AlpineK

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Fence Sitter is Red Monk? I think he is. In which case he will talk lots but climb little.

quote: Originally posted by erik: umm thats not the point there ole boy... the point would be fun..... sorry you didnt have any..... Oh I had lots of fun this weekend. Summertime fun that is.

Don't jump the gun just cause the kids are going back to school. Fall doesn't start till the 20th.

I've been to the base of the NF in the mid 80's. We walked around the east side of berg lake and scrambled up the moraine on the east side of the Berg glacier. We stayed on scree and rock until we reached about 2/3 of the elevation to the base of the NF. We then climbed a ramp to our high camp. A friend of mine just got back from up there and it's snowy and cold.

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: quote:Originally posted by AlpineK: "Fuck da police coming straight from the underground...." NWA rules Whiter than white guys that love a group with a name like "Niggers With Attitude" crack me up. Rock on AlpineK!!! (sorry, no turntables for scratchin') Ya know Greg I bet most of the music you like has roots in, "black," music. I've never lived in the gheto, but I do like people who can express themselves in an amusing and obnoxious way. NWA is pretty dam good at that. Think of them as super spray masters. I'm sure you don't get it. [ 08-29-2002, 05:13 PM: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

"Fuck da police coming straight from the underground...." NWA rules [ 08-28-2002, 08:09 PM: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

No they headed back the way they came the next day.

No cougars, but during one cocktail hour we watched 3 climbers fall and slide down a snow slope below Spider/Formidable col. Poor suckers

Last week some friends and I did the Ptarmigan Traverse in 6 days. We smoked a buch of pot, drank a bunch of booze, and I remember some mushrooms too. we climbed a few peaks too. Scot'corplogo would have flipped right the fuck out, but we had a great time. 6 days is way more fun than 2 sucker.

At least that's the word on the street from people who know.

I think Eric, Mtn Goat, and some of you others are way off on this whole issue. Let me help you out. While protesters may be stinky hippies that you wouldn't want hanging around your pad. Protests, especially violent protests make good TV. And what's good for TV is good for corporate America.

I should add we climbed both routes on the Old Settler from an alpine sit start.

I went up to Marble Canyon back a few weeks ago. We were going to climb, but the battery in my truck exploded. We ended up walking to a pay phone and waiting for the tow truck driver instead of climbing.

Wow that's trippy. Maybe if there's some new snow on Nov 10th I'll head up to Muir. I haven't been there since last November.

A lot of the libertarian views I hear are simple and attractive. We all should be free to do whatever we want. Reality isn't quite so simple. There are a lot of things that aren't economic for individuals or companies to do yet they serve everyone's interest. Also if you do everything you want chances are your going to be fucking with someone elses life. Anyway a couple observations Mtn Goats posts are way to long. Sure you've got a lot to say, but I for one refuse to read such long posts. Also who is this geek the Greek guy. I know real Greeks and they all think you're one big malaka.

Fuck thinning BURN IT ALL

The forests in the US are way too thick. How did they get that way? Both Democrat and Republican administrations spent a bunch of money to put out fires. So the question is how do we correct the mistakes of the past. Thinning works. The problem is you can't do anything but chip up all the debris from thinning. Chips aren't worth very much; I give mine away for free. Logs can be worth something; and most companies like to try and make money. It isn't too shocking that logging companies would want to cut some nice big trees along with all the crap. Another approach is to stop fighting fires unless they are likely to burn peoples houses. You don't have to pay to start fires; hell lots of people like to start fires for free. I am so down with burning. Burn, burn, burn!

quote: Originally posted by mattp: Do they have a parking garage? No you might have to walk upwards of three blocks...the horror

hmm I think Tacoma's turn is on the 27th not the 20th

I don't know what that crazy JY guy did or didn't do. Just remember he's full of shit. I don't mean that in a bad way either.

I'm afraid I'm getting ready for an excise tax audit. I did spend 7 days in a row in the Cascades a few days back

North Norwegian Buttress

Yeah the N buttress of Reh rules! [ 08-04-2002, 10:12 PM: Message edited by: AlpineK ]

Ya know I'm down with talking about global warming since climbing involves ice and snow, but foriegn policy...I don't know.

I hate most modern republicans due to their anti-environmental agenda. Whatever happened to good republicans like Dan Evans? However when it comes to foreign policy quite often having someone like Ronald Regan is a good thing. I agree with you Matt when you say our economic power put those Ruskies down, but I think you can’t discount the ability to instigate others to fight them. The USSR spent a lot of money and manpower on Afghanistan. I should point out that RR, Jimmy Carter, Old Bush, and Clinton all did a bad job and or underestimated Muslim fundamentalists. Anyway I don’t have a huge problem with calling the freaky Muslims, “towel heads,” as long as you can respect the Muslims that are more normal.