AlpineK

The good news is they're home. Afterwards government bitchfests aren't too surprising.

I'm sorry to say that's as big as that one gets. There is this one. PARTY WITH THE PIG

There were some good photos. Sorry to have missed you.

Yes it is from Index.

No offence, but this would this make a good headline picture:

Damn it I should have gone...oh well.

Good form should also include the occasional use of a dictionary, eh? cite Pronunciation[sahyt] –verb (used with object), cit·ed, cit·ing. 1. to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), esp. as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense. 2. to mention in support, proof, or confirmation; refer to as an example: He cited many instances of abuse of power. 3. to summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. 4. to call to mind; recall: citing my gratitude to him. 5. Military. to mention (a soldier, unit, etc.) in orders, as for gallantry. 6. to commend, as for outstanding service, hard work, or devotion to duty. 7. to summon or call; rouse to action. [Origin: 1400–50; late ME < LL citāre to summon before a church court; in L, to hurry, set in motion, summon before a court, freq. of ciére to move, set in motion] —Related forms cit·a·ble, cite·a·ble, adjective citer, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. True enough. My spelling has sucked for years.

Whether I agree with you or not is beside the point. If you want to show good form you should always site your sources.

You never answered mine. When are you going to properly credit the sources of your posts. I know you aren't bright enough to do that much writing.

I hate to say this Kev, but you've got a long way to go to live up to the standards Trask set.

I might be wrong but I don't think kangaroos are big on glacier hopping. That would be rad if somebody did ride a kangaroo to the top of Denali even via the regular route.

I'm willing to submit that there's a fair chance that being from Australia that Matthew might be an expert on riding a kangaroo to the top of a peak back in the homeland. I'm sure he may have had wet dreams about WI5, but in reality he has no real knoledge of the subject. Matthew prove me wrong and post an old TR of some WI5 you've climbed or even a 4. On the other hand there is ZERO chance that even if you can do either of those things that you're going to get some total stranger to fly to AK in the hopes of doing any climbing.

I don't want to get in the middle of your fight, but I did go see the Steph Davis show the other night and she had some great pictures of climbing.

I think Seahawks will change his viewpoint fast if Hillary does get elected. He'll be looking for a long probe into the whole thing. Hey Seahawks how about speaking for yourself instead of quoting others writing without giving them credit.

You can think you're just fine even though you aren't. I don't have any memory of it, but I hear that when I hurt myself I told my employee I was going to sit up. He was smart enough to keep me lying down until the paramedics got there and doped me up. Situations vary, but if you or somebody who saw you hurt yourself think you need help then it's best to go with it. If you really are ok then the worst thing that will happen is you'll get to talk to the paramedics for a bit and maybe your friends will make fun of you afterwards. In my case I did need help, so it's a good thing I didn't move.

They did the resonsible thing calling 911; especially if you're unsure of the extent of injury. That doesn't mean you have to wait for the aid units. If things aren't that bad you can call them back and tell them you're going to take the injured person in yourself.

The BG is pretty close distancewise, but it's a long way down the hill to hook up with it. Just the trip down and back would be a burley hill climb; not that I shouldn't do that. I am a little wimpy about the hill though.

Excellent photos.

Right on! I was pretty happy when I could return to that. Sitting in the hospital without that ability sucks.

It's hard to believe it was that long ago. CrazyJZ...now there's an old dude

My mother grew up in CdA, and that's how I got to know a bit about the area. Lots of folks in the northern part of the state would be a lot happier without the south. One of the guys in the dorm got a piece of rebar shoved into his ass while on a dinner tray up by the Kibby Dome. The poor guy was walking around with a butt limp for a while afterwards.

Hmmm. Right now I'm just happy to be getting back to 5.9 at the gym. Even before I hurt myself 5.10 was pretty much my limit; though I'm only counting what I could do on an alpine route. I suppose I could spend more time at the crag, but I only view that as, "training for real climbing." That's just my viewpoint of things. I could see getting to 5.11, but 5.12 seems stouter than I'm ever likely to do. I guess I'm less worked up about grade numbers and more into cool routes on cool peaks. I do have 7 years before I hit 50

Abbotsford is only a short drive from Dru's cabin in the woods. Dru said:

Just the fact that you can read after going to school in Moscow makes me laugh. BTW: the rugby team changed their name to the Black Widows by the time I was there. Dusty Lentils must have lost its luster. One of the subjects I studied at school was sliding down a snowy hill on a dinner tray from the Kibby dome to the street.

I think you're missing one key point. Trees add value to a property. I'm pretty sure you're aware of the timber value a tree may have, but that's not the only way of calculating value. I have written up reports for homeowners who want to know the landscape value a tree has. Most often you would do this because somebody came onto the property and cut down the tree. In a typical homeowner setting the landscape value is often higher than the timber value. In this case the owner of the tree may want to log them all, but the trees add value to residents who see the trees from their houses. It's well within the rights of folks to make the owner submit a plan to the city for approval. The city may tell the owner to go ahead and cut away, but they may limit the total number of trees that can be cut, and they may impose replanting requirements on the property owner.