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Old 06/16/2005, 05:14 AM
Gawain1974 Gawain1974 is offline
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Mountain climbing, anyone?
I just read this article and thought of us Lounge Lizards. Just one more reason why I won't be climbing any mountains.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/DESTI...eut/index.html

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Old 06/16/2005, 05:15 AM
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Great...now I have the "Sound of Music" stuck in my head.....

"Climb every mountain...."
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Old 06/16/2005, 06:38 AM
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Damn you! It's 7:30 in the morning here and now I'll have to deal with that going around in my head all day!! Which will lead to other songs from Sound of Music, which unfortunatly leads to Mary Poppins for me.....Aw hell, I should just go back to bed this day's shot......
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Old 06/16/2005, 06:47 AM
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Yup, `stuff' doesn't really degrade up there, it's like one big sandbed in the sky

Nah, I learned overseas I'm more the `sit in the valley, look at the world's 8th largest mountain' guy than a `lose a toe while lightheaded and trying to climb around on unstable ice/glacier right next to a thousand foot drop' guy. Lots of respect for those crazy enough to do it, but the view from across the valley I prefer.
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Old 06/16/2005, 06:57 AM
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.... on unstable ice/glacier right next to a thousand foot drop' guy...
Now there's a happy thought--a giant unstable glacier of poo.
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Old 06/16/2005, 07:01 AM
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How about mountain-biking though?
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Old 06/16/2005, 08:10 AM
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You don't mountain bike on `real mountains'

Or so I was thinking at 15,000 feet, when there's another 5,000+ past you.
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Old 06/16/2005, 08:17 AM
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On many heavily-used mountains, the US Park Service requires climbers and hikers to pack their poo out along with their trash. "Honey, it's your turn to carry the feces for a while. My shoulders hurt!"
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Old 06/16/2005, 08:46 AM
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Sort of changes the meaning of "watch your step", huh?
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Old 06/16/2005, 10:48 AM
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Everest is even worse. It's my understanding there about 40 dead guys you've got to step over too.
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Old 06/16/2005, 10:55 AM
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....there about 40 dead guys you've got to step over....
That pretty well describes the halls in my ER on WE Fest weekend.
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Old 06/16/2005, 11:08 AM
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That pretty well describes the halls in my ER on WE Fest weekend.
Whats the WE Fest? Is it anything like the Eelpout Festival in Bemidji?
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Ed: "I hate to tell you this Dr., but there aren't any fish in that river. In fact, there isn't any river."
Dr. Lao: "That's ok. Me no use bait."
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Old 06/16/2005, 11:15 AM
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Whats the WE Fest? Is it anything like the Eelpout Festival in Bemidji?
The WE Fest is the biggest country music festival in the nation. Our little resort town of 8,000 is overwhelmed for a weekend by 165,000 drunk, rowdy country music fans.

The Eelput Festival on Leech Lake in Walker is a much more civilized, peaceful event held in the winter which celebrates the contributions of the Ling (Eelpout) to our nation's history.
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Old 06/16/2005, 11:25 AM
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WE Fest that's nothing. We have Peter Noone, Elvin Bishop, and The Fiddlin Foresters at the county fair this weekend.

The Fiddlin Foresters! Goldang can you believe it!

WHO Fest
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Ed: "I hate to tell you this Dr., but there aren't any fish in that river. In fact, there isn't any river."
Dr. Lao: "That's ok. Me no use bait."
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Old 06/16/2005, 11:28 AM
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Do the fairgoers have to pack their poo out of the fairgrounds? (Just trying to get myself back on the topic.)

Here is a typical campsite at the Fest. You get real tired of funny drunk cowboys after a few days.
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Old 06/16/2005, 11:38 AM
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Do the fairgoers have to pack their poo out of the fairgrounds? (Just trying to get myself back on the topic.)
Naw, you just have got to watch your step around the 4H exhibits.
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Ed: "I hate to tell you this Dr., but there aren't any fish in that river. In fact, there isn't any river."
Dr. Lao: "That's ok. Me no use bait."
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Old 06/16/2005, 11:55 AM
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Supercalafragilistic Expialidocious, even though the sound of it is....DAMMIT!
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Old 06/16/2005, 02:01 PM
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It's ok, because "Just a spoon full of sugar, makes the medicine go down, medicine go down, medicine go down...."
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Old 06/16/2005, 02:03 PM
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Chim Chimeny, Chim Chimeny, Chim Chim Chiroo...
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Old 06/16/2005, 02:10 PM
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Sanitation
Because the mountain is an extremely popular destination, many resource management issues arise. One of the greatest challenges is the matter of human waste. In order to protect the environment and ensure public health and safety, the Forest Service recommends practicing the principles of Leave No Trace such as using a pack-it-out method like "Blue Bags". "Blue Bags" are available at the Ranger Station in Sedro Woolley or the Visitor Center in Glacier. There are no collection facilities at the trailheads or on the routes for blue bags. Climbers are responsible for disposing of the bags (with waste) in proper waste receptacles. Public health officials have determined small amounts of human waste to be acceptable in the solid waste system. Blue bags can be deposited in trash receptacles or the contents can be emptied and flushed down the toilet back home.


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Ed: "I hate to tell you this Dr., but there aren't any fish in that river. In fact, there isn't any river."
Dr. Lao: "That's ok. Me no use bait."
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Old 06/16/2005, 02:16 PM
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Man...that's just wrong...carrying around your own own feces in a a blue bag--what are these park rangers thinking? Blue is so not my color...count me out.
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Old 06/16/2005, 02:22 PM
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These are not blue.
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Ed: "I hate to tell you this Dr., but there aren't any fish in that river. In fact, there isn't any river."
Dr. Lao: "That's ok. Me no use bait."
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Old 06/16/2005, 02:23 PM
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I ain't crappin in a bag.
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