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HWY 2 has a long history of speed traps. Lots of little towns and changing speed limits.

Libya is fucked up, North Korea is fucked up. We've already invaded two fucked up countries and haven't gotten very far. More war is not the answer, besides we can't afford it. But mom I wanna new war...

A wingnut has two wings. You could describe the wings as the right and left wing. Obviously you don't like your other half.

j_b vs Jay. Congratulations you both are on the way to receiving the Golden Wingnut award.

Basically everything humans do is fucked up. Off hand I'd say nuke power is slightly less fucked up than burning coal. Over the long run that is.

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Top rope serac climbing climbing on the Coleman glacier is a good intro to ice climbing. You can do that mid summer. Right now getting there is a bit difficult, and the ice is buried in snow. Glacier ice and waterfall ice have different characteristics, so you'll need to find waterfall ice to practice on. Given the weather conditions right now the best bet is going to Banff for a week. That might be cost prohibitive of course.

Remember to smile while taking every order. Hinting about super sizing is not required but encouraged

Sport Rappers are not climbers. Unless they release quality hiphop of course.

There aren't many places left where rope tow grippers are of any use. Since I just inherited a pair I thought I'd share. Closed on the top, open on the bottom. You keep them closed with hand pressure and they release when you let go. The cool ski tows are almost gone

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit_macht_frei [img:center]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Camp_ArbeitMachtFrei.JPG[/img]

You're a big, but not sole, part of the decline of Spray j_b Why not go climbing then spray about it.

Yet another Spray thread degenerating to You suck dickhead No you suck asswipe You suck more dickhead I know suck when I see it asswipe No matter what your political persuasion or beliefs you all look like idiots. Hey I've got an idea. Maybe y'all should got on a multi day climbing trip together, take youtube videos, then post a Trip Report. Now that would be good Spray/entertainment.

Last years El Nino sucked but then it started dumping up high come April. It ain't over till it's over.

All the cool climbing hipsters used to live out of a VW Minibus. It's time to update your ride. [img:center]http://crave.cnet.co.uk/i/photos/50002971/vw-4193.jpg[/img] It's electric and comes with an iPad entertainment system. You only get 186 miles per charge, but like what's the hurry dude. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/vw-bulli-electric-minivan-promises-186-mile-range-and-integrated-ipad-50002971/ Better dump the old ride [img:center]http://benanderininabus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4698063568_d12528d2c1.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/14651036_9c5a81f376.jpg[/img] [img:center]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JWApT31X-dc/TDTU0TOiRNI/AAAAAAAADQ0/Tnaf3quVjxg/s1600/bus.jpg[/img]

Russians know how to have fun. http://www.zapiks.fr/avalanche-on-cheget-2011-hd.html

I don't know about that. We skied glades, but no big open slopes.

A long day skiing powder on Saturday [img:center]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_rxgbPHdbZ9I/TWsdSnH5nfI/AAAAAAAAA-0/snecuASXm4Y/s576/4A_E%202011%2002%2026_Snoqualmie%20Kendall_2781.jpg[/img]

Start by looking here: NW Avalanche Center There are some moderate risk places east of the Cascade crest and at a low altitude right now. On the west side everything is considerable or high risk. Getting out and seeing snow conditions first hand over the winter helps. The mountain snow pack had lots of Spring-like conditions; lots of hard or icy crust. Now there's a bunch of new snow siting on top of the layer. That's a good slab avalanche condition. The snow will gain stability eventually, but that will take time. For now tree skiing or going to a ski area would be a good choice.

If you like 80s ski movie trailers pushing product Kevbone you'll love the 70s Skiing and singing [video:youtube]

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger Nice to see you guys

The few clips I've watched are great.

Trip: Snoqualmie Pass - Chair Peak Circumnavigation and Slot Couloir Date: 2/18/2011 Trip Report: Circumnavigating Chair Peak has been on my to do list for awhile. A friend suggested we ski the loop, and the weather looked good. On Friday the 18th we skied the loop with new snow and sunshine. Our group consisted of Tansaafl, two friends, and I. The tour starts with an ascent to the col between Bryant and Chair Peak. Snow on south facing slopes was thick due to sunshine, but north facing slopes had killer powder. Hemlock Descent to Melakwa Lake View northwards from Melakwa Lake Traverse to the col above Chair Peak Lake Looking towards Chair Peak Lake and Mt. Roosevelt After the ski to the lake we hiked to a high point over Snow Lake Looking East towards Snow Lake and Mt. Snoqualmie A good tour and a fun time! For a follow up, the next day David Parker, Tanstaafl, and I skied up Mt. Snoqualmie. The waterfall below the Phantom Slide is falling apart. Our original thought was to ski the Crooked Couloir, but on ascent we decided to ski the Slot Couloir. View of the big R Looking back towards our tour the day before The top of the Slot is in pre-mogul condition, but nice there's nice powder down lower. Here are two compare and contrast photos David Parker looking bad then feeling bad Tanstaafl maintaining her composure through the day We skied snow in the trees while descending towards Alpental. The snow was great up high, bud down lower quite icy underfoot. At the parking lot Dave saw climbers packing up in the parking lot. He decided to talk to them and maybe give them a hard time about walking in the skin track up the Phantom As it turns out it was Wayne and Tom just back from Pineapple Express. Two back to back days of fun skiing! Approach Notes: A hard icy snow layer ascending the Phantom.

On the Cassin Ridge we had a great tent site under the second rock band. The next day our plan was to find a couloir a Korean group climbed to reduce the amount of mixed or rock climbing. We eventually found the couloir but it took a while and we were tired. Instead of climbing 5 traversing pitches we chopped and chopped some ice and produced an angling and uncomfortable ledge to, "sleep," on. The next morning weather moved in and winds were blowing about 150 mph. We couldn't move. We got out our radio. Since we were high on the mountain we had line of site contact with park rangers in Talkeetna. We ask what the weather forecast was and the ranger ask, "Where are you guys at?" We responded with 16000 feet on the Cassin. The response was, "Oh," and then a long pause. The ranger then said the forecast called for another 24 hours of storm then calm. He then advised us to hang in there. We did manage to fix 300 feet of rope down to a flattish spot where we could actually lay down. Sure enough the weather was still and calm the next day. We got our stove running and melted water which we hadn't done for almost 48 hours. After drinking and getting prepared we took off for the summit. It ended up being a straight push except for 4 hours in sleeping bags at 19000 feet.