AlpineK

Catbird is right

It would kill the tree. Not necissarily. I've seen a number of trees that can grow around constrictions. You will create a weak structural point on the tree if the tree grows around the sling, but you don't always kill them. When you place a rap anchor around a tree you don't sinch it tight to the bark (you would never get your rope back). Most people tie the sling long. If you do this it's going to take a long long time before the tree comes close to being girdled especially when you concider how slow growing alpine trees are. I would say that Dru is right snaffles will chew it off or it will rot.

To Dave's credit, I hear he pays fairly for gas.

Muffy rules. She's nice, and cute to boot.

If your not going to invite everyone to the debauchery then send a pm.

I seems to me that if things keep going the way they are right now that PP's prediction is right. However that doesn't mean I'm not going to vote or anything. I'll vote for the canidate with the greatest chance of beating GW; be it Dean, Clark, or whoever. The fact of the matter is that GW is an asswipe who is bent on wrecking: The environment Relations with foriegn countries Our civil rights The federal budget Also if he gets elected again he's going to stack the courts with a bunch of neo-facist pig fuckers. Fuck Bush

Yes, here's the view from the upper bowl nice huh.

Cman and I skied up under the east face of Chair Peak today. Things were looking good when we left Seattle, but as we got up high in the Snoqualmie river valley you could see the clouds at the pass. Sure enough the Alpental death fog was there to greet us. We followed a well beat out track to Source Lake and then some snowshoe tracks above. We eventually ran into the snowshoers, John Sharp and friend, and chatted for a bit. Skinning into Chair peak bowl went fairly well, but we were soon confused by the white out below the peak. Originally we were going to ski to Snow Lake, but the clouds made us change our minds, so we skied back down to Source lake. The snow was fantastic, and we had great skiing through the trees below the upper basin, but the lack of depth perception on the slopes above Source lake sucked. There were a ton of people below the lake. I remember distinctly almost running down two women and their dogs who decided to take a lunch break in the middle of the trail...idiots. All and all it was better than hanging out in town.

It gets better, just keep watching

WTF, we have to pay to ski in the backcounrty now? Sorry Dave.

If you follow some guys skin tracks to the top of a run and then snake him cause he's resting before skiing a slope then you suck, otherwise all is fare.

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A ragtag fugitive force... I sure wish I had cable.

I guess my lack of TV has made me miss something. Who is this women you guys keep going on an on about?

Allison would not go for this. The cans of Shut the Fuck Up that Wal-Mart sells are either made in China or by prison labor; also Wal-Mart workers have no health insurance...

Move to spray. Marylou, you'll never be a moderator.

BTW I'm a left liberal. Scott will support the political party of anyone who acts as a father figure to him. "Son,", "Yes father,"...

Really? then why are the president, vice president, senators, and members of the house either dems or repubs? (maybe 1 or 2 exceptions) The vast majority of Governors are repubs or dems, and I'm having a hard time thinking of any one elected in the state of WA who isn't either a dem or a repub.

no I didn't

Scott, I think you are young and clueless and so are your politics. I'm sure your poitics can be molded in much the same way as that Mohammed guy molded Lee Malvo's(sp?) shooting skills. Maybe you and Fairweather should go for a road trip. I do know how to spell more and the

I think Minx will be an excellent moderator.

If you're so god dam smart how come you can't spell.

Stalin was an opportunist who joined the communist party; also he knew a thing or two about using political power, knocking heads, and dirty tricks.