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Teddy Roosevelt was a hockey mom?

Atheism is a religion? I don't believe in the tooth fairy, either. Is that a religion, too?

WTF??!!

Sounds brutal I hope someone helps you out. But, BTW, you should be able to rap with a 50m, I do it all the time. Did you top out? Anchors at the top will get you to the bolts at the top of the hand-crack, and from there you can hit the ground. Did you bail off a single nut?

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I dunno, I felt like the route was pretty chill, and I'm usually a puss. I've been on the north face of index before. That route would be a nightmare when wet.

nice job, kevin fun climb, isn't it?

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corporate whores on coke? Man, I go to the wrong parties

I may be an atheist, but I do believe in the easter bunny. I mean, HOW ELSE DO YOU EXPLAIN THE EGGS???!!!

bummer. I've run into some cool cops, though. One time, I was pulled over for doing 90 in a 70 in Idaho, at 2 AM on an empty, straight highway. Cop told me that he was just after drunk drivers, and that writing a speeding ticket would be too much trouble since his shift ended soon, and to "try and slow down, cause there are drunks out there." He waved as I drove off. Pretty cool.

Yes, the detour was about half-way up. There was a chimney that could have gone, if not for the waterfall running through it. The rock detour was about 100 feet down from the waterfall, skier's left. It didn't take us very long to get past the hanging glacier -- we were exposed to icefall while gaining the top of the bypass, and just before regaining the couloir at the end of the traverse. We were able to run through these sections fairly quickly. Not all of the traverse was exposed. There was some minor icefall while we were passing through, but luckily no major calving. But we could hear deep booms coming from within the upper couloir as we climbed it, sending vibrations up through the surface.

Nice looks fun

I met a guy on the bus who claimed to be Jesus. He was really upset that nobody believed him

I met god over the weekend. Turns out he was hanging out in the north cascades. Who knew? Here we are, sorting shit out.

That's correct. No parking pass of any kind is required at cascade pass (or boston basin). Well, that explains why I didn't get a ticket The cool thing about this climb was the approach/deproach -- uphill both ways

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Oh, I definitely want to go get the butt

Trip: Johannesburg Mountain - CJ Couloir Date: 9/7/2008 Trip Report: Tom Sjolseth and I hooked up to do the NE Buttress of Jo'burg but when we pulled up to the cascade pass parking lot Sat morning, the brush and ground were very wet. We decided to go to the base of CJ Couloir to take a look. We saw another party (David & Cary) climbing the couloir above us, and we decided it looked like a pretty fun route, so we opted to do that instead of waiting for our intended route to dry. The couloir itself was very straightforward & easy. Tom and I solo'd up to the point where the snow was discontinous, at the base of a small waterfall. We met up with the other party at this point, and they followed us up a detour on 3rd or 4th class rock to regain the couloir at the top of the waterfall constriction. From here, we simul-climbed 2 pitches, but the going was easy and we both decided to unrope. CJ Couloir, above the waterfall -- we unroped near the base of the blue ice patch The top of the coiloir was steeper than below, but very moderate and after unroping, we quickly reached the col. Tom and I decided we were ahead of schedule, so we decided to set up a primo bivy at the col and laze around. Eldo in clouds Looking down to Formidable-Spider basin My view from bivy In the morning, David (from the other party) joined us for the final scramble -- his parter had lost a contact, and decided to not climb. We climbed class 3 rock directly up from the bivy to rejoin the main gulley systems to the top of the crest, where we continued scrambling along the ridge to the false summit. From here, we dropped down to the left slightly to get around a rocky gendarme, where we regained the crest. From here it was easy scrambling to the summit. Snowking? Spider & Formidable Forbidden Sahale Eldo Summit cheese We all downclimbed the route, except for David and I who made two raps near the base. A single full-length rap gets you from the base of the heather field directly to the col. Back at the col, we packed up and headed out doug's direct. Sweet trip! We ran into rangers on the way down, but they didn't check us for permits. And to add to my good fortune, there was no ticket on my windshield, either. A great weekend in the mountains.

Some kind of walking stick

The argument has been how much "executive" experience they have, not their experience as politicians. I've been hearing a lot from the republican party about "executive experience." Remind me, again, how much executive experience McCain has?

She's not a MILF. She looks kinda like a pitbull, with lipstick. Why do republican women all have man-jaws?

Hmm, let's take the corollary: who are some truly horrible presidents who came to the job WITH executive experience? GWBush? Nixon? Harding?

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