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Apparently it was on Yellowjacket Tower - initial reports made it sound pretty serious...

Anyone get the details yet?

I'll claim the choice for the Rolling Rock. We had to rent a projector at the last minute for the show which set us back $240 bucks. I had to cut the cost on the beer as a result I figured better images was more important than better beer. I'll have a sixer of Black Butte waiting for you at the next show

Funny Microsoft packaging video

Take MattStan's advice and try a bunch on and get the one that fits best. I like the CTC's too, but I know some folks that dig the Sportiva and Garmonts. I used to just use old running shoes for approach shoes, but really appreciate having sticky rubber shoes for stuff like the granite sidewalk in Darrington.

It's a climber heading towards Rainier

My girlfriend and I spent the day out there on Saturday - I forgot how much I enjoy climbing out there. The view from the top, out across the valley is sweet. We weren't climbing very seriously, though - we were having too much fun

Maybe the American consumer is FINALLY starting to figure it out...? (I'm not holding my breath) Sounds like the same reasons Ford axed the Excursion. Good riddance.

Jeezus - that's the same as Denny's vs. Shari's

You can do lots more geeky computer dork stuff on a PC - beyond that, everything is better on a Mac.

Anytime.

Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor) is a principle attributed to the 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Originally a tenet of the reductionist philosophy of nominalism, it is more often taken today as a heuristic maxim that advises economy, parsimony, or simplicity in scientific theories. Occam's razor states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory. The principle is often expressed in Latin as: entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem, which translates to: entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity. Furthermore, when multiple competing theories have equal predictive powers, the principle recommends selecting those that introduce the fewest assumptions and postulate the fewest hypothetical entities. It is in this sense that Occam's razor is usually understood. Potter did it. Definitely.

Hey Eric - can we snag some for Rockfest next weekend?

1) Climbing without a partner on Mt. Hood a few years ago on the South Side (soloing doesn't sound right when there are hundreds of other people around you) and got sick of waiting in the bootpack line below the schrund. I motored my way to the front and started my way up a route between the end of the crack and the line of people stomping up the track - as soon as I got parallel with the crack I fell through and caught myself with my arms. Looking to the left, the 20 or so people that were over on the boot track had stopped and were staring in complete amazement at me. I very gingerly beached whaled myself out and tried to play it off, but was secretly crapping my pants. 2) I unclipped from the anchors and was just about to lean back on my rappel device at the top of Monkey Face when I noticed my harness wasn't double backed. Doh!

I had bacon this morning - but it was turkey bacon, so it wasn't as good. Frying eggs in bacon grease is great, but it will kill you.

Is it me...or has this discussion always been full of so much whining?

Just read this - sorry if posted somewhere else. Mount Rainier ranger killed in accident in Canadian Rockies By Warren Cornwall Seattle Times staff reporter When Charlie Borgh went away to college, he left as a skinny, soccer-playing valedictorian. A few years later, Mr. Borgh had transformed himself into a muscled and talented climber, skilled enough that he joined the elite ranks of Mount Rainier's climbing rangers in his early 20s. The mountains became the focus of his life — he exercised at least two hours every day with an eye toward them, and he planned his life to revolve around climbing, said his father, John Borgh. "He was in love with climbing. He wanted climbing to be his life until he died," he said. His son's strength was coupled with gentleness, he said. Last Thursday, at 26, Mr. Borgh was killed in what Canadian authorities believe was an avalanche while he climbed high on the flank of Mount Deltaform in the Canadian Rockies. Mr. Borgh grew up far from any mountains — in Minneapolis and Sioux City, Iowa. He discovered rock climbing as a freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder. That interest expanded into mountaineering and grew into a consuming passion after he transferred to Whitman College in Walla Walla, his father said. He was drawn to the mountains by a sense of their purity, the physical pleasure, the challenge and the camaraderie, family members and a colleague said. Mr. Borgh first volunteered to work at Mount Rainier in 2002, said Mike Gauthier, the supervisor of climbing rangers at Mount Rainier National Park. He quickly ascended the ranks and was named a lead climbing ranger for this year, Gauthier said. He also served on the prestigious Yosemite Search and Rescue team in California's Yosemite Valley. advertising "I had so much faith in Charlie and trusted his ability that I was sending him up to Denali for a month just to get more experience," Gauthier said. Mr. Borgh's climbing companion in Canada, a friend from college, survived the accident, John Borgh said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police did not release the name of the friend but said he suffered broken limbs. Mr. Borgh is survived by his father and mother, John and Mary Borgh, of Minneapolis; sister and brother-in-law Brynn and Nels Olsen, of Madison, Wis.; and fiancée Kristina Mustacich, of Washington state

Okay...even a MOSTLY CLOUDY evening outside at the Ballroom isn't bad, especially around the fire. As long as it doesn't rain.

Ball Room outside is the shizzle on a sunny day

I think National Parks are the only places with restrictions on dogs.

TURFWAR!!!!!

let us burn one from end to end and pass it over to me my friend burn it long, we'll burn it slow to light me up before i go if you don't like my fire then don't come around cause i'm gonna burn one down yes i'm gonna burn one down my choice is what i choose to do and if i'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you your choice is who you choose to be and if your causin' no harm then you're alright with me if you don't like my fire then don't come around cause i'm gonna burn one down yes i'm gonna burn one down herb the gift from the earth and what's from the earth is of the greatest worth so before you knock it try it first you'll see it's a blessing and not a curse if you don't like my fire then don't come around cause i'm gonna burn one down yes i'm gonna burn one down

Holy bananas.

Jeezus...no kidding. Glad you're okay.