iain

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is that per cheerio? maybe cheerios also model the advance to multicellular life...if you let them sit long enough they start doing long division and developing missile defense systems and stuff.

It's probably the extra congealed fat they add to make them taste less like tree bark.

oooh life on the wild side occasionally. I'm amazed you survived your youth!

what are you talking about? It has cinnamon from the spice group and toast from the bread group. Breakfast, most important meal of the day. The best is the cinnamon sugar milk left behind.

I dunno I live off Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

what's the rope for? hanging out the laundry?

hey!

awesome

I'm not very bright at times...and it's probably not very interesting for a bunch of people (so why'd I post it? I know) happy holidays goddess.

I'm sure you will be enjoying some of the finest line-standing available anywhere. The Hood Express Quad webcam looks good...doesn't say much though.

dullest thread ever, eh? how about the stimulating debate over belay gloves or the enchanting avalanche tranceiver threads that crop up from time to time?

GPS certainly won't function under snow, as anyone who skis through our snow-laden trees knows. Fun facts: the signal is almost completely eclipsed in the first millimeters of water if placed underwater (it is around 1.6 GHz, readily absorbed). This is one of the reasons trees are cut down around those microwave reflector boards and towers, and why your coffee can be reheated so easily with microwave energy.

Iain said: I repeat, GPS is fairly worthless for avalanche rescue.

I think he means how much time I put into making that stupid snafflegram.

you mean a powder pusher? Oohhhhh that's steep, I better sideslip and push all this annoying powder off the slope. But first, I need to put my headphones back on. Wouldn't want to listen to the yelling when I make those blind jumps.

can't be moses...could be Taylor from Planet of the Apes but I don't see Cornelius anywhere in the background. Maybe he's off walking the dog.

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.