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Ahhh, the power of the Internet. Sigh. I'm with ya, Fairweather.

Damn, that sucks! Well, Jon and Timm@y, I guess that's one way to get us all to clear out our PMs. I sure am glad I decided to create a PMs folder in my email program to store the more important ones. However, any PMs I was saving in CC.com from before 12/16/03 are now lost. Hackers:

Two summers ago there was still hardpacked snow under all that debris. I was wondering how long it might stick around as it seemed pretty insulated. Maybe it'll set up into a new form of glacier: a timber glacier. The old trail used to cut diagonally across from right to left where the debris field is. Now it's obviously gone. You sort of have to make up the route and try to find where the trail starts up again on the left hand side (climber's left). Or you can boot it up the really steep forest to climber's right of the debris. That forest is definitely steep but it is pretty direct. Booting it directly up the debrs field would be folly (there's just so many big trees to climb over that it would take forever and be dangerous with heavy packs).

I've just got 1 thing to say (or is that 0 things to say?)... 100010101001001101101110111101010000101010000010101011111011100011011000110111000001100101001000100111100100010010000111110011010110001011!

The question is, does snugtop understand the references you are making? - about that? I guess it depends on how much lurking she did before finally signing up for the site.

That's an easy one...but I choose not to describe it in mixed company. The real (scientific, no comedy) answer is in the attachment.

I had toothsome as one word. But, knowing the meaning of the word, it would seem if you lose your teeth, you would no longer be toothsome; it was a tough call and in the end I decided to separate the syllables. Just because there could be a double meaning, it still has to make sense. Winsome and toothsome are similar in meaning, not dissimilar.

Okay then, I suppose by that logic it is okay to steal merchandise from a department store. No one person is effected by your larceny, so why not? Drop in the bucket. If it is just you stealing, then it must be okay.

You win some and you tooth some.

"Pardon me, waiter, but there's a tooth in my rope."

I'm sorry, based on your signature, I'm not able to answer your question.

As per Gary's UW Climbing Gym thread, instead of saying "Ah, she's a 10!", you can say "That girl's a 5.10!"

Four pages of this drivel? :wazzup:

I see a trend: Squid putting up new routes named after cc.com avatars and vernacular. Horsecock Chimney, Snafflehound Horror House, Trask with a Flask. The possibilities are endless!

Some of you are partypoopers. I think that's kind of fun. Right away I know I have no chance...cuz I can't even climb Class 3 without falling down. Props to Squid for elevating snugtop's stature to nothing less than a 5.13! (Was that a sneaky way of hitting on her, Squid?)

No, Dru in the back of the class , my link provided info on elements AND the minerals (silica, calcium carbonate, etc.) derived from said elements. All rock is comprised of minerals which in turn are comprised of elements. What did you think granite wasn't made of minerals but some other thing in nature? Rock = mineral compounds = amalgamation of elements. That is why there is such a thing as a true granite and then just a granodiorite. Go ahead. Argue semantics with me. See if I care.

Some more Oklahoma rock climbing sites in Wichita Mountains (from summitpost): Mt. Scott Granite Mountain The Narrows Elk Mountain Mt. Lincoln Quartz Mountain

Mr. Superduper Websearch Man comes through again: Source "i. Oxygen (O), with two shells and an atomic number of 8, is far and away the most common element in the earth's crust, making up about 47 percent of it by weight. It hangs out the most with silicon, to form silica and the silicate rocks that dominate the mantle and crust. ii. Silicon (Si), with three shells and an atomic number of 14, is the second most common element, making up about 28 percent of the earth's crust by weight. It hangs out with oxygen to form silica (SiO2, which accounts for just under 75 percent of the earth's crust!) iii. Aluminum (Al) is a light metal with three shells and an atomic weight of 13 (pretty light). It makes up about 8 percent of the earth's crust, often as a part of silicate minerals in the upper continental crust (e.g., feldspars, remember "felsic" rock?). iv. Sodium (Na) is another relatively light metal, with three shells and an atomic number of eleven. It makes up not quite three percent of the earth's crust and is often found in silicate rocks (notably the plagioclase version of feldspar, a light mineral in the upper continental crust). It can also create an ionic bond with chlorine to form table salt (or "halite"), and there is beaucoup of it in the oceans (and, heck, your blood, your own portable ocean). v. Calcium (Ca), with four electron shells and an atomic number of 20, makes up just under four percent of the earth's crust. It often hangs out in silicate minerals, such as plagioclase feldspar, and it often associates with carbon and oxygen to form calcium carbonate (major component of limestone and marble). vi. Potassium (K) is another light metal with four shells and an atomic number of 19. It makes up less than three percent of the earth's crust and, like aluminum, it hangs out in feldspar (but in a different form called "orthoclase"). So, it is more common in the upper continental crust. vii. Iron (Fe) is a relatively heavier metal, with four electron orbital shells and an atomic weight of 26. It makes up about five percent of the earth's crust (becoming more common with depth). As we saw earlier, it completely dominates the earth's core (with nickel). It is also a very common component of the mantle rocks and the oceanic crust and the lower continental crust. There, it is incorporated (often with magnesium) in the silicate "ferromagnesian" minerals (such as olivine, pyroxene, hornblende, and biotite). viii. Magnesium (Mg) is a fairly light metal, with three shells and an atomic number of 12. It only makes up about two percent of the earth's crust, and it hangs out with iron a lot, though, and is found in the "ferromagnesium" silicate minerals. ix. The remaining 84 naturally-occurring elements, then, only make up 1.4 percent of the crust." Granite not 90%. What is granite? Feldspar (50% or greater) Quartz (25-40%) Mica (3-10%)

Moderate this:

I have a super secret forum that I call my apartment. One thread is called "Dru" and I go in there to do my business.

Heh, heh, we should warn NUSEL of these buggers. Haven't they been known to get into and ruin sensitive scientific equipment--especially equipment stored in tunnels? Maybe ticks have a brood cycle like the 17-year Brood V cycle for the cicada and this is going to be a bad year. Any of you that haven't had the pleasure of a cicada, you haven't lived....in the eastern states. Geez, I find I'm scratching myself just typing about ticks! I wonder if get ticks.

So, who's going to invent the chin-mounted rope holder? Warning on package: if used incorrectly, this device can potentially break your neck.

Ursa said to CBS: "I know, I was kidding." Well, you got catbird to bite. Last Saturday I was in the Icicle again (actually up by Pioneer Creek) and I saw another one of those buggers on my shirt sleeve so I flicked it off. You've got to watch out brushing against small bushes since that seems to be where they hang out waiting to hitch a ride on a meal wagon.

No, the problem is this: If everyone (illegals too) drove in the carpool lane it wouldn't be a carpool lane anymore and would therefore get hosed up like the rest of the lanes. Think people!