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It was great times indeed. Thanks, Matt, for organizing this!

Crazy. About 6 years ago or so, I almost glissaded into the waterfall crack coming down from Aasgard as well. I reacted just quickly enough to launch myself to the side and avoid the crack. Scared the shit out of me though. Who knew others have fallen in and you say even killed? Damn. Another stupid thing - The first time I climbed Rainier I didn't know much about cold weather camping and climbing at all. I didn't bring enough clothes and was wearing cotton underwear. The underwear was so soaked with sweat it chilled my core during the entire climb and I developed mild hypothermia upon reaching the crater rim. The sun came out and a buddy lent me his down jacket, but I was shivering uncontrollably. I learned my lesson - cotton kills! (even if it's just your undies)

Is each colored line represent 1 foot of elevation gain/loss? great job!

who was that? coach?

It's great to hear you're so dedicated to rehab and have such a positive attitude. Way to go

As far as I know, the majority of the mats are going to be permamnent (fixed to the ground), and there will be others to drag around on top of that to provide you with some extra protection. I agree that the pebbles as far as being the most efficient and safe way to dissipate energy from your fall. It's the dust problem though, which is major, that makes them undesireable.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, free ecstasy for all.

I think for one, TJoe's has a really good benefits package for their employees - healthcare, 401k and all that shizzle. That and I think they get paid more than minimum wage.

Internal fixation seems to be the way to go in terms of speedy recovery. No cast = less atrophy = less rehab.

It can't be good for you. Stone Gardens is an extremely dusty place and I was psyched to see them put up the large air filter a few months ago. Turns out that thing had to be cleaned several times a day. I think they got rid of it because it wasn't having any effect. Anyway, their new solution is to get rid of all the pea gravel that is the source of this dust (chalk seems to have very little effect on air quality in there - it's the constant moving around of those dusty pebbles). They're going to replace it all with mats like the ones at the IMA I think. Maybe this coming fall. I can't imagine how bad it would be to work there and to be exposed to that dust every day.

Who did what to the E Face? Rockslide?

Sic powder day!

Bad Taste

Stay away from this island mateys! Arghhhhhh!

I think the Scottish motto is actually: "If it ain't gritstone, it's crap!"

All this snow just gives you more reason to do as VanHalen and JUMP!

That's the FleblebSteb. Where is that dude these days?

doesn't look like it made it to 'mainstream' media. a quick google search and i didn't recognize any of the sources. what a prick.

Here we go. All quotes of jizzy... Hiking out to the mountains and setting up a tent is also a selfish goal. Climbing a mountain is just about the most selfish thing that you could do. So what are you arguing for here, huts or no huts? Some would argue that since the population density is higher, a few well placed huts would mitigate impact. But you would just whine that these people are stupid You're just so right on today, Jizz! I totally think that we should pave all trails and build hotels, motels, and a Hooters high up in the alpine! While we're at it, could you be my bitch and carry up my stuff for me? I don't want to throw out my back carrying that heavy pack. Far less money? I imagine definetely not. But it sounds like there are some areas that would benefit from concentrating use (campspots). I don't think the huts in the Coast Range (the ones that got me thinking about this whole bit anyway) were built to concentrate use anyway. I never advocated for building in a wilderness area. Wow- You've got me pegged again, Jizz! I totally want to build a Hooters at Cascade Pass, and one on the Ptarmigan Traverse as well! Right along side those monster Hotels I want to build. How did you guess that? There's a huge difference between building a simple hut with wood bunks/cookstove near a wilderness area and building some of thesyour hotels and Hooters in a wilderness area like you metioned. I don't see it as a slippery slope as you do. Again, I never advocated for building in a wilderness area. Which you did. You originally contributed nothing to this thread except getting your panties all stuck up your ass and jumping up and down and ranting and raving. Instead of having a discussion, you had nothing better to contribute than calling people idiots. I thought people stopped doing that in highschool (or are you still in highschool?). Your logic amazes me. Obviously somebody was just pointing out that you've stayed at many huts elsewhere in the mountains and enjoyed them, so why not in your own beloved cascades? Sounds like hypocricy to me. Fair enough. That's about the most constructive thing you stated this whole thread. So why are the lowlands acceptable to you and not the alpine? Is it personal (i.e. maybe you only go to the alpine and don't care about the lowlands anyway, so go ahead and build huts there) or due to some environmental reasons?

Those pics were taken in July/August of 2004. Winter (June - October) is the climbing season down there - it's cold and clear mpst every day. I was told that the snow/ice coverage was rather sparse that year, below the average. That being said, it seems that the tropical glaciers are the ones receding the fastest and peru/bolivia/ecuador are going to be some of the first to loose them. Where are you headed?

At least somebody is trying to take a logical approach to this.

So not everybody thinks we should have alpine huts in the cascades. So be it. It's a multi-hued world. But a lot of people support the idea. The idea of a hut in an alpine setting is way more appealing than one in the lowlands. You gotta be able to ski into these things and have them close to alpine climbing to be desireable. I see the problem as twofold: 1-Finding a desireable location that is not within the boundaries of a National Park or Wilderness Area. 2-Finding an organization that is willing to build/maintain it. Sounds like this may be the real problem because charging $10/day means operating in the red and charging more means nobody will use it. (unless it's a deluxe European version) It seems like all the ones in the coast range are built in memorium of dead climbers/skiers. Who can we immortalize with a hut?

You can do as the BASE jumpers do and jump off. It's probably the quickest and funnest way down?

Damn that was quick