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maybe mail it to yourself a few times too. that's like my coworkers who print out emails to read, or print out webpages that they want me to correct.

that thing looks quite hideous

tim it's your calling! how can you miss this one?

baklavas even! these guys are prepared for everything, even pastry contests

-mule knot I meant something more along the lines of a radium or bc lrh or the mariner. oh whoops

some kind of load releasing hitch is nice to have in the brain.

hey you miss one trip, them's the breaks. you expect them to believe you can safely climb mt. si in plastics w/o verification? ha! disclaimer: I am from oregon and have no idea what is involved w/ climbing mt. si or even where it is.

I wanted to go ski the enigma couloir.

there are some sick looking dust slogs up on Olympus Mons.

probably the most common form of injury requiring evac these days on easy routes is injuries from sliding w/ crampons on.

ah yes, every child introduced into this world increases the collective suffering of all of us by a small percent. makes you feel so warm and fuzzy doesn't it?

who's playin? gophers! oh geez

bah just sign a napkin or a coaster or something, just as good.

it's mine. it has a red handle and has several different blades on it, and a can opener.

epic dude, epic.

2 foot chunk of blackhawk helicopter blade

a very practical tattoo but why would someone get it put on a naked mole rat?

does it stretch out to say AREN'T YOU LUCKY?

I have the vcr programming instructions on my left thigh and mac 'n'cheese directions on my right. when I sit on the couch watching tv they're right there all convenient and stuff

I don't see why you need ovals for a carabiner brake. D's work fine. Maybe they wanted him to use a carabiner brake because it was the precursor to the brake bar rack rescue teams adore so much. Carabiner brake gives a nice smooth ride

as for the kid education thing, remember we expect our kids these days to have a firm grasp of calculus exiting high school to excel in college, where it took Newton quite a bit of mental lifting to develop the concept back in the day. It's not like our brains our any more evolved since then. Maybe we ask too much of ourselves these days and that's why everyone's so stressed out.

I can't speak for the WA counterparts but improvised picks are a fairly routine practice for most mtn rescue teams.

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