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Crazy Peak Climber's Log
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scgrant | Crazy Peak Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2016 | |
I ascended the North Ridge to the false summit and then to the main summit. There is a lot of loose rock on the very steep North Ridge so be cautious. I started a fairly substantial rock slide that I was barely able to avoid being a part of near the top of the ridge. For my descent I took the more standard West Ridge down to Blue Lake. | ||
Posted Dec 5, 2016 9:40 pm |
Scott | Crazy | |
Climbed in the 1990's via Granite Lakes. Also visited Cave Lake, north of Crazy Peak area since we had permission from a land owner. | ||
Posted Nov 19, 2015 12:30 pm |
russw | Failed attempt | |
Made the west ridge but eith weather moving in headed back down before summit. | ||
Posted Sep 5, 2015 10:00 am |
Peaker | Foggy and Smoky Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2015 | |
Climbed it with a good friend using the exact route up to the ridge highlighted on the west ridge route page, which helped significantly with avoiding loose rock. It was very hazy from fire smoke but some low clouds blowing through the range complemented the nearby scenery. Overall an excellent outing on an awesome mountain for my first time in the Crazies. | ||
Posted Aug 17, 2015 6:16 pm |
apachedino | Traverse to Iddings Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2015 | |
Socked in with clouds at Blue lake, but got above them after ascending 1000 ft into what turned to be one of those magical mystical days where the sea of clouds spreads out endlessly before you but the peaks are there like islands in the sky and there feels to be no threat of lightning. The crazy coulior was dry, otherwise I would advise an ice ax for that section. I had time and decided to traverse to the impressive looking Iddings, the peak between had some tedious talus on the west side as well as an strange cod tied of to a boulder on what was maybe Class2+? Maybe a rappel for a cornice to access one of the many tasty looking chutes on the south side. Rediculous in summer though. I need to make a page for Iddings as it is much more interesting of a climb than Crazy.Some of the most exposed Class 2 I have ever been on. So easy to walk on the top, but WOW, thats some exposure on both sides. A couple easy class 4 sections and you are on top! Descended the gorgeous Pear lake and then the sunless gully to between Granite and Blue. I would maybe bring an ax for this section depending on season as well. I made do with a broken ski pole I found, but the 10 foot thick consolidated snow, steeply plunged into the river near the end. | ||
Posted Jul 13, 2015 1:19 pm |
seano | Standard route Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2014 | |
Probably best as a spring climb, as the talus is nasty. Made it on the second attempt, after being driven off by brutal wind the day before. This was for the best, as it gave me a chance to explore the area around Twin Lakes, which is more scenic. Trip report. | ||
Posted Oct 13, 2014 5:20 pm |
Naffany | Re: Half Moon CG | |
Hi, My husband and I plan to climb the crazy peak in first week of Sep, I heard that there are snow/ ice above 10K feet. Do we need to bring snowshoes? How long does it take to hike to Crazy Peak from Granite Lake? Are there bears? Naf | ||
Posted May 3, 2014 2:03 am |
jdarr67 | Half Moon CG Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2012 | |
First peak in Crazy Mtns. What a view! | ||
Posted May 2, 2014 6:04 pm |
Tim Tim | Great Peak Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2013 | |
Awesome peak with killer views! | ||
Posted Nov 15, 2013 6:46 pm |
Fred Spicker | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2013 | |
With Moni as described below. | ||
Posted Aug 18, 2013 8:41 am |
Moni | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2013 | |
Beautiful day. Sat on the summit and watched a female bald eagle teach her son how to ride the currents. Awesome. Our route up to the ridge crest was not as loose or nasty as some describe. The whole route was quite pleasant, if rigorous. With Fred. Woke up at Blue Lake to heavy forest fire smoke the next morning and bugged out. | ||
Posted Aug 17, 2013 10:37 pm |
CBakwin | Yo Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2013 | |
Climbed this with Brian Baker, on a day of low clouds so we didn't know if we would be able to see much but the clouds parted and the view was fantastic. Traversing the west ridge is as usual, fantastic, and the final work over to the summit makes it more interesting. We were a bit late on the summit and a storm moved in, you could get the static electricity to arc to your hand when you touched the rock of the ridge, so we hightailed it down. Great day. | ||
Posted Aug 10, 2013 8:41 am |
Dartmouth Hiker | Crazy-ness Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2013 | |
Ascended the north ridge (a few areas of class 3) to the false summit, then took the standard traverse to the true top. Was worried about snow but at least this year, the route over including the chute is bone dry; the gully and ensuing scramble were actually really fun! Descended the standard route, getting a bit off-route near the lakes till we found the trail. Interesting peak... | ||
Posted Jul 17, 2013 3:34 pm |
PanamaRed | West Ridge | |
Climbed Crazy Peak in September of 2012 via the west ridge route. It was extremely windy the day we went up, and snow covered everything above 10,000 feet. Near the top there was a lot of ice and things got a little sketchy. All in all a great climb! Took us a good part of a day to do. | ||
Posted Sep 30, 2012 1:40 am |
MTfred19 | West ridge Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2012 | |
