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Thanks for the sentiment, but your poetry skill suck donkey dick. Uhhhhhh, it's called a "haiku". The form is characterized by three lines of verse. The first and last contain 5 syllables, and the second verse contains 7 syllables. I thought it was quite good for the circumtance, and with a turnaround time of only 13 minutes. Some people spend years creating a single haiku, but I digress.

Well, jd, I don't wanna be a spoiler or anything, but I've got some good news, and I've got some bad news. First the good news. You're mistaken in your belief regarding your "human made pile of dirt". The highest point in Iowa is not your dirtpile known as the Ocheyedan Mound, but is in fact, Hawkeye Point, in an adjacent Township and Range, at an elevation of 1,670 feet AMSL. So that's great; Iowa tops the 500-meter mark! Source Now for the bad news... You're again mistaken regarding the origins of the Ocheyedan Mound. It's not man-made, but is instead a glacial feature known as a kame, comprised of sand and gravel deposited by glacial meltwaters about 14,000 years ago. But it's great that it wasn't man-made, so in reality, this is good news arising out of ostensibly bad news. Now how cool is that? Source Yeah, to quote someone I met on the internet, "The internet is such a cool thing..." And now, I must get back to screwing some clients -- I mean work.

Oooooo, you don't really want to do that, now do you? I was just kidding you about the west approach. That was what the was all about. You would need to make an entirely different driving approach, getting on US 12 towards White Pass and taking the South Tieton Loop Road to somewhere around Minnie Meadows (N33* 55', W121* 15'). You'd even want the adjacent 7.5' quad map (Pinegrass Ridge). Even then, you'd be over 4 miles (crow flight) distant from the summit, with an elevation gain of more than 3,400 feet over almost completely untrailed terrain. Nahhhh, you don't wanna go there. Just take a look at your quad map to the west and northwest of Darland Mountain and you'll see. See those contour lines? As a self-proclaimed flatlander, I'd should think that you'd be thinking something along the lines of OMFG! Did someone say, "free "? I'm all over it like stink on dookie.

Yes, MWS, you are right. Walter Mondale was the dem on the ticket that year (1984) for prez.

Oh man, was this ever a trip down Memory Lane... Anything attributed to "Hudson" (Bill Paxton) is just too fahq'n funny!

Better late than never... But better never late!

A deft edit of mine saves public embarassment wrt Harry Potter.

IMDb is best used for movies, and then best for US movies, altho video games, TV series, and mini-series do show up on occasion. But now we're talking about Doctor Who, now, aren't we? Does Prince Reynart count?

My initial search was inconclusive. I will require some additional information. Are you sure of the movie title? And its spelling? Is this a US release? Foreign film? Circa?

Lance Henriksen was the android in the second movie. See here.

From www.imdb.com ... Memorable Quotes from Alien (1979) Parker: It's a robot! Ash is a god damn robot! Ripley: Ash, can you hear me? ASH! Ash: Yes, I can hear you. Ripley: What was your special order? Ash: You read it. I thought it was clear. Ripley: What was it? Ash: Bring back life form. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded. Parker: It's the damn company. What about our lives, you son of a bitch? Ash: I repeat, all other priorities rescinded. Ripley: How do we kill it? There got to be a way of killing it. How? How do we do it? Ash: You can't. Parker: Bullshit. Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert: You admire it. Ash: I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality. Parker: Look, I am, I've heard enough of this, and I'm asking you to pull the plug. Ash: Last word. Ripley: What? Ash: I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies. Man, that stuff was great!

Yeah, but it's $50 Canadian. What is that, like, $1.50 US? Seriously, Dru, I'm pretty sure that you can get them for about $35 US most anywhere (plus S&H). At least I did. YMMV.

Well, with that established... -North on I-5 to a little south of Portland, OR -Exit for I-205 North to bypass Portland -Exit for I-84 East -Drive up the Columbia River Gorge on I-84 for about 100 miles, passing thru Hood River and The Dalles, arriving at last at Biggs -Cross the Columbia River at Biggs on US 97 -Continue on US 97 for about 60 miles, passing thru Goldendale, over Satus Pass, and finally arriving in Toppenish -As you enter Toppenish, turn left (northwest) at the first light you come to, heading for Union Gap and Yakima, still on US 97 -Drive about 15 miles or so until you enter Union Gap, ON THE OLD HIGHWAY (it is important that you do NOT get back on the Interstate system) -Coming into Union Gap, you will shortly come to a light at the intersection of Main Street (US 97) and Ahtanum Road -Turn left (west) onto Ahtanum Road, and drive this for about 20 miles or so, passing thru the burgs of Ahtanum, Wiley City, and Tampico. -Keep on driving past Tampico about another 10 miles or so, heading up the North Fork of Ahtanum Creek drainage, up into the hills west of town -When the pavement ends, keep on driving as far as your vehicle will get you -Eventually, you will arrive at the "summit" of Darland Mountain If your kids want to really "scale" Darland Mountain, may I suggest the sufferfest approach from its WEST side instead? A topo map will show you what I mean. Just make sure that you have your "...half tank of gas, a pack of cigarettes, and wearing sunglasses at midnight..."

No, they don't. At least not on my 'puter.

From where are you driving? Where will you enter Washington, if you aren't already living here?

It means that you can, with the proper vehicle, drive to the summit. Hence, no hiking approach whatsoever.

I stand humbly corrected. I wasn't aware that newer Bods came w/belay loops. Now I am. Carry on.

"Surf's up. I'm brown-capping."

Mountain bike: Road racer: Croozer:

So, is there a Peak Krawarik out there somewhere?

See this map. You will have to approach Darland Mtn. from the north, as the road to the southerly aspect is on the reservation. Note that the elevation is just shy of 7,000 feet, if that is of concern to you. You can drive a 4WD/high ground clearance vehicle to the summit. No hiking approach whatsoever. Have at Grant's Pub in downtown Yakivegas afterwards. They allow minors up until 9:00p pm.

Darland Mountain is not technically on the YIR, AFAIK. There is a jeep trail up to the summit, which is what our SAR outfit uses to access our repeater up there. You should not have any worries about an 8-hour round trip. I can provide more beta, but just not right now as I'm at work and without my reference materials.

Another nice thing about the Bods is they make it pretty easy to take a dump en route. Just undo the Fastex buckles on the leg loops, drop trou, and fire away. No undoing the waistbelt/crotch loop, and definitely no dropping the entire harness to get the leg loops down around your knees or ankles like some other harnesses require you to do.

JayB, Well, not exactly. My wife got pregnant twice (yes, by me, trask ), but she miscarried twice as well. We adopted our little baby boy from Vietnam after all the miscarriage shenanigans had settled down. But I would guess that I'm still "walking proof" even if my wife didn't carry to full term.

Jeezus, Doug, that's funny! And with respect to your digression... ever hear of brown-capping? Turtling?