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Focus are great....until you re-sole. The midsole is some type of shitty bonded paperboard, and once they are re-soled, they lose alot of stiffness. The rest of the shoe is made pretty well (leather/lining/etc), which makes me wonder WTF Sportiva was thinking the shitty midsole. With the original sole, they are good crack shoes, and great edging shoes. Megas are essentially the same shoe in a high-top.

Tweave is a manufacturer, not a fabric. You are probably talking about Tweave's Durastretch used in a few Arc'teryx garments (Gamma LT), or their Durastretch light, used in the Switchback pant. (guess who's been looking at new 3 season softshells? )

But Sailboi, I am not looking for more hyperbolic quotes and certainly not 9000 pages of them, I am looking for a straightforward answer to the question(s) I posed. I do, however, find it slightly ironic that the "Shattered Dreams" document you link was produced by the John P. McGovern MD Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs...which advocates "free market solutions to today's environmental challenges". I assume you also found this document at Miss Smithson's site? Funny how someone like Miss Smithson supports free markets when it suits her agenda, but opposes free trade in her rant-letter from your original post. I say again: What percent of the proposed Wild Sky wilderness is privately held, and how much tax revenue does it generate? Certainly a better plan would be to log the shit out of it, so that we can continue to subsidize the logging industry...that will certainly lower our tax burden God forbid the timber industry be subjected to some downsizing and have to compete on the "free market".

It's up northeast of Green Peter lake. I believe that is "Rocky Top", but it could be on the ridge a little farther north/east from there, or even in the drainage of Four Bit Cr. (which is a trib to Quartzite). Shouldn't be too hard to locate. Find a map with the USFS roads on it and find it. Or just call or e-mail the dude.

Here is what I consider a legitimate question: What portion of the proposed Wild Sky wilderness area is currently public land, and what portion (percentage wise) is privately held? Similarly, what is the total tax revenue from that privately held land? This nutjob hyperbolist "Miss Julie Kay Smithson", who's letter you hold up as an example, cites removing land from the tax rolls on several occasions as a reason for her opposition. To my knowledge, areas designated wilderness are typically public lands with perhaps a few small privately held parcels. They aren't exactly generating any appreciable amount of tax income from property taxes. Now I'm sure Miss Smithson would rather those lands be developed, mined, drilled, cut, and sold to home developers to lower her tax bill; but I'm not sure we would all agree. Particularly when the current pattern of development is unmitigated urban sprawl (see Phoenix, Las Vegas, or Atlanta for prime examples). I sympathize with the Dosewallips Rd issue, and I actually did write a letter in support of repairing the road. I also routinely deal with disingenous, fringe, extremist, environmentalist crusaders who use frivolous lawsuits as a delaying and harrassement tactic when they don't agree with an issue. Nevertheless, if you are going to blindly oppose every issue on the slippery slope argument, you are no better than they are. Why would you even quote such a Limbaugh-wannabe jackass like " Miss Mary Kay Truckdriver" if you are trying to win people to your side?

Looks fantastic! Very impressive layout, photos, & breadth of content. Congrats on a fine first issue.

I have a Giant OCR-1, from 2001, a couple of years before that one. Basically the same bike with a little higher component set. They hadn't put shaped seatstays on them at that point, the ride is more harsh. Forks are straight-blade carbons, Shimano 105 flightdeck throughout. Ditto on the mtn-bike pedals. I ride road pedals and shoes on mine, but I put my Time ATAC mtn pedals on there for a while and it's much better if you're running errands or going to class or something. Here's the bike:

ha! I totally blow your theory...i'm shorter than anything, finnish and live in seattle and don't drive a truck...hahahaha Yah, but the Fins aren't really Scandanavians now are they? I was told by my Swedish secretary that the Norwegians, Swedes, and Danes were scandanavian but the Fins were not. I really don't know , I'm just spreading rumours...pun definitey intended, and innuendo.