Climbed alone (with my dogs) on a Wednesday and felt like I had the whole range to myself. Big Timber Creek is gorgeous and so are the upper lakes. I went a little further west than most, I think, and cut quite a few verts off of the climb up the steep loose stuff to gain the ridgeline. Wow! What an amazing view! Absolutely insane (crazy)!! Very cold and windy heading up the ridge to the false summit where I decided to leave the dogs with my pack and sticks. A very interesting route leads down the chute and over and up to the main summit. A great feeling of acomplishment! One of my favorite hikes - the only downfall being the amount of steep loose rock (very tedious and tough on dog feet). Can't wait to come back to the Crazys! | ||
Posted Sep 11, 2012 4:25 pm |
JLuthanen | Helluva hike Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011 | |
Stayed overnight and camped at the TH. Early start in the AM, attained a saddle (the one closer to the highway I believe - had some difficulty triangulating). Buddy's dog was wimpering up high and his pads were cut up, and ridge to the top looked like a sufferfest. Definitely on the to-do list ... | ||
Posted Jul 3, 2012 10:32 pm |
droot | Nice weather Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2011 | |
Climbed via the west ridge. Camped out at Blue Lake the night before, started early. Attained the false summit quite easily, with a few class 3 moves on the way up. From the false summit we went down the infamous chute, and scrambled our way to the true summit. Great day on top, with blue skies all around. | ||
Posted Jul 3, 2012 11:37 am |
nickL | West Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2011 | |
Stellar views climbing the west ridge waaaay above the cloud cover. Fun glissading back down to Blue Lake. | ||
Posted Oct 26, 2011 12:53 am |
cookedfish | The Crazies are Crazy Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008 | |
My friend and I being the newbies that we were decided to head straight up a couloir on the NW face instead of the standard route. It being late in the season, that meant about two thousand vertical feet of shifting talus. Not fun. We stopped at the false summit and headed down the standard route. | ||
Posted Feb 11, 2011 3:51 pm |
ianc82 | second attempt, success Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2010 | |
An awesome day. Started from TH around 8. Had to tie my dog up when it started to get sketchy for him below the false summit. I accidently went down the wrong "chimney" which became treacherous class 4 with large rocks dislodging. I realized my mistake on the way back and was relieved to find the main chimney relatively free of loose rock. A memorable solo ascent. | ||
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May 29, 2013 at 11:51 pm #1303562
Hey BPL.
This is actually my first post to the forum. I'm a once again backpacker, and would consider myself a beginner. I was in scouting ~15 years ago but have been removed from any sort of camping/backpacking since then.
I am doing a 9 day hike of half of the JMT. North to south, I plan to end in VVR. I plan to resupply at Tuolumne and Reds Meadow
I'm looking for feedback on my gear set up for the trip.
I love the site, and look forward to learning a great deal and becoming more experienced in lightweight hikingLink:
backpacking gearMay 30, 2013 at 5:03 am #1991191I tried to look at your list but needed a password to access it on Google Docs. You might want to try another way of posting the list.
May 30, 2013 at 8:24 am #1991247Hey Charles,
Thanks for the heads up, I forgot to turn the spreadsheet public.
I included the updated link above
May 30, 2013 at 5:39 pm #1991524These are a few things you might consider leaving at home:
silk liner – doesn't add much warmth and you are already bringing silk pjs
deodorant – after nine days on the trail you are not going to smell very good anyway
shovel – not needed, your boot works fine
paracord – you have a bear can so you don't need it for bear baggingAnd maybe consider bringing:
a bottle that is more comfortable to drink out of than a platy
more esbit tabs as you might not be able to buy them along the way
sun hat
sun glassesMay 30, 2013 at 6:52 pm #1991564-Are you bringing two packs?
-Does the clothing include what you are wearing or is this all in the pack? If in the pack, you have two shirts, plus your PJs, plus whatever you are wearing. Sounds like a bit much.
-The bivy seems heavy
May 30, 2013 at 7:09 pm #1991568I agree with Katy
Making those changes would help. Clothing does seem excessive but I stay cold so I can understand the clothing.
If you have some loose cash you might change out the bivy and bag for lighter options.Just remember there are lots of life long ultra lighters here. Some are course in their remarks,some are nice. But all have something to offer!
Your carring this gear so have a great trip.May 30, 2013 at 9:16 pm #1991622Thanks for the replies.
I will eliminate the silk liner. I am a little worried about warmth through the night, but I will be doing a couple trial runs next month and in July to give me a gauge for warmth.
I will probably eliminate the deodorant too.
The list only includes clothes that will be in the pack. I did not include clothing that I will wear on the first day. My thought is that I will wash and dry a shirt, shorts, underwear, and socks every night(or every other night) to keep a rotation.
The bivy is larger than your standard bivy. It is 8 feet in length, it has space up at the head to store my pack and other items so the weight reflects the larger size.
I recently purchased the sleeping bag, I'm on a limited budget, and in hindsight I realize that I probably could have purchased a lighter bag for similar money. I understand that I could save a pound of weight by changing this out. I'll have to see what my funds are like prior to the hike. I would love to make my own bag, so that might be an option, but for now I going to plan on sticking with the sleeping bag I have currently.
