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This seems to be a semi-annual topic. The water problem comes from shit: human and other. And the viruses, amoebas, protozoa, and bacteria in the turds. I filter if I've got a filter. I also use Potable Aqua, or similar product (eg. Microdyne, which is available in Mexico), or drink untreated water. It's not always possible to predict contamination. Turdlettes can even be inadvertently consumed from melting snow. BTW, one shortcoming of water treatments (as opposed to filtering) is the failure to nail cryptosporidium. I've had amoebic dysentary, and it's an effective weight-loss program. But very messy. I got sick while traveling in central Africa, and the source was from fruit. I peeled some mangoes with my teeth in african style. I often drank the water there untreated; I asked locals if the water was safe, and they always knew. If you don't have health insurance, or even a doctor around, you're pretty cautious. Springs and wells were typically safe, though sometimes we were warned to boil it first. That's when the handy tablets came out.

I prefer my own American idyll.

A guy asks a young blonde he’s just slept with, “Am I the first guy you ever made love to?” The blonde ashes out her cigarette and replies, “You might be. Your face looks familiar.”

quote: Originally posted by Dru:

from Rueters: "A panel set up by Canada's Senate recommended on Wednesday that the government legalize the use of marijuana, saying it should be sold on a regulated basis like alcohol." Then they could tax the hell out of it like they do for beer and smokes.

Marshal Matt Dillon is seated on the porch of the jail with his chair propped against the front wall. As he looks down the main street he sees Chester driving a buckboard hell bent for leather and he's buck naked. Chester pulls up in front of the jail, dismounts and loops the traces over the hitching post and enters the jail. Marshal Dillon follows and says "Chester, what in tarnation are you doing driving a buckboard down the main street of Dodge on a Sunday afternoon naked as a jay bird?" Chester answers "Well, it's thisa way Mr. Dillon. This morning I was having a cup of coffee over at the Longbranch. And Miss Kitty asks me iffen I wanted to go on a picnic. I told her I would as I hadn't been on a picnic since I was a young'un. She told me to get a buckboard and she'd fix up a picnic basket. I did and she did. We went out to that nice, grassy spot under that big tree by the bend of the river. You know where that is Mr. Dillon?" Matt replied he did and Chester continued. "Miss Kitty laid down a blanket and we had our lunch. Fried chicken and tater salad and cool lemonade. When we were through, Miss Kitty put everything back into the basket. Then she tooken off all her clothes and laid down on the blanket. Then she said Chester, take offen all your clothes. So I did, then she said Chester, go to town! and well, Mr. Dillon, here I am."

You don't have to deal with a license-happy state. Utah has liberal laws regarding "guides" (that's why there's so many wilderness rehabilitation businesses run in this state). All you need to operate as a "guide" in Utah is to get a business license ($25 at the DMV).

quote: Originally posted by Letko Andropoff:

disposable tent: http://www.campmor.com/webapp/commerce/command/ProductDisplay?prmenbr=226&prrfnbr=12184 Used these as a kid. Strung a line through the tube between a couple trees, then used clothes pins to seal the door. You local gun-nut, survivalist, army-surplust store might have them.

quote: Originally posted by sketchfest: Looks like a poor cut and paste job to me! What? A non-believer? You probably doubt the proven existence of Sasquatch, too.

FRESNO, Calif. - A husband and wife pulled guns on each other and shot it out at church during a marriage counseling session after he arrived late drinking a beer. Both were wounded. With a beer in one hand and a gun in the other, Michael Martin shot his wife Wednesday as she tried to walk out of the meeting at St. James Episcopal Cathedral, their counselor said Thursday. A bleeding Bonnie Martin pulled a pistol from her purse and shot her husband in the shoulder. The two took the gun battle outside, where Bonnie Martin collapsed and was fired on again. Martin allegedly hit his wife at least once more before he ran out of bullets. "It's a good thing that he had been drinking because he could have hit her more," said the Rev. Bud Searcy, head of the New Creation Ministries, which runs the counseling sessions. "He was a lousy shot." Martin was treated at a hospital and released; Bonnie Martin was in serious condition Thursday. Police said they will seek attempted murder charges against both. The shooting occurred shortly after Martin arrived late for the counseling at St. James, which rents out an office to Searcy's group. "They were arguing. It was your typical domestic dispute. Then the fireworks started," said the Rev. Russell Willingham, the Martins' counselor. Bonnie Martin had filed divorce papers against her husband three times since 1989, most recently in February. The Rev. Carlos Raines, dean at St. James, observed that marriage counseling can be a risky business. "It's the kind of counseling that people fear," he said. "It could have happened here in my office as anywhere else. You always start to wonder if some spouse is going to show up one day with a gun."

quote: Originally posted by iain: if that is someone on this site I hope you got permission to post that, otherwise I'd say it's a little over the line. Dude, you're right. I should take GW's words to heart: "with power comes responsibilitude." I won't cap on the half-naked "hardwoman".

quote: Originally posted by Necronomicon: As I was driving around this summer, I was thinking of Eastern Bloc alpine climbing competitions and how, from my knowledge, there is no Pacific Northwest equivalent. . . . Do you have to have crappy gear, bad teeth, and a vodka-damaged liver like the "Bloc" climbers, too?

