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Hey Klenke; didn't you walk up Hibox with Toast. He is a bit crusty but I wouldn't walk on him for that.

I was quite dehydrated coming off the North Face of Index after bivying on the summit and guzzled my fill from Lake Serene. I will normally filter water from outdoors but was lucky to suffer no ill effects from that lapse.

madness

I like volume II of his greatest hits collections. The bootleg series is a good collection too.

"1) pure winter snow boot - my problem with plastics is that my left foot is a full size bigger so the right always slips." crazybrit... Is this an issue you've had for a long time. I have exactly the same problem; but only since a climbing injury from a couple summers ago. I've only just recently gotten new boots that fit my left foot. I got the trango s for the not so cold climbs and picked up an unused pair of Koflach Degre plastics for the winter outings. I scored the Koflachs at 2nd ascent for $199. Most of what they had were used but they had some unused pairs in my size. If you've dealt with the foot issue for some time whaty are some of the things you've done to accomidate the smaller right foot? I've been looking at combination of insoles and layering socks. Haven't really done any climbs yet since my feet healed up.

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/417518/an/0/page/1#417518

...well, I would expect nothing less than pure partisanship. No logic/reason expected. No problem there. Muttering about yourself there Fairweather?

Enjoyed the turkey feast with a long time climbing buddy, Tom M. and his wife and son. Anybody else enjoy the hospitality of climbing friends?

Spent a bunch at 2nd ascent today. Doh!

These are blue with black and say P. Habeler across the ankle support. I got them cheap and just trying to see if I can beef em up a bit.

I just picked up a pair of Kastinger plastic boots from a friend that are in excellent condition except for the right side inner boot. Are the inner boots interchangeable between the various brands of boots? Has anyone found a source for these. I plan to check around a bit but haven't had time yet. I've seen online at least one source but it was pretty costly. So if anyone has the inside line on replacing inner boots spill the beans.

Two Blondes(sportclimbers) were laying outside looking at the moon one night. Says one to the other, "The moon sure looks close." Then, "Which do you think is closer, the moon or Florida?" The other replies, "Duh, can you see Florida?"

You're getting me a saw for Crimbo? Thanks CBS....I was hoping for the new BD cams....doh! So ru teach me how to saw off my arm in the true tradition of 'mounty survival tradition'? sicko! There's a flick called 'Saw' in the theatres now which will show all you need to know about sawing off your own limbs.

Anthony the Brothers is really a better early season ascent, when the previous winter's snow is stil there and consolidated. When that melts you have a lot of shifting choss. Now you might have shifting choss with a light layer of loose snow on top; even worse.

Bunch of stuff up there, though I just want to get up there to gape and see how my feet are doin. I've climbed a bunch of things up there though I'm not sure this is the best time of year for it.

I kinda want to wander up into glacier basin up by Monte Cristo Peak if the weather isn't too foul.

<irony> You must be a religious fanatical nut from a red state! </irony> So are you suggesting that having a 'religious sense' puts you in Bush's camp. Bush did a skillful job of exploiting the religous sensibilities of a large sector of our society. But that does not give him a monopoly on being moral or religous. I missed the irony.

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fukin'eh

Don't worry about losing something while your injury runs its course. Climbing gets into your blood. If you lose it waiting for your hand to heal, it wasn,t there to start with. I injured both my feet well over a year ago and I still have'nt climbed anything since. Some things just take time. There are alpine climbs I'd like to do, Both place I haven't yet been and places I have been to. But just hiking up and down Mailbox Peak did a number on me last weekend. So I'm not there yet. But it's not like I've lost it.

Re: Chirp "Very cool in a way, I think Ed would have mixed feelings but overall would be happy. I wonder if the music temple will be accessable again? If anyone is interested, the book ON THE LOOSE by Jerry and Renny Russel is a great period book(1960's) about two youth growing up in the Southwest. Alot of the emphasis is directed to the loss of Glen Canyon. I REALLY love this book." Thanks for the rcomendation. I found a 1st edition in F/NF condition on Abebooks.com

Happy B-day bDubyaH!!!

Yet more pure eloquence from Mr.Lepeska

*Monday, October 18, 2004* *T-Shirt, or not T-Shirt?* So, it appears that a Bush campaign volunteer got a little too paranoid about some attendees http://www.oregonlive.com/campaigncentral/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/ news/1097928233288440.xml> at the president's rally in Central Point on Thursday night. The attendees in question, three women who obtained tickets to the event after claiming they were undecided voters, wore T-shirts that said, "Protect Our Civil Liberties". The overzealous campaign volunteer stopped one of the women and pointed to her shirt, saying it was "obscene". The women were subsequently ejected from the rally by state police officers. Hmmm... so the protection of civil liberties is obscene now? The county Republican Chairman is quoted in this article as saying, "I wish (the women) would have just dressed in a way that was without that kind of intent to incite any kind of incident."

getting over