Summit Journal Chat

Like Lori, I, too, have been frequenting another forum on a non-Everest topic. And, like Lori did a few days ago, I am posting today to reaffirm how important the people on this forum are to me. This was the first forum I ever posted on. The camaraderie and feeling of family for the last 10 years has been one I never imagined I would find on the internet. The confidence I gained here allowed me to enter a new forum in the past year and there, like here, I have found new friends...some imaginary and some now real. Tragically, I lost one of those friends last night in a freak crane accident in Bellevue, WA. The outpouring on that forum has been amazing, mostly from people who never even met the guy. In light of that experience, I began to think of this group where it all began for me. Thanks for hanging in all of these years! It's nice to know you can always come home.

Summit County Colorado

First of all, I don't know who made that comment if it was the real person.

Second, I'm not worried about a stupid audit - they won't be doing an audit on me anyway since I did turn in any taxes to be audited.

BBob thinks he can instigate a response out of me. Well, it won't work. But I hear audits in Colorado will be up this year!

p.s. nice comment on Bob's post--no one around here would pretend to be the President, would they?

Hi Lori - you miss Pbob I think.

TTT - if your question was for me (regarding the pictures) there are 2 possible answers depending on what you are asking:

1) Drive to Sequoia National Park with 2 people - put one person in front of a big tree - have the other person take a picture, or

2) On the Posting page there is an icon (a sqare icon w/mountain, trees and blue sky) that you use to add an image to your post - when you use it, it lets you browse your hard disc for an image and it loads it up on the server that hosts this blog

Tim is now claiming he has some kind of problem called "planter fasty itis" that keeps him form running his marathon. Why doesn't he just tell the truth - he is too lazy to run that far. Too bad, I heard he used to climb mountains. I guess he is too old to do cool stuff any more. Can anyone really believe that a Tax guy can run very far anyway?

I was just loitering on an internet forum I belong to. A dog forum, of course. Very nice folks. Dog people usually are, I guess. There's even a section for off-topic topics. (Perfect for me!)

But it always makes me think of you...my first and true imaginary friends. I guess it's the holidays approaching, and I'm waxing nostalgic. (I don't know exactly what that phrase means. It just sounds good.). The laughs, the navel gazing, the philosophical/political/analytical/metaphysical discussions that opened all our minds to what other people, in other places in the world think about real things. The moments when imaginary friends become real friends.

Anyhow.

That's what I'm doing right now. That, and supervising my dogs, who have blogs on Dogster. I have to make sure that they don't say anything nasty (ie, true) about Patrick and me.

Have a great day. Give yourselves hugs for me.

Notice I'm still off topic? As ever, Lori

Those photos are way cool...
How did you do that?
Cheers to everyone!
TTT

Hey, Pikes Peak is a trail run.