AlpineK

In general I agree Feck. But you participated in this Mt. Fury thread. You posted in it several times throughout the day. I was thinking of some non-spray threads that stayed up for months.

One point to keep in mind is moderating is not a full time job. All the moderators have work and their own personal interests. Some interest are climbing, but you get the point. Speaking for myself, I do not read every thread or keep tabs on all users. The downside is stuff flies under the radar at times. We all miss things, and that can result in a perception of uneven handed moderating. The other issue is users or posts fall somewhere on a spectrum of Good --- Grey Area --- Bad Users don't always stay in one place. When have they gone over the top? Are we being too restrictive? Are we being too lax? Those are all tough questions.

I've heard that too

MySpace is not a valid comparison at all. They never were what FB is today. And yes, they still exist with a minimal skeleton crew. FB has a LONG way to fall to get there. Sorry that's as close as I could come to a comparison when it comes to social networks. Yep FB is much bigger.

Just trying to get the fire to die down a bit. Some heat is fine, but...

Oh I agree they ain't sinking like the Titanic. It's more like somebody keeps poking at the hull with an ice pick. They may go down, or limp along for years. My Space is still here.

FB stock is going nowhere or down. Despite the initial thrill they need to show investors the green. FB makes money from adds. They need more adds to make investors happy. The only problem is folks only tolerate so many adds before they jump ship. Loosing users isn't going to make advertising agencies happy. People did put up with NBC, CBS,... adds for years but the market was quite a bit smaller. Once the next big popular thing pops up on the web bye bye FB. I know My Space is still here, but..

Kick Ass [img:center]http://www.danbbs.dk/~rep/pictures/animation/skianim.gif[/img]

I have to say Van Halen has yet to schedule a concert at an Indian Casino. It's only a matter of time of course.

Canada had SCTV [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dfoVqhQVyQ And Yaksmen [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxg0JfBU2n4

If I remember right they let the US military build the ALCAN Highway without permission then they fixed the shoddy construction job the military did.

What little I know about Canadian politics doesn't make it look like a great escape. Every country is dysfunctional in it's own special way.

And break into your neighbor's houses steal their stuff then sell it back to them. Then and only then can you complain about home burglary and slimy rackets.

The long term future of advertising is to develop the technology used by the Borg and make everybody assimilate. [video:youtube]

Better double the pay package to compensate for the new figures

Great photos

You could post this instead [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxmZWa4hukw

Trip: Ski In 2012 - Silver Star and Cutthroat Date: 5/12/2012 Trip Report: The annual Cascade Climbers Ski In party included skiing, climbing and mountain biking. Dave Parker came through, once again, with a great cabin and camping area in Mazama. Blue skies reigned supreme. Dave and I had to guess at the best date based on the progress of HWY-20 plowing and rely on the good will of the property owners. Fortunately the pass opened a day before our scheduled date. We still worried since the NW Avalanche Center posted a bulletin warning of warm temperatures and possible slides. The Mazama area has some great climbing. We figured if you prepare for climbing and skiing you'll have a good time. On Friday evening we talked about good routes given the weather. We figured south facing slopes were out. A few people were fans of the Silver Star glacier, so we picked it as our Saturday ski destination. The group left Hwy-20 and ascended Silver Star Creek at a variety of paces. Snoboy wasn't familiar with the area but seemed reassured when I pointed out the valley was a single creek. You could get messed up on the upper slopes but as long as you followed creeks downhill you'd return to HWY-20. Some possible options might add some time but you'd make it to the highway. Silver Star [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W1-Distant_SStar_Panorama2.jpg[/img] Up high we ran into a few folks, and the snow continued to look good. Dave Parker hadn't been up Silver Star before. He climbed the last hundred feet to the top. After returning to the notch between summits we all headed downhill. [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W2-2012-05-12_Silverstar_14.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W3-Upper_slope_Panorama2.jpg[/img] We found nice corn snow up high, but the snow became sticky at lower elevations. Despite that a good time was had by all. [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W4-SStar_wine_Panorama2-cop.jpg[/img] Four members of our group didn't climb past the first headwall. Two decided to head back to Mazama and climb since one is recovering from an injury that ski poles aggravate. Snoboy discovered his new boot had design problems causing constant toe releases. We looked at the boots in the evening and compared how the Dynafit boot toe pockets attached to the bindings as opposed to other boots. All I can say is stay away from Tecnica AT boots. We returned to the cabin and cooked dinner on the bbq grill, hung out by the campfire and told lies. The forecast for the 13th mentioned warmer temperatures on Sunday. Since we put in a descent amount of vertical gain on Saturday we picked a ski route involving a shuttle and less vertical gain than the day before. I had looked at north facing slopes above Cutthroat Lake but never skied them. Instead of skiing to the lake we decided hiking the south facing slopes above Washington Pass then dropping over looked easier. Four members of the Ski In party were part of the group. We met a guy from Salt Lake skiing solo at the pass and invited him along. Beautiful scenery and hot weather climbing the south facing slopes from the pass. Liberty Bell... [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W5-Liberty-Bell-Group_Pan.jpg[/img] Silver Star, Gardner, and Kangaroo [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W6-3Silverstar_Kangaroo_Pan.jpg[/img] At the ridge crest we dropped onto the north side [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W9-6CBasin-DropIn_Panorama2.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W10-7ENH29-2012-05-13_Cutth.jpg[/img] Looking back [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W11-9ENH31-2012-05-13_Cutth.jpg[/img] As we approached Cutthroat Lake we had to snake our way through features and obstructions. [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W13-11ENH34-2012-05-13_Cutt.jpg[/img] After more skiing through the forest and avoiding tree wells we made it back to the highway and had an end of event parking lot party. [img:center]http://cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/3050/medium/W15-13A_ENH36-2012-05-13_Cu.jpg[/img] Approach Notes: The slopes up Silver Star Creek off the highway are a little funky but you can ski to the road.

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I'm afraid I know more than I wish I did about NA beer. If you have to go that route American NA sucks. Germans are better at faking the taste of a real beer. Party on

Eat Wonder Bread and Twinkies. Help folks keep their jobs. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9ULBHRO3.htm

Bump Looks like HWY-20 really will be open

You should eat the bread Wonder Women Does [img:center]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltljzraGwr1r2ihgzo1_500.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/9707612.jpg[/img] And don't forget the Twinkies [img:center]http://www.freesialane.com.phtemp.com/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/ab328290106ad075fdff3d868d2b248b.jpg[/img] How could you go wrong. It's a great way to meet guys [img:center]http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2009/02/wonderbreadadfrom1968.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://static.thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2009/02/picture-19.png[/img]

Sorry, private library. My mistake He could clean the toilet, vacuum the carpets, install new light bulbs, and earn credits on the gerbil wheel that provides electricity for the library.

but then how would he post on spray? Log on to CC at the public library after he walked there. Duh