lizard_brain

How many people are going to die because of that new pair of running shoes? Going out, getting hit by cars, killing themselves all because those shoes let them push themselves Yeah, but the purpose of running shoes is not to get you rescued. The purpose of this unit is. I'm sorry if that point was over your head.

So are these things going to kill more people than they save? Who wants to bet that more people push on when they should turn back because they have one of these in their packs, thinking "It's okay, all I have to do is push a button, and the cavalry will come save me!" Are these going to wind up being "body locators"?

Looks to me like they're $149 for the unit, and $99 - $148 a year for the service (depending on which service), plus $25 'processing fee'.

"But as soon as you leave, they beat him up and take it from him. Mommy, you are so nice, but you are so silly!"

National Palestinian Radio.

I'm in it for Noam Chomsky and Michael Feldman.

Linky

...Beats listening to you deadbeats bitch and moan about it.

Yes, and this is what makes one day climbs more appealing... and easier to get away with. And coming home bloody and exhausted - just like some parties I've been to...

Is she aware of the teams of climbing nymphs hunting the Cascades for unsuspecting men to ravage?

Heh! I read your last post and was about to respond - "Are you saying your wife's not hot?"

Man, I was gonna go off on dinomite's post, but I got to thinkin' about some of my married freinds - my married climbing buddies, and it isn't so bad with all of them. I have one couple that I go on trips with, and they are great. Crude humor (both of them and me), and I don't have to watch what I say around them... Another that climbs but his wife doesn't, but she likes having him out of the house now and then. But there are others that I could swear they have to say "Yes ma'am" and "No ma'am" when they ask permission to climb, and when I'm around her, he keeps looking at me out of the corner of his eye like I'm going to say something wrong, so I don't say a word, so this heavey silence naturally makes the atmosphere more suspicious. From the viewpoint of a guy that's been single for life so far, it seems that some marriages work great, some don't, and there ain't no magic formula. I decided long ago that I don't like living with other people (not that I don't like other people, but I like living alone), and that I'm way too irrisponsible to be married and/or have kids. Ironic, because that was quite a responsible decision. But I gotta say, I really like being able to just walk out the door, and come back when I want. And my previous post was an example of what my relationship with many of my married friends is like: "Let's go ride bikes!" "I gotta go ask my wife first."

"Let's go ride bikes!" "I have to go ask my wife."

Enjoy the fun, but you do realize that single men die sooner than married men. I rather die young and happy then old and miserable Beat me to it... I'll give a couple of years for a life of freedom...

I am a hetero atheist bachelor, and this thread is cracking me up.

Drugs and synergetics.

After that Wiki link, I need drugs.

That's almost as good as at once...

Good. Now I can submit my resume.

I like the edit. I deleted his website from my first post also - don't want to give him too much credit...

I've been up there 31 times, and the only month I haven't been up there is December. I used to bring crampons and snowshoes all the time during fall/winter trips, but stopped bringing the crampons because I never have used them, and if I did need them, the snowshoes would work.

"Send me your resume to:" Sure. I'll send my resume to someone that can't even speak English. Two grammatical errors in a five-word sentence. I'd let you be responsible for my career future.

It's a troll - an advertisement, actually. ***link deleted***

...Which it can fast this time of year. One time in November I spent hours in near-zero visibility going back to Paradise from Muir with just a compass bearing. Made it okay, but it was just unnerving not being able to see at all, and spending hours getting down what on a good day would be about an 80-minute run.

Any time of year is good for Muir, as long as the weather is good. But I'd recommend it just as a day trip rather than an overnight. (The earlier you start, the better.)