4th class was two of the best years of my life.

Woof! That's some rudeness, dog. That beeotch with the farmer tan better put back on that skimpy halter top she's holding.

you know, the thing about alzheimers is that you meet so many new people.

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is politics?" Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the people. The nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense," So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I Understand the concept of politics now." The father says, "Good son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit."

All lightweight gear needs pampering. That's yet another reason why it's called "lightweight", or --even worse-- "ultra-lightweight". The spectra grid-stop is impressively strong for its weight, but it's not PVC-coated ballistics like a haulbag. Once it's punctured, or cut, it will survive pretty well back to the trailhead, but then it's got to be repaired. I don't like the Go-Lite designs. The Go-Lite packs don't have the features I want to carry the stuff I want to bring. They're knock-offs from home-sewn packs, so if you want a light pack, sew your own for about $30 in materials.

quote: Originally posted by trask: One little puncture and they'll rip apart. The spectra grid-stop doesn't rip.

LOWER SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. (AP) -- A man accused of trying to kill a friend who gave him a "wedgie" will stand trial on an attempted murder charge, a judge ruled. Daniel Strouss, 19, was attending a Phish concert last year when Eric Kassoway sneaked up behind him and yanked up his underwear, according to testimony at a hearing Thursday. Strouss, of Richboro, held a grudge for months before shooting Kassoway on June 12, authorities said. On the night of the shooting, Strouss drove to Kassoway's home and waited until Kassoway came home, then shot him in the arm and leg, authorities said. Kassoway nearly died from loss of blood. Strouss' attorney, Al Cepparulo, said he did not dispute the prosecution's version of events. "This is a tragedy for the victim. All I can say is my client is going through therapy," he said last week.

quote: Originally posted by sexual chocolate: [QBWhat is "fairly well", as far as pay goes? I'm just curious....I've had thoughts of teaching....[/QB] $40/day here in The Prophet's country. Starting salary for a certified teacher is about $16,000/year. Now West Coast . . . A single day's pay in L.A. for a subsitute teacher can go as high as $250. My Uncle subs in the San Luis Obispo area for $100/day. What it be in Oregon and Washington?

quote: Originally posted by trask: Just curious--what's the deal with so many climbers either unemployed or working shit jobs for no pay? If you have to ask, then you shouldn't know.

A new priest is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks an older priest to sit in on his sessions. The new priest hears a couple confessions, then the old priest asks him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions. The old priest says, "Cross you arms over your chest and rub your chin with one hand." The new priest tries this. The old priest suggests, "Try saying things like, 'I see,' 'yes,' 'go on,' 'I understand,' and 'how did you feel about that?'" The new priest says those things, trying them out. The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than saying, 'Whoa... What happened next?'"

quote: Originally posted by Thinker: So there was an outhouse on the lower saddle, sh*t is still strewn all over the rest of the approach. Granted, the ls is one of the higher impact camps there, but where do (we) climbers get off layin a log and walking away from it ANYWHERE? It's all about responsibility. It sounds to me like the NPS is trying to force the issue (raise awareness?) a bit, here, by removing the famous potty pad. I disagree that "sh*t is still strewn all over the rest of the approach" to the Lower Saddle. Anyways, the shit buckets at the Lower Saddle were maintained by helicopter. As I understand it, the NPS had issues with cost, accidents (they've dumped a few buckets over the years), and overflight noise (though noise has never been an issue with the numerous helicopter rescues). Mostly cost was the issue, and it was rising due to the increased numbers of trips the 'copter had to make with increased Saddle visitation. How this cost compares with distribution of the Restop2 bags, I don't know. And I don't think the shit-in-a-bag is the end of the story at the Tetons; it's a management experiment. IMHO, to make the shit-in-a-bag work, a rebate of the entrance fee should be given for each filled bag. It would be a variation of Yosemite canning, and would keep at least a few marginal climber types in beer money --like an expansion of the Chongo nation's good works.

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: be sure not to buy a camera with too much shit on it SiPix StyleCam Blink for $40. Think of it as a "starter" digital camera. It's $40, which I suspect that you could easily spend at the Pub in one sitting.