Figger_Eight

This is what RMI sent out:

Whistler

Is that the uniform for Scotland's equivalent of the Mounties?

Yeah...you can't see bolts from the road - especially if they're powder coated, but you can see the cleaned off rock "trail" and ensuing chalk marks. To me the visual impact of all are related. And, oh yeah, a "same shit different day":

The slide show last night was friggin' great. The guy has arguably the best ones in the biz. Like him or not, the guy can throw down Notable moment: Twight talking much smack about climbing discussion boards in a room full of CC.comers. It cracked my shit up because he was totally right

I remember getting mine for around $120 bucks out there.

Check this guy out

Nike Ascent Watch I've had great luck with this one. You can find them at the outlet store in North Bend for cheap. And they go up to 30,000 feet.

The Nike altimeter watches, I think, are the best ones out there. I used to have a Casio, but the Nike is much better. The Suuntos are ridiculous.

didn't want to know bout ur sex life but thankx for sharing Dude...I'll be up there next month for a couple of weeks. You better be ready to take a few to the chops

Worked, played with my dog, sat through a BD clinic (great gloves and headlamp on the way!), played with my dog some more.

Hey...aren't you supposed to do ventilations in their mouth - not their eye socket?

They added a second show tonight...I don't know if there are tickets left for it though.

Yup...and that's why I separate myself from the idiots who say they are "climbers" but toss their empty gatorade bottles in the rocks at the lower gorge.

No shit. If you go and climb the REI pinnacle...you're a climber right?

If I had a seasons pass for somewhere, I'd pony up for a seperate alpine set-up just so I wouldn't trash my AT gear.

i prefer syrup! Jelly. Defenitly Jelly. Yeah. Like grape jelly.

Yeah...you can catch it from the dust of dry mouse shit. I'm always thinking about this whenever I go into a fire lookout or old builiding in the backcountry.

Sometimes its not as much where you're climbing as much as who you're climbing with. All things being equal, though, gimme the good rock over the good scene any day.

Dunno if it's been posted yet, but it looks like the snaffles are striking back Hantavirus case in Mt. Vernon Tests confirm hantavirus in college student's death THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNT VERNON -- The death of a community college soccer player here marks the first known case of hantavirus in Skagit County. Garrett Chase, 21, a student at Skagit Valley College, died a week ago, just days after he was taken to a hospital for vomiting and diarrhea. State Health Department tests confirmed the presence of hantavirus, said Peter Browning, director of the Skagit County Health Department. The hantavirus infection is spread by the common deer mouse. "It's pretty rare for this area," he said. "We knew it was in the mouse population a while ago, and we can assume there were cases in the past, but none verified by a lab." County health department investigators hope to identify where Chase may have been exposed to the virus. Because the disease cannot be spread through human contact, local residents should not become alarmed, Browning said. Migrant workers and people who work around barns where deer mice could be present are among those most at risk for contracting the virus.

No shit. What a bummer.

through who?

Yup...stay in Canmore. I tried camping out there in the winter once and got sick of being cold (but I'm a big wussy). There are super cheap ass motels for like $40 canadian in Canmore, which turns out to be a couple of bucks and change in US. Buy your booze at the border. Don't order a canadian bacon pizza - they get cranky The catwalk into Johnston Creek is cool. There's sometimes good music at the Rose and Crown in Banff. Don't get run over by the bus loads of Japanese tourists. Its a toque, not a hat.

University of Puget Sound is doing a course in January.

Anonymous hate bullshit is lame. Some of the anonymous funny stuff is entertaining though. BTW: My name is Inigo Montoya...