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And, when in excess, both are unnecessary and detract from the climbing experience.

Bye Bye Wolverines.

I can't find it. Can you provide a link?

Do you have any pictures of which nubbin' my foot should be on while placing that cam? Perhaps a topo of the slab?

Dr. Crunch

It worked for John Muir.

Yeeehaw! Thanks for sharing.

Yes, but he has an easy-to-clean stainless steel face. or is it ALUMINUM!??!?!

Did you get to climb in the Icicle canyon? Cuz the sun dried up all the rain and the rock climbing was real good that sunday afternoon. Unfortunately not. I was in a group of four and only two of us stashed rock shoes in the car . Shoulda just made them our belay beyotches. Oh well. I was pretty tired and the mocha milkshakes at the 59er Diner were calling.

In that case, ID makes an eVent overbag at 18oz that might be a better choice than the "Endurance". Add 2oz if you want a zipper. Anyone used the ID eVent "South Col" bivy? My bivy is the only thing I have which doesn't fit it's stuff sack easily ; patagonia micropuff jacket, rei tent, golite tarp, ultralight thermarest... all that stuff fits in its stuff sack.

I've got the Salathe and it's a good one. Easy to get into, bug netting, a little wire stiffener to keep the bag/mesh off your face, and the Tegratex fabric is great. However, at 2lbs 2oz, it's pretty freakin' heavy for a bivy. That said, I've slept soundly and comfortably in pouring rain in the thing a couple of times. The stuff sack is too small. I'm interested in getting a lighterweight bivy and am interested in the integral designs "endurance" bivy; 12.5oz! A friend of mine was using one of those while we slept in the rain yesterday up at Mt. Stuart and it seemed to do the trick for him and he saved ~1.5lbs over mine. A little tricky to get into it without a zipper though. Claustrophobia chamber? ID Bivys Or how about a BD Winter Bivy (9oz)

Lucky bastard. So are you gonna go? If you need an assistant; let me know. I know all about rocks and stuff.

It was a pretty interesting Sup Court decision (6-3) The dissenting votes - those saying that state drug law should trump federal law - e.g. the justices who are "down with the herb" were O'Connor, Clarence Thomas, and Rehnquist! Maybe ole' Rehnquist has a little greenery loaded in his "chambers" to help him with his ailments these days? Basic story

It's called "Intruding Dyke" and it's 5.7. N. side of Breadloaves. Good one. An equally good or better climb in the same area is "Carol's Crack". 5.8?

Thanks for rubbin' it in ya jerk! Actually, I had a great time hiking out from the N. side of Stewie in the rain on Sunday. Really I did.

Mr. Cash, You are wrong because the question doesn't specify winter or summer solstice. If we assume the question is about the Northern hemisphere's summer solstice and "getting closer to the solstice" means after January and before June 21, then you are right, the answer is B. Geeebus I'm doin' some serious geekin' today. This calls for some sexy librarian pics!

Bullshit Gary. ADD is real. I think it's over diagnosed and I agree the pharmas have a big stake in that, but if you see someone with a severe case, you wouldn't be so dismissive.

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Last summer after a full day of climbing at Index I was getting pretty tired and the light was waning, but I decided to take a shot at Slow Children. I took a 10' onto a #00 gray metolius cam. They are only rated to 4kN and I don't think the placement was ideal, so it popped. I fell another 15' or so onto a bomber #5 or 6 nut which held. I lost some skin on my left elbow and left knee and was a little bruised, but overall I think I fared pretty well. Thanks for the catch Szy! I think that's only the second time I've really fallen on gear (as opposed to weighting and resting on gear) and the only time I've pulled a piece of gear. I hope it doesn't happen again. The thing that haunts me about that fall is that I don't think I really HAD to fall. I was just a bit freaked out because it was near my onsight lead limit, I didn't have much small pro left, and I didn't know how much more hard climbing I had left to do on the pitch. But I think I could have made it to the next good gear placement if I had just GONE FOR IT! Damnit!

Info on orbits & axes Now back to:

How many people try to do NEB of Slesse in a day? Most people count on bivying? I'd wager NR Stewie sees a lot of unplanned bivies since its a "classic" (i.e. gumby magnet). [chestbeat] WR Stewie is quite a reasonable day trip [/chestbeat]

No shit? But why is the tilt of the axis related to the yearly orbit? p.s. Poor Squidly, all he wanted was pictures of hot chicks in bikinis and here we are gettin' all geeky on his thread. Poooooor Squidly. Here ya go buddy: I think I am at perihelion!

Snow cave above XXX Ski Area in Alaska while I was on the clock. apparently there was some radio chatter: "(Alpinfox), come in" ..... "(Alpinfox)?" ... "Hey, anybody know where (Alpinfox) is?"