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sabertooths weigh 34.8 oz. redo your math

Salt goes well on the rim of a margarita on the rocks.

Arwen looks pretty good. For an elf.

damn, Greg_W, you sound like a cracker. Either that, or you've got some sexual fetishes I don't want to know about. Lick the boot?

Absorption of salts is enhanced when consumed with carbs, or sugars. Emergen-C doesn't have much in the way of carbs, or sugars. That could be part of the problem. Being under attack by a virus would be the rest of the problem. Did you consume any carbohydrates, or sugars, during your run? Depletion of liver glycogen causes onset of feeling exhausted. Your muscle glycogen would be very low then, also. This feeling is the famed "wall". I've hit it, and felt like a spaz.

"three hots and a cot"? No, no. Not modern-day prisoners.

"you can tell me how many were slaves, you can tell me what happened to them and how hard they worked and why they died or lived, but I'm interested in the objective, non societally based "wrong" we'll use for the determination of the physical evidence showing it is." Uh, how's about "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." I'm thinking being a slave would seriously dampen a person's ability to pursue Happiness.

BTW, I think the labeling of criminals as "enemy combatants" is bogus and a cop-out. I'm looking forward to the ruling on Padilla's status.

Got word from the folks at Bison Willy's bunkhouse that conditions are GREAT in the south fork of the Shoshone.

Respecting and enforcing law isn't a faith-based choice, IMO. Ashcroft needs to reconsider his stance on the Freedom of Information Act.

the Sword of Damocles is better than the pillar itself, IMO. It's been awhile since I've been to Squamish, but I can't recall one bad route there.

Always a mistake to use a rope attached to someone who falls.

Ain't no bars in bumfuck Wyoming, or Utah.

BTW, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have jumped on board the kick-saddam's-ass train.

Winter hasn't even begun. There's plenty of time left in the season for ice to form, melt, and reform.

Cpt. Caveman, it's clear that you consider serotonin over-rated. In my own experience, I've found tequila to be a wonderful conduit for channeling anger into climbing. Usually ice, at night, solo.

ChrisT, your teenager is gonna have a lot of games. Between the Gamecube, Playstation and Gameboy, that's some bank. Offwhite, with regards to legos, my sons have some. I'm getting them oliblocks (http://www.oliblock.com) for a change of perspective.

In my experience, and according to my preference, for pure ice the picks can be fucking sharp. At the tip, and along the top. For black ice (dirt embedded in the ice), alpine outings, and thin ice, I de-tune the edge to avoid chipping the pick, or bending it over, when I inevitably hit something that's not ice. I carry a small flat file -a bastard intended for chainsaws. BTW, I sharpen the picks so they're curved rather than the straight bevel they have from the factory. Hope this helps.

I'd say the temps in Ephrata have been promising. The precip from a couple weeks ago seems good.

add "avoid marriage" to my project list. Been there, done that.

I hope to climb more in 2003, bike more, get at least two of my businesses off the ground (check www.energybite.com in the coming months). One trip in particular is to the magnetic north pole in April. On bikes. One F(_)<|{!|\|9 speed! Time for a run to the liquor monopoly for some Anejo rum. laaate

I knew some punks in Santa Barbara. They were totally soft and fuzzy. Seems like a daily diet of LSD does that to some people.

silly good audio equipment: http://www.ayre.com/ When price is not an object. (an old ex is married to the designer and president. I don't think they'd cut me any deals)

Equinox is pretty challenging and very aesthetic.