The shovel is for when nature calls, but maybe I will get rid of it and dig a hole with my heel.
My esbit stove measurement includes a 2.5 cup pot for cooking. I also have a jetboil that I may bring instead but it is 21oz as opposed to the 8oz set for the esbit set.
I plan on running my sawyer filter inline of the hose in my water bladder. I will be drinking 95% of my water directly from the camelback bladder. My thought is that I would bring the 1L sawyer bag for retrieving water at night, or as extra storage to put into my camelback bladder.
May 31, 2013 at 7:30 am #1991707May 31, 2013 at 9:39 pm #1992066Thanks Anna,
I really enjoyed all of the video's. I especially liked skurka's presentation.
Jun 1, 2013 at 10:26 pm #1992355Anna,
I really appreciated the videos. They make me re-think my gear list.
I can see that some of my choices, like my original single wall TT Moment, are paying for conveniance with a bit more weight. But I REALLY want bug and critter protection. Just one mosquito can ruin a night's sleep. And the protection of the Moment is usually less weight than a tarp with floored bugnet.
**It's all choices** For ex. I own and have used a 3/4 length Thermarest and a full length Ridgerest but I now use a full length Prolite at 4 oz. heavier than a NeoAir X-Lite is my compromise.
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Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
and thus shall you tell him who lives [in prosperity], Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
Now I have heard that you have shearers: your shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel.
Ask your young men, and they will tell you: why let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.
When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?
So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. They girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:
they were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.
It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.
When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did send.
Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
Though men be risen up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
It shall come to pass, when Yahweh shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.
David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:
and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
For in very deed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.
Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: why she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
It happened about ten days after, that Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
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Another bad quarter did in the Hood River Valley boys basketball team Thursday night against Pendleton.
The Buckaroos turned an 11-point halftime advantage into a 25-point gap by the end of the third quarter after they outscored the Eagles 17-3 in the frame, allowing them to cruise to a 73-53 win over HRV at Vannet Court.
"If I had it figured out we probably wouldn't have that problem," HRV coach Zach Pauls said when asked what the Eagles could do to avoid stretches of bad play.
In their league opener last Friday the Eagles were outscored 15-4 by Hermiston in the first quarter before battling back in a seven-point loss.
Justin Schultz led the HRV scoring against Pendleton with 20 points, while Ryan Wheat added 10.
Darius Polhaus led Pendleton with 25 points while Brian Beard added 18 points and nine rebounds.
"We let our offense dictate our defense," Pauls said, noting that when the Eagles struggled offensively they then lost containment of the Buckaroos on the defensive end.
The Eagles were scheduled to host The Dalles-Wahtonka Friday night, and Pauls was not concerned with rivalry bragging rights, he just wanted to see his team get a win and get back on the right track after losing eight straight.
"It's really important for us to get some confidence," he said. "Hopefully we can put it together, get a win and use it as a springboard for us."
Playing in Pendleton, the HRV girls evened their conference record with a 58-37 win.
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The Eagles had three scorers in double digits, with Angie Titus leading the way with 19 and Emily Ing and Logan Bailey adding 12 each. Jaci Bryant also contributed eight for the Eagles.
Ames said the difference maker was his team limiting its turnovers.
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(Reuters) - Two Republican U.S. senators who voiced support for a Nevada cattleman in his showdown with federal agents over grazing rights on public land condemned the rebellious rancher's remarks about whether African-Americans would be "better off as slaves."
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Why do people publicly face-plant on political no-brainers?
Yeah, Ron Junior ran like a scalded dog, didn't he?
I don't know.
We have been bending over backwards for an entire generation to avoid ever acting like "racists".
What he said, may not have been the most politically sensitive, but it wasn't blatantly racist.
I like the way he didn't backtrack, and am inclined to think this could backfire on Dems bigtime.
Would have preferred he hadn't said anything, but he seems to be handling himself ok.
Dude was winning the argument, then goes and shoots himself in the head.
Why bring up the subject? What does it have to do with his situation?
Some people just don't know when to shut up.
Cliven Bundy is NOT a politician..the fact that the left is making such a big fuss about what some random person says shows how scared they are that they are gonna get their asses kicked in November..no matter what Bundy says, doesn't take away the fact that the Govt surrounded his home, armed to the T, took his cattle and massacred them and put them in mass graves
Bundy's unfortunate "remarks" pulled Hopalong Harry Reid's gonads out of the fire before they were done. It's too bad. Our side had the ball rolling and Reid was in heap big hot water. The state controlled "media" can now use Bundy's remarks to get Harry's ass off the griddle.
In any case, with him or without him, I think people are waking up to the constitutional issues. I hope they are, anyway.
The US government should not own vast swaths of land. Beyond office complexes and military bases, they shouldn't own any land at all.
And people are starting to realize that the regulatory agencies, which are arming themselves at a starting rate, are laws unto themselves. They answer to no one. They are rogue robots who write their own laws and now increasingly are judge jury and executioner.
BLM should be first on the chopping block but should certainly not be the last.
