MarkMcJizzy

Did it in 1993, right after it had been bolted all to hell. First pitch had one hard move, then A1 to the top

Wait! It's a Ranger. Now the Feds are after you. You need to learn to tell Johnny Law to go Fuck himself, you're all lawyered up, you'll be at Stevens Pass, and they need to bring a warrant.

Yea, Mr five-oh, whats your probable cause? Exactly which RCW states that you can't ride a bike to Stevens Pass.

I'm really sorry Pilchuck, but you were eight, and I was twenty. And I lived about two miles away. We never got ash, ever. And the weather that Sunday, while not immaculately perfect like the previous day, was a fine and good day, with a few high clouds

I don't want to burst your bubble, but that didn't happen

Bump for Rad

Boy, I'm smoking out the old fuckers with this thread

The resultant iron oxide from the in situ weathering of a basalt is a mineral, hematite. And in any case, iron oxide is not an element, it is a molecule. Chem 101, try taking it. If this rock is in the Spokane area, it probably is a Miocene Columbia River basalt. The metamorphic rocks of the Spokane area are much older, with a greater degree of tectonic jointing, cleavage and schistosity. Pillow basalts are common in the CRB's, are in most cases very obviously the result of a lava flowing into a sediment rich basin. The end product has the basalt pillows violently intermingled with the freshwater debris. Often there is a weathering product known as pillow palagonite through out the basal area of the basalt. Discerning metamorphosed submarine pillow basalt's in massive metamorphic greenstones takes a much keener eye. As shown in the photograph, some of the orange mimics a pattern one would expect from an incipiently developed, sub-horizontal, columnar jointing system. Jointing which develops much less than normal to the top of the lava pool is not uncommon. Columnar jointing can also develop in sills and dikes.

Probably outcrops of the Easton schist, the same rock that makes up Mount Shuksan. That is what we found out

May 18, 1980. Mount Saint Helens. I was in Everett, getting my friend so we could go to work. One large boom, and the whole house shook. Found out four hours later that St. Helens was gone.

One difference is that US 2 is a US Highway, and provides an important cross mountain highway necessary for inter- and intra-state commerce. It's primary function is to get people across the Cascades. Highway 20, on the other hand, is almost completely built for recreation. It is used by some trucks, but is almost entirely a recreation byway

Good to see that you are sure of you speaking skills and logical thinking ability

Both Kinnikinick's and Le Piston's ideas are very good.

You don't need to be sorry for anything. You were merely pointing out that the situation is not dangerous, and there are alternatives available to the bolts. It should also be noted in your defense, that when these bolts were initially installed, there was more than a little hue and cry from the normal CC hue and criers (but not Dawg).

Pretty much something is food, or it isn't

I thought it was just common sense and courtesy to re-size photographs for use strictly on the Internet. Huge photo sizes slow everything down, and can sometimes post as too large and bulky. Most forums seem to work well with Kb sized jpeg files. Why do you need to load a 7+Mb file? I have photo editing software that came with my computer and cameras, as well as Adobe. But for just Internet re-sizing, IraFan works the best. And save as a jpeg

Everyone is just going along like sheep that the block was on the second pitch of City Park. I maintain that the block was on top of the first pitch of City Park.

Back in the old days, when paranoia ruled CC, some moderators would have preferred us to refer to " the large bl*ck that s*meone tr*n***** off City P***", just incase the NSA was monitoring this frequency

I think Dru has given a very plausable scenerio. If it was trundled, it was likely that it was because it suddenly became loose or wobbly. At which point common sense would dictate that it should be heaved away. I seriously doubt that a jack was needed. A good digging bar would do it no problem

You guys are fucked up. You don't even know that it was sitting on rock. Looking at the photograph, it appears to be sitting on a dense bed of dirt and roots. And if it was trundled, was it because it was loose? Or for fun? It would be wrong to trundle it for fun or to prevent a ledge fall, but if it was suddenly loose, that would be reasonable. And we have no proof that it was trundled except for some rumors and some questionable forensic geo-engineering

Another one would be from Sahale pass to Boston Basin, thence to Eldo. North to Ross Lake. Much less than 50 miles, but many challenges in other ways. One could burn up a lot of days there. One problem could be NPS permits, but that becomes less problematical out of Boston Basin. I know that the Olympics have good traverses also, Rob did a good one a couple of years ago. A group of 12 may overload the Ptarmigan Traverse

Roads, access, trails and bridges have certainly changed since I was in Boy Scouts and 50-milers were de rigueur. We used the Glacier Peak Wilderness for this purpose, but the destruction of the Chiwawa River bridge at the Little Giant TH, the discontinuation of high country shepherding, as well as destruction of portions of the Suiattle and White Chuck River roads adds complications. From the SW (Sloan) gain White Pass and climb the south side of Glacier. Return to high camp and travel east, either on the snows of the Ten Peak massif ( which will involve some trickery to gain High Pass) or down the White to connect over Boulder Pass to the Napeequa. Over Little Giant and the questionable ford at Little Giant TH, or connect to High Pass. Either way, go to Buck Creek Pass. From there, east to Massy Lake and a connection which Tabor and Crowder speak of to Spider Meadow. One could then travel over Spider Col then to Image Lake and the Bath Lakes High Route (optional) and out. Or out via Lucerne. The Massey Lake portion could be omitted, and one could reach the same alternatives by going directly from Buck Pass to the Suiattle Mines area. I live in Maltby, and could make you copies of the pertinent pages of Crowder's and Tabor's book "Routes and Rocks". It has been out of print many years, and is valuable, and its information for this area is invaluable

From Kurt Smith's post on ST A publicly traded company who's director controlled Gregory, has bought both BD and Gregory. Peter Metcalf will be the President of both corporations.

Isn't Mount Saint Helens the largest known slope failure? And isn't that in Washington?

A scan of Brooks and Carlstads 1975 guidebook showing the large roof which comprised Quarry Right, which fell February 1982. The debri is shown in Chirps photograph