Merry Christmas!

[magikwalt]

Merry Christmas from Iraq! Being 11 hours ahead I have already seen Santa and verified that everyone on this board is on his Good List. I even told him that FightOn deserved something other than coal.

It sure is nice to keep pace with everyone's adventures so keep those trail reports coming.

Happy Trails to all.

Walt

[zippetydude]

Wow! From outta no where! My whole family wishes you the merriest of Christmases, despite the distance....absence makes the heart grow fonder. "I miss you and Merry Christmas!" from Cat, who is right here watching me type, and the same from all my family. And of course, from me, your hikin' buddy who's spent some time with ya on Skyline and the Cathedral Lakes trail and killed a few brewski's sitting by a campfire. Can't wait til you get home. Miss you buddy. Good job on the fitness, we'll snag some peaks soon when you're stateside, or bag the Eiger if I can get over to the Continent! Tell your beautiful wife we wish her Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and we'll be out in Palm Springs for 4 or 5 days right at New Years!

Keep your head low, Walt.

z

[Ellen]

We miss you Gunny I look forward to doing Skyline and the PCT from 74 to the tram with you when you're back home. Best wishes to you and yours and please stay safe.
From the heart,
Ellen

[bluerail]

Whos WALT ?


wow....what a suprise, i never took you as a lurker.


A very Merry Christmas to the both of you friend !! Hope all is going well and someday, hopefully soon, we get to see you around again !

...and a very Happy New Year !

zip...how in the world is he gonna keep his head low ?

[zippetydude]

Okay, maybe shoot first and ask questions later? Maybe sense a bad situation arising and resign the position, flying home before a "problem"? I am not a fan of fair games - I want (for me, my family, and my friends) to win every time that it's critical. Just get home alive and the details can work themselves out from later.

bluerail, I have this friend named Steve. He almost slid off a mountain. Twice. I don't care if he needs a sharper ice axe, better training, or to try new adventures (like maybe a zipline!), my only thought is that survival is not an option, it's required. "Keep your head low" means come home alive. I don't care how. I don't care how you knew to do what you needed to do. Just do it. Walt's a good man in a poker game. He senses odds. He looks around and notices details that I would never pick up on. Knowing that, I'm confident he'll be back. Check your text!

z

[bluerail]

oops, sorry, just text you back.


btw....your friend is pretty good at surviving, I've talked to him about it.

[magikwalt]

The day to day here is pretty much dull routine work. Its those occasional surprises that you attempt not to get caught up in. So lets not overstate my role and create bullshit war stories. I'm a computer geeks who on occasion gets a paper cut. The hard stuff was done by younger men and women long before I got here.

Hope everyone has a holiday break!

Walt

[arocknoid]

Hello Walt,

The day-to-day may consist of mostly dull routine, maybe 99.9%, but it is the tenth of a percent which makes us worry for you.

Crikey, it's not Cheyenne Mountain after all.

Best you return with only *second-hand* stories of close calls and near misses.

stay safe,
arocknoid

[Perry]

Wow! Is it safe to hike over there? What do you do if you can't hike?

Happy New Year Walt!

[bluerail]

What about the rest of us Perry