Winter

Not sure I can help you on that one, but I will try once again. You made a reference about reimbursing rescue costs even thought the rescue is most likely because of bad judgment or stupidity. My question was what if the rescue was because a natural occurrence, like rock fall that is neither bad judgment nor stupidity? Bullshit. Whoa! Better not tell the press about Chris Chandler's acid-induced exploits on 8k meter peaks. That would make kevbone's little ole rock climber friends seem pretty unextreme.

I find it ironic that a thread about herbiage has quickly devoled into a bunch of bickering and pissing and moaning - or perhaps that's not ironic at all. Peace out dude!

Yep, sad. DJ kicked ass. 1979 - I was seven years old. Loved the Sonics - watched them win the title. Then got uprooted and moved to Pittsburgh. The Pirates won the world series in October of that same year. Then the Stillers stepped up and won the Super Bowl for the 4th time in 6 years at the end of '79 early '80. three titles in a year. Ever since then I've been a sports fan - indoctrinated at an early age. Of course then I suffered through another 15 years of mediocrity until the Mario and the Pens won two in a row in the 90s.

Ditto here. Put my long-time feline friend down a little more than a year ago now at 14 - one of the greatest cats of all time. Ugghh. Best of luck to you two.

Shameless self-dog promotion!!!

someone who makes shit up or pretends to be a complete jerk off just to get a bunch of other people to jump in with excessive flaming and ridicule - ala trolling for tuna.

Seems like when the out of towners died earlier this year that the local climbers weren't really willing to criticize their actions publically, whereas when these guys made similar mistakes only with less severe consequences for both themselves and the SAR folks that everyone lays into them. Just my sense, but I think that the responses here have been inconsistent at best, which raises the question of why people feel compelled to post criticisms of people's actions. The best reason would be to learn from past mistakes ala ANAM. A skeptic would say that people like to shit on others that have made mistakes ... unless the people that made the mistakes paid with their lives ... in which case people would feel worse about shitting on them. Just some food for thought.

Ummm, you don't think bringing the dog up Hood in February when a major storm system was coming in wasn't putting the dog in danger? An accident it may have been, but falling 150' (or however far they determined it to be) down a cliff and getting stranded in a blizzard isn't putting the dog in danger? I'm sure the dog has a heart of gold. They all do. Doesn't change the fact that unfortunately the dog doesn't make it's own decisions, it relies on it's owners to keep it safe. I think the dog would have very gladly sat this one out. Especially if it had broken it's leg in that fall and had to be put down. Maybe the owners should think about that next time they want to take the dog "climbing". Hmmm ... I believe I've also seen Matty climbing Five Gallon Buckets in women's lingere. Are there judgment issues going on perhaps?

bottom line sharma sells more mags than reardon. its irrelevant anyway.

hawk a nice sticky green lugy on the nut before trying to extract it. phlegm, snot and spit make for excellent lubricators.

Sweet! Leaving for JTree tomorrow.

A resemblence to Bush?

I've been having some of the same problems and have been trying to figure out what it is. Seems that I get it skinning and carrying heavy weight mostly. Are you having pain on the outside of the hip when you walk? Clicking or popping sounds in your hip with movement? Is their a tender area that is painful to the touch on the outside of the hip? Could be bursitis or tendonitis in the iliotibial band. Link to good stretches. Just some more info for you.

Could be. Wanna ride it or crawl inside? At least you wouldn't have to cut her open to stay warm.

Is that a Tauntaun?

I'm telling you, human fat to biodiesel is the next big thing. And it makes for some mean meatballs.

Who is going to invent a biodiesel engine that burns human fat? Think of the possibilities. Free lyposuction!!

Try chugging a tin of Skoal - should take care of that craving for nicotein for about a year or so.

I've always gotten the most out of climbing by setting goals and challenging myself to meet them. I don't have a set a target of a number of days to get out, but I don't think its any different than any other climbing-realated goal that adds value to the experience, IMHO.

Rob what up beyotch? Did you see Pete up there on Sunday? We climbed and skied the SS on Saturday - great day! The turns from the Old Chute were pretty hard but down closer to the Hog's Back they got nice and buttery. Highlight of the day was watching my P kick off his Tele ski and near the bottom of the old chute and watching it hurtle toward the fumerole to the west of the Hog's Back! Came close to dropping in the small crevasse, but he was able to rescue it. Maybe up for some turns on Sunday?

Wow, funny. Either this is a troll, and FW is just amusing himself, or he has truly lost his shit. Not sure which one would be more entertaining.

man, he did a great job of keeping his heels down.

I feel much better now that this thread is back on track.

aw man, i still have dreams of huge fields of monster moguls covered in 18" of fresh powder. what a treat.