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Really! this is only a one to one and a half beer job while watching MNF, do you hear me soldier! I think a nice deep burgundy lace would give juuuuust the right accent on those periwinkle colored mythos anyway. Thabulous!

They shouldn't be sleeping in the middle of the day anyway.

You guys have to watch the whole thing and see the ending

In early June, I found myself working on my tan just above thumb rock on Liberty Ridge. It had been hot in Seattle all week and felt like it was 80 degrees up there two thousand feet above the Carbon Glacier. We had been listening to Liberty Cap Glacier shed small ice and rock avalanches above us all morning when CRACK-BOOOOM! Sounded like half the damn mountain just fell off. I scramble for my boots and glance up over my shoulder to a formerly blue sky turned white with the cloud of snow now rumbling toward us. I hear one dude in the Canadian party camped just below us shout "we're gonna get hit!!" We all kinda look at each other helplessly as there is no where to hide from the big mutha roaring down next to Liberty Ridge. As the white cloud blows by we realize we weren't on the menu that day and listen to the debris fall to the glacier below. One of the Canadians said that was the biggest slide he'd ever seen first hand and he's a BC skier from the Revelstroke area so he's probably seen some big avalanches. One of his parnters said the only bigger slide he'd seen was on Broad peak in the Himilaya. Big Lou would say that the mountain was just showing off, but, we all felt "the fear" that day.

I agree with the band's for PT but, long term, you should consider some upper body conditioning and weight lifting is an excellent way to accomplish that, obviously. Sounds like you might've injured your rotator cuff a little, those can take a long time to heal, from my experience and I'd avoid throwing until you can do it without pain.

R&D (4 pitches of mid fifth) has an easy walk off. Recomend the cocaine connection alternate start.

Another fatboy sighting over the weekend participating in some "Extreme scrambling" on Del Chosso peak.

I offered to film you barf and you declined. Where's the picture of the frog?

Where's Dr. Phil when you need him?

How about this guy? I hear he's pretty good.

No way spraymonkey! Say no to low carbs!

I like the blue boar ale, thanks!

A guy can't even enjoy a cold beer anymore without having to consider the political ramifications he's indirectly supporting? What is the world coming too? sheesh! How about Schmidt? Is that stuff still NW brewed? Lucky? Oly? Henry's? What's a guy with an obsession for cheap beer to drink while maintaining a firm moral stand?

My partner failed to drink the cold Rainier I offered him on Saturday upon returning to the truck. He's on double secret probation until further notice.

Read this yesterday and thought it was interesting. Standing up to animal terrorists By Cynthia Pekow Special to The Times In the mid-1980s, a vaccine was developed to prevent feline leukemia virus, an infection deadly to cats. I was employed in a small-animal veterinary practice, where too often I had seen the virus claim the lives of my patients. The new vaccine inspired a change in my career direction. I wanted to learn about and participate in efforts to create and test the treatments we rely on for the health of our pets and ourselves. Today, I am a laboratory animal veterinarian: a part of the profession dedicated to humane, proper and safe care and use of laboratory animals. I work with caring people whose daily actions reflect compassion for animals. These are not individuals who show their concern for animals by carrying placards in public demonstrations. Nor do they engage in acts of terrorism in the name of animal liberation. Rather, they come to work each day and go about the important business of caring for laboratory animals. Who really cares about laboratory animals? If actions speak louder than words, it's not the animal-rights advocates. The compassionate people are the ones inside the biomedical research facilities. Consider mouse 151L. He is one of a family of mice genetically prone to diabetes. 151L was bred specifically for research on the role of diet in the development of diabetes. He receives a treatment (in his drinking water) that is believed to delay the onset of the disease. 151L is observed daily, and is regularly checked for signs of diabetes. Before the research began, a funding agency deliberated on the value of the knowledge to be gained in exchange for the lives of the animals involved. An animal-care committee evaluated the humane aspects of the proposal, specifying the signs and symptoms that would indicate that 151L might be suffering, along with the methods for handling those possibilities. If he becomes ill, or at the end of his normal lifespan, 151L will be humanely euthanized, and his tissues will be analyzed and compared to those of animals that did not receive the treatment. The results can point us to, or steer us clear of, preventive measures for diabetes in genetically prone people and animals — an enormously important advance, since diabetes is one of the most costly incurable diseases of modern times. At work each day, I see the care provided for 151L and the thousands of other animals, mostly mice and rats, whose quality of life depends on our actions. Every day — holidays and weekends, during blizzards and hurricanes and national emergencies — dedicated people attend to the husbandry and welfare of animals such as 151L. These technicians not only provide clean housing, food, water, bedding and toys; they also observe and interact with the animals. Scientists make headlines with medical breakthroughs, but it's the animal caregivers who provide the foundation on which the science depends. There is a key assumption that separates those working inside research facilities from those carrying placards outside to protest the work. We who choose to work with laboratory animals understand their critical importance to advances in biomedical research. We see how the benefits of research extend to both people and animals. The greater life expectancy and quality of life we enjoy today stem from developments such as vaccines, antibiotics, surgical techniques and a better understanding of nutrition — all results of research involving animals. We continue to count on research for better treatments, for ourselves and for animals, for afflictions such as cancer and kidney failure and traumatic injuries. Each person has his or her own — often deeply felt — level of comfort and acceptance regarding the many aspects of human/animal relations. Arguing about how we can or should relate to animals is as unproductive as arguing religious belief. What is more useful is to speak in terms of animal welfare rather than animal rights. Polls tell us the majority of Americans do accept the necessity of using animals in biomedical research. In return, they want to be assured that 151L's life will be used to good purpose, and that he will be treated in a way that meets his needs and prevents suffering. People also want to know that animals are used only when there are no alternatives for answering important research questions. On this point, science is clear. Cells living in test tubes and systems modeled on computers can assist and direct research efforts. For the foreseeable future, however, these methods cannot replicate the complexity of living organisms. And, when our children's and our pets' health is at stake, we dare not rely on research based on inadequate testing. Animals such as 151L, whose lives we take in the name of science, deserve our utmost respect and care. Personal integrity is the bottom line. In 17 years in this field, I have been consistently impressed by the commitment of all involved — scientists, research technicians, veterinary staff and animal caregivers alike — to be humane and considerate of the animals. In contrast, consider how the actions of animal-rights activists affect the well-being of animals such as 151L. Outside research facilities and scientific meetings, activists carry signs and chant slogans. Or worse, they scream obscenities, spit on, and attempt to provoke and intimidate people entering and leaving the buildings. Some groups, such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), proudly claim credit for acts of arson, bombings and sabotage at research facilities — violence that is dangerous to research animals as well as humans. Groups such as Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) engage in acts of intimidation and threats. In Seattle, smoke bombs were set off during business hours in two downtown high-rises, ostensibly because insurance offices there did business with research labs. Locally based animal-rights groups regularly picket the homes of researchers in the Seattle area. Slurs and graffiti have been painted on scientists' cars and property. Across the U.S. and here in Washington state, research facilities have been broken into and vandalized, and animals have been stolen — in some cases "liberated" to die, hit by cars or killed by predators. Whose actions show compassion? Research facilities have to respond to terrorist threats by putting increased resources into security, using funds that otherwise might have been dedicated to research or to enhancing the animals' environment. 151L's quality of life will not change because of additional surveillance cameras at the door. Liberation will not improve his well-being. Compassion for 151L is shown not by the "liberators" but by those who work constructively to improve the science, technology and humanity of animal care: the people inside the research facilities. Cynthia Pekow is certified as a specialist in laboratory animal medicine and is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine at the University of Washington. She is a member of the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research and president of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. She is a doctor of veterinary science.

pot'teryx rocks and so does his website!

one way speed ascent of mt. si in my plastic boots with a speed descent trundleing myself off the haystack. Gps coordinates and Larry da Tool will verify it.

nice! makes me want to bash some ice.

I can tell you from experience, that "sucking weight" really ... sucks! When I was a senior, we had a state champion wrestling varsity in my weight class of 141 and so I decided to cut to 135 mainly because I could easily thrash the varsity guy at that weight class. I cut and cut and starved and got to where I could see every little (and I mean little) muscle in my body and "challenged" the 135lb starter. I was so weak that he whipped my ass and nearly pinned me. So, I wrestled 141 JV for the rest of the season. I think that if I would have stayed at 135, I would have improved as my body adjusted, but it was too miserable to maintain that weight.

An old dead shrub backed up to an old existing ring pin driven into dirt that I could wiggle with my fingers. We should have downclimbed.

I think I saw the Grivel compact 3rd tool at Pro Mountain Sports Last week.

Not if you ask me.

I ain't fallin fer that one again Leroy...

PINKO COMMIE FAGGOTS!