Dave_Schuldt Posted December 2, 2002 Author Posted December 2, 2002 Fine with me, David Parker are you out there? Quote
Uncle_Tricky Posted December 2, 2002 Posted December 2, 2002 I've heard the approach to the O&T can be pretty heinous, complete with routefinding difficulties and objective hazards, including but not limited to: driving-while-talking-on-their-cell-phone-and-picking-their-nosemaniacs, vicious (and organized) seagulls, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Still my strategy is to travel light and fast, and go for the car-to-car in a day via the coveted old 99 route. Barring bad weather, or an earthquake that entombs me under the Alaska Way Viajustducky, I hope to raise a few Quote
David_Parker Posted December 3, 2002 Posted December 3, 2002 I don't think I can make it this Tues. If I could, I'd vote to try Kells Irish Pub in post alley. Parking is too easy at the O&W though. I don't think they man the paid parking lot at night. Quote
rodeo Posted December 3, 2002 Posted December 3, 2002 Isn't it Tacoma's turn or something like that? Quote
Dave_Schuldt Posted December 3, 2002 Author Posted December 3, 2002 (edited) They haven't said anything yet. If they don't speak up, they loose out and have to drive. O & T it is. Edited December 3, 2002 by Dave_Schuldt Quote
Uncle_Tricky Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Police, Climbers Clash as Downtown becomes Battlefield Associated Press 12/04/02 Â A spontaneous protest turned ugly last night, as a group of several dozen disgruntled individuals affiliated with the Cascadeclimber.com web site marched on the Forest Service headquaters just after 10 pm. Apparently upset with the Forest Service Fee Demonstration Program, the protest turned quickly from peaceful to chaotic. Witnesses said that police failed to tackle the agitating climbers properly and resorted to harsh action including tear gas and clubbings to disperse them. Â "Some of them are pure animals. They'd be animals in any society. These guys and gals are outlaw types who should have been born a hundred years ago--then they would have been gunfighters," said Seattle's Chief of Police. Â The bartender at the Owl and Thistle, where the group had been imbibing peacefully prior to the protest, offered a more positive assessment of the climbers: "They're not bad people, at least individually. I'll tell you one thing: I'd rather have a bunch of Cascadeclimbers on my hands than a pack of rabid bloodthirsty wolves." Â UW professor Richard Blow offered some insight into the unrest: "Mob psychology is an ugly thing because you never know when a mob can turn vicious, in an instant, and inflict the most unspeakable atrocities." Â One stunned Cascadeclimbers known only "Ehmic" agreed. "We had been weak, but when we acted as a mob we became strong, and what we did ... my God, it was like being in the power of a mindless monster ... it is a nightmare to think about." Â Mattp, another Cascadeclimber, was less apologetic: "We're the one-percenters, man--the one percent that don't fit it and don't care. So don't talk to me about your doctor bills or your mortgage or your traffic warrants--I mean you go get your woman, rope, rack and your banjo, and you're on your way. We've punched our way out of a hundred rumbles, staying alive with nothing but our fists and our boots. People will just have to learn to stay out of the way. We'll bust up everyone who gets in our path. And I refuse to buy a Forest Pass." Â Asked about the group's potential for future trouble making, an anonymous police official said "How did the Cascadeclimbers grow to be such disliked misanthropes? The answer is it wasn't easy. They work overtime at being crude, cruel and crafty. They are a menace, a damn serious scourge upon the earth that is growing bigger every year." Â The Chief of police agreed, "the Cascadeclimbers are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influences"; he said. "They are not to be flattered but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and to break them up, and draw individuals out of them." Â The location of the next "Pub Club," is unknown at this time, but officials have promised to have riot police on call in case things once again spiral into chaos and disorder. Quote
MntnrMichael Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 It is a little late and I am underage, but I vote that it is Tacoma's turn. Quote
AlpineK Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 You sleepy folks missed the late night change of venue from downtown to the Sunset in Ballard. Quote
fleblebleb Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Mattp, another Cascadeclimber, was less apologetic: "We're the one-percenters, man--the one percent that don't fit it and don't care. So don't talk to me about your doctor bills or your mortgage or your traffic warrants--I mean you go get your woman, rope, rack and your banjo, and you're on your way. We've punched our way out of a hundred rumbles, staying alive with nothing but our fists and our boots. People will just have to learn to stay out of the way. We'll bust up everyone who gets in our path. And I refuse to buy a Forest Pass." Â That's damn funny Quote
thelawgoddess Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 You sleepy folks missed the late night change of venue from downtown to the Sunset in Ballard. Â yeah, i missed all of that. i was enjoying some nice live jazz-infused drum-n-bass ... mmm. Quote
Dave_Schuldt Posted December 5, 2002 Author Posted December 5, 2002 Thanks, our reputations grows daily. Quote
To_The_Top Posted December 5, 2002 Posted December 5, 2002 (edited) Thanks Dave, Missed you and now just got bailed out of jail, after I helped push a car 10 blocks. Uncle Tricky, what can I say? Nice TR, and glad to make a stand against the man! TTT (see what I was up to last week on the international pubclub post) Edited December 5, 2002 by To_The_Top Quote
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