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not surprising, canadians are as common as pigeon poop out there. everywhere I turn I hear an eh or someone trying to buy park passes with canadian tire bucks. BTW if the area was not closed for trail maintenance I (and dwayner) would have already sent that soft-graded staircase

aw shit its all just stuff falling out of the sky ain't it? persids shmersids, leonids shmeonids

thanks DFA. Did you run across that site while surfing for the specific appearances of Leonard Nimoy on the star trek fan sites?

hmm lawgoddess what's with the rather pedestrian when you could have weighed in with your super-custom emoticons?

having trouble logging in, no doubt, otherwise that windbag would have something to say.

I enjoyed the bovine with the stick antlers

is tonight the peak or did I miss it?

robbob now how am I supposed to explain this picture to my coworkers? "er, see it's not what you think... hmm we were having this debate about restraining orders on sheep from PETA and then it got into a full-on kung fu discussion...so this one guy though a teabagging photo was in order."

kung fu will help your rock climbing, understanding your body position and weighting, and your mental control

and that earring is just DARLING!

slippin in with the mofo's!

and why is there a pair of tights for every day of the week in my closet all of a sudden? why do I desperately grasp for .12 face holds on a beacon 5.8 classic?

Don't forget to get in a few well-earned sessions of tetris and get the missus to bake some sputnik-shaped sugar cookies

negative

a hangdog? comeon, someone throw dru a dogbone here

don't fight it. welcome to the dark side.

PETA's on his ass again after the compromising polaroids were leaked

err, yes and I'm selling Chain beta at $20/bolt and have my own PR contingent and mail-in fan club...

or just chill with a mac.

well the two samples I saw were a spectra "climb high" daisy and a BD nylon daisy. I did not ask what the sample size was in the testing. The spectra daisy was completely severed at the bottom loop. The nylon was intact, but several of the bartacked stiches were ripped out. I think the test was more to demonstrate you shouldn't fall on daisies, even a very short distance. However, the theory is that spectra's low melting temps are the possible cause for the failure. The test was a factor 1 fall taken by a 80kg weight, so there would obviously be some human body shock absorbtion in real life. But still...

interesting to note that in factor 1 drop tests (i.e., I climb up to the anchor and fall back down on my daisy chain), the "strong as steel" spectra daisy chains broke when the nylon ones survived.

look out!

not that I have a problem with the mountaineers myself, as I know there are more than a few fine climbers who learned initially from that institution

no the kicker card will be who has the most goretex in their pack on a 90 day with 3 days of 90 in the forecast on a weekend trip up das tooth