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quote: Originally posted by mwills: if you want to buy one crampon i'd vote for the sabertooth. though a bit on the heavy side (34oz), they can be used for everything - moderate/steep ice, snow slogging, mixed. you will see gadd pulling m10 or some weekend warrior front-pointing up the pearly gates. step-in, new matic, or strap-on - that is up to you. depends on the assortment of boots/shoes you plan to where. if you only wear boots that are step-in compatible, get step-ins. i've never heard of the toe-bail "failing". i've seen crampons attached incorrectly, sized wrong, or bails that didn't match the welt on the boot - but no failures. After an icestorm in Ames, I'm sure I will see you wearing yours just to walk to the McDonald's!

His synapses do not fire correctly and this affects his syntax.

quote: Originally posted by mattp: Except that, if Chris is correct, the route generally follows dihedrals that face away from the West Buttress area and would be completly out of view behind the "Scar Buttress." Chris said it was one of the best routes in DTown, and that all three possible finishes were "about the same." Are we talking Chris from C & S Engineering? How much riddling and double-speak did you have to wade through to get that much? Have you been beneath the route to confirm any of his description? What were his thoughts on the rating? Joke Smoot gives it 5.9.

Send those on to Terry McCauliffe, he'd probably use them (if he still has a job).

quote: Originally posted by erik: you can still edit your topic greg I did. SPRAY WAR! SPRAY WAR! SPRAY WAR!!!

I agree, Matt. I did appreciate the stories posted early in the Round 1 thread. I apologize to the original posters for contributing to the spray...

Your obsession is becoming a pathetic display

quote: Originally posted by allison: Greg, you talking on the state level? Because at the national level the Rs control the Legislative and Executive Branches, and arguable the Judicial as well. I think we'll only see the typical R agenda put forward in an even bigger way for the next two years than in the last two with the Rs picking up solid control of the Senate on Tuesday. It ought to be interesting, to say the very least. State level, Allison. The people vote for lower taxes and less government (ref. I776, R51, & R53 votes) yet they won't vote for the party that supposedly stands for these principles, the Republican Party. Further, the Washington Republican Party avoided backing I-776, "No on R-51" and "No on R-53" which, arguably, contain principles their Party upholds. Doesn't make sense. Of course it doesn't, it's politics. Greg W

quote: Originally posted by plexus: This state has some wussy politicians. Coming from Chicago, what this state needs is some Mayor Daleys running around calling the shots. Eyman would be a laughing stock and things would get done. What is the use of initiatives? That's why we vote for these people. Does the term democratic republic mean anything? I trust the voting public less than I trust the watered-down kokanee politians. I mean these are the people that made "Jackass" No. 1 at the box office. I'm really looking forward to W having his way with his croonies and bulldoze every tree out there. Where's the guy that throws pies in the faces of world leaders when you need him? I grew up in the Chicago area - Fuck Richard Daley. He comes from a real respectable political family . The point of initiatives is that we, the people, do not feel that the Legislature is not doing what their constituents want. The fact that you trust the voting people less than the politicians seems odd since the people vote in the politicians. The beauty of our model of government is that the people can be involved. Greg W

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: they may be "milk toast pussies" but the fuckers do vote. I was talking about the Republican legislators, not the voters. My point was that the Republican party needs to take a stand on a few issues if they want to win any type of control.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Bolts the points to a golf shoe like the cool new wave mixed climbers do I sure would look aggro hiking Mt. Si in them to get in shape now wouldn't I?

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: quote:Originally printed in The Stranger Feb. 2002: [...]no one ever voted for Eyman. People vote for his ideas--and his ideas, in case you haven't noticed, have wide appeal. Voters who may have been offended by Eyman's lies still want cheaper car tabs and lower property taxes, and they're going to keep voting for greed and self-interest. Republicans indeed. ???

He still lives in a castle part of the year. It's in Northern Italy (Sud Tirol).

quote: Originally posted by snoboy: And what exactly am I whining about, pray tell? quote:Originally posted by Greg W: quote:Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: It's sour grapes, fucktard. Either way, he's whining, ass-hound. No offense snoboy, I was just spraying something so I could call DFA an "ass-hound".

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: and anyway ... it's going to be fucking wet fucking eveywhere this fucking weekend. (not that i'm fucking letting that affect my fucking mood.) No shit?

I was planning on steel. I kinda see the aluminums as a specialty item for going fast 'n' light on spring/summer trips, a la N. Ridge of Stuart, Forbidden, etc.

Thanks for the input.

quote: Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: It's sour grapes, fucktard. Either way, he's whining, ass-hound.

quote: Originally posted by Toast: quote:Originally posted by Lambone: I could be tempted to instruct with some type of compensation other than $ ie. , perhaps we could do it before pub club sometime. The biggest question is where? I can open up my place in Fremont, and I'm happy to pitch in on beer and pizza. Now the question is when? I think Lambone was thinking about where to set gear anchors. Someone was talking about the UW Rock having some parallel-sided cracks; several options for all-cam anchors. However, I try and reserve my cams for leading.

quote: Originally posted by Highlander: The plastic toe strap will fit more types of boots. That's what I was thinking.

Sabertooth Clip What about the sabertooth clip-type binding? [ 11-07-2002, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: Greg W ]

I am planning on buying my first pair of crampons in the near future and am looking for some insight on attachment systems. I am planning on using them for some moderate ice climbing and glacier slogging. Is a wire toebail preferred to a strap system or vice versa? I currently have a pair of plastics, but see where I am going to probably buy a pair of leathers for warmer season stuff. TIA Greg W

quote: Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: Why not save money and just shoot tuff? Or slacklining hippies, for that matter? Clay pigeons are aerodynamic and launch nice with a launcher. Hippies aren't as aerodynamic, they tend to scream a lot when hit, and don't load well into a pigeon-thrower.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Hey GregW bring some guns to Smith so we can shoot stuff if it rains! Werd!! Nothin' like shooting clays out over the sagebrush!!

Dru, wouldn't the other option be the knot slipping?