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The term 'myo-' in anatomy refers to anything involving the muscles;and there's myelin,which is the sheath that covers nerves,especially those that activate muscle.I hadn't heard of mylotherapy,either;wonder if it refers to treatment to the muscle/tendon attachments?Anyone have a better explanation of what it is? If this method actually works,I'm a prime candidate.

I first heard that one as a kid in Texas,stated as a "fresh fucked fox in a forest fire".Little better alliteration for emphasis that way.

I'm completely agreeing with you there,definitely not in the Oregon Cascades,no way.In fact,I agreed with your first post about whatever's N. of the highway. Hm, did I miss something there?

Pargeter's pictorial relief maps has the Alpine Lakes on his North CENTRAL Cascades map,and Beckey's CAG refers to it as 'North Central Cascades(West side)'.Beckey also has Glacier Peak in CAG #2,and,man,if it's not in the N.Cascades,I'd like to know where it is.Pretty much right smack in the middle of everything,I'd say.For sure,Pilchuck is just kind of a foothill,but you can't say that about Glacier.

Wow,man;that(choose one or more:crack/smack/meth/porn/gambling) habit must be gettin' to ya. But I gots 50 bucks if you for real.

Every day is a dangerous day working in the woods.I've done just about all the different jobs there are to do logging,and it does seem kind of spooky sometimes.When a timber sale is cut,a good faller will try to fall the trees all in one direction,laying the trees across the fall line of the slope as much as possible.Sometimes the logs will lay out there for several weeks or even months until the yarding crew can get to them.Every season,loggers are injured by logs that have just lain there for weeks,and then for no discernible reason,suddenly go rolling down the hill and crush someone.But what this guy did was just plain lazy,careless and stupid.I can't believe he's standing there with his faller's wedge in his back pocket.In fact I can't believe he hasn't had an accident or two before this.

Well,as Janet Jackson demonstrated,they can't even handle ONE,and that had a pastie on it.I think the reminder about simply turning off pictures that bother you is just right.And, Scott's av

Check out the November,2003 issue of Climbing mag,p.68 for a very good review of current technical ice tools.And golllee,whaddaya know,Editor's Choice was---CM Quark.Anyhow,it grades all the others reviewed,gives all the tech data.If you can't locate a hardcopy issue I'll bet they have it online at their website: climbing.com. Cheers.

Not to mention the ruined manicure.

Boyscouts now=Mounties of the future.This is about par for the course in Boy Scout troops around the country.I had a great time in Scouts growing up,and we had a really good Scoutmaster,son of a trapper from northern Maine.But even he almost got us all killed by choosing to camp one time in a dry wash in west Texas.Overnight a heavy thunderstorm upstream sent a violent flash flood down the wash.We lost all our gear and food,but amazingly no one drowned. I went to grad school at Utah State,bc skied and climbed a lot in Logan Canyon.Very,very dangerous place in winter and spring.The only son of my literature professor was killed,along with two friends, a few years after I graduated, by an immense avalanche that traveled 6 miles from the canyon rim all the way to the highway.I can't believe these Scout leaders were so stupid,especially since Utah State has an important and well-publicized avalanche research and forecast center.And Bruce Tremper,the 800 pound gorilla of avalanche research,teaches not far away at Layton and is on TV all the time with the backcountry snow forecast.

You got it nailed,except for the loft prices.Try 400 to 700K.Can't think of any other reason a BD Yosemite hammer would cost $87.50.Hayzoos Kee-rye-OST.Watch for 'em to go to $100 pretty soon.

Go to p.71 of Selected Climbs in the Cascades Vol.II by Jim Nelson and Peter Potterfield,pub.Mountaineers; and pp.248-250 of Beckey's Cascade Alpine Guide.Have fun. As far as other climbs in the area,well,it's only one of the most incredible rock climbing areas in the NW.It is hard work getting in there,so you might as well plan your trip so that you can spend some time as long as you're in there, and do a bunch of stuff.You won't be dissapointed. Also: the pictures of McClellan Ridge and Nightmare Needles are great; but that's not where the Flagpole is.It's actually one more canyon(and it's a big deep,steep,rugged one)and ridge over,just below Pennant Pk. on the upper part of what's called Cathay Ridge.Like I said,you got your work cut out for you just getting in there.

Like I said,all that money had to go somewhere... --------------------------------------------------------- "Wull,huh!Whaddaya know,all them bubbles got little dollar signs on 'em!"

