Alex

anyone up to lots of suffering?

I has hit in the head while leading on N Face Athabasca by a pretty small rock but going really fast. if my helmet hadnt been on and me looking down, i would prob be dead. those face shields seem alot less stupid these days, I think that will be my next purchase. with one you at least have a chance if you happen to be looking up. especially seems to make sense for ice and alpine where rockfall, icefall, or ice tools in the face are common

Damn in late season that thing gets downright benign

So much for exit polls. yup, so much for that. i heard a couple of interesting comments this am. * exit polls are skewed because the first voters are angry voters, and angry voters were for kerry. * gay marriage initiatives in 11 states (all passed) brought out a very conservative voting base for bush my own take is that the USA has always been isolated from the World, this election proves is once again. Its really pretty funny, because "liberals" here are really not all that liberal compared to many other European (very socialist) countries, only compared to the very conservative voting base in the US heartland. Interesting how once again it comes down to 1 state, 150,000 votes really, and the presedential race is "a mandate". Dont get me wrong, i *like* that this election had a clear winner and that we wont have a month of lawyering about who won, but polarization of the nation on fundamentalist christian grounds (I am a Christian, but dont believe in legislating my religious beliefs) seems like the wrong mandate. a special congratulations to karl rove, he truly is the master.

riiiiight i dont know what data you are looking at, but cnn has exit poll data that places PA, OH, and FLA in Kerrys lap. neither candidate can win without those states,... California hasnt been counted yet, and wont be going to Shrub also NH looks like it goes to Kerry.

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/409558/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/all/vc/1 Early exit polls results indicate that Bush is in trouble: 4pm EST leaked exit polls: FL: 52/48 - KERRY OH: 52/47 - KERRY MI: 51/48 - KERRY PA: 58/42 - KERRY IA: 50/48 - KERRY WI: 53/47 - KERRY MN: 57/42 - KERRY NH: 58/41 - KERRY ME: 55/44 - KERRY NM: 49/49 - TIE NV: 48/49 - BUSH CO: 49/50 - BUSH AR: 45/54 - BUSH NC: 47/53 - BUSH

its gonna come down to FLA, OH, and PA the NH numbers look very strange, considering polling has put it at a dead heat the last couple months. I'd be surprised to see a real 15% spread there! but i dont believe Rove will surrender his baby so easily

You shouldnt have much trouble with N Ridge (just to climbers left of Adams Glacier). It doesnt have much av hazard and is probably pretty nice snow-covered. As for snow-pack, I would expect "recent new snow".

Yes. By Thanksgiving there will be a ton of stuff in that will be way fatter than the ice here in the PNW ever gets. Don't ponder the trip, just do it... Alex

Rabscuttle, instead of ruining whats probably a perfectly good tool, sounds like you just need something with a (more) modular head. Sell the old one here or on eBay and get something more user friendly.

olive oil! cat n the hat dude, group therapy is rude runout offwidth and chimney fest, no sun there!

he sure don't know anything about Vegas (hi Jason!)

i hear getting a job helps, mike!

NOLSe, you apparently are not as up on what others around here climb as you'd want to be. You should probably stop talking smack and just go climbing so you can catch up to the people you so regularly diss.

I talked to Ray (Capt Caveman) about this briefly when he mentioned something about it this summer, as he apparently was in the area while the bolts were being placed. From what I understand, the bolts were placed by hand, on rappel. Alex

If rock and Alpine, then I'd say Yakima. You have the Southern Cascades incl Mt Adams close, Tieton rock climbing area is very close, Vantage not too far, and as for Alpine the Stuart Range is closer to Yaki-Vegas than it is to Seattle. Yakima itself is hotter and drier in the Summer, colder in the winter (very decent ice climbing nearby) and weirder in general, but there it is.

What kind of climbing do you do? If volcanoes, Ft Lewis might be good. If rock, Yakima might be better for Vantage/Tieton

Here are the details on the broadcast in the Seattle Area http://www.kcts.org/SeriesDetail.asp?N1=ORFI Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:30 PM #1603 Channel: KCTS Also Airs: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:30 PM (KCTS) Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:30 PM (DT) Alex

The old CMI "Rock Jock". I bought two direct from CMI about 12 years ago when I was climbing at Seneca one trip. I never used them. I will never use them. Waste of cash.

Hilda has been closed for many seasons now, since the fire that burned part of it down.

not mine

gotta be some of the worst "reporting" i've read in a while..

Thanks for all the offers, specialed is gonna hook the brutha up. We are just going for a few days, kinda like an annual "east coast leaf-peeping crag-climbing tour". should be a great time!

2-0 Boston top of the second

Anyone got a NRG guidebook I could borrow for the weekend? Seattle. Need to pick it up today or tomorrow am. Thanks, Alex