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Yeah. I had a bit of hiatus. Three years of at the UW?

Put THIS in your mousetrap and smoke it

CP, I clone and genetically engineer mice for a living, so I'm well aware of the advantages, limitations, and appicability of animal models to the study of human disease/physiology. I'm sure if I read the actual paper things would make more sense, but her attempt to explain her research to the general audience in this case resulted in some pretty asinine and outrageous statements.

That "scientist" makes some pretty ridiculous statements: The extrapolation from the observation of testosterone killing "brain cells" in vitro to speculations that this effect occurs in the human brain (much less that it has a behavioral effect) is laughable. Actually, it's not even that good... it's crap.

Nick! Go do the EF of Keeler Needle next. I wanna know how good it is. Congratulations on summiting THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE CONTINENTAL US! LOL!

I'm not an experienced mushroom identifier, but I found a similar one a while back and asked about it on here. I can't find the post at the moment, but here is the picture: LINK

Soloing a 5.7 at X38 in the dark, with no skills/experience, no rock shoes, while drunk/stoned/tripping/whatever, is not going to get you qualified as "bad ass" no matter the outcome. Your post is ridiculous. And Chirp, your "gene pool" post is about as crass, insensitive, and offensive as any I've seen on this board. For the record, I absolutely disagree with you and I'd wager most others on this board do as well. I'm surprised because you are usually a pretty mellow guy.

"Weekend" means nothing to The Sommelier

Sure Matt, Link away.

I just watched "Good Night, and Good Luck" last night (film about Edward R. Murrow). He had some very insightful and poingiant things to say about "editorializing" and "impartiality" in the media and the media's responsibility as society's watchdog against excessive and non-transparent governmental power (fascism). I recommend it.

That google scholar link is cool. Thanks. Hadn't seen that before for some reason. Anyway, I apologize for getting this thread off-track. This is quite a puzzling and sad event. I'm sorry to hear about it.

Check your PMs David.

It's the correlation between "brain development" and "brash behavior" that I have trouble believing. To state a direct cause/effect relationship is not something that many scientists are willing to do with neuroscience>behavior. Especially something as subjective and subtle as "poor decision making".

I wasn't aware that the Seattle PI was a peer-reviewed neuroscience journal. Thanks for the tip! The ABA newsletter is a bit more informative, though still not a primary source. At least it has references.

Say what you will about the tennets of National Socialism, but at least it's an ethos.

source please.

If you are a competent climber and want to climb with him tomorrow (one day deal) let me know and I'll put you in contact. He's interested in WA Pass. Maybe Tieton. Probably leaving late this afternoon.

Hey Ken, Did you end up getting a lot of rock shoes to take back with you? How did they work out?

Someone will make fun of you're grammar.

Kevbone, Here is a tautology for you: Life isn't fair. This website is alive. Therefore... no. Wait. That's not right. Let me try again. Moderators are people. People are covered in hair.... Damn. OK. The Internet is a system of tubes.... Aw fuckit.

Hey Muzungu, I like Pusher holds. Good friction. I'm happy to report I have not climbed plastic in >6mos! I dislike Metolius holds. Slippery. Whatever brand has the three dots is good too. SoIll has good ones too.

No, we were well to the left of OBS*. OBS is pretty much as far left as you can get on the main wall. We were on the buttress to the left (south) of the main wall. It's separated from the main wall by a brushy, lower-angle depression. Here is a picture: Red = Muddy Fingers, Yellow = OBS* (note huge flake with gianormous chimney behind it marked by the upper yellow arrow) *Edit: Apparently I'm totally wrong about the location of OBS. See DavidW's post below. Also note that this picture makes our buttress look low-angle. As you can see in the pictures in Dave's trip report, it's not.

Woohoo! Nice pics! So that crack in the first picture is the crux .11 OW? How much of it is .11 OW? It looks narrower+easier at the bottom? Where the hell is DH these days anyway?

WOOHOO! Awesome climb. I can't believe I haven't gotten to WA Pass this year. Thanks for sharing the stoke.

I thought I heard that there is also some sort of plaque there now as well? I have mixed feelings about the inscription at the base of AG. Not very "sensitive" or PC to air the negative half of those feelings though. Who did that inscription anyway?