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Very cool TR! Sounds like the Plaza Argentina camp has evolved quite a bit since I was there in the 00/01 season. Thanks for posting the link. Brought back some great memories.

the blue alien and #00 TCU have both held falls for me. Like Minx my yellow alien is a favorite on my rack. Back in 95 when I first started climbing, my partner took a 25' whipper on the last pitch of Lady Bug at Lover's Leap. A chicken head broke off and the only thing that kept him from serious injury was a #3 brass nut. The whole deal scared the sh!t out of me, being that it was my first multipitch climb and my partner was too scared to lead us out. I learned how to lead real quick...

Watch out with the advil and other NSAIDS gslater. They will haunt you years down the road. It's pretty sad taking care of someone who has used that stuff for years, is in their early 50s and really suffering from the kidney damage. Talk to your doc about taking the COX-2 inhibitor NSAIDS (VIOXX, Celebrex, etc.) from what I know they are not as hard on your kidneys or liver. Also, think about your diet. Make sure you have a heathly balance (3:1 or greater) of omega-3 vs omega-6 fatty acids. Your body uses the omega-6 f.a.s in the inflammation process. Omega-3's are more involved in anti-inflammation metabolic processes.

That guy at the BM is awesome. Back when I was working and could afford more expensive bottles, he turned me onto a great Australian Chardonay that they were blowing out at $12/bottle. A few decent reds for under $7 are Penfolds, Yellow Tail, (Australia) and El Paseo (Spain). You can sometimes find good deals at Cost Plus.

Mattp - It's $2.99 here because of the WA taxes...it go it's name in CA. I think I'll have to buy a case or two. It's way better than a lot of the $4-6 wine I thought was pretty good.

$2 Chuck is f'ing amazing for the price. Discuss.

"ehmmic" jumped ship when I went back to my family name...

Crevasse navigation and steeper snow travel requires a little more skill than just hiking. It may be a "walk up" but it is still climbing.

Yeah, but match.com costs like $20/month. From what I've seen, most climbers are too cheap for that. I feel your pain, sister. But the criteria above does not exist in the climbing community either. Anyone who fits that billing is already hitched. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. Your chance of getting a nice stable single late 20-30 something guy is probably higher on Match.com and then you can maybe teach him how to climb.

Dating Forum??? I think that's already been done

Bolts on Canary? You mean the anchor bolts? Or the two fixed pins on the 1st pitch?

Lworth was great on Fri pm and Sat.

Wash your hands with some of that alcohol no rinse solution after climbing and tape up if you are worried about getting cuts and exposing your skin to microorganisms. If your skin is intact and you don't rub your eyes, pick your nose, or eat with dirty hands you have nothing to worry about. Honestly you should be more concerned about bacteria or insect bites. And I'd be way more worried about catching something from the holds at the gym.

Good for you Scott. Those of us on the quarter system just have to live a different schedule. I'm going to treasure the next 14 weeks of freedom from school. Now if it would just stop raining...

Hasn't K2 claimed a lot of lives to summits too?

I think it's funny you guys all assume that curiousme is a guy. The obvious lack of gender reference is interesting. A couple of us were just commenting the other day that it's about time for another "relationships suck thread." And yep...they do. Way too much work. Fly solo. It's a lot less complicated.

I wouldn't recommend any of the current Bora packs unless your lady friend has no hips. They redesigned the waist belt a couple years ago and the current unisex model bruised my hips for a week after a 3 day backpack trip with under 25lbs. I recommend checking out some of the lightweight Black Diamond packs. I have one that you can pull the back support out of and it weighs about 1#. Perfect summit pack for multiday alpine routes. It also carries a full rack and rope comfortably for day trips.

Joseph Smith the Mormon?

18,000 + were killed in the town of Yungay when Huascarun droped a few tons of granite and ice in a lake after an earthquake and caused an alluvion to flow down and bury the town. The estimated size of the debris was seventy-five million cubic meters.

Nice TR (both versions). Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves and had fun hanging with us dirtbags at the grasslands.

Sounds awful. Maybe you should drive north.

So far June has been a great month and an awesome kickoff for the rest of the year! Life

I've got one I keep meaning to turn into a rug. It's a 60m with about 3m chopped off one end. It's your's if you want it. Send me a pm.

Welcome back Dryad. The Gokyo valley is really beautiful. I loved it. Depending on the time of year you go and the conditions over the pass, you do not have to go all the way back down to Pangboche to get to the Khumbu. Lambone, before you go get yourself a copy of 'Treking in the Everest Region' by Jamie McGuiness. It'll be an invaluable resource to any unguided trekker.

Actually you both are right. It sucks to have to sell the truck to pay for school and living expenses, but I am totally stoked to have such a cool truck to sell to generate some cash and chase my dreams. Any buyers out there? I forgot to list that it also has cruise control making those long trips to the Valley much easier on the right leg calf muscles. It's getting posted on other online auto sites in a week. Thought I'd give the cc.com the special preview sale.