iain

That's good thinking ryland (according to this 26-year-old's brain) the question is, could she check if her harness is doubled-back? Maybe a parabolic mirror would be helpful.

2 [ 09-27-2002, 09:55 AM: Message edited by: iain ]

And doesn't he know to place pro in-line with the direction of fall?

Dat's some stiff webbing on his harn', making stuff stick straight out like that.

Good book on the layout of cities based on auto use is "The Old Neighborhood" by Ray Suarez. He has a pretty funny account of trying to go to a baseball game w/o using a car.

now we're getting somewhere.

summitpost.com is now members-only. there goes 80% of your material.

Have people here climbed the Lotus Tower? That's one of the 50 classics in NA is it not? It looks beautiful.

1. humans tend to over-estimate their influence on the universe (it's an ego thing). Who is saying anything about the universe? We're talking about influencing the thin film of slime around the planet that keeps us comfortable. 2. humans have a very hard time sorting out trends that transcend human history. That much is certain. Hell, I don't want humanity to change the climate. But I also want to get at the real facts. And I have this sneakin' suspicion that one good volcanic eruption can have more effect on climate than 100 years of human activity. Exactly. Volcanism like that seen in the Mesozoic is orders of magnitude greater than our effluence. I don't think we would like living in the Mesozoic. All I'm saying is we need to know how the machinery works before we discount it as irrelevant. It very well could be, but it's worth investing money in the situation, in my opinion. Otherwise we should screw it all since we will eventually be decked by another meteorite like the one marking the K-T extinction boundary. [ 09-27-2002, 08:36 AM: Message edited by: iain ]

quote: Originally posted by Fence Sitter: wrong e-rock! ...scientist as a rule of thumb are 95% liberal hippes... Perhaps you'd like to ask the scientists at Monsanto about this. Also the word "hunch" insults the years of work put into trying to solve this complicated issue. It doesn't help anything. The planet has been very much hotter in the past. No one who has done any work in this field denies this. It is the on-again/off-again evidence of our impact on our atmosphere that keeps this issue alive. The chemistry linking our effluence to atmospheric change is there. From the information I've read, I think there is a reasonable correlation between increases in our atmospheric effluence with rapid climate change, but I'm open to a change of opinion. I think the burden of proof is on us to demonstrate that we are NOT the cause of this problem. Many of us, I'm sure, would be so happy to drop the issue once there is proof that we are not on the cusp of a uncontrollable feedback cycle of rampant climate change due to our activities. This isn't a classic environmentalist issue. It is not about saving the spotted owl, it's about keeping our quality of life. It's about keeping America's grainbelt from becoming a potential dustbowl. It's about America potentially losing its world power status due to loss of environmental resources. It's about avoiding horrific weather systems and widespread fire much more devasting than we have seen before. It's about a lot of things that have nothing to do with the environmentalist agenda. No wonder this thread is so annoying. (based on reading my post ) [ 09-27-2002, 08:34 AM: Message edited by: iain ]

quote: Originally posted by MtnHigh: Larch Mtn N Face Multnomah Creek variation Table Mtn SE Ridge direct That's quite a resume you've compiled. Maybe Nelson and Potterfield will have some space in vol. III in the "below-treeline sickfest" section.

quote: Originally posted by wayne1112: Those the super-classics are sound, I think the best Or-choss-wank is E.butt of Washington. How bad is the rock on the east buttress? I've heard good things about that climb. Poorly protected? [ 09-26-2002, 11:06 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

The super-classics: Black Butte direct Collier Cone, crater wall Pilot Butte, north face Am I on the right track Tim? The only climb I've done in the selected climbs books is Sandy Headwall on Hood a couple times. I need to move northward.

Water from the crooked river would easily pass for beer until they tasted it. You could make a killing, literally too.

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: what about Oregon Choss Selected Wanks? I've done a bunch from that book Now you're talkin'.

You should post all the ones you have checked off before you ask that. Should minimize a lot of the incoming spray.

I personally plan to make a pair of pants with climbing skin-like material on the butt and thighs so that I don't have to self-arrest. The patent should be approved shortly.

tequiza zima mike's hard lemonade the cornerstones of any pansy's diet

this is about as interesting as NAFTA

DFA that shit happened back between posts 151.01-173.60 get it together. So this is what it's like working in a patent office. That, or a spectator at a gripping hair-growing match.

quote: Originally posted by texplorer: Have you seen my red stapler? I put it in the basement where your cubical is now supposed to be. If you could have it there by noon that'd be great.

Comparing a photo from the east of Alberta's summit on bivouac.com and flipping it, I'd say you're right Dru.