Bronco

I'm with Dustin, maybe the break in the weather will allow the snow pack stability to catch up with all the new snow. And, it is pretty nice out, the attatched photo is the view out my office window a few minutes ago.

So you're saying Saddam is not a war criminal?

brown-noser Shhh...I noticed one of my posts was moderated yesterday and figure I'm on the shit list and very close to being banned so I have to kiss up to the brown shirts for now. Delete this private message right away so they don't read it.

MODERATORS! PERSONAL ATTACK!!

You guys are all mean and nasty bastards as far as I'm concerned. Except Jon and Tim. They rock.

I was thinking about this yesterday when I heard this stunning new. Isn't the economic growth rate based on the same quarter's growth of the previous year? I know that's what most major corporations base their sales growth on. Anyone want to make a guess on what the GDP growth rate was last year? Hmmm? How about the year before that? Here's what I found on 4th quarter: 2001 GDP growth -1.0% (recession) 2002 GDP growth +0.7% 2003 GDP growth +5.6% I only went to community college, but I think I could accurately say the growth has only been 5.3% over the last THREE years. This may infact be a case of my man GW shooting himself in the foot, DOH!

maryk: I had a very similar injury this fall (pain in the lower left tricep then inside elbow pain) and it lasted about a month. The injury occured because I started this insaneo rope climbing regiment. Stopped the rope climbing for about a month and RICEd it until it hadn't hurt for about a week. I'm back to climbing with no problems. Ice immediatly after a hard workout though. Good luck.

Have you looked at the www.summitpost.com message board?

I'd also have to comment on the common misperception that all ammunition is created equally. I was curious about this so I took your typical Naval Orange out to a clear cut and shot it up (8 rounds) with standard 9mm ball (target) type ammo. It left 1/4 inch holes going completly through and was not impressive. One Hydroshock later, the biggest piece of orange I could find was a piece of the peel about the size of a fifty-cent piece. Hydroshock is a "personel defense" round designed for making big holes in soft squishy things like Oranges or human bodies. The lawyer was pretty lucky, a lot of people have been mortally wounded with less than a .38. I seriously doubt he took a bullet to the forehead at point blank range, more likely he was grazed while juking back and forth or hit by a piece of flying bark from the tree.

This statement could apply to anyone who posts here. Infact, I think I'll propose it for the CC.com mission statement at the next board meeting.

Or they shoulda hitched a ride in the snow cat delivering supplies to the cel tower crew like I did.

Sorry, I didn't explain that I had gone all the way to the top of the ridge and about half way down the run I encountered the dudes who had just skinned up to the top of a glade. This is across the street from Stevens Pass Resort and a popular yo yo destination, from what I gather. So it's more like if I were on a multipitch route and some goobers walk onto the route on a ledge half way up the route and stand around at the belay. Would I be a dick to climb through? No! Should I stand around and wait for them to gear up? No.

BRO-BRA-How dare you suggest I have man-boobs? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

ten-four

You should be able to DL close to what you squat, unless you aren't squatting to parallel (which I doubt is the case). Short legged guys like me have an advantage in the DL so if you have long legs, it might be tougher. I'd imagine you could make quick progress on your DL if you focus on it, based on your squat. Peter, please do some deadlifts, right away.

That's the spirit Jon! I haven't done a max squat in a long time. It chafes my pussy. (in other words, less than 400).

I've been scolded for skiing past some guys who appear to be standing around, hanging out and "poaching" their line. I've also seen comments with the same attitude on teletips trip reports while researching some areas. I'm kinda new to the backcountry ski scene but, this seems pretty stupid. Is it necesary to obtain permission from anyone standing near a potential run to ski said run?

You nasty bastard, that's just the kind of comment that will get you banned around here WOMAN HATER! Next thing you know, you'll be making fun of Richard Simmons.

Will: My hat's off to anyone tough enough to clean 2x their body weight. That's awesome. Skykilo: It could happen. Jon: 215 on the deadlift is pretty good, for a girl.

I thought all OW's were 5.9 +

Will, I really hope you aren't neglecting your legs and hips. I just know you must be performing deadlifts and ass to grass squats on your "legs day". Grip and rip dude. PS: Reducing the volume (amount of sets) on your other lifts and throwing some bent rows in wouldn't hurt you either. That seems like an awful lot of volume to me (general rule is no more than 20 sets in a single workout), but, everyone's work capacity is different.

Hilarious photo, is Fred sponsored by FEDEX now or what?

Pretty sure I saw Sharpton in white tux at the link up there .

Actually MADD or SADD or DADD or one of those anti drunk driving organizations funded an initiative this last spring to ban open containers but it was (fortunatly) shot down by the good people of Montana. Makes road hunting a little funner.