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The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers anybody read it yet? worthwhile?

Remind us again how to donate.

be sure to get ahold of a guide to the local hot springs. you'll be in prime territory there. I noticed a few bolts on some boulders west of town on Warm Springs Road when I was working out there a few years ago. Looked like 2 or 3 bolt routes about 20 ft high. Better to hit the Sawtooths...check out Elephants Perch.

zoom zoom....

That's stating the obvious. zing.....ouch

liberal

I saw a presentation at work the other day from one of our geomorphologists that illustrated some of the dangers of straightening and channelizing rivers without a complete understanding of the factors that affect long term change in river configurations. Pretty cool slides of flooding essentially caused by our friends the Corps. Jim, I'd like to talk with you offline sometime but I see you don't accept PMs....send me an email.

kinda reminds me of this: http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/11257_scandal.html

Dan McHale has added spectra to his choices of pack fabric. I've seen a couple of his packs that are either entirely spectra or that have selective pannels of spectra....they rock www.mchalepacks.com

That's some pretty good flexibility. I'd like to see a photo of that.

I'm trying hard to keep it on a clinical level.

Some dry cleaners have a special treatment available. A few phone calls should yield some good info. PS...I'll take your cat. I LOVE cats.......in gravy.

I'd heard that law enforcement officers who work with canines manually stimulate the beasts to bond with them. A little googling turned up this: http://www.wideasleep.net/~ton/pleasure3.html Episode 3: Taking the Dog for a Wank Following our recent revelation that British police dog handlers masturbate their dogs, we've been deluged with new information from dog-wankers and their friends. Here's what we have learned this week: 1. Police dog handlers wank their dogs to stop them feeling stressed, and also to bond with them. 2. Sometimes dog handlers pay someone else (usually a teenage son) to wank their dog. The going rate seems to be five pounds a go. 3. Some farmers masturbate their sheep dogs, to make them more loyal. 4. Sheep and Police dogs that get regular hand-jobs are much easier to train 5. In New York, stressed dogs get sent to yoga classes. "Doga" is sponsored by gym chain Crunch. The Downward Facing Dog position is especially popular. 6. Doga: Yoga for Dogs is published by Chronicle Books in September, for anyone sick of having to wank the dog. Episode 4: Happy Horsey Handjob! Dog wanking is so widespread now it's become passe already. Horse masturbating is hip now. 1. Horses can wank themselves, by flexing their wangs and then whacking them hard against their stomachs until they come. 2. Stud horses are given "willy washes" by grooms a few days before they have to perform stud duties. Going rate for grooms - £10 a wank. 3. Horse-masturbation is also a good way to keep their wangers clean (or at least this is what a reader's mother told him when he caught her wanking the family farm horses....) 4. Final proof that horse wanking is cool? Trudie Styler (Mrs Sting) personally masturbates the Sting family horses. (FYI: final word on dog-wanking: in greyhound racing, fast dogs are "nobbled" by being wanked just before a race to slow them down.)

damn!.....

Point taken, Viking, though I’m not sure you should be one to preach about the pitfalls of superiority complexes. As much as I personally opposed the war prior to the first day of action, I felt that once it was started the US should depose Saddam and get the heck out of Dodge, turning the responsibility for governing the mess over to a broad-based coalition of moderate Arab states who could bring Iraq back to a functioning level with the leadership and funding required for such an undertaking. Of course, the US would have none of that, despite the failure to have a legitimate plan to stabilize and exit the arena. Now, the US is faced with the classic standoff between a largely hostile population and an occupying force. Short of mass genocide and other methods that severely violate basic human rights, I don’t see how the US can govern, stabilize, or win the support of the general Iraqi public. Rall’s commentary is spot on.

good point.

I'd be glad to point it out to you if you'd like...

THAT'S what I'm talkin' bout....thanks Ehemic.

ANAM 2003 has some statistics in the introduction where they provide the high end and low end estimates of climber numbers based on several sources. I don't have it at work with me, but I'm sure someone has it at their fingertips.

Of course it would. It's the same reason we put slings on cams (and most other pieces of gear) so they don't rotate when the rope is weighted. edit: when I teach SRENE, I actually teach it SRENED...the 'D' is for directional, either left/right or up/down.

I like anywho.com and, of course, google.

There IS a pretty good sized valley back there near that elementary school, I can see how a broken water or sewer line could make a pretty good ice climb. Someone needs to go check it out and let us all know...

me too.....

The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mt Rainier by Barcott. A Range of Glaciers: The Exploration and Survey of the Northern Cascade Range by the one and only Fred Beckey.