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And remember to UNCAGE THE SOUL or it doesn't count as a record.

What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts? Beer nuts are $1.69. Deer nuts are under a buck.

I use long prussiks to rebelay the rope.

Frozen lockers are a pain in the ass to open.

I've read the same. But I was looking for an idiotproof point and shoot (my last - Konica Dimage Xg - only survived one year before dying of infiltration), and this fits the bill. I'd rather have sub optimal pics than no pics.

And all around good guy.

Cool. I've been eyeing that route for a year now. Haven't found the right combo of weather/partners to give it a go. Do you have a pic of the first pitch?

Pentax Optio WP. It's waterproof, so more likely to survive true alpine conditions.

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'Hoes are aid.

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American system makes it easier for the Messner wannabe's to climb all fourteen 8000' peaks without O's in TRUE ALPINE STYLE.

Why would anyone make a bunny out of wool?

Manuals are aid.

Close ... Putting Up Routes For Bruce, who's 41 and describes himself as a "professional kid" (actually, he's a software developer who's worked for Boeing and Microsoft), route building is a three-step process. First, there's the crowbar. After he finds a suitable wall, Bruce rappels down it, stopping to remove any loose or unstable rocks that could tumble down the rock face while climbers are scaling the wall. Then he scrubs the rock clean, removing dirt, moss and all debris so the rock is as grippy and sticky as it can be. Bruce employs everything from brooms to wire brushes the size of dinner plates to toothbrushes to even butter knives, to get at the smallest crevices. "The goal is to get the rock as clean as possible," he says. "You should be able to lick the rock and not taste anything." From there he's ready to set the actual route, climbing and reclimbing the route to determine the best places to set protection — bolts with hangers, which subsequent climbers will then clip their ropes into as they make their way up the wall. To drill holes for sinking bolts into the rock, Bruce uses a Roto Hammer, a high-powered machine usually used for drilling holes into concrete on construction sites. "It used to take days to put up routes, but the drills have gotten so powerful that people can put up routes in minutes."

Yup. And I figured it out without the manual.

Drytooling ... ... that's just got to hurt.

I had a pair of Salomon SM Lites. The good was that they fit me like a glove and the sole was super stiff for ice climbing but had a rocker for walking. The bad was that after one year they started soaking up water and after two years the stitching on the different outer layers started blowing out. So I took them back to REI for a refund. I also have a pair of Koflach Verticals (a stiffer version of the Degree). They stay dry in wet snow, but as someone else mentioned, they are pretty warm. They ice climb well but are a bit klunky (limited ankle mobility).

Am J Clin Hypn. 2003 Jul;46(1):45-51. Related Articles, Links The hypnotic belay in alpine mountaineering: the use of self-hypnosis for the resolution of sports injuries and for performance enhancement. Morton PA. The author, an experienced alpine mountaineer, sustained several traumatic climbing injuries over a two-year period. This article describes her multiple uses of self-hypnosis to deal with several challenges related to her returning to successful mountain climbing. She used self-hypnosis for physical healing and to enhance her motivation to resume climbing. While training for her next expedition, she successfully utilized self-hypnotic techniques to deal with acute stress and later post-traumatic symptoms that had emerged related to her climbing injuries. She describes her use of hypnotic ego-strengthening, mental rehearsal, age progression, and "Inner Strength" as well as active-alert trance states. Her successful summitting of Ecuador's Cotopaxi at 19,380 feet was facilitated by "The Hypnotic Belay" which permitted her to secure herself by self-hypnosis in addition to the rope used to secure climbers. In 1994, the author returned to the Cascade Mountains where she had been injured three years earlier and reached the summit of Mount Shuksan. This time she was secured by "The Hypnotic Belay".

Sat: Sat in traffic jams. Sun: Joined 200,000 of my closest friends for Oktoberfest.

It's a project called Tilt at 5.11ish. Not mine. I fell off RPR the last time I tried it.

Which route did you do? Just got back and did several of the easier climbs in that area (on Hexenstein, Piccolo Lagazuoi, and Tofana Di Rozes). The Dolomites are cool, as the rock is real featured. Makes route finding a bitch, though. The war remnants were interesting as well. We also climbed in the Sella group, trad and via ferrata ( pope).

G-12's.

Where are the press releases? Where is the video? Where are the UNCAGED SOULS?