I will say that I will not get excited about any politician who doesn't see the problem and at least seem prepared to do something about it. Repeal obamacare? Sure, great, but there are other maybe bigger fish to fry too. Like BLM.
Reid knew this was coming which is why he was so cocky recently. Putting on my tinfoil cap (complete with a propeller), it seems that Mr. Bundy was the unwitting victim of a setup.
What he said was just old fashioned plain talk, that should be used more often.
The statement in it's context was condemnation of over 100 years of failed social engineering by the US government.
He touched on everything in a few short words from the chronic crime problems to the breakup of the cohesive family to the welfare dependency and he called it what it is.
Just another form of slavery to the national and local governments.
To call the comment racist is absurd and is a byproduct of the massive overuse and distortion of the term.
Everyone knows this, yet they are running like scalded dogs. If Archie Bunker had said that, everyone would be laughing at the subtle criticisms of government.
Well, I won't run.
I commend him for a refreshing commentary of life in the good ole USA today.
I think people are getting tired of being called racist at the drop of a hat. What he said wasn't racist. It was anti-progressive. But rock the boat just a little and the republicans, and so-called conservative talking heads, will run for cover like the cockroaches they are.
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No one seems to look at the fact that this man is 80 years old,he HAS NO
IDEA of political correctness, he sees people in these neighborhoods
on government entitlements and he just says what he feels!!! OUR country used to be this way we could say what we wanted, ALL IN THE
FAMILY is a perfect example of the humor that USED to be accepted!!!
I think EVERYONE here NEEDS to give this guy a break!!!!! He has lived
his life in a different time!!!!!
Mr Bundy isn't a politician. His opinions doesn't make the govt actions right.
so, the democratic party has kept black people down for nearly 200 years and that's A OK but when a Republican points that out, it's racist bigotry? Typical.
He said it crudely, but he was trying to say what many of us have said a hundred times, which is that the welfare state has destroyed the black family. It destroys, in fact, families of whatever color or cultural background, it is an equal opportunity destroyer of families.
And while I don't know all the legalities of his own personal situation with BLM, I firmly believe BLM should be disbanded and the lands they administer handed back to the states. Or better yet, sold off to US citizens (with previous leaseholders getting first right of refusal).
The wheat and the chaff are going their separate ways now!
Amazing how these reporters never make such character discoveries concerning the idiots on the Left.
The MSM is the Country's greatest threat.
That is what this story should have been about from the beginning..how the Govt can just come on your property and take it away and destroy it..like they did with the cattle..they slaughtered them, shot them in the head and put them into mass graves..where is the outrage from PETA, the same group that made a fuss about Easter Eggs on the White House lawn, yeah those people, didnt give a rats ass about cattle being SLAUGHTERED..that is a crime and the people who did that should be prosecuted, but it won't happen and we won't hear anything about it because hey, I guess those cattle were Republican so therefore no mention of their death is necessary
Rush Limbaugh is a nearly daily example of this Alinsky tactic.
"No one seems to look at the fact that this man is 80 years old,he HAS NO
IDEA of political correctness, he sees people in these neighborhoods
on government entitlements and he just says what he feels!!"
I thought he lived out on a ranch. You mentioned him seeing these people in these neighborhoods. What neighborhoods would those be? His neighboring ranchers?
He screwed the pooch by bringing race into it. Actually he screwed the pooch by getting off topic.
Sadly I now think he's just a blowhard trying to hold on to his 15 minutes.
He's now done more damage than good.
With the senate really up for grabs by a narrow margin, this could have serious consequences. Because the media and the Dems are going to have ammo now to paint all conservatives as racists.
Apparently you didn't bother to listen to his remarks. He names exactly when and where he saw those neighborhoods.
Mourdock & Akin revisited! I guess he is not very smart dude.
He's not going to listen to you, he is too busy with the political campaign.
If he's not carefull he will trip over the heals of a couple dozen jelly spined republicans running in the same direction...
"Apparently you didnt bother to listen to his remarks. He names exactly when and where he saw those neighborhoods."
Nope. I only read the excerpts posted here.
Rand Paul: Extending jobless benefits a 'disservice' to workers"When you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you're causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy. And it really - while it seems good, it actually does a disservice to the people you're trying to help," Paul said.
Typical lazy lout.
Welfare has also destroyed many more white families. Watch the show "Cops" on TV. It is so sad to see how people live. There are 3 times as many whites receiving government checks compared to blacks. It is due to sheer numbers...there are 4 times as many whites as blacks. Percentage wise more blacks are on welfare.
Just about everything I was going to say - thanks!
Especially referencing his age.
"Typical lazy lout."
Yep, but I'm still right most of the time.
He screwed the pooch. Plain & simple.
He never should have brought race into it.
Weak sisters can stay on the porch. No one needs you.
"Welfare has also destroyed many more white families."
You're correct. Government dependency destroys lives. That's why it was stupid to even bring race into it.
Randy said it with finesse. Bundy said it crudely. That is why there was no reaction to Randy saying it.
Therein lies the problem. Republicans aren't conservatives.
