Ben Beckerich

Good point. The first amendment is overrated anyway. The only thing we should ban in this country is retards that want to ban shit they don't like. Yes, let's just return to daily school reading of Mein Kampf. Shit, let's just all indulge at child porn, as it also should be protected under 1st Amendment. It has been established long long time ago by courts, that harmful speech (or hate speech) is not protected, as it might cause harm to society at large. The very same way child pornography is not protected. The effects of Trump's hate speech are already clearly visible: one of the trumps zealots told Jorge Ramos to "go back to where he came from". Never mind he is a US citizen. But clearly in your case- ignorance is a bliss. "the courts" have determined yelling "FIRE!" in a theater is harmful speech. Child porn necessitates the harming of children and/or illegal activity - you'll note that "the courts" (you know, SCOTUS) have actually found that simulated child-porn is PROTECTED SPEECH. So yea... speech is protected. ALL of it, with the exception of speech that is the result or cause of a criminal act. so STFU noob.

While I appreciate a lot of socialist causes, I'm definitely not a socialist, and neither are any other Americans. We definitely love our individual liberty and property rights, and socialism doesn't jive with private ownership nor individuality. So what's that leave us? Euro-style "socialism," with super high taxes and boundless social services, while corporations continue to enjoy near regulatory immunity? Fuck that, and people who don't understand that's exactly what they're asking for. I think if you did an ideological study on these guys, you'd find they're progressive-libertarians, not "socialists." But progressive-libertarian just isn't catchy, especially now that "libertarian" has been shot-gun married to conservatism.

Good point. The first amendment is overrated anyway. The only thing we should ban in this country is retards that want to ban shit they don't like.

They're just trying less hard to appear democratic. Lazy? Must feel pretty secure

Looks like it needs a new roof.

No current beta, but I'm gonna say with a high level of certainty that it's totally and completely bare. I'm sure even the glaciers themselves are substantially reduced from their normal size.

Gee, what a choice we might have: Bernie or Trump Trump or Hillary Hillary or Jeb We are fucking lost. And of the four, Bernie is the only one that would be any different than anything else. Which is why he will never get the nomination, and why I still give no shits about the whole stupid pointless thing.

I hadn't even thought about it like that. Wow... Trump v. Sanders. True national litmus test... It's just a damn shame his name is Sanders and not Sanchez. At least it doesn't end in "witz"

Don't let them tell you otherwise.

More importantly, I was once an unborn baby. As a former unborn baby yourself, and as a member of society that sets collective standards for itself, you also have permission to have an opinion!

Mmmmmm.. abortion. Disagree with him on that. OH HELL YES I DID BRING THAT SHIT UP But I'm not gonna debate about it. You can have it.

There's not a whole lot about Bernie I disagree with, myself. Depending on which version of me you ask.

Perhaps, like the widow in the temple, a six pack is all he has to his name (aside from climbing gear), and he's offering all he has in gratitude.

It gets muted for having copyrighted music. So this is what had the wife circling for 25 minutes trying to find a parking spot within artillery range of Red Robin last night! Well ol' Bernie lost my vote. Anyone who causes me wife to vent on me is no friend of mine.

Go to work. [video:youtube]

[video:youtube] Not new, but new to me. Never knew this guy existed before today.. but man... what a voice.

Solo the north side of Jeff in bare condition? I seem to recall a TR from a couple years ago...

You hotspotting?

Stands to reason that a scratchy substance that crumbles and crunches under the points, therefor causing a lot more rubbing/friction against them, would dull them faster than a point sitting on hard rock and let just lifting back up

Google earth is still hella useful even for glacier- given that the images seem to be summer shots, it'll show you were crevasses typically open up in a glacier... Whether they're there when you get there is anyone's guess, but it can still be super useful info.

Sunday... up and back down.. no probs. A little retarded, but only a little

No way I'd take adding any distance or elevation to avoid the 15 minutes of mild annoyance that the nisqually offers. It's just not that bad.

I love how desolate that side is. I've been up a couple times and haven't ever seen anyone else (till Pikes Peak, anyway). Never even boot prints, for that matter.

AAhh.. Wapowty Cleaver.... (about 1/3rd of the way down) http://www.mountrainierclimbing.us/sar/queryfatalities.php?activity=Flying Totally. That would explain both sets of debris, and why the parts look to match.

Know where that one hit? I found this pile on the Nisqually. This is one of the pieces I found up on the Turtle couple years ago: