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The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival will be hosting its 6th Annual event on February 14-22, 2003. This year's program is incredibly packed and varied: * The two kick-off "Everest Uncorked" evenings "The Legacy" and "The Arena" will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Everest's first ascent and to the 40th anniversary of the first North American ascent. The guest speakers include Peter Hillary; Conrad Anker (on Mallory & Irvine in 1924); Jim Whittaker (1st American ascent in 1963); Peter Habeler (1st oxygenless ascent in 1978); Poland's Leszek Cichy (1st winter ascent in 1980); Sharon Wood (1st Canadian and North American woman in 1986); Zelda Skylark (the conqueror of all the peaks on Earth whose name starts with the letter "E"); and British climber-writer "MC" Ed Douglas ("Chomolungma Signs the Blues" and others). One of the scopes of the series is to explore what happened to exploring "The Ultimate Hump" over the course of the last century. Part of the series will be a panel discussion with all speakers. * Other festival speakers include Barry Blanchard (on alpine climbing in the Canadian Rockies); Timmy O'Neill aka Urban Ape (on his fastest ascent in Yosemite and Patagonia); Jerry Kobalenko (on Ellesmere Island); and local heroes Jim Milina (Kilimanjaro), Jeremy Frimer (1st ascent of Orion Spur on Mt Logan), and Guy Edwards (Swachand in India). Peter Habeler and Leszek Cichy will speak about their lifetime high-altitude climbing careers, and Conrad Anker about his technical climbs and the Antarctic adventure in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton. * The "Over the Hills But Still Climbing" evening will feature the early North Shore explorers. One evening will be dedicated to mountain biking only (stage acrobatics, slide show, and films). The Edge Climbing Centre will host their Krankenstein 2003 climbing contest. * List of festival films will be available after the selection process at the end of January 2003. * If you have still images and/or mountain movies please ENTER THEM NOW! The entry deadline is January 15 for films and January 23 for photographs ("VIMFF Mountain Photo Contest, Presented by MEC"). Entry forms can be downloaded from www.vimff.org or obtained upon request at info@vimff.org. (Please ignore this note if you have already submitted your artwork.) * Tickets are now on sale at Mountain Equipment Co-op in Vancouver (130 W Broadway), at (604) 984-4484, and online at www.vimff.org (Ticketmaster surcharges apply for online purchases). * The major festival sponsors include MEC, W.L.Gore and Associates, Inc., The Government of Canada, Celebration 2010, The District and the City of North Vancouver. Thank you! * More information about the festival is available on www.vimff.org. Please forward this message to all who would like to participate or know more. Thank you for your support! Kind regards, Alan --- Alan Formanek Festival Director Vancouver Int Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) 230 W 19 Street North Vancouver, BC Canada V7M 1X5 tel/fax +1 (604) 990-1505 alan@abbe.ca www.vimff.org

Without McDonalds etc. deep fry grease production, Kurt would have to find another source for his biodiesel supply.... if he was forced to use olive oil, itd be a lot more expensive.

Trask: Did you know that there are people called "furries" who have the sexual perversion that they wish they were cartoon animals, and want to have sex with other cartoon animals? There is apparently a thriving market for mascot suits with crotch cutouts.

AAAAh it brings a tear to my eye to see that Snoboy has ressurected such a beautiful thread. Sometimes I look at things I wrote and marvel that way back when I actually knew how to put two words together. NowaDAYS ITS ALL HORSECOCK AND SNAFFLEHOUNDS

Replace income tax with fat tax on unhealthy food. Tax break for the healthy, not for the wealthy! This whole thread is ballz. Take it off life support, someone needy can use the organs.

I didnt say all 10 were MY avatars.

Regarding the grade of Coleman-Deming where exactly does the "approach" end and the "climb" begin for that route? At the glacier, or at the base of the Roman Wall or what? If you go with base of Roman Wall, its definitely a I. Otherwise it might be II or even III. This is one climb that the Euro system makes more sense for. I dont think it makes a difference for II-IV or for PD+ thru D. At D+ and above, the Euro grade tells you more than the NCSS does because there are D+, TD-, TD, TD+, ED1, ED2, ED3, ED4 instead of IV, V, VI, VII - 8 instead of 4 grades. And say you have two V, 5.10 A2 climbs, with a Euro grade you will know which of the two is harder. Personally I am leaning to rating everything V420 or 8=D.

I only have 3 stars because 10 avatars rated me 5 stars each. If it wasnt for them Id be at 2 stars like all the cool folks.

Or take the week off and beat the next storm cycle. No guarantees but something near Chil liwack might be climbed in the next few days

I skiied Red Mtn on Kootenay Pow Pow. No snorkel required although 1 fatality occurred 200m from a groomed run. Hey Erik did you guys climb the Toke'em Pole after I left?

Lets have a contest to guess who oldgoat is. My guess is Garry Brace.

dont forget the "snowflake", erik there should be a girlydrink icon as welll as beer swiller icon

i went skiing today it was more fun than the ice....! I never thought i would say that but i did

Re; guns and skiing, how come since the USA has so many skiiers and so many guns, but its always a Swede or a Canadian winning at Biathlon? Ski, shoot, ski, shoot. Maybe cause you have to use a rifle, not a shotgun, handgun, smart bomb or automatic weapon

dude Iain is gonna be jealous big time of the fact someone else registered www. .com as a domain name

Izn't Montana where God dumped the extra choss after he had made the Canadian Rockies.

In Williams Lake, BC they decided Boxing Day wasnt enough so they declared another day Wrestling Day

Merry Christmas http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_732378.html?menu=news.latestheadlines

Lets not forget RedMonk along with MtnMan loudly proclaiming in July how Shuksan NF was imposiuible and Unclimbable for the rest of the year due to the heinous approach

A young woman wants to wallpaper her bedroom but isnt sure how much wallpaper she should buy. So she calls up her blonde friend who has the same size bedroom and recently wallpapered. "Oh Hi Buffy its Mindy just wondering, when you had that wallpapering done how many rolls did you buy?" "Oh, I got 10" says Buffy. Mindy buys the wallpaper and gets the job done but it only takes 8 rools and the purchase is non refundable. So she calls up Buffy again " I got my wallpapering done, but you won't believe this - I have two rolls left over" "OH MY GAWD YOU"RE TRIPPIN ME OUT MINDY!"blurts Buffy. "EAXACTLY THE SAME THING happened to me!"

If only he had the Stallone bolt gun he could create a whole sport climb Truly ground up without his feet ever leaving the ground. too bad thjere isnt a gun to shoot the quick draws onto the bolts. I guess thats why they still train squirrels

Joe, Montana

On the outskirst of Chilliwack on one side is Lickman Road on the other side is Annis Road, and across on Highway 7 near Norrish Creek is "Hawkins Pickle Road".

If you log and weedkiller NW Passage, I will zinc-oxide a huge clean streak up N face N peak of Index as counterbalance.

Its coming in. Thin ice all the way on Mousetrap and Medusa. Another week of cold and they'll be climbable. Oh yes, anyone hgoing to Lillooet in the next few days, heads up, a big rockslide 15 km south of Boston Bar has completely closed Highway 1, they are detouring you through the Coquihalla Highway. That would add about 2 hours onto your drive to Lillooet so if you go go up via the Duffy Lake road from Whistler.