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Why would someone's "report from the field" affect the way the boots fit your feet? Salomon makes great products. Tecnica makes great products. Scarpa makes great products (they actually have a new boot series that looks good). The list goes on and on. Get the boots that fit.

ride a bike.

beefy:

I hope you all get a bunch of nice "osculatory appositions of the orbicularis oris and levator labii muscles with posterior involvement of the sternocleidomastoids, commonly in a dexterous orientation" ( i.e. kisses).

"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.." - Tolkien Read into it what you want.

Hey, at least now you have a great excuse to buy a new ride. I'm loving my Surly. They've got a 29" coming out in a few weeks that has a bracket for a derailleur too (Karate Monkey).

Those aren't troops. They're called "inspectors" now.

Ah, the visual and olafactory assault of Venice Beach. Mary Kay consultants have yet to crack that tough egg.

Looks like styrofoam. Super schweet! Thanks for posting the photos.

Sounds like CSI needs to be called in to ID the turd.

ROTFLMAO. As if carrying a hammer and pins wasn't retro.

Watch the film: Our Very First Sex Tape

You got it, sparky.

dude, troops are on the ground in Iraq, and have been there for months. Irregardless of your political flavor, wake up and smell the hummus. It will require great effort to stop the momentum that already exists; something like Saddam relinquishing power.

meanwhile, that giatn sucking sound is coming from down south. Chavez has fired 10,000 striking oil workers (like, who's gonna replace them? Chico the glue-huffing homeless kid?), and their economy is going to crap fast. Nobody thought Chavez would screw the Venezuelans just to hold on to power. Wrong. Maybe the Pope should weigh in on this, too.

erik, what are you screaming about? Just because another 'biner design is stronger than an oval doesn't negate the oval's value. With regard to some carabiner's gate key engaging under a body-weight load, it does happen. I've had it happen with wire-gate 'biners and shaped 'biners. But I've never experienced it with old-skool chouinard ovals. And I never mentioned "BINER SHIFT".

Oval 'biners are good for everything. They're strong and reliable. For aid, they're great because they don't flex and lock when weighted like many "D"s do. If you think yours are good for nothing, send them to me.

I won't be there in spirit, or in body. But I respect your right to protest.

Know of a good --and free-- virus-scan tool?

Where is Canal Flats and Gilbralter Wall?

France, Germany, and Russia: The Axis of Weasel.

So, the culprit is identified. Or is he?

I've found through extensive research that 3.2% beer will, in fact, get you drunk. Eventually. About the same time you start belching foam.

Mention in another thread of being naked out in the woods reminded me of a shockingly funny spectacle I once witnessed. On Mt. Lemmon, two partners and I were chilling in the notch on the north side of the Pharoh after climbing Cripple Creek. I get up and go around a boulder to pee, and what do I see? Some guy is standing on top of Ripple Rock with his shorts around his ankles, and he's stroking. He's fully erect, standing proud in the sunlight, and toturing the suspect like he's had blue-balls for days. To add to the spectacle, there's a climbing party on Ripple Rock, and the leader is within 15 feet of topping out --oblivious to the objective danger he's being exposed to. So, I say to my partners "check that out. A nature lover." And we laugh. But now what? Are we just gonna watch him finish? I don't want to see that. So I yell out "Hey! Whataya think you're doing?" The reaction was intantaneous: The stroker goes from a pose of one hand on his hip with the other polishing to a comical both hands over his crotch while scurrying for cover. He shuffles off as fast as a person can with their pants around their ankles. And the climbing party never even knew from what indignity they were spared.

waterproof: (cagoule from campmor) I've had one of these for years. It goes on trips for 3 seasons of the year. When it rains, I'm dry. waterproof: (foul weather gear from Helly Hansen) I've lived in this stuff for weeks at a time. Bombproof, but better used in work environments.