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"Mommy, mommy, mommy! I don't wanna go around in circles anymore!"
Shut up, ya little shit, or I'll nail your other foot to the floor!"
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Every
who hears the song will be calling you on this number... 
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The last thing we need is to start the speculation and second guessing game, but I've been in lady wilson's cleavage and I dont think I'd have the balls to do it in anything more than "low" avalanche conditions. I remember it being the terrain trap to end all terrain traps. It was threatened from nearly every direction...
Has it been determined yet that they were actually in LWC drainage? Most I've read is "west side of Mt. Wilson", which covers a pretty broad range of routes.
I've climbed in LWC and Major Wilson as well. Terrain traps they are, oh yes. I didn't even know what the avy rating was, but I'm sure I'd experience shrinkage if I were to learn now. It was definitely more than "low", that's fer sure.
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AH! Of course!
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Funny!
But that looks like a dangerous crossload of the biner across the "coffee grinder" on that screw placement.
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...In my 50 combined years of climbing experience I've never used one for real.
I didn't think you were that old. Who/what are you combining?
Oh, and I've never used one for real before either.
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There are already two separate threads on this subject.
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yes, I can confirm that one worked for Redmond PD.
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I was just about to post this question as well. It appears that my wife's ex-husband may be one of those killed. We got a call last night about 10:30.
I never met him, but they parted on good terms. He was quite a skilled climber and mountaineer. His brother is/was head of a Westside mountain rescue unit (Tacoma? Seattle?). Don't know yet if they were together when it hit. Any info that is out there would be appreciated by my wife. TIA.
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f-in trask
in Spray
posters of this threadall of I could live without
i'll see you in hell!
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.
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...if this question about climbing a 7,000 foot 'mountain' strikes you aas ludicrous, bear in mind we hail from a state whose highest point of elevation is Ocheydan Mound at just over 1,000.....it is in fact a human made pile of dirt...
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!
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?
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.
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...if we were to do the west approach, where might we park a car and begin our ascent? And could we get up there and down before nightfall...
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! 
...we're going to need to meet at Grant's pub so I can buy you one or more
Did someone say, "free
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Yes, MWS, you are right. Walter Mondale was the dem on the ticket that year (1984) for prez.
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Oh man, was this ever a trip down Memory Lane...
Anything attributed to "Hudson" (Bill Paxton) is just too fahq'n funny!
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Better late than never...
But better never late!
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A deft edit of mine saves public embarassment wrt Harry Potter.
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haha you lose. I am sure of it's spelling, it is not a u.s. release, and it is not a movie.
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?
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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?
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Lance Henriksen? naw...he was workin for the Company but so were they all I cant remember who was the android in the 2nd one...
Lance Henriksen was the android in the second movie. See here.
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I'm talking about the first one played by shakespearen maestro Ian Holm. I don't really remember but I do remember being scared out of my gourd seeing that movie when little.
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!
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...except the price. $50 each WTF?
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.
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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..."
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No, they don't. At least not on my 'puter.
Vantage on President's Day
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To get to the climbing area of Vantage from Spookaloo, get on I-90 and go west about 130 miles or so. Take the exit for Silica Road, a coupla miles west of George. Bear right after the exit, then take a left at the 4-way intersection, go down the old highway about a mile or so. It will become obvious after that.
The town of Vantage is actually on the west side of the Columbia River, further on down the interstate another 5 miles or so. But you don't wanna go there.