Winter

Rob - Sorry to hear about your bike man? What kind of lock did you have on it? I'm wondering if my u lock is vulnerable. Check out the coop on SE Ash if you want a new bike.

Buy it all from the Euro web sites. Its way cheap. You might also call the Mountainshop in Portland, OR. They have many AT rental setups and will probably be looking to unload some of them soon.

Best cover ever: Johnny Cash covering Soundgarden's Rusty Cage on Unchained.

You can get NF sale figures here. NF volume figures Keep in mind that volume sold is far different from volume cut. Region 6 is the Pacific Northwest, but some of these forests are east side and not manageed under the Northwest Forest Plan.

Geek - Where did you get these facts? 1. The Forest Service got out 2 billion board feet last year. How much of that was in the PNW? 2. Every single timber sale since the NWFP has been litigated. I think its wrong to discourage people from working with the local districts on logging and old-growth protections. I've seen it done on both the Siskiyou and the Gifford Pinchot, and it can work if done right. My congressional delegation, democrats included, has screwed us every step of the way for the past couple years.

Sierra Trading Post has some excellent prices on BD skis including the cross bows and miras. I got fahqued, cause I just bought them from T-P, but maybe someone else can save some cash.

Redoubt are you from summitpost.com?

The Seattle crew is scary. Don't you people like each other? not

amen to that. quit 5 years ago (for the third time), and it still eats away at me. they'll always be one more temptation to resist (and to give into ).

I don't really know what the difference is ... I thought you came up with those rules. In reality, though, no individual is profiting off a slide show thrown by a non-profit. With outfitters, gear shops, etc., most of those shows are acutally promotional events for some company. The clubs typically aren't running these events as huge money makers. I think the distinciton still makes sense and the clubs (and Lowell) should be posting slide shows here for the community.

That's cool, but the Mazamas is a non-profit and I would hope that you would allow them to post their slide shows here, becaue I would like to know about them.

I'm pretty sure this is a Mazamas event.

DFAs a jackass.

sunflower seed, budweiser and herb ... 4 hours per day. you won't remember what a cigarette is.

jk - maybe it was the hangover that moved ya and not the ya ya.

Thikin of going to White Pass tomorrow. Anybody up there today?

Maybe we should just start clearcutting right now to save the forest.

This looks like complete shit.

That's hilarious. That sounds EXACTLY like my first ski experinces in the mid-70s when I lived in Redmond. My folks would take me up to Snoq. in the rain and make me walk up the hill. I hated it then, but I guess it paid off.

Nice article. You all are a complete bunch of wankers. I like the idea of highlighting the pub club and rope up. Maybe also develop the personality of one or two of the posters in greater detail. A local rag like Off Piste may be interested. The editor's a good guy.

A good point but climbing in tele boots with a hinged toe is a lot different from climbing in an AT boot.

I've got the Garmont GSMs and use the BD Sabretooth with good results.

New snow ! WOO HOO.