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A Scotsman, full of patriotic pride and single-malt whiskey, settles himself against a tree in a park and has himself a nap. Three young tourist girls happen along, and, curious about the endowment of the average Scot, have themselves a peek under his kilt. Satisfied with what they see, one of the girls pulls a blue ribbon from her hair and ties it in a lovely bow around his member. By and by, nature calls and awakens the Scot, and he turns to the tree and lifts his kilt. Upon finding the ribbon, he looks down lovingly and says, "Laddy, I dunno where ya been, and I dunno what ya been doin', but I'm proud that ya took the first prize!"

How about the Larsen ice sheet in Antarctica breaking up and floating off into the sea? 1,250 sq. miles of ice.

"Thai Kitchen" makes great pre-packaged backcountry food (Larry's/QFC carry them). The rice noodles cook quickly and the spice packets are tasty. If you are taking tuna, stop at 7-11 and grab a couple of mayo/relish/onion/mustard packets and make tuna salad in the can or pouch to put on a bagel- a welcome twist on tuna. "Tasty Bite" makes awesome Indian food in foil packets that you can heat in the water your boil-in-bag rice is cooking in, another quick fix- lots of calories, too.

Originally posted by Dru: quote: Also, in winter, the glaciers at lower elevations do not advance as rapidly (colder), so crevasses tend to close up some, and get narrower. Then they widen up in summer.* * I just know some real glaciologist type like fern is gonna challenge me on this one so I confess in advance I probably made this "fact" up. It sure sounds plausible though! The ice flows when the ice/snowpack is ~70' deep because the pressure causes the ice to become plastic (i.e., malleable, fluid) and therefore flows downhill. Even though it is still technically a solid, the extreme pressure gives the ice different mechanical properties than we can experience in "normal" (read, survivable) conditions. So temperature only affects the ice at the surface, and as long as it stays below freezing, it will have no net effect on the rate of advancement. Now the weight of the amassing snowpack, on the other hand... [ 03-22-2002: Message edited by: joekania ] [ 03-22-2002: Message edited by: joekania ]

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TTL stands for through-the-lens, as opposed to metering designs that had a light meter mounted to the camera but would take a reading through its own prism somewhere on the face of the camera body (these disappeared from major camera manufacturers' models prior to 1970). The need for a circular polarizer is a concern for only the autofocusing system, which is rendered ineffective by a linear polarizer's effect on the incoming light. So in the case of your N70, no matter what was on the front of the camera lens, the light that makes it to the film plane is what the meter measures, end of that story. My first guess is your lens has a sticky iris. The camera leaves the aperture (iris) wide open for optimal viewing and focusing, metering when the shutter button is in half trip position (for exposure/focus lock) or at the last moment before exposure (in auto modes). Right before the shutter trips, the camera stops the aperture down to the setting the metering system has calculated. The iris is a spring loaded mechanism and will stay wide open until a lever on the bayonet ring is moved. This mechanism has lubricants that can get gummed up from rapidly changing temperatures, extreme cold, foreign matter, etc. To check it, take the lens off the camera, and wiggle the little bar sticking out of the back of the lens while looking thru the lens, you should see the aperture open and close. If this is a very new lens it will just have a set of contacts and a small motor or solenoid inside the lens actuates the iris. You can still check if that is the problem, tho- the camera should expose properly in aperture priority mode set at max (lowest number) aperture. After that, check your exposure compensation setting, the DX reader pins inside the camera are clean, the same film/camera/lens/filter/processor combo works or not, if all that fails, take it to a reputable shop (Phototronics on Dexter is one). Long shots are incorrect DX coding, processing errors, or a meter error. Nikons have very reliable metering systems and are shock and temp resistant. Those problems tend to be expensive fixes, but are very unusual, and should be covered by your warranty. First and foremost, test the camera again with different lenses, filters, film speeds, exposure modes and processing before you make any expensive assumptions. Chances are it was a fluke. [ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: joekania ]

Hey Terrapin, I was surfing 911's site and ran across this post. Date: 03/19/02Name: Matt SzundyEmail Address: film@theascendingpath.comCity: SeattleItem: Mountain ConsultantComment: I offer all aspects of climbing related film consulting. Including: stunt performing, mountain safety coordinating, rigging and locations. www.theascendingpath.com See you in the mountains! Thought it might be a good contact for beta/intern/PA type stuff. Good luck!

