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I'd like to weigh in with my opinion on all of this.

It is kind of amusing how gym rats and pure craggers never fail to pump up the "Cheating Death!" aspect of the sport more than any other type of climber, presumably to win the admiration of the Laymen population out there, cuz it's kind of a standing joke within the climbing community. Then again, these idiots still manage to die in the damn near climate controlled lab environment that is a cragging area, so I suppose there is some legitimacy to it. Well, having said that, I've got to spray paint that giant Death's Head on my crashpad. Later.

I'd be more inclined to do the N ridge next attempt. Those gulleys make me gittery...especially when they still have big snow patches in them. Maybe next year with a repaired road and a mountain bike for the first 2 miles of easy trail.

Yeah, we heard/saw about 5 major avalanches blow down the Price...probably not your best option right now (or ever, in my view), unless you're doing it for the life insurance payout.

What does that have to do with anything? It grants him the moral authority to tell anyone what to do and how to do it. "Hey Halibut, fetch me another beer wench!" or maybe that's, "Hey Halibut, fetch me another beer, wench!" a moral authority weighted by the moral ballast of his favorite forum. In any other usniverse, he would simply be another chat room tool.

I second the "who fucking cares?"

Or not.

It's a good thing Porter jumped in and saved me.

The last time I was videoed doing an extreme sport I damn near hung myself in the shower.

The "world", including climbing is unfortunately scary, and I made sure that my kids knwow it too. People who aren't scared of climbing while they are learning probably shouldn't be climbing or at least be on a very short leash until they gain the experience to assess danger. I think the word "SHOULD" should be abolished.

You know that Joberg and Bear are both top o the list. PM me with yer prospective dates and I'll respond with same (I've got some commitments in there, but not too many)

Trip: Nooksack Shower - Bcky/Sch. Date: 6/19/2009 Trip Report: TR Nooksack Shower June 18, 19 17:00: “It doesn’t look that bad” 19:00: “If it’s raining when we get up at 3:00, we bail” 02:45: “Shit (sound of scrambling back into the tent and zipping up of bivvy sack”) 06:00: “Maybe we could wander over to the base and check it out” 06:01: “Fuck that noise” The UW climate model foretold of 2 mostly sunny days, but we all know what happened. Still, I had been on the couch far too long to forsake a wet flailing in the Green Gauntlet. One email from Don B One and I was in. Tom S and Don B II, 2 excessive compulsives who’ve tagged more summits than the flying ant population rounded out our happy roster. Animal notes: One fresh bear tracks/scat sighting. Don rides the cellulose bronc over Ruth Creek The objective framed in fleeting hope Reality closes in Three Hombres, duded up for a fiesta nongrata Price Lake. The further away you are, the better it looks. I just thought I’d throw this one in because that is what I do: Steer’s Head Dicentra Uniflora (Chinook Pass) Approach Notes: Approach Notes: The road (both Hannegan Pass and Ruth Creek) is closed at mile 0.5 until as late as Aug 22 for repairs. That adds 2.2 miles of mountain biking to the TH, + 2.8 miles of trail to the turn off. At 2.8 miles in from the TH, look right for an obvious trail down to Ruth Creek (easily visible). You’ll be in the tall timber at that point. Follow the trail down and trend left to find the crossing logs (2 of them), or ford the creek downstream of the logs. The faint game trail up is less than 50 yards left of Price Creek. It tops out on the crest of the moraine to the left and above Price Lake, then contours the talus. Look for a logical ascent to the ridge crest and saunter on up to a bivvy at around 5800’. From there, it’s an easy scramble down to the glacier, which is in very good shape right now. Snow conditions are excellent for climbing. Be advised: there are snow patches on the rock section, so choose your weather accordingly or wear appropriate body armour.

I've already made plans for tomorrow (probably lolling around on a drifting sailboat), but perhaps another time with more lead time.

Copied and pasted from this very site. You are all part of my project--and performing nicely. Do not challenge an extreme Paranoid Compulsive on documentation; you will lose every time.

Palin is an ignorant cunt who has every bidness gunning for one of the top slots of national power, given that a substantial majority of those who hold such positions are complete and utter tools.

Like most neandertals, I hate people with power. Long live the unsubjugated angry hairless monkey.

Well, there are no mailboxes in the city, after all....

Cuz they're both cuntz, perhaps? Just sayin....

So is my rear view mirror. Li-l bastids

FW, that's really good. Kind of Kerouak meets Family Guy. There's a great poetry workshop coming up if you want to bikepool....

Hey, bitch. Climb anything lately? Yeah, got my UtiliKilt soggy on a washout of Nutsack, but at least no one called me 'Senator'.

Balsa wood rockets work better.

I just thought I'd drop a wee boat into this teacup to watch it toss about

Remember, waterboarding does not intentionally produce a fear of imminent death (prohibited by statute), and months of solitary isolation in a brightly lit cell in the nude is not intended to produce severe mental anguish (prohibited by statute).

Ah, yes, the beheading video, the meaning of which is presumably that: a) They're not like us, and b) We should be more like them Of course, the natural endpoint of such a philosophy is a world where everyone indulges in atrocities. Along the way to that delightful outcome, disseminating and indulging such atrocities (by viewing and promulgating images like this, for example, opportunities for which you never seem to miss) increases the dehumanization of oneself and others. Pure bad karma. Its enough to know that such atrocities exist in the world, and why we should steer clear of committing them, whether it be beheading or isolating and dehumanizing a human being, regardless of guilt, for months at a time until they are obviously psychotic. If you think I'm being lily livered about all this, perhaps you might also post videos of child pornography (also abhorrent). After all, is your motivation outrage or titillation? Given how frequently you indulge yourself here in a like manner, I have a hard time believing that its purely the former. And then there is the rule of law versus anarchy (the result of which is depicted in your image), but that's another discussion.