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I would be grateful to see my dead father or brother treated with the great care and respect that is evident in those photos. It is a credit to the US armed forces that they treat their dead with such honor. Stop being such a thoughtless mouthpiece, Lars.

Oops, I just got back from teaching an early-morning slab-climbing class and forgot to take 'em off.

Hey mattp, can you put the date and time on the flyer?

Fascinating! It seems that everyone in my area who gave to Bush gave the maximum ($2,000) and is a VP, CEO, lawyer, or "homemaker" wife of one of the preceding, while most people who gave to the Dems (about 90%) gave a few hundred on average and have normal jobs. One woman gave $50 each to Braun and Sharpton, and a few hundred to Kucinich. I spent 10 minutes just reading the occupations of people who live around me and looking for people I know... fascinating!

Yow! http://www.imdb.com/gallery/mptv/1328/Mptv/1328/6232_0121.jpg

Jane Fonda was hot back in the day. I don't see how speaking out against war crimes a la My Lai is dishonorable. I'm sure he stepped over the line a few times, but in a general sense, what Kerry did is admirable and courageous. More so than killing slow-moving old ladies and collecting ears.

Here's some advice for all you guys who want to get in Ann Coulter's pants: http://www.troubletown.com/coulter/

Hey you guys who are calling Kerry a coward: maybe you should go read his military records. It sounds like he went after the bad guys quite a few times, even after getting wounded.

What's the significance of the helmet?

You're blaming all those things on Clinton? Sorry, I just don't follow.

I don't know why I'm arguing this, but: 1- He supports the right to abortion. 2- If Bush hadn't cut taxes, done little to curb spending, started expensive wars, and starved the treasury, Kerry might not have to raise taxes. How about them Gore girls?

That is fucking gnar-gnar, Paul! Way to send!

I find the assboot is a big advantage in chimneys.

Climb: Leavenworth-Outer Space/Mary Jane Dihedral/Canary Date of Climb: 4/18/2004 Trip Report: eric8 and I went for a two-route linkup on Snow Creek Wall this past Sunday. We made it up Outer Space, but it started snowing as I was starting up pitch three of Mary Jane Dihedral, so we bailed. Canary was our consolation prize... what a classic! Unbelievably long, detailed gaper TR on my website. Gear Notes: Rack to #3 Camalot w/extra hand-size (only need up to #2), 60m rope 6 dead ticks Booty Report + #1 Camalot & biner, OP JC biner - locker, double 9/16" sling, rap ring ? another #1 Camalot stuck after the Orbit chimney w/broken trigger wires Approach Notes: drive, trail, scramble, rap in shame, trail, drive, trail, walkoff, drive, sleep

Which one is Ensign Johnson? I think the elf is carrying Data's double-decker turkey BLT club and a taser.

Kong makes a nice keylock oval. Dunno how much it weighs, but it's smooth and perfect for racking nuts.

Sweet! Nice photo from the belay. Is that the NW Face Couloir starting just above the seracs in photo #3?

That's hilarious, cracked! You almost make me want to take up free-soloing, Justin, just so I can irritate you with my irresponsible antics.

Fuck you, buddy. You don't know me, so don't presume to know whether I have "been faced with something like that." A free soloist is already taking their life into their hands, which is a far more important thing than your precious fragile emotional well-being.

"Ridiculously easy" is relative. If Peter Croft walked up and was so exceedingly polite that he asked if he could solo Karate Crack while you climbed Right Slab Crack with a rope, would you really tell him to fuck off? I don't think you're in any position to judge what a soloist should be doing when it doesn't affect you. By your logic, I should be able to tell you to fuck off and go climb somewhere else if I think you look sketchy on lead.

But you can make it sound much harder than it is! Civility goes out the window while on lead, IMHO. I'm usually pretty polite when on the ground, but the motherfuckers might start flying if I get gripped.

No. He was polite and asked to jump on the route you had a rope hanging on.

Yeah, yeah, but why not a bit of chain and rap rings on the ends? Why use weird clippy links?

I think you want the other thread.

Is that the sweet granite in Renton? What's up with the bolt in the bottom left corner? And why do you use those quasi-biner things?