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Good one: I have a couple yates pickets without the leash and like them for a few reasons. 1. Lightest picket I know of. 2. You can pack them together easily. 3. The stainless steel cap really works in keeping the picket from getting bashed up to crap. 4. Purty high visability colors. 5. Available at Feathered Friends when I bought mine. This is the only pieces of gear I own that I don't see the drawback of having the lightweight model other than it costs a bit more than the standard "T" model pickets. I'd be surprised if the guys who "collapsed them" were using them properly or if a T picket would have held any better. Blows goats: A couple of years ago, I made some pickets out of 60 series T stock. Each one weights as much as 4 of the yates and took me over an hour to make. I know you were probably not considering making them, but if you were, don't do it. I have both the Ti screws and some BD. I like them for different stuff. Ti are cheap and light, bd are stronger and go in quicker.

Another interesting article from www.heraldnet.com Published: Thursday, July 29, 2004 Sultan no-shooting zone expanded By Brian Kelly Herald Writer Snohomish County Council members sent this message Wednesday to target shooters when they expanded a no-shooting zone north of Sultan: If gun enthusiasts don't start policing their own, more restrictions may be ahead. "It is imperative that those responsible firearm owners and users help those other folks to understand that everybody loses when this kind of activity takes place," Councilman John Koster said. The council expanded the no-shooting zone along Sultan Basin Road up to Spada Lake. Wade Holden, founder of Friends of the Trail, a group that helps clean up public lands, had asked for more land in the Sultan Basin to be put off limits to gun enthusiasts because indiscriminate shooters were endangering people in the woods. The shooters also have been using dumped trash for target practice, creating environmental hazards for nearby Olney Creek, Holden said. Keith Vande, a cabin owner at Lake Bronson and an avid hiker and mountain biker in the Sultan Basin, agreed. "I have seen a lot of devastation up there," he said. But safety is the main reason for more restrictions, he added, and the ban could save a life. "Shooters cannot see who's back there," he said. "We've heard bullets whizzing over our lake." Most of the land covered by the extended ban is owned by the state Department of Natural Resources. Agency officials supported the restrictions and said department employees were in danger because of the reckless shooting. Shooters have damaged trees, and department officials said as much as 80 percent of the logs sold by the state several years ago had bullet holes in them. A metal detector had to be used to find the bullets before they could be sent through the mill. Shooters also have used televisions, refrigerators, stuffed animals and cars as targets, Holden said. The council received two letters from recreational shooters who opposed the restrictions. They warned that shooters would simply move to more densely populated areas. They said safe shooting areas need to be set aside so Americans can improve their gun skills as the global war on terror continues. Councilman Jeff Sax said the added restrictions aren't something he would normally sign off on because he is a supporter of open access to public lands. But this case was different, he said. "It's a disaster," Sax said. He added that government has spent a lot of money on salmon habitat restoration. And "to have it blown apart on a seasonal basis seems somewhat wrong," Sax said. The council passed the expanded ban unanimously.

Scott's getting some clients and recognition from the local media. from www.heraldnet.com

One of my jackass partners and I were climbing a hard core mid fifth chossfest that had some simulflailing sections and he suggested our signal to take down the belay and simul would be to shout "I'm a little teapot!" There were a few other climbers who arrived at the base of the climb and looked a bit perplexed by our choice of climbing signals. Still cracks me up.

Seems to work pretty good so far. Here's my latest results (note the massive amount of weight I'm moving here).

Jeeze, I missed some good spray between this thread and Dane's by going climbing yesterday. NEVER AGAIN!

...to do his deadlifts!

Well you've never seen that sexy WillStrickland in his banana hammock. Very European. Far be it for me to poop in the pool, but hasn't this thread degenerated to a sufficient level of tawdriness that it should be moved to Spray? Aw right! That image of "will" in his hammock just clinched it. Clear the bandwidth! Let's just ban those nasty bastards and be done with them!

Yes! Now you tell me. I forgot to mention that I was wearing my board lasted shoes. Everyone knows that board lasted shoes on slab are suck. If only I had better shoes, I could have sent the last pitch.

Climbed this route (except pitch 7) yesterday on my first day of real slab climbing. Road is in good shape to the trailhead and doable in a car. Bugs are in full force so I'd recomend some juice or a cigar.

BMI is for losers. So are Tanita body fat scales. Get some $7 body fat calipers if you want some accurate indication of how you are in relation to an "ideal" body composition.

I really appreciate the fat bastards who get all excited around this time of year from watching the Tour and decide it's time for the anual ride. They dust off the lycra and bike, and head for the longest two lane bridge or otherwise narrow road (that I happen to own). I got caught behind two guys who rode across the Hood Canal Bridge at 10 MPH this weekend casuing a massive backup. Stay off my roads you slow ass, traffic blocking mofos!

If you are a redneck type you'll probalby like WY, if you are a filthy hippie stay in OR.

Play "smear the queer" with unsuspecting hotel guests.

Since this seems to be an open discussion on how best to criticize partners, my question for Bug is, did you talk to him about your concerns prior to posting them here?

in your pants

Cool, thanks for the info Pete. That Leupold scope is the one most of my hunting buddies use and it's pretty nice for the price. Most of them favor the Remingtons or Savages in 30.06 or 7mm. I've recently converted from a bow after 15 years of chasing pacific blacktail through the underbrush around here and took a nice mule deer in 2003 after about 20 minutes of hunting with a borrowed rifle. I'm hooked and my wife offered to buy me a new rifle for a gift. Leaning toward a Winchester model 70 super shadow but, still unsure of the caliber.

Minx - playing football isn't going to corrupt your son. Be thankful he's interested in that instead of other crap like sport climbing.

What did you end up getting? I'm looking for one now and curious what you got.

Welcome to the mounties Paul!

Now we can really make fun of trasks mom!

Reminds me of the Cellphone posse troll.

breast?

Can't you see it? I'll just post it here: It's a goat in a white out on Mt. Sumbitch, pretty bad huh? MMMMM, black berry cobler.