I'm glad so much of this has been sorted out, I think the state looking over OP's shoulder on the competitive wage aspect is enough for all of us except maybe Allison. And the quality of their product seems never to have been in question. What is still sticking in my craw is this passage from OP's website: "What incentives did the State of Washington offer Omega Pacific? They provided no cost manufacturing space." So you, me, senior citizens, disabled people, any and all non-climbers, we are all sending our tax $ to Olympia so that OP doesn't have to pay rent for their manufacturing space. Am I the only one who did a double take when I read that? So buy OP, you're already subsidizing their rent, after all.

I've done more backpacking than climbing, but my favorite is the San Juans in southern Colorado. 80 miles of continental divide thru wilderness. Get on top of something big and out pop a handful of 14ers, couple dozen 13ers. I don't know specifics, but there are technical climbs (at high altitude) on the Needles.

Mush Mouth is the dude with the enormous lips. Old Weird Harold had the lid with eye holes. I think Chris Rock should play him.

flame less, climb more

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thanks, zeno!

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Seems I've read the least mtneering books out of anyone who's posted, but Sam Lightner's "All Elevations Unknown" is a great recounting of his climb of a little-known spire stabbing the cloud cover in central Borneo, and everything he went through with sponsors, travel, egos, jungle hazards, no beta, etc. Also includes a heart pounding account of the Aussie operations in WWII to raise a native army to drive the Japanese from their primary oil source. Great read!

911 is a great place to start. There are some good books out there that can help. One of your best teachers is the TV- watch the kind of shows you'd like to make and consider what went into making it, it's a lot more complex than it looks and takes commitment. AJ is right about getting good footage and telling a story being the most important part. I've seen people blow thousands on equipment only to be disappointed in the results because they didn't know how to go about it. Take the camera along on local trips and do a couple of shorts about climbing at index or a day hike. You'll find find out what shots you missed that would've really helped and what you got that worked. Start small and take the easy lessons before you dive into a big overseas project. Good luck and good shooting!

I have one that I used for a month in NCNP. It did well for that trip, but so did the weather we had only about a week of foul weather. And since then I've noticed it doesn't shed water too well anymore, just gets wet. I am planning to give it a treating with Nikwax tech wash to see if that will improve anything. But considering I only paid $99 for it and it worked for what I needed it to do, it wasn't such a bad deal. I would stay away from it if you want something that will protect you well and last.

I read and was told by a geology professor that Denali is the most rapid rising land mass from sea level, ie, the steepest angle from summit to nearest ocean surface.

Pierre, the french jet fighter pilot is wooing the lovely Jeanette on the banks of the Seinne. Jeanette says, "Pierre, kiss my lips." Pierre sprinkles some red wine on them and kisses her passionately. Jeanette is impressed and asks why the wine. To which Pierre responds, "Ah am Pierre, ze jet fighter pilot, and I like red wine with red meat." Jeanette giggles and says, "Ooh, Pierre, kiss my breasts!" So Pierre pulls off her shirt, splashes cool chardonnay on chest and goes to town. Jeanette is tres aroused and asks, "Pierre, why the wine?" To which he replies, "Ah am Pierre, ze jet fighter pilot, and I like white wine with white meat." By this time, Jeanette is overcome by his Gallic charm, pushes his head down and tells him to finish her off.Pierre pulls off her panties, douses her bush in brandy and sets it on fire. Jeanette, of course, jumps up screaming, frantically beating out the flames. "Why on earth did you do THAT?!" And he says, "Ah am Pierre, ze jet fighter pilot, and when I go down, I like to go down in flames!"

wow, cool emotional contrast extra points for fudge striping my shorts

thank god there's no "courtesy bowl" equivalent if someone hooks you up with a date

I vote for Cartman as best belay anchor. Kenny for gear testing, Stan is known for saying, "girls suck ass," Therefore the best climber is Kyle

a guy calls his doctor for an appointment for a pain in his elbow. The doctor says just take your morning piss in a cup and bring it in. so the guy does and the doc tells him to call him the next day for the diagnosis. so the guy calls the next day and the doctor says, "looks like you've got some tennis elbow, just lay off the tennis game for awhile and it should clear up." so 3 weeks later the guy's elbow still hurts. he calls the doctor again, who tells him to bring another sample. but this time, thinking the doctor is a quack, the guy has his wife and daughter piss in the cup, then for good measure jerks off into the cup. he takes in the sample and calls the doctor the next day. who tells him, "Your daughter's pregnant, your wife has the clap, and if you don't stop jerking off you'll never get rid of that tennis elbow!"

I just graduated from mountainqueers scrambling intensive- am I considered qualified to apply to NOLS? I wanna climb Denali next week...