pope Posted April 20, 2002 Posted April 20, 2002 Big Lou and Ira Spring I've been keeping this secret....I wanted Big Lou all to myself. I think you can understand that. Quote
Dwayner Posted April 21, 2002 Posted April 21, 2002 Righteous Alpine Brothers and Sisters: Yes, it was a beautiful Saturday in the Northwest and most of you were probably hitting the fresh air. Perfectly understandable. However...there was a real fun event that took place that most of us were apparenty unaware of: it was called "Northwest Hiking and Mountaineering: Then and Now." and it was held at Pierce College in Tacoma. There were four good speakers. At 9:00 AM was local climber Jason Edwards who just finished the 7 highest peaks by bagging that thing in Australia. (High-5, buddy!) And then alpine artist, climber and historian Dee Molenaar did a presentation which was undoubtedly interesting. I missed these first two because I only learned about this thing at around 11 AM when I was surfing on the Internet for some other information at Pierce College. I did make it for Ira Spring's slide show at 1 PM, it was really great and funny too. (He's a legendary mountain photographer, especially of the Cascades). There were several booths there and some displays, including Tacoma Mountain Rescue, The Mountaineers , Mountaineers Books , etc. YES, HIS LOU-NESS WAS THERE, and gave a lecture that I had to miss because I was invited to watch a rabbi affix a mezzuza. LOU was lookin' good, stylin' as usual , and brought a bunch of great lookin' posters of Mt. Rainier that were grabbed up before I had a chance. Even though I missed his show, I did get to sit three rows behind him during Ira Spring's slide show and his Lou-sized aura nearly knocked me against the back wall. There was a moderate-size audience and if they do this again next year, I'm told the word will be spread more widely. I think that they would have certainly doubled the size of the crowd if they had posted here (as I have suggested to them in retrospect). I SAW LOU, HOW 'BOUT YOU? - Dwayner [ 04-20-2002, 10:15 PM: Message edited by: Dwayner ] Quote
Dwayner Posted April 22, 2002 Posted April 22, 2002 Listen! You people bum me out! I don't think you understand! I..SAW...BIG LOU...ON SATURDAY! How about some alpine high-5's or something...or y'all too cool for His Lou-ness? Now I'm depressed. time to check the couch cushions for a little Mickey's Money and head to the 7-11. Quote
Bronco Posted April 22, 2002 Posted April 22, 2002 Well done Dwayner. However, I heard those Whittaker boys are not welcome in Alaska because they threw a helicopter off of some mountain up there. I advise you to exercise caution in holding these characters in such high regard. Coincidentally, throwing any motorized vehicle off of the top of a mountain will get you an honorary membership in the KTK. Quote
Dru Posted April 22, 2002 Posted April 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Bronco: Well done Dwayner. However, I heard those Whittaker boys are not welcome in Alaska because they threw a helicopter off of some mountain up there. I advise you to exercise caution in holding these characters in such high regard. Coincidentally, throwing any motorized vehicle off of the top of a mountain will get you an honorary membership in the KTK. We tried to give Lou a honorary KTK membership but he was too big to fit it. Quote
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