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OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! Molly is safe! I'd just like to send out a big eHug to all of you wonderful beautiful people for your thoughts and prayers for Molly during this stressful time. With a bit more counselling and some energetic therapy, I think Molly is going to be able to put this traumatic event behind her and get back to being a normal cat. YEAH!

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Aye! T'was! But I's fattened me-self up on a steady diet of grog and young kittens since then! AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!!!

Story The generosity and heroism of the rescuers just warms my heart. Let's all say a little prayer for Molly today.

Only 7X annual income?!?!?! Is this in Seattle?!? If so, PLEASE GIVE ME THE MLS LISTING!

We should send them a fruit basket and some bath salts. You know... to be neighborly.

I believe it's too late for the approach of cultural non-interference. I mean, some guy recently just crossed the border with a bunch of delicate soil tissues on his mountain bike, thereby dooming their ecosystem, so I feel it's our responsibility to uplift the poor little dears and show them the light of reason.

I feel that you should apologize for your hurtful statements. Those poor Canadians may one day (far in the future of course) have access to the internet and they might find this thread and be very hurt. Why, I read in The Utne Reader just the other day that they even have electricity up there now and a Starbucks is planned for whatever their big town is! How long will it be before they are sipping mocchiattos and reading this site just like us, eh!?!?

I'm sorta shy, but I'm looking for other guys like me for climbing fun. Cragging or hitting the gym after work. Whaddaya say? It'd be fun!

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BULLSHIT COLORED! ARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!

The "Furry Adventures" one qualifies as ugly funny.

I want my money back.

... the lightbulb is dead

A built a nest in the glovebox of my car and used my proof of insurance card and registration as nesting material. Of course, I didn't discover this until pulled over by the police for having expired tags one night. "Um... yeah officer.... uh.... a mouse seems to have eaten all of my paperwork". $700 ticket.

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Hey, did you guys know that Steve House lives in Bend now?

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DING! ...Though he does live in Bend.

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Huh. That's funny. I've ice climbed with them. Thanks for letting me know.

Lightweight Wiregates I've used: Neutrinos (36g) - The original lightweight wiregate biner. A little small. Some people say they are difficult to handle with big hands or gloves. I don't recall having any significant problems with them. Trango Superflys (30g) - Nearly full size biner. No shroud on the nose of the biner, so rubbing against rock can easily open the gate (TM at Feathered Friends pointed that out to me). Relatively narrow rope-bearing surface (9mm vs. 9.4mm for the Neutrino). Overall my favorite lightweight wiregate biner. Omega Pacific JC (41g) - Huge rope radius, easy to clip. I haven't used these a whole lot yet, but I really like them. For alpine usage, I'd go with the Superfly for weight reasons. 11g/biner is a lot. Omega Pacific Dovals (37g) - unique shape is adaptable, but I don't like these biners much. Too hard to tell top from bottom. Not particularly easy to clip. Wild Country Helium clean wire (33g) - I got one of these for free from some magazine promotion. Haven't used it much, but it seems nice. Clean, no-snag nose. Expensive! $11.50 each! Black Diamond Hotwire (45g) - full size. Not a lightweight biner. Good standard workhorse biner though. Biners I haven't used: DMM Prowire (36g) - shrouded nose. Large gate opening. Black Diamond Livewire (46g) - Looks like a good clippin' biner for cragging. Not a lightweight biner. Camp Nano (28g) - Supposedly smaller and fumblier than the Neutrino. Definitely the lightest wiregate on the market.