Doug

Great TR OW. Anything in the Tatoosh makes for a fun day in the park!

Tiger mt, west tiger 2 trail last October. We were on the trail and could see some rustling brush. We stopped and watched for a few minutes and you could see paw pop up occasionally to bat berrys off of the bush.

Make sure you git yerseff a pair 'o these, cuz if'n ya don't, ya'll wish ya had. They work wonders for kayaking and aid climbing as well... So they're aid for aid? That is so aid.

I just ordered a pair of Scarpa Summits on Zappos. $325, free shipping and for some reason they upgraded my shipping at no cost. I ordered them yesterday morning, they are being delivered this afternoon. So, I would alo endorse zappos.com

So when is cascadewatersports big freakin' dot com going to be launched? I am planning on taking my daughter kayaking on lake washington this summer. There's a place right where the cedar river dumps into the lake that rents them. Renton also has a sailing club where you can check out a boat for little or no cost. I grew up sailing and vowed to take it up again by the time I hit the big 5 - 0.

I had an opportunity to see the new structure they'll be putting in. Quite nice! It has cracks, chockstones, chimney's and a nice texture to it. Besides the climbing wall, there'll also be a boulder field (being put in right now).

That was a fantastic 5 minutes of my time!

Great TR! Outstanding day in da hillz!

bouncing co-eds do make for some pretty good inspiration; until they get out of sight and remind me of what an old geezer I am.....

I use being able to climb Rainier as a conditioning benchmark. My program as it is has me running 3 days a week, a total somewhere between 15 - 20 miles. Three days as week I hit the gym and work leg muscles and a moderate upper body workout. on two of the gym days I'll do 45 minutes on the elliptical or stairmaster. If I'm training for a specific climb I take make sure I get out on a hike of 3000'+ with a moderate (25 - 30lb) load once a week. One of the previous responders said that the goal is to be able to do 9000' in two days at altitude with a load and not feel like jelly. What I just described is what gets me there. Whatever gets you to that point is what works for you. Sounds like you are well on your way! Good luck!

Your mom.

Matt, the way I see it each candidate has been in leadership or figurehead situations for many years. They normally don't get to where they are without that. Sure, they all get boosts from the party they align themselves with, I just like to see how they've handled it once they got there. Some would argue that Hilary got to where she is on Bill's coat tails; Obama has seemed to ascend on his terms, as has McCain. The current idiot in chief has been placed in positions of power mainly due to family connections. Even that isn't necessarily a bad thing; so long as the person doesn't royally fuck up.

WTF? My comments aren't specific to any candidate. It appears that Matt suggested that a candidate did not have to have shown any past success at leadership. I'm asking if that was a serious statement. One of the criteria for any candidate getting my support is a proven record of leadership.

That's completely out of bounds. You mean a candidate for President has to be able to show some past success at leadership? Are you next going to suggest that COMPETENCY counts? Was that facetious? C'mon Matt, I want the leader of the free world to have proven that he or she can lead something. Except bolted routes.

Q: What's the difference between a dead racoon laying in the road and a dead lawyer laying in the road? A: There are probably skid marks in front of the Racoon. Q: What do you get when you cross a Lawyer and a Pig? A: Hey, there a some things a pig just won't fuck!

Can Harry Pi weigh in on this? We will waive the rules to allow commie to post!

A couple of more strokes and I'll have that avalanche probe ready!

so it appears that you survived the feiry helicopter crash into an already melting ice shelf.

the rapture

cmon' ivan, at least credit dennis leary a little. ya know why? two words: nuclear fucking weapons. that's right we got the bomb!

Yellow Jacket Tower is kinf of alpineish.....

While in theory everything you state is valid, in a two person glacier travel scenario you inherently accept the risk of having a very difficult crevasse rescue. I would have personally used a two kiwi coil set up where both members could rig a slight mechanical advantage should the other fall in, but the first course of defense is for the one in the slot to prussik themselves out.

I burned som old tires.

Well I'm glad someone finally spit them out.

HOW ABOUT JUST POSTING IN CAPS????