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WOW! Zat is imprezzive, NO?

I grew up skiing Powder Mt, love the backside.

Tent - If you choose to use your old tent, be sure the "shock cord" is in good shape. Better yet, have it all replaced with new shock cord. Otherwise, it can freeze when stretched and then becomes useless anti-shock cord. We had to cut all of ours off one year going up the Muldrow in order to put the poles together. I'd bring a few extra pole sections even if you do buy a new tent. TNF expedtion tents have served me well on quite a few trips in the Alaska Range but I'm sure there are some other really nice options these days. For a couple extra pounds I'd go for the 3 man, but I'm a glutton for over packing in the name of comfort. Stoves - If it were me, I'd bring at least 2 of the same type and a full expedition repair kit with plenty of spare parts. We had 3 MSRs (2 Dragonflies and 1 XGK) and we were lucky to have 2 running at one time. Constantly taking them apart and fixing them was the routine. On another trip, the pilot who dropped us off in Kantishna also dropped our brand new XGK pump for one of the two stoves we brought and broke it. That left us with no spare so we ended up borrowing his survival canister stove out of his plane to use as our back up stove. Our primary pump & stove never failed so we did not have to use his canister stove on the trip, which I've heard don't do so well at altitude. Shovels - A lot of people swear by the huge aluminum scoop wood handle jobs but they do weigh a shit ton. However, you can certainly get a lot more done in short order with it than a regular ski shovel. Whatever you bring, don't bring a plastic bladed one or you risk it freezing and breaking.

When we were kids back in the 80's some of the neighborhood crew were making pipe bombs and blowing up dumpsters and the like. It did not take long to have the local police trying to piece fragments together to try and get finger prints. In the end, some fines were handed out and some community service was done by those juvenile delinquents. A lot has changed since then so I can only imagine it is a far more serious endeavor if one gets caught with any sort of bomb type device these days. Even back then it was still a serious felony.

PBR is the only decent schwag beer for me. Maybe a Ranyeah if PBR is not available.

Constructing and igniting infernal machines is still a serious felony as far as I know. Sure is fun though, um, so I've heard anyway.

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And I thought the backcountry was dangerous.

The Dude abides! Might have to rent that one later today.

Seems like a pretty dumb question when we all know the best climbing in Portland is in Washington. I'm sure even you knew that Kev. Happy New Year!

Better not waste any of that precious ammo on plinking targets Bill. Might need them for the upcoming armegeddon.

This must be the beginning of the end of the world in 2012.

I thought you said it was all spray?

JO will be awakened from his morning slumber in PDX the moment someone breaks out the drill and starts tapping on his beloved rock. They are one, you know.

Yeah, we made it home as scheduled last Tue when the roads opened back up. I spent the next couple of days digging out. We had over 10' in some areas of our yard but only about 4' in the driveway.

Although, it is my understanding that any alcohol will negate/counteract what the meds are tying to accomplish. At least most of the ones you mentioned. If that's the case, why waste the $ on meds that won't be able to work anyway? Maybe one of the MD or Rx types here can set the record straight on how that works? Might as well have one for me while your at it, but please, no cheap schwag beer.

You forgot beer.

Yes, I've been scheming on how to handle that one when it comes up.

I got sucked into it a couple months ago and am pretty amazed at all the long losters I am catching up with. It can be a time drain, just like this site only more people to keep up with. Overall, I really like being back in touch with so many old friends. Side note, I work from home a lot and should be working now but am getting distracted here on cc.com, again. I have not even looked at FB today but it will likely eat up some of my productivity soon.

The cold that's kicking my ass today.

Better hurry before it's to late. Still snowing here right now but now it's big wet flakes compared to the light fluffy dry powder we had the past few days though.

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Happy Birfday Jeebus!

Who's gonna step up to the plate and bag Hamilton before it melts out? Took these today in the short break we had from the snow. Looks like it's touching down now and pretty fat.