rbw1966

Dude you really are celebrating your new-found bachelorhood arent ya? Bunny ranch? have fun!

I had LASIK done at the Renton Vision Center about 8 or 9 years ago. Recovery time was something like 24 hours--I drove home the next day. You just have to be careful not to rub your eyes. Best money ever spent. The only new comment I would add is that if you do any high altitude mountaineering, wearing contacts can be dangerous. I slept with mine in at 18K and woke up the next morning to disturbingly blurry vision which I attributed to the early stages of HACE. Removing them and putting on glasses did not help at all. I went down in elevation to our base camp and my vision started getting better. I found out later that the contacts restricted air flow to my eyes which resulted in the eyes swelling.

Kudos for snagging that gem!

Isn't social security "tax" an individual mandate?

I guess it helps to read the thread title. Gracias

New FDA report links smoking pot to sitting around and getting high.

Your link is about teens using tanning beds.

size on the dynafits?

More than Obama and Clinton combined. Don't make me dig up that old photo again. Dude, your partners dumped you off at the ER and continued on to Lillowett. 'Nuff said... Wrong. We all continued on to together and climbed the rest of the trip. What you are really saying with the above obfuscation is that you did not serve in the military at all.

speaking of death threats: So, Fairweather, are you a patriot or a tyrant? And while we're on the subject, which branch of the service did you serve in?

I dont see any mention of the Mountain Hardwear EV2. Pros to the EV2: vents really well. Perhaps too well but that depends on your tastes. You can really button it down if you want to. Length is awesome (I am 6'3"). Sets up and breaks down really fast. Cons: narrow and cramped for two adults; a little heavy (5lbs 3oz); the clips that connect the poles can come undone in heavy winds if you dont stake and guy it out really well. I was lazy last time I used it and didn't stake out the guy lines very well and when the wind and snow arrived I kept having to snake an arm out the vents to re-connect the clips to the poles. I dont like the door set-up. One zipper goes horizontally along the bottom and the other arcs down the side to meet with the bottom slider. Overall I like the Bibler design better--its nice to set up the poles while inside the tent. I got a great deal on the EV2 so thats what I went with.

Buy a lift ticket and wait for the lifts to open or rent a snowcat. Last I heard, a snowcat ride to the top of the Palmer was $150.

6'3", 195 and I'm rockin the Mt Bakers in a 181cm length. Dimensions are 120-88-108. I went from Karhu Jaks to these and, frankly, I liked the Jaks better in the pow but the K2s are a better all-around ski for a quiver of one.

We carried several small, 5-litre kegs up in backpacks.

Skiing up that rode sucks ass--its like 9 miles. Dont bother. Hauling a sled up the Polallie trial might be better.

I used Sabretooths on my tele boots (T2s) for years--you just move the toe bail back so the front points extend out further.

Have a back-up plan.

Put away the bong.

you can circumvent the first gendarme by going around it on the south side of the ridge.

Nice Job Wayne!

Have you tried the oregon GIS? I got LIDAR data for portland for $25.

I care

Dont know about solvenia but Croatia--right next door--can get wayyyyy too hot in the summer time for climbing. Just as well, they sell beer and jelly donuts on the beaches.

Red Mill's owner just gave the company to his employees in an ESOP.

still need to fix your links--before someone does so for you