Figger_Eight

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.

I ponied up for the Intuition liners for a trip to Alaska and didn't regret it. For $150 liners, that translates to $15 a toe.

Oops...sorry - they're sold already.

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.

Sold. Now who wants some ice tools or a bike?

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

North Face Mountain 24 4-season double-wall tent for sale. Great condition and comes with good mojo. $200 OBO

Fixed - thanks

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.

54cm frame and spec'd with Ultegra, Dean, Cinelli and Look. Carbon fork and cutaway saddle. Never been laid down and in perfect shape. Climbs like a billy goat and doesn't flinch when you sprint out of the saddle. For: Cippolini wannabes Not for: commuting to the hippie food market $800 OBO

Both are in great condition. Tools come with an extra pick and lock-down leashes. These are also the tools that were on display in the Louvre Convert the Rambos to mono-point and you, too, can be a mixed climbing hero! $200 bucks for the tools $80 bucks for the crampons

All tents rely on ventilation for breathability - especially single wall tents. FWIW there's a great picture of Alison Hargreaves sitting next to her Garuda tent dug into a ridge on K2. You can plainly see the "Made in Seattle" under the logo. It was kinda cool I guess.

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...

Nuts.