He's smarter than most, including on FR...he's a man who's made his living the hard way, not a sucking on the teat politician who should know how this stupid, leftist game is played.
Even many on FR who should know better are succumbing to the leftist media playbook and abandoning Mr. Bundy because they're too damned stupid to actually comprehend what he said and what he meant.
The absolute truth is what he uttered...are we to now abandon a man who exercised his right to speak his mind and give his very astute, although inarticulate opinion on a subject?
The bigger picture is that the leftists are using their playbook, Alinsky's rules for radicals against this man in order to isolate him and polarize support for what he represents and many on FR are taking the bait...
I guess that means the issue of an overbearing violent lawless government no longer holds any appeal. Pack the tents we're headed back home!
yep , just like my dad :^)
gone but not forgotten , he too used to say some pretty interesting things . p/c ? What's that ?
and he had growing dementia for years but he was a lot older than Bundy
As a matter of historical accuracy, after the Civil War, some blacks returned to their former masters voluntarily. That being said, Bundy wasn't bashing blacks. He was talking plain about problems that are well known and have been well publicized. He's not exactly talk show smooth, but I bet he doesn't count Tamara Holder or Bob Beckel as his dear friends either.
Right. Because you're doing such a great job lol.
I'm right. Sorry, but I am. You don't like it, then ignore it.
I do understand that this is probably a very emotional issue for you.
"Randy said it with finesse. Bundy said it crudely. That is why there was no reaction to Randy saying it."
Senator Rand didn't mention race.
No, not at all. Like you I don't value freedom from tyranny at all. Stay on the porch.
So, Eric Holder was right ... about you.
"No, not at all. Like you I dont value freedom from tyranny at all. Stay on the porch."
I'll stay on the porch. You stay in your bubble and keep complaining loudly when you get trounced.
This was just a dumb move.
What "government checks"?
If whites are 38.8% and blacks are 39.8% of the welfare check collectors, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to be trounced by an uninformed coward. lol
Well they are not much better off as dependents of largess & big government.
As he should. Randy is a very smart guy since he says nothing which MSM can attack. There is no place for bringing race into the Nevada situation. Bundy lost a whole bunch of support with his racist comments. Randy was correct in supporting Bundy's cause in the beginning and not disassociating from Bundy's racists comments.
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Andrew FryeFlorence Mayor Matteo Renzi, the favorite to win today's leadership election for Italy's biggest political party, needs every vote he can get.
"The final outcome depends on the turnout," Chiara Corsa, an economist with UniCredit SpA in Milan, said in a Dec. 6 research note citing predictions for 1.5 million to 2 million voters. "A lower turnout has the potential to reduce the margin of Renzi's victory and therefore weaken his leadership.'
Turnout will determine how much influence the next general secretary of the Democratic Party will be able to bring over Prime Minister Enrico Letta's unruly parliamentary coalition. It will also signal whether Renzi, 38, has enough support to challenge fellow Democrat Letta and plot a course for snap elections that may eventually lead to the premiership.
Polling stations are open across the country until 8 p.m. with results expected later or early tomorrow.
Opinion polls, including separate surveys on Nov. 28 by Ixe and Quorum, put Renzi more than 30 percentage points ahead of his closest challenger, the ex-communist lawmaker Giovanni Cuperlo. The Quorum poll forecast 67 percent of the votes for Renzi, with a 3.9-point margin of error, while Ixe gave the mayor 56 percent, with a margin of 3.1 percent.
The new leader of the Democratic Party, known as the PD, will be positioned to make policy demands of Letta, 47, as he seeks to recover from a series of parliamentary setbacks. The prime minister, who has served seven months, is seeking to retain his parliamentary majority until at least 2015 to rewrite the election law and pass measures to stimulate hiring and investment.
Italy needs to rewrite its election rules after major parts of the law were declared unconstitutional last week.
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Broadband maps are just eye candy
It is good that more counties are following Northamptonshire's example and publishing the maps of the areas they expect to cover using taxpayers' money from the £1.2bn NGA fund.
However, there is growing doubt over whether they are more than just coloured eye candy.
Take these caveats from the Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Connected Counties web site:
The maps are indicative and should not be relied on or otherwise treated as a guarantee of current or future provision.
There are a number of things to be aware of when interpreting the maps:
It is not necessarily the case that all premises within an upgraded area will receive an increased speed – different premises within that area may be served by different infrastructure
Although an area may be served by upgraded infrastructure, the distance to this infrastructure from any particular premises in that area may mean that speeds for those premises are below 'superfast' levels of 24Mbps (download).
The modelling which informed the maps is based on a number of assumptions which may change following a detailed, on the ground assessment of local conditions. Throughout the phased rollout programme, Openreach engineers will be deployed to undertake local surveys. This may result in changes to the programme rollout plan dependent on the findings.
The BT press release that announced its contract said Bucks and Herts "will see fibre broadband becoming available to more than 90 per cent of premises … by the end of March 2016." The caveats mean that the councils will hand BT £18m for some faster broadband somewhere some time.
BT knows exactly how much the counties have to spend, so it can work exactly what it can afford to put into the ground for a given profit that is known only to it.
These caveats exempt BT from doing more for less, as the rest of the country is being asked to do.
Further, the councils can't ask other suppliers to make good what BT leaves undone, unless they give BT first refusal.
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Those that have not already done so should watch the BBC Newsnight article where it is clearly demonstrated that the wrong technology is being deployed. This is countered by a less than confident assurance that the BT deployment will be adequate when it is already quite clear this is not the case everywhere. This approach leaves a horrible mess and no realistic remedial mechanism for the "Up to 80 Mbps" unfortunates more than say 700 m line length from their FTTC, always assuming a FTTC has been or is about to be installed.
There may be some "jam tomorrow" statements made but these seem very hollow when you realise that virtually all the deployed equipment is incompatible with vectoring technology and requires all the ECI electronics to be swapped out and the Huawei ones also require a new module. There are other suggestions made which are quite obviously not fit for medium term purpose. See:-
and particularly the comment from the former BT CTO Dr Peter Cochrane below the article.
Who remembers those warm words about the best broadband in Europe by … when did they say ?
Correct me if I'm missing something, but if the detailed surveying work hasn't been done, how can the maps be any more detailed at this stage?
A competently run company knows what assets it has and the condition they are in. If BT was planning a greenfield rebuild of its network, your objection would be justified.
BT have access to the performance data of every ADSL and VDSL service via the DSLAM / MSAN equipment in the exchanges and FTTCabinets. Given that there is No Universal Service Obligation for any broadband service, perhaps BT don't wish to highlight where known cable faults / anomalies exist, even though local field staff and users are all too painfully aware.
Many have evidence of PCP Green cabinet records after BT's PCP to Postcode data for every line was released into the public domain in 2011.
We have seen two providers one of whom may supply on a commercial basis, the other part commercial part contribution. However they would both require a larger area to service than just ours.
No problem – there's no fibre, no cable, and not even VDSL in any of the neighbouring villages.
So a chance to marry supply and demand to get maximum choice at the best value for taxpayer's money based on a next-gen infrastructure.
Now that Maria Miller has "clarified" that local authorities may and indeed must release data about their rollout plans I emailed Hampshire Council on 19 July asking for the details of what is being provided in our area.
No reply. In the meantime the Hants website says that new information will be provided in the next 6 weeks. But that was on 9 July. There is still nothing.
I forward the same email back agaiin on 13 September.
A reply arrives quickly, which says that they had hoped to publish a map at the end of August but are being held up by a few last minute changes. Expecting to publish "information" mid October. "However, none of these changes are delaying the rollout or timescales.". I paraphrase slightly since I did not ask permission to reproduce the reply.
I reply, clarifying the requirement – in order to move ahead, we need, at cabinet level (accepting all solutions will be VDSL) all the cabinet locations and which ones are being upgraded so that partners could plan with some confidence. This is what I believed Miller had not only sanctioned, but stipulated. I also asked for clarification on the 2Meg target for all:
"[the most useful data would be…] The assurance that absolutely every single resident will be receiving 2Mbps+ speeds and that the length and/or quality of phone lines is not going to be any kind of stumbling block causing this to be modified to "almost everyone" or "most people", the necessary remedial action (sections of aluminium and poor copper being replaced, line bonding) will be taken unprompted and at no cost to the resident as part of the engineering work."
The reply to the request for neighbouring and local rollout plans and confirmation on the 2Meg target is that none of this information can be supplied "until we have finalised the rollout area" , and even then they shall not be able to provide cabinet by cabinet level information as this is "considered commercially confidential"
The location of the cabs cannot be commercially confidential. Within an hour I could have the location of all the phone cabs round here in the adjacent villages.
The bulk of the spend is coming from BDUK and Hampshire itself, not BT. This is taxpayer's money.
So as I see it, there are no plans to supply any detailed level of information. There is no desire to minimise taxpayer's spend or spend on NGA networks instead of VDSL or to capitalise on commercial investment from other sources. This, to be fair, is the position in which local bodies have been placed who now seem obliged to draw up maps with scant details to appease those whose money is being spent, without revealing very much at all judging by what has been published by other areas.
The village may either wait indefinitely to "see if something is deployed" at some date at some time in the indeterminate future, supplying indeterminate speeds.
Or, the village may work in isolation from BDUK and Hampshire and press on with the original plan to self build.
This may result in us building a network with our own money which BT can then overbuild with our own money.
I wonder how far along plans have to get for an alt net before the area is put into the BDUK rollout plans.
Announcement of intention? Actual dig? Subscribed customers? What do you think?
Many thanks for that Mark. The Conservative Party conference is coming up soon. I'm sure Maria Miller and Ed Vaizey would like to take your question.
I seem to have allowed my membership of the Conservative party to lapse, perhaps around the time that it became evident that they were a bunch of raging socialists like the last lot.
So Miller has "told" local authorities to release "the information" [so as to enable alt nets to plan] and the local authorities are ignoring her, at least, this one is.
Is that because someone at said local authority stands to face prosecution for breach through disclosure while Miller remains untouched?
