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where would we be without climber bbs military analysts? in big trouble, that's where. thank goodness.

goddamn reindeer broke down and left me stranded again....

Santa's getting a little more sophisticated this year, eh Matt? Or maybe he's just looking for some more first ascents.

This is irrelevant info for the topic, but Differential GPS doesn't get you much these days. We used to have a subscription for FM corrections in MN and it was expensive, but that was before SA was turned off. We usually just post-processed uncorrected data back at the lab, which is more accurate than live corrections anyway, and is free. Out here you can use the USCG beacons though, which are free, but with SA off, it isn't much of an improvement. CMT Z33 System Here is the unit we were using, though it is not technically "millimeter" accuracy, 1cm realtime with post-process static corrected data at 5mm + 1ppm is good enough for most people! The backpack makes it a little inconvenient for the EPA stream surveys we were doing but there's some really killer featuring options with ArcInfo with these units. Unfortunately they use Winblows. So yes you can get very accurate with GPS, despite what the naysayer above says. It just takes a little while and is fairly worthless for avalanche rescue. Back to avalanche beacons...

my bivy sack has the dubious nickname "The Odor Pod"

The GPS signal is quite accurate and with a little cash you can get millimeter accuracy. The typical recreational device is around 10m w/ open skies.

(insert the usual "police are worthless" rant here, just saving us all some time)

I'm sure everything's running os 8.1 or something too... was the same when I was supporting a catalog design group here. I didn't see anywhere that this was a text-heavy thing, and I know some publishing places that would laugh at anything not in quark 3x. but I was doing mainly ad layouts for macworld and stuff, more graphics than heavy indexed text.

just kidding muffy! I just wanted to finish the day on 2500. g'night

this is true.

Freedom of the Hills, chapter 8 trask, check it out.

I consider all that email of top importance. All my Nigerian bankers agree.

mmm...so your copy of Freedom of the Hills is on the way? aaahahaha

I'm guessing ballastman Taft

just keeping this on top because I like the title.

True true, hadn't thought of this one. You could fill your livingroom full of jello to make everyone move in slo-mo too, kindof Matrix style and stuff.

nice edit for the pun. you can't fool me by using the wussy hide the edit option

I deserve it because I'm 9 posts away from "king of spray" status. How timely!

one would assume you would need some pretty good training to be able to fill 'em with lead before they get to you too, since they have the element of surprise. but I suppose the gun is more often used as a deterrent, but then again, I wouldn't want to count on my enemies having a "reasonable" desire to stay alive.

Well I apologize then Sir Sputnik, Das'voydanya Comrad.

nothing a well-researched personal missile defence system won't mitigate. launch 'em for liberty!

don't take that the wrong way.

dude's even spraying in the outhouses at Smith

I agree, stick to the movie stars and baseball owners!

it most certainly does.