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Sombody had mentioned the Cannon Elph S230. That's a great camera that meets your criteria. It retailed for $399 last fall but has since been replaced by the S400. If you can find one, it should be in your price range.

This is PLAB, Woo Whoo!

You'll want to learn some fundamentals first, like how to belay. Kiwi asks a pertinent question... what kind of climbing? If you're talking alpine mountaineering, you'll need other fundamental skills like learning to use an ice axe and learning how to navigate in the wilderness.

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Did ya notice the name of the news station, KRON tv hahahah

Maybe a dumb question, but why the extra long bite? Is this to reduce the angle (and the forces upon each anchor point)? Just need some clarification, thanks. P/S Snowboy, thanks for the elaboration. It didn't make sense till I read your post

Dude, that's funnier'n shit. I thought the first one was stupid, but you gotta see that for the second one to make sense. I feel like such a DJ now, woo woo

That's so 70's...

Adrian's good shit... Yo Adrien

Mmmm... Korean BBQ, that sounds so good right now. I luv all the little kimche dishes that come along with dinner

it's still gay

