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@DanO, did you see what @olyclimber did in the last few pages? HE'S IN THE MACHINE. I mean, just try and escape your "enthusiast" label. I am stuck being a "bro", just because I pissed him off like 5 years ago. @olyclimber is our overlord as long was we type here, that's the deal. He's unstoppable. I can feel his gaze on my forehead!

You guys are testing my supplies. THE FREE FLOW OF IDEAS IS BLOWING MY MIND, AND I CAN'T STOP EATING!!!!!!!111!!!!!!

Good plan @olyclimber, it is worth the struggle to get there!

OK, I'm back. So I need to save more if I am going to retire to Russia? Is China cheaper?

Well, then, we have a lot of ground to cover. Carry on!

I wanted to go skiing with my kids today, and so I did. My hat was wool, however. I think you may be missing the point that you're not making any converts here @DanO. You've done your missionary work, but the field is not yet ripe for harvest. You can keep up with the back and forth with links, but you'll find that we're not apt to change much. But, then again, I'm sure you aren't likely to either. I mean it is fun and all, but I don't think you're really having that much fun with it? At this point, I think we can agree to disagree and check back in annually to see how our respective predictions are working out.

It would seem that the song remains the same. Just checking back in.

Yes! It was only a matter of time until Gen. Ripper made an appearance. Definitely one of my favorite movies, period.

I sure hope so. Otherwise, my ballooning credit card debt will do what the mRNA can't. Minimum payments are made for us terminal patients!

I think I better stock up on popcorn.

So.....I'm supposed to listen to Alex Jones @DanO??!! The same Alex Jones who preached for years that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax??

So great @Marcel LaPerriere!! Would love to see more photos from the past and the stories with them! Feel free to start a new thread with anything you'd like to share. I know many of us love stories of the the days of yore in addition to what is going on now. Love Steve's shirt and his Mieje (sp?) pack. When I first got into the mountain thing, my parents lent me their Meije's from the early 1970's that they had bought in Chamonix. Most of my first summits were using a pack similar to Steve's above!

Better listen up @Colin1984, Mr. Frieh has spoken!

Wait a minute. I thought 5G (I didn't know it was short for 5th generational!) was supposed to be a good thing? You're saying it is going to enslave me? I mean, I know I already spend too much time on my phone, but this sounds pretty bad. The 5G experience is that addictive??!!

Good point @StevenSeagal. Also, did anyone ever run the putting UV light INSIDE your body thing down to ground? I want options!

Wow!!!! Those are both incredible images. Thanks for posting them @oldster.

Too late. I am more than a month past my second shot. For the record, I think you are out of your mind. I'm sure you feel the same about me. Time will tell which of us is right @DanO.

I think you've made your case @DanO and are unlikely to score many more points, no matter how many videos you post. Check back in with us vaccinated folk in a year.

Spray is alive and well!

I better use my vacation pronto!

one of these days......we were up there the day Cody skied it, and skinned up the WS right behind him, but had to turn back, unfortunately. Way to get it done!

The magic Skagit! I've lived in MV for the past 21 years and quite enjoy it, but I'm a middle aged dad type now and not getting after it like when I was younger. Still, I lived here during my "storm" years and did notice how central is was to a lot of good options for climbing. That said, it is western WA so the climbable days are a lot more limited than the east side. For me, it hit the sweet spot between work commute, recreation, and cost of living. There is a small community of climbers and we all seem to know or know of each other. The Skagit Alpine club has a small core of keen younger folk that like to get out. You could ask some of them your rental question, I really don't have a good idea. Everyone seems pretty friendly and it is laid back around here, at least compared to areas north and south. But, it certainly seems to be getting on the radar of people, and the housing prices are going up really fast. As @dberdinka likes to say, Bellingham is ruined now.

It is most certainly not a clear cut. There are some good examples in the Stillaguamish where I have worked with the USFS on veg mgmt. After a year or so, it is often hard to tell that any timber mgmt occurred. Most timber harvesting around here is on state and private lands, which are managed quite differently than under the NW Forest Plan. That's great that you let them know about when access is most valued. That is exactly the specific type of info that they need!

Thanks @rat for bringing in a little bit of detail on the proposed alternatives. Maybe it's because I grew up around here (and often work with timber companies), but I don't mind some logging. Especially since a lot of the overstocked, monocultural USFS units could benefit from some timber management, post NW Forest Plan.

Damn. I will try and ping you if I get my head above water. I've been voluntold into a new position at work and it is trying to kill me. So awesome for you!