This shit is great Keep it up dudes

First thought: Damn, nice touch showing a little ass for the camera, looks like they even rolled them up a bit just to get that little peek. Second thought: Damn, Beth is gettin' quite the rack on her, was she mentored by Bobbi, or is that just the camera angle? Third thought: Hmm, didn't know Beth was into freesoloing crack routes. Fourth thought: WTF is up with those shoe laces? Fifth thought: Who is the jackass that wrote this article? Sixth thought: Do I have to saw off half a finger to land me one of these? All jokes aside, the Caldwells are really friendly people

Not at all. I think your replies effectively rebuffed my armchair speculation on potential problems

Mounties Basic Course III - Field proctology "Four-finger Frank demonstrates proper hand position for the exam"

"Don't do it Jan! Don't jump! You have so much to live for!!"

"Yep, your ass DOES smell like a dead skunk."

Ummm....yeah.

Alright son, I want you to kick that ball through those uprights! In a second here Gaper Ann will give you the wind speed reading and Big Stu will give you the bearing. Bob behind me here says it's a 26 yard attempt...now KICK THAT FIELD-GOAL SON!

I once saw some XC shoes that were essentially a trail runner that would accept spikes. It would be like having spike receptacles in a pair of New Balance 800 series, or Adidad Trail Response or something. The midsole was a thin poly to give the spikes a base and to give you some support and protect from pointy rocks underfoot. It's been 8 or 10 years ago, so I don't even remember who made them. I've considered using track spike several times. You can pick up a pair new for about $25. The things that have kept me from doing it: 1. The shoes have no spike receptacles in the heel area. 2. They tend to be very very thin nylon and would get trashed and leak like a sieve (although g-tex socks could work I suppose) 3. The soles tend to be really stiff, but the shoes don't really give much arch or torsional/lateral support. I don't think it would cost you more than a couple of minutes to stop and scerw in the spikes when you needed them vs. strapping on the sole thing, and it would be lighter. Baseball/football shoes meant for artificial turf, that use screw-ins might be the ticket. The turf shoes are made more like a running/tennis shoe with less stiffness in the forefoot than a grass shoe. You could use regular long track style spikes on them and have a good compromise...assuming you could find a brand with spike compatability. Edited to say: Javeline shoes huh? Spikes in the heel you say? Beefier too....hmmmm, interestink, vedddy interestink.

Might be a litte sooner cjf: "A third source, an official who works under ISI's director, Lieutenant General Ehsan ul-Haq, informed tnr that the Pakistanis "have been told at every level that apprehension or killing of HVTs before [the] election is [an] absolute must." What's more, this source claims that Bush administration officials have told their Pakistani counterparts they have a date in mind for announcing this achievement: "The last ten days of July deadline has been given repeatedly by visitors to Islamabad and during [ul-Haq's] meetings in Washington." Says McCormack: "I'm aware of no such comment." But according to this ISI official, a White House aide told ul-Haq last spring that "it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July"--the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The entire article is worth a read. Source: The New Republic Link to the article: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040719&s=aaj071904

There once was a man named Blair fucking his chick on the stairs the bannister broke, he doubled his stroke and finished her off in mid air There was a young lad from Kent Who's dick was so long that it bent To handle the trouble He folded it double And instead of coming he went. A peruvian gaucho name Bruno said sex in the one thing I do know women are fine, and sheep are divine but llamas are numero uno

There's enough of 'em here to field an offense, defense, and special teams. BLUE 42! BLUE 42! Gort, gort!

Quit bashin' the Mounties bro. They teach valuable skills, like Rock-CPR: They also teach football basics. You've heard of the I-formation and the wishbone? Behold the "z formation" as well as the classic gortaiters uniform:

Maybe that's why he became a fat-ass drunk and killed himself.

Flight is booked Slap, how do you expect me to brain one of them goats for a Snow Creek barbeque without the Johnny B Good stick? Tex knows what's up, he will attest that I'm a SICK climber...literally.

Jealous!

Probably arrest Barry Bonds next, gotta stop that national crisis of steriod use in baseball! After Ashcroft retires he's got quite a future as a Las Vegas lounge singer! That scene in the Moore flick was precious..."ahhh where the eagle SOOOAAARRSSSS...yeah! I'll be here all week folks" it was almost as funny as the Wolfowitz combing his hair scene.