Absolutely; regardless of whether Martha's actually guilty,she's just taking the fall for Enron,Worldcom,and a host of others who simply have vastly more money,power and connections with which to prolong,delay,obfuscate and disseminate until the heat blows over.Martha is definitely small potatoes,and even smaller is Bacanovic.Anyone who thinks Ken Lay will ever spend so much as 30 seconds in jail is naive and misinformed.The government is simply making a big show of pretending to actually do something about insider trading,not to mention ripping off the Federal treasury and outrageous influence peddling in the process. Has everyone forgotten so soon that Enron wasn't just a stockmarket scandal? Or haven't you noticed the tripling and quadrupling of your electric bill? All that money had to go somewhere; but it's a trail we'll never get to follow,if the current administration has anything to say about it.They still haven't managed to get Cheney to turn over his documents on the meetings with "consultants" from the energy industry.There's all kinds of stuff that we may never be able to unravel. So,what's next? Oh yeah,now for that waitress in Topeka who didn't report her tips.... "where the executioner's face is always well hidden..." -Bob Dylan

We also call these the Rabbit Ears.Refer to p.126 of Portland Rock Climbs by Tim Olson.Although I've never done them,I've been told that the first pitch would probably be best protected by those 2 foot long round metal stakes used to set forms for pouring sidewalks,if that gives you any indication.Your second presupposition seems to be more accurate.But everyone I've talked to who's done them said they had fun,and a number have repeated it.The second pitch,to the (either)summits,is actual rock,pretty decent. -------------------------------------------------------- Is it rock-like mud,or just mud-like rock?

Bullseye; just that women might be a little more dangerous. "Next time,instead of getting married,I'm just going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house." -Robin Williams

Now you're huntin'!

Yeah, the one between my legs.Seriously,what man who likes women wouldn't find it extremely useful and practical to know more about the way they think?And you're just not gonna see or hear that by butting in all the time.I'm a former long-time big game hunting guide,and one of the really important things you learn from that is that you have got to know your prey,their habits,patterns and how they think.And don't for one minute ever think that women don't do the same thing.Besides,women(and people in general)are a lot more interesting-and fun-when you just listen and let them be themselves,than when you're trying to argue or fight with or control them. As for learning more about ourselves,that's just an ancient(and very valuable)martial arts principle.The samurai,and many other martial arts masters,put it this way:"If you know your enemy,you will win 50% of the time;if you know yourself,you will win 50% of the time;If you know your enemy AND yourself,you will win 100% of the time." Never hurts to know as much as you can. It's a different world,you get a lot farther if you quit dragging yr knuckles and throw the club away.Oh,and check out the thread "stupid things to say at work" over in Spray.A perfect example of what I'm talking about;that kid's got it goin' on.What we talkin' bout,baby.

Whoooweee,boy;careful,there-- better check this out first.Best of luck.

Defintely fast on your feet,man; so did you get her number? Gotta remember to follow through when you take a swing.

Bush is a uniter? The last time I looked,he's completely squandered our international diplomatic goodwill,and an international poll quoted on CNN,MSNBC,and FOX showed that fully 2/3 of repondents in 6 European nations thought Bush was largely having a negative effect on international relations.When even FOX news reports something like that,there must be something to it. Domestically Bush's suggestion for a constitutional amendment regarding gay marriage(yeah,right,like that's gonna happen)has already exacerbated division between people of all political and religious persuasions all over the country,including within the Republican party.Your statement is not apropos of reality.About the only uniting Bush has done is among the fat cats,the upper 1% of the economic scale,and narrow-minded religious right wing bigots.Some unity. Furthermore,Bush administration positions on abortion,womens' rights,and family planning are hardly anything that any group of intelligent,free-thinking women would likely want to emulate.So please,let's NOT have anyone or anything being more like Bush,the most disastrous so-called president we have ever had. Getting back to the subject at hand,I think the idea of a women's forum is an excellent idea,and should definitely be free of male postings.And we might stand to really learn something about women AND ourselves,guys.I'd certainly welcome the opportunity;show me one guy who says he understands women,and I'll show you a big fat liar.I hear women say the same thing about men all the time.

I bought one of these at the Seattle REI in 1966,and I know they were still available in '69-'70.

"Next time instead of getting married,I'm just gonna find some woman I don't like and give her a house." -Robin Williams What I'd like to know is,how does gay marriage threaten hetero marriage? Just because gays would be able to be legally married,how does this threaten the ability of hetero couples to marry or sustain marriage? Seems to me it supports and strengthens the whole idea and institution of marriage,on all levels;social,cultural, ethical,religious,political and civil.The whole uproar over it is just another non-issue non-news pile of absolute crap,news/disinformation designed to distract the public from more serious issues.

I've been very pleased with my BD ATC-XP.Excellent belay device,very smooth for rappelling,and handles skinny ropes for alpine and ice just great.I still have my old Sticht plates,Trango Tube,figure 8,and an HB Sherriff,too.The XP seems to do everything all the rest of these do,and the Sticht plate is the only thing that compares to it for rappelling.