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Supposedly they got 9 inches of new on Friday. I think most of it was up high or real wet down low so when the grooming machines did their thing it just froze up down low. Saturday it snowed a bit but I don't think more than a couple inches would have accumulated.

Common point to break for youth (and snowboarders). It's right where the bone is growing. Good luck with the surgeon tomorrow. Good news is that once the fracture heals it will be stronger than before. The muscles might be a little atrophied but that'll come back in time. He sounds like an active kid.

Yeah, but again it is not about comfort...it's about fasion.

Just make sure to color coordinate so you don't end up totally clashing. Fashion is what it is all about sister.

That's a cool little ritual. On New Year's Eve, I've gotten inthe habit of writing 3 things on a piece of paper and burning it. 1) one thing you are thankful came into your life in the last year 2) one thing you want to rid yourself of in the coming year 3) one thing you want to invite into your life for the coming year Another zen ritual a some friends of mine started doing a few years ago.

Yes. right back at ya smarty pants.

Lactose intollerance. Yeah no kidding. I didn't know there was a name for it. I don't think 3.5 weeks of no dairy is a long time. But whatever. I caught some kind of bug and now I can't eat dairy, whether the parasite caused it or the antibiotics did is kinda moot... No amount of bacteria flora supplements helps, I've tried them all. That stuff is like throwing good money down the toilet.

A little facetious perhaps, but sometimes it bothers me when I check to see who else is playing in this sand box at the moment and there are 4 registered users and 20 anonymous people.

That sucks that your son got hurt. How bad is the break? Where in the arm? Most breaks take about 6 weeks to heal, so he could be out there by Feb. Still a lot of the season left at that point.

All the "Anonymous" people logged into this web site. What's up with you lurkers hiding behind not only an avatar, but hiding completely from view?

That has to be the sketchiest advice I've ever heard of from one of those columns. Pray tell what conditions would this be useful in? Not that I'd try it, but it might have come in handy for climbing the first pitch of Silent Running two summers ago. It was still under snow and we wanted to leave our packs at the base. Slipping and sliding in my 5.10s sucked.

TR for Mt. Baker on Saturday: Snow was good up high on the slopes, but sucked down low. Kept catching edges and feel like I got completely worked. Couple of face plants and one tumble on the hard pack. Mild case of whiplash has me thinking about skiing again. I rarely felt this sore while snow sliding on two planks.

Not much to tell... Went trekking in Nepal, thought I was careful to treat/filter all water. Two days before I left for home, started to feel pretty bad. On the flight felt really bad. Ruined my 29th b-day. Initially I thought it was cool to cross so many time zones and have like 36 hours for my b-day, but it just ended up prolonging my agony. Symptoms pointed to giardia, but tests found nothing. Took high doses of 2 kinds of antibiotics to kill 'lil buggers. Sick off and on for 5 months. Docs did tests and even biopsied my small intestine (ouch). No diagnosis. Family friend recommended that I try giving up dairy, because someone they knew had to do that after getting home from Nepal with some intestinal hijackers. In 3 days I felt like a new person. I try pretty hard to avoid dairy these days. Makes me feel really yucky! No more Haagen Das. Now I eat Double Rainbow soy frozen deserts. Blueberry is really good.

It they string them up on a himalyan expedition what's wrong with that? They are honoring the local custom and helping to make their sherpas more comfortable with the climb. If they string them up on Rainier, unless they are a group of Tibetan climbers, they may be guilty of posing. I have some flags strung up in my closet. Brings back fond memories of my trip to Nepal. And possibly helps me safely summit the mound of laundry blocking acess to my dresser.

Did you guys read the original post? 542 noticed that his SISTER's text is wrong and sent her to school with ammo to prove the teacher wrong. Nothing was solicited from the teacher. He/she can accept that the book is wrong or not. Who cares? If 542 thinks it is such a big issue he should write to the publishers. Are a few elementary school kids going to care if the teacher announces in class that the caption for the photo on page #@$ is not accurate? They are probably not listening anyways.

Lummox -

Yoy may get all hot and bothered, but not everyone reacts like you do to short hairy men who fight with swords.

So that's what is wrong with the French! BTW Toxoplasm is thought to cause miscarriage in pregnant women. The ideas behind sybiotic critters being necessary is pretty interesting. Not sure I'd drink worm eggs though, unless it was guaranteed to cure my asthma and allow me to tollerate dairy again. Parasites took away my ability to enjoy a scoop of haagen das 6 years ago and I am still bitter!

Totally agree on that one ChrisT! He and Legolas make those movies worth watching, since the directory/screenadapters left so many of the good parts out of the actual LOTR story.

Let it go. It doesn't really matter what the teacher thinks or who is right. It's a WA state history class textbook, not a climbing guidebook. Send an email to the publisher and they'll probably correct it in the next version. Textbooks have errors in them. Hell, my medical terminology book has quite a few big errors in it's brief discussion of respiratory physiology. Now that's got a little more consequences. Thankfully it's a med-term book, not a physiology text.

Power? Tom is hot and strong... but having Ron Kauk as his climbing mentor/stunt man probably had more to do with that move and there were pretty low consequenses since he had a cable tied to his back the whole time...

For a hauler you can't beat the protraxion IMO. Also, for knee pads you can just get some from a sproting goods store like big5. The metolious ones are more expensive and not that comfy. They're gloves rock though. Get a second set of BD nuts, and a full set of HB offset brass nuts. FOr the valley I also like their larger offsets. I have them up to a #10. They work great in the pin scars. And you will want the black and blue alien. They look small, but they will feel more secure than a nut and are totally worth it, and the red alien is the largest one to buy. Go with TCUs or BD for larger sizes. The offsets are sometimes hard to find but the Pagan Mountaineering store in Utah should have them. Getting the blue/green, green/yellow, and yellow/red will probably cover most anything.

Stoneyfield Farms soy yogurt. Vanilla or BlueBerry. Stuff is the absolute best! Or did you want to know about a climb?

dirtbags = no job = can't pay rent (they are also stinky ) Some I know remember to shower at least once a week. Also dirtbags have their priorities straight. They're not chasing that all american dream handcuffed to their cubicle and the 8-6 job... They are living life. Here's to dirtbags...

Johnny - those are too funny to be offensive.