of the other advise is better. Put those on next year's list. Have fun.

Why not rappell while on your bike. Some of us CC'ers rappell wearing skis so precedent has been set.

Thank you for sharing, Roger.

What do the Starship Enterprise and a roll of TP have in common?.... They both circle Uranus looking for Klingons.

Neutrinos are small and light for alpine. I like them.

Boot bombs I'm sure. I agree that it makes a difference where you're checked. I flew from Wash D.C. onto an overnight stop in Orlando and then to Seattle about a year ago. I carried on a trad rack and had absolutely no trouble in DC or Seattle. In Orlando I went through two supervisors before they became convinced that the gear was harmless.

Two of the peaks are Pinnacle and Castle. I've done each of them in April and in the right conditions they could be what you're looking for. This year in particular the snow could require skis or snowshoes in much of April. I used skis. Also, be aware of avy danger on the south facing slopes.

I think many of us found unexpected lessons in the climbing world that served us well through the tough years of life.

I think we should all go back to codpieces. Just don't get it caught in you decender.

All I can say about those of you in the climbing masses that are leaving is DON'T LET THE DOOR BUMP YOU IN THE ASS. It bothered me when the sport went mainstream in the 70's. A whole new ego thing spawned out of that and changed the character of the sport. A few less people on routes would be great.

Another Adams "lots of snow" climb is the Lava Glacier Headwall. Did it years ago and it was more 35-45 degree snow/ice that you'd want in a wet dream.

It went here along with the fat ass.