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CHUPACABRA! Ah thats how its spelled Chupacabra . Tried to figure it out a few days ago. Hey RobBob, where did your chupacabra avatar go? You changed it because you bought the SUV? What did you get? TTT

But the can and sinkhole are still there? "I stuck my 24-ounce Foster's beer can on the branch as a bright reflector to warn of the danger. "Foster's: Australian for Danger." Sounds like a club-serg trip.

My friend did a carryover, down the DC, well kinda a long story. Al did make it and did it on the DC. TTT

Not really too weird, but here goes: One time while camped at Emmons Flats, as it was getting dark, I was sitting out on the ridgerest, having a glass of snapps and a chipmunk popped out of a crevasse, looked around for a sec. He then ran over real quick to one of the camps, pulled some food out and ate real quick and ran back to his crevasse and jumped in. It all happened in less than a minute. Mt Baker: The week before a climb I was talking to a friend that just did the route and he was telling me about a old guy in jeans that was high on the route that was handing out Billy Graham flyers and using screwdrivers as an iceaxe...yah right I told my friend. We went and climbed the route and sure enough there was this guy telling us about religion and giving us flyers at 9000'. A friend of mine was climbing the Kautz and on the way down he ran into Al Gore, his son and the secret service. TTT

Erik: WERD WERD

Proof that he exists: trask webpage

"Dan the tan man" WWU years ago.

Wise words

Pindude Thats a good idea on the reflective tape on the wand. For what its worth I have had mixed results with a GPS. TTT

The best wands to use are those DARK green bamboo stakes you can get at any home/garden store, and then use colored (not silver) duct tape for the flags. Part of really needing to use wands are when you're in a whiteout, its not just seeing the flag that helps but also the wand itself. The surveyors markers are metal (I think) and dont have a dark color to provide a visable wand, and as for the flags the floro nylon will absorb light not block it. Plus, if your into picking up your wand they could be unwieldly, and agree that the wind issue and the narrow shaft could make them fall over. Could be good for trail marking a turn, but not glacier/snow field, IMHO. TTT

Hey Skatebird, You sure know how to start threads that take off on their own.

Where are the moderators anyway? Are we allowing April Fools' Thread to continue unhindered? What's this world coming to? The mods are here, but since this is a good april fools joke this one stays for now, even though a few days ago I did consider moving it to spray.

Dam, 10:16, the patient is dead.

Well, so along SC. Heres a poll (2nd try )

Errr uuugghh, I was drunk and thought I was posting on another site. Just kidding, fixed it now. TTT

That was funny as hell. Almost as funny as the Humpster story Caveman can say some shit but sometimes he's as funny as hell.

In the left corner of the ring is NPR and in the right...Fox

RobBob, So what did you get? Becareful with these toys, start out like this: and end up like this:

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The radioactive fallout from Chernobyl nearly crushed the Lappland culture (region/population in Northern Sweden) source of food and income. The radiation settled into the lichen the reindeer eat and then contaminated the meat, and most had to be destroyed. The lichen live for a very long time and is still radioactive, and probably still contaminating the reindeer.

I was on Si and heard the chopper too. Heard it was where the trail crosses the gulley, not much more than that.....hope more updates later. BTW saw a great avi on Cowboy mountain today, pretty close, man those slushies want to come down.. TTT

I also saw this story, and I thought that there is damage that occurs but heals afterwards. TTT

Canadian death toll now 24 for this season. Shit, thats got to be a record. Sad TTT