montanapalooza 2002

“Well, I guess it's off to Mexico then!!!!

It's 45 degrees here in Cody today. A bit too warm actually.”

“Hail! Hail! The gangs all here.”

“a peak experience........
often imitated but will never be duplicated”

“I will be right back there in July 2003.

8)”

“mee too mikey”

“Crazy Mike is in charge of Montanapalooza '03 . . . THE REUNION”

“So...Gordon the Cowboy still may meet om after all.


Hmmmmmmmmmmm.”

“cmb, will prowler be there?? its a mistery!”

“What are yall doin at Monnaloosa?!
I did not kno that yall was still ther. Mebbe me and Gissmo and my daddy will go ther yestoday and see ever buddy.

That wold be goooooood times!”

“Chief, yep, the cowboy and cowgirl just might end up doing some ropin' and a ridin' together.”

“yippee yi yo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hmmm”

“Om, try to curb your enthusiasm, you don't want to appear too anxious. ;-)”

“Are you guys really going to do the same Beartooth trip in 2003?”

“chief...i have a meeting in Denver in July...probably head over after........different trail .....suggestions?...”

“Om, Sierrapalooza?”

“well navi..unfortunately ..the dates for sierrapalooza are too early , my meeting is expense paid travel and i have to fly into and out of denver...into jul. 18th.......for three days then backpacking for my two week vacation, then back to denver to fly home.......a pity....

geezr.....to curb enthusiasm is like refusing a gift from god....:) lol!! it is not healthy to supress the flow of any shakti ....u know that!!
~~~~~”

“om - I will be sorry if I don't get to hike with you this summer. It has become such a tradition. Maybe I will have to come east.

I like your comment about curbing enthusiasm. It reminds me of a Kurt Vonnegut quote: "peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God"”

“Whew, glad to see this thread didn't get deleted in the "Crash of '03"!!”

“What crash????????????? ;-)”

“HEY! Anyone remember what brand of underwear, oops, I mean tent Snow nymph had?”

“Victoria's Secret?”

“LOL Still waitin on windows! Mohaaaaaaaaa!”

“She normally uses a Stephenson's Warmlite.”

“thanks hpm!”

“Anytime, Mr. Bear.”

“yo bear!!!

You gonna send me any pics from that "easy" dayhike we took up Carter Mtn, or not?

You back home now, or are you down in Mexico? It's been really nice here, in the 50's to 60's lately. Temp's in the 20's next couple of days.

Me, Rip, Gordon, and Gordon's brother took a dayhike last weekend. Yup, there were a couple of travelers with us. Pretty mellow hike through some foothills.”

“Hey Chief! The snow was pretty good up on Red Lodge Mtn. last friday on a few runs. I took the day off and tried out my new Volkls. M was good but was getting skied down. The upper mountain was getting rocky so unless they get some more snow (which dosen't sound like it's going to happen), bring your rock skis.”

“A friend and his father (70 ish) went up on Monday and didn't even get out of their vehicle. They said you could almost see right through the snow to the dirt. I think I'll be waiting a little longer. Maybe do another dayhike Saturday, if mom will let me go out and play.”

“The "Longest Thread" thread forced me to bring this to the top.

Plus, thinking about the great folks and the time we had together is cheering me up. A person can only look at Martyb in a Peruvian hat so many times.

You've Got To See This”

“Oh my gawd - I've been outed!”

“Just more proof that human cloning is a mistake!”

“I vould like to play Martyb in a moovie - hopefully zey vould let me say, "It's not a tooooo-mah!"”

“Jeez! This thread's long enough to be a James Michener novel!”

“Who is zis Michner? Can I play him in a moovie?”

“Who will play MrHyde?


I guess I could. I'm getting used to spending my days curled up on the couch with Weezr stroking me under the chin.”

“Maybe my co-star in Twins (Danny DeVito) could play zis MrHyde - who is he? Does he haff an accent like me?”

“will there be a MontanaPalooza 2003? i may find myself up there in late July and well, a girl can hope!”

“So, if Montanapalooza was so great (and it was) how come you guys aren't signed up for Sierrapalooza?

Sure would be nice to be able to return favors.”

“Ha! Never thought you'd see this thread again, eh?

Article about the trail from the Billings Gazette. No mention of amateur firefighters....”

“Cool link!


8)”

“Thanks B-man”

“Part 2 of the article I posted last week - enjoy....”

“Cool. That's a lot of blasting caps.”

“Thanks for posting that BM! I've run across Blaise Dilulo in the backcountry when he was a wilderness ranger. He was known for tracking down litterers or others violating backcountry rules over 20 miles. He used to pack out people's garabage, sometimes 80lbs worth.

I liked this part:

A report for that year shows the crew cut through 1,340 feet of trail to the outlet of Duggan Lake and 1,106 feet below Impasse Falls.

"All of this was through solid rock with side slopes commonly in excess of 100 percent and some overhanging cliffs," the report said.

DiLulo said some of the gaps in the trail along the cliffs below Impasse were 50 feet deep. The holes were filled with rubble, sometimes from other blasts. The rock was secured by steel anchors, cable and wooden timbers.”

“Yes, waero! I remember how steep that was through there!

Understand yer gettin some snow up there today - the Nat'l Weather Svc. is showing the highest high temp for the next week will be about 35. Guess I better bring a coat...”

“It's snowing right now as a matter of fact. It's supposed to be in the 20's today with lows in the teens.”

“This article, while unrelated to any aspect the 'palooza itself, features two people (Teresa and Pat) that we ran into while doing the same trail in August '02. We kind of leap-frogged each other down the trail, and they invited us into their luxurious cabin for beer and coffee (milk & cookies for Cameron) in Alpine at the end of the trail. Looks like they're doing some good things....”