[touron]

"Whatever you say about the Euro, it's a great insulator."

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Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.

[Bloated Chipmunk]

"Are we in Mexico??" 

-A question asked by many during our hike today. 

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Home is where the hiking is.

When life gives you limes, make margaritas!

http://www.meetup.com/Supa-Slow-Mofos/

[More Cowbell]

Maid of honor to a Tux Shop dude at the Everett Wedding Expo today:

"Do you have vests in camo?"

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“If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.” - Unknown

[hiker1]

"Life is like a piano... what you get out of it depends on how you play it."

- Tom Lehrer

[JennieEl]

Life is like aSnickers bar.  No matter how you slice it, it comes up nuts.

[touron]

"There is properly no history; only biography."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.

[John Mac]

"I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man"

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How miserable are the idle hours of the ignorant man. Ariosto

[Flow]

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Alpine Ascent | AlpineJosh.com | SummitPost Profile | Alpine Topo

[JennieEl]

Never follow the crowd.  Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.

Yogi Berra

[Seracer]

"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker" -Willy Wonka (channeling Ogden Nash)

[Toonces]

Candy is dandy and liquor is quicker
You can drink all the liquor down at Costa Rica
Ain't nobody's business but my own

-Taj Mahal    (channeling Grainger & Robbins, and Ogden Nash)

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If you show fear, a monkey will bully you.

[Bloated Chipmunk]

"I'd love to stand in front of that building with a bucket of rocks and a baseball bat."

-My boss (when viewing a building made completely of glass panels)

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Home is where the hiking is.

When life gives you limes, make margaritas!

http://www.meetup.com/Supa-Slow-Mofos/

[Mtn Man]

Things overheard at Crystal mtn last weekend:

"I used to ski tour a lot, but now I dominate the lifts of Crystal until they close it down" - man in rear entry boots and one-piece 80s fart bag

"I'm a veteren of the Gorge" - from a 21 year old girl

So many more, I missed a lot because I was laughing so much....

B)

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Mmmmm, backcountry...

[touron]

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and and he will be forever hounding you for your sekrit fishing spots."

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Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.

[Matt Lemke]

My personal favorite quote of all time!

To be truly challenging, a voyage, like life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen who play with their boats at sea … cruising, it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot or will not fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about. “I’ve always wanted to sail to the south seas but I can’t afford it.” What these men cannot afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of security. And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine — and before we know it our lives are gone. What does a man need — really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in — and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That’s all — in the material sense, and we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention for the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by, the dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of pocket or bankruptcy of soul?
— Sterling Hayden

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