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I don't know about gear, but my ex girlfriend's dog pretty much destroyed the siding off the back of her landlord's house about a week after she moved in.

trouble maker you are

Where's Uncle Tricky when you need him.

Yeah, but are they legal? Don't answer that.

I think they like wet soil. Also there's microryzome (complimenting organisms in the soil) that some plants like these need to flourish. If your plant's not native to the soil you're planting it in, it's not gonna do so well. PM AMS about this.

Doctor Doctor, it hurts when I do this... Actually, Arnica works wonders for soft tissue injuries. Zenith Supplies used to sell an arnica pine salve from Herb Tecnnologies that's smelly but good. Traumheal is another brand of arnica concoction that's popular.

They're actually pretty plants. Skunk cabbage too.

You might look up Doug Stufflebeam up in Mt Vernon. He's an old school climber and ex NOLS instructor that used to run an Alaska wilderness trip. I did a month long self contained paddle trip out of Petersburg with him when I was in college. It was my first introduction to mountaineering and Klenke style bushwhacking. We got a first ascent on a small peak, dinked around on the Baird Glacier, and saw an incredible amount of wildlife. I think his trips have moved onto Africa, but he may still run an Alaska gig.

Sorry, I misread you post. You want to know how to train to be able to lug 100+ lbs over varied terrain. The ideas above are still valid. Core exercises will be a smart addition. Pick up a set of of ski poles or trekking poles. Those'll be invaluable for managing a heavy load. You'll be borderline anerobic on uphills, so run stairs at Greenlake or Husky Stadium or the Pav. Work up to running them from half an hour to an hour straight. Make sure you have comfortable boots with good ankle support and a blister kit. And watch your back (back to core exercises... there's a thread on here somewhere about those.) Crossfit clinics would be your best ticket to structured training.

Why would you want to do this? It's asking to screw up your knees, your back or twist an ankle If you want to train for climbs, just hike and aim for elevation gain. Mt Si, Teneriffe, Mailbox, Granite, McClelan Butte, Pilchuck, Muir... are all good choices for that. In fact, any of the ski areas for that matter. Pack extra water if you want weight. You can dump out the water to go lighter on your descent, but I really think the whole lug a hundred pounds idea is a bad one.

No no no, has nothing to do with LA cops. It was about 9/11 and raised a bunch of plausible questions around what happened. It was pretty good, actually. cj001f, learn to speak English

Sorry, I've been attending the Dave Schuldt School of Spelling in the evenings.

a while back there was a link to a video that raised questions about what really happened. I can't find the thread. Can somebody steer me to the link?

Sunday's mutha's day.

Just a heads up, the Everett Mountaineers will be working on some self rescue stuff at Riverview Park on Saturday and Sunday. There will be about a dozen of us parked on a few of the routes. If we're on a route you want to climb, just ask and we'll try and accommodate you.

Bring back Cavey... "you got a problem with my dog?"

Nice TR Ralph I don't have that rope wash stuff. any reason not to use half strength laundry detergent and a second cycle to rinse the rope out extra good?

160 cm is equivalent to about 5 feet (think 160 cm skis.) Are you sure that's right? That's pretty long.

Captain Spaulding

I have a top loader that gets out of balance easily. The other reason I don't want to do it at home is all the dirt, grime, black stuff that I'm worried about messing up my next load of whites

It's the new shorts over polypro

Anybody see rob Zombie's latest flick, The Devil's Rejects?

Thanks Archy : ) CBS, most laundromats I've passed only have top loaders.

RSS feed makes a lot of sense. The current search function could really be improved. I'f i'm digging deep, I'll uses Google not the CC.com search engine.

Anybody know if there's a laundromat with front loading washers in the city? I need to wash a bunch of crap out of my rope.