Sean Williams told Margaret Hodge at teh PAC meeting that he had no objection to local authorities releasing the information, so I don't see how BT could sue if they did. I think it is more likely BT is not telling the councils what the altnets need to know, even while it scrutinises the altnets' plans to see where the demand is and where it wold be profitable to go.
It's odd, isn't it, as rurals – in general – have always been told that they are not commercially viable. There just isn't the poulation density to justify an investment.
But that isn't how it works, is it. Such areas with altnets do become commercially viable not because any of the costs decrease, not because the potential income increases, but because of the loss of market share. This dynamic seems to have been lost on those who formulated the scheme and drew up the contracts.
So of course BT wants to crowd out competition and make sure the line rental keeps rolling in. I don't see that as controversial. It's the correct behaviour for a monopoly company whose duty is to shareholders.
In the context of BDUK this means extracting the maximum amount of taxpayer's money for those shareholders. This dynamic, again, seems to have been lost on those who created and oversaw these schemes.
The absolute gift would be to have contracts which only specify deliverables, if there are any specific ones, at a very high level and give BT a period of years in which they know that they will not face competition or, if they may, are able to step in and deploy based on "insider information". For those deliverables to be "modified" during the contract and deployed in a way that BT sees fit.
For the customer – that being the local authority – to more or less "get what they are given" as BT determines.
Odd really, as the customer is normally the one in charge, especially important when spending Other People's Money.
Even better if the details of the contracts to spend Other People's Money are then hidden from those who are funding it, or there might be some semblance of accountability. If those contracts then have to be signed off by BDUK then it would be lovely if they were benevolently waved through without much thought.
What puzzles me the most is that if high level deliverables have been agreed at a price, and the pot is only so large, then a significant amount of detailed surveying would have to have taken place before the contracts were even drawn up so as to determine whether those deliverables are realistic for the spend in order for BT to determine whether or not they can or want to supply the requested deliverables at that price.
So all or most of the deployment information would have to be known already. Doesn't mean it can't flex in extreme examples (like impossible wayleaves, permissions etc) but BT and Hampshire *must* already know who is to get what or the contract could never have been awarded. They must already have carefully thought out how to get 2Meg to everyone, where the cabs are, what the line lengths and qualities are, and so on.
You don't take a contract and only afterwards determine what you're going to deliver. Unless the contracts are so vague that no actual deliverables have been agreed, rather, there are just "aims" or "goals".
And given that the contracts are "confidential" it makes me wonder if this is the gift that has been presented.
Did anyone catch our dear Mr. Vaizey on R4 just now, being quizzed about the costs of cabinets?
Repeat after me: "BT can only get paid if they produce invoices. BT can only get paid if they produce invoices. BT can only get paid if they produce invoices."
@ Mark,
It is already quite clear that BT's "Wrong Technology" is not fit for purpose throughout a Rural Area and this is exacerbated as BT have No Universal Service Obligation for any broadband service over the PSTN.
As a B4RN.org.uk solution provides a 1 Gbps Symmetric solution unlimited by distance or electrical noise, there can be no competition from BT's future inadequate partial offerings; so the way is clear for you to DIY with minimal risk, provided you select a dark fibre supplier other than BT.
However since BT can't even get there urban data correct then I have no faith in such projection maps. According to BT I should be able to get 14mbit on my line, yet I just about manage 8 and in within the travel card zones of London…
The FTTC to my cab has been pulled with no say as to why or if its every going to be thought of again, ni change of a PCP move, and no chance of any other provider but Virgin.
The problem with coverage maps is they are based on such a small dataset using ideal conditions (hence my line *should* support 14mbit for example based on distance to the exchange etc.) PCP to postcode mappings are nice, but show nothing in some respects.
Unless the know the pair quality of the D side, let alone the E side its anyones guess at to what you might get on any given line. Granted most of this is due to poor upkeep of line plant, and old cables – but ahh well such is life.
I have lines on the same D & E side bundles running to the same exchange over the same path – 1 holds almost 20mbit, the other struggles to hold 14…
Lucky B4RN people getting gige in the dales & there own DWDM network when we have as many not spots in cities & towns with people on 1mbit and there neighbors on 70mbit FTTC no one will fund those, and there not covered by any of these 'projects' or gov incentives…
And as for the kit – its fine. DLM causes some issues but at the end of the day you go out buy an MSAN and hang it off a 50yr old copper pair running 5km and see what results you get.
The DOCSIS netwiork is a better way to go, but that requires coax everywhere
Whilst I appreciate that some telephone users won't require ADSL or VDSL at all on every phone line, none of the PCPs being installed can approach the numbers within a typical PCP which are definitely required in some areas. E.g. both PCPs in Chilworth off the Guildford exchange now are resplendently cluttered with TWO Huawei 192s. To some extent this is due to BT's monopolistic insistence on every VDSL service being supplied with a line which becomes a "mandatory option" to be paid extra for. If isolated D side lines were allowed, even at a higher rental – as permitted by Ofcom's insistence, FTTCs could easily accommodate 500 services; as was installed (but not populated) by Rutland Telecom for Lyddington. As it is the UK is lumbered with Huawei 96, ECI 128, Huawei 192, ECI 256 and Huawei 288 capacities.
If ever we can get the politicians and public servants to sort out the horrible commercial mess, much of the (partial) Virgin Media network, unlike BT's 1950s network, could so easily accommodate 7 mm fibre ducts direct to the doorstep of most urban houses.
Why would VM want to install fibre ducts, or would this be part of a government funded FTTP scheme? The new owner is reducing staff by 4%. VM speeds are higher than needed by many now.
@ FUDder-Dudder,
As you are so obviously a BT agent, why not sort your own mess out first ?
How about following the advice of your former CTO described here:-
Then carefully consider this paper as well as the comment from Dr Peter Cochrane below it.
Not at all. Why can't we have a sensible discussion? We need realistic proposals, both financially and technically.
If 100% FTTP is the objective that how do we achieve it? Simple question.
Start digging.
So far as I know, the design of the cable network requires that the street cabinets cannot be more than a certain distance from the properties because the link between them and the properties is copper. This is why there are so many cable cabinets even though the coax is more performant than BT's phone lines. Otherwise you'd get housing estates where some people can get phone only, and some can get broadband and TV. A bit like VDSL in fact.
Again and this is AFAIK – those coax cables are capable of gigabit speeds anyway. The work required would be from head end to street cab (fibre link) and at the street cab, but no need to dig to premises to deliver very fast speeds (unlike BT's network).
While they're about it however they could certainly offer FTTP down those ducts as you say for people who want say over 2Gbps or whatever the limit is for coax. Virgin Media aren't really being given any incentive to push towards this when VDSL peak speeds are lacklustre by comparison to what they have now anyway, but may be forced down the "upgrade the interlinks" path as concurrent bandwidth requirements increase sharply in the coming years and the focus eventually and necessarily changes from "up to" or burst speeds, to actual delivered speeds.
@Merrow Drover – Easynet can provide a service as a FMP with no dial tone though we have only ever had this at a couple of specific sites on special projects.
I Agree whilst there is *NO* requirement for a dial tone on an xDSL line I don't see that changing anytime soon if ever. How would BT (For example) justify what was line rental for a phone service on a dry copper pair and still offer no 'supported service' above 28.8k or 160kbit…
There is another way as several people I know have done – hijack some Virgin media ducts and run your own cables!!!
FTTP is too costly, long to role out & no one will pay for it unless it involves a bundled service (TV, Phone, Internet) all over an *optical* path. Are you referring to 7mm blown fiber tubing by chance? its do-able but its fiddly. You need nodes, splice points and joints everywhere – I suspect in may urban areas BT don't have the space in the ground to accommodate it. This in part is due to BT (and other providers) never recovering any dead or decommissioned line plant and assets.
We know the limitations of DSL and the cost of FTTP but no proposals from anyone yet…
That's not quite true, though, is it. I've posted one or two potential solutions on more than one occasion in reply to you on the ISPReview website in the past.
I thought you might ask again, so I bookmarked the last such reply (user "DTMark").
But would VM be interested in others using its ducts? It has a TV/phone/broadband set of products and is there any indication that there is a significant market for speeds beyond what's available now from VM?
Is the state today one that would even consider laying fibre (plus all the associated kit and management plus where does the link from each property actually route to) into properties. Or should it just fund FoD for all with a large choice of ISPs?
"is there any indication that there is a significant market for speeds beyond what's available now from VM?"
Yes, in areas which don't have VM. Hence, BDUK. However that results in areas which don't have VM gaining a choice of only one infra supplier. It also leaves areas with VM, where BDUK does not go, with a choice of only one infra supplier.
There are benefits for all in this, including all the players, but the commercial advantage would not have been BT's in quite the same way.
"should it just fund FoD for all with a large choice of ISPs?"
Dong the maths, the oft-quoted figure to provide FTTP to all is about 1k per premise, so just shy of 30bn.
That's for a network rollout. I don't suggest that the State rolls out the network, only that it acts as facilitator to remove the biggest block – the "dig cost".
I also suggest that the State attracts significant private investment, so the cost to the taxpayer is not c. 30bn, rather, significantly less. This means tendering to create, in the end, a competitive market with the end result being – potentially – multiple infra suppliers in densely populated areas, so actual choice for the customer.
Fibre to all premises "FoD" came out at over 46bn when I ran the maths on that based on certain assumptions – necessarily, since "FoD" is a bespoke scheme which takes no advantage at all of the economies of scale. It's an incredibly expensive way of not rolling out a network but propping up an old phone company – and still results in only one infra supplier.
Logically, BT should be in a position to roll out nationwide FTTP cheaper than anyone else given the assets it has.
Had BDUK constructed the scheme differently and implemented it with any kind of commercial vision, BT would not have been able to hold them over the proverbial barrel and the taxpayer might have got real value for money, an NGA network – indeed, more than one – and competition so there would be no need for BDUK2 and BDUK3 and so on.
This would have been a one-off exercise for the future to roll out "the best superfast broadband network in Europe" instead of a State rollout of merely current-gen VDSL tech which will date very rapidly and a path which may well cost more than any of the other options.
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