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NS INVASION: Mt Rainier, Saturday November 2nd!

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Literature
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Meet at around 10 in the Paradise parking lot, and bring your shovel. It should be awesome.
Oct 29 2008 12:47PM
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cobra_commander
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sounds like fun, not sure what i am doing that day though, it is over 5 years away, kinda early to plan something. mount rainer might blow before then, and to bde honest I would not plan anything affter dec 21 2012.
Oct 29 2008 1:40PM
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caylorswift
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saturday is the first budday.  
Oct 29 2008 1:57PM
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cobra_commander
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not in 2013! Nov 2nd is on a Saturday in 2013.
Oct 29 2008 2:00PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Did I miss something or are you already drunk.
Oct 29 2008 2:12PM
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freezed
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Saturday November 1st is what he means.

Be there!
Oct 29 2008 4:11PM
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aaron.ebner
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word up!
Oct 29 2008 5:09PM
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cobra_commander
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you missed something, November the 2nd will not fall on a Saturday until the year 2013.
Oct 29 2008 5:45PM
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freezed
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Also, is anyone going vancouver > seattle on friday or seattle > vancouver on saturday? I need a riiiiide
Oct 29 2008 5:59PM
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coolhandluke
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david what time are we leaving the mantis pad?
Oct 29 2008 7:15PM
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Scott~
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Wont be there, physics midterm on monday 8/~
Oct 29 2008 8:17PM
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Jamie_Baril
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its too far for me
Oct 29 2008 8:44PM
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coolhandluke
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check the weather report!
Oct 29 2008 9:36PM
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Literature
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Right. So I suck with calendars.

But not at having fun.

I think we shall blast from the mantis pad at about 8 or so.
Oct 29 2008 10:48PM
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SushiMan
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jamie how far is it!?
Oct 29 2008 11:56PM
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coolhandluke
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mantis leader says three hours to get there.  thus subtracting 3 from 10, id get 7am.


Oct 30 2008 12:02AM
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cobra_commander
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rain looks like fun, if you wait untill the 2nd (sunday) you might get some snow.
Oct 30 2008 1:19AM
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A-Style**
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shiroooo. i think its about 2 hours away from us
Oct 30 2008 1:59AM
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SushiMan
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far... not sure if can make it David... are you going beau?
Oct 30 2008 2:21AM
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A-Style**
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nah
Oct 30 2008 3:01AM
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coolhandluke
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billy what did you check?  here's the NOAA forecast
Oct 30 2008 3:01AM
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mccsteezy
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if the weathers nice ill be there.
Oct 30 2008 3:15AM
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Literature
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Then 7 it is.
Oct 30 2008 4:10AM
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coolhandluke
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check your beeper's batteries
Oct 30 2008 8:46PM
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Balto
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anyone wanna come get me from wenatchee?
Oct 31 2008 12:07AM
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Literature
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It's raining in Parkland. Freshies, mates!
Oct 31 2008 12:21PM
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Literature
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And it has cleared up some, we'll see what happens come tomorrow.
Oct 31 2008 9:23PM
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coolhandluke
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be glad you didn't go.

all it did was rain:
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and the most important piece of equipment was a blue tarp:
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remember the message: it only rains in washington, tell everyone to stay away (unless they are doing R&D work for Gore-Tex)
Nov 2 2008 9:03PM
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cThorp
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did you guys get to any snow?
Nov 4 2008 3:12PM
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coolhandluke
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yeah eventually.  looks like we went very similar to where you went.

ridge:
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summiting:
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pitstop:
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cloud level:
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we finally get to some snow:
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david cannot contain his pro model......they just took off skating:
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we continued hiking up the muir snowfield to a little above 8000'.

vancouver crew plays "wheres matty":
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rowen and i:
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lel backwards and ian forwards
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rowen backwards and matty forwards
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we dropped down to the lower snowfield and sculpted some features:
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blue steele's in action:
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lel
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rowen gets the 180 tap:
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ian gets the 180 kungfu shovel kick:
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rainbow:
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david splaffy
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matty and rowen high5's:
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hike home:
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Nov 6 2008 12:38AM
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Literature
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This photo just screams rad action.
Nov 6 2008 11:39AM
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coolhandluke
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he got that byerly hook
Nov 6 2008 9:09PM
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