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hard to find good pictures of these things for scale, but pretty nasty! "Their venom contains a low molecular weight toxin called atraxtoxin, which attacks the nerves of the body sending thousands of electrical impulses through them. Muscles twitch violently and the victim experiences a profuse flow of sweat, tears and saliva. If left untreated, the victim can slip into a coma, suffer brain damage or die."

Sydney Funnel Web Spider, pretty much the definitive horror movie animal. large, fast, and quite deadly.

there are worse arachnids out there...

dude probably wound up at Texas A&M for college

never has so much been said in so few words

code orange indicates doubling of trail park pass patrols. violators will be issued enemy combatant tickets

when I go to the grasslands I just light up a juniper tree closest to my car. much easier that way and there's almost always one located conveniently nearby

I believe choss in the alpine is accepted because of the glory of the mountains around you and other subjective considerations. Choss at a crag is a little less tolerable for many. That said, there's no reason to rag on someone for enjoying some climbing on the weekend. Way too many people posting on this site during the weekends (do you all work swing shifts).

I still don't get this.

all peaks should be measured from the center of the geoid! msl is aid!

this one time, I rode down a razorblade bannister...

treelines drop at higher lats... not sure what is meant by this

...It's just another Sunday, in a tired old street Police have got the choke hold, oh, then we just lost the beat

More for AlpineK ...Someone always playing corporation games Who cares they're always changing corporation names We just want to dance here someone stole the stage They call us irresponsible write us off the page

but AlpineK Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio, don't you remember?

the warren miller flubs section, right after the t-bar footage but before zudnik the ski dog stuff

I have a problem with the concept of pube-dwelling insects and people discussing their issues with them

this thread just took a turn for the worse if that's even possible

see other thread about ticks, gregw somehow worked in liberals and vehicular manslaughter.

posted this a bit in another thread, but was screwing around in the terrain park, went off one of those larger ramps, just as I was leaving the ramp saw stupid boarder dude in landing zone, tried to swerve, landed w/ skis not parallel and a bit sideways, skis went different dir's, goggles cracked and stuffed w/ snow, pain and suffering! funky on-off knee pain now, really scary.

my favorite river sandles for actual river use were the Alp. Teva eventually bought them and immediately ruined them also why in rei can you buy about 60 different sandles all over $40 but their boot selection is woeful? (I don't buy clothing there, just wondering)

Timberline of all the places I thought I'd wreck and break my knee

why not just clip it to your harness? I can't believe there's a discussion about chalkbag slings!

code burnt umber my favorite crayon in the crayola 122 megapack (w/ that built-in sharpener, you were too cool if you had that thing back in the day)

i would take the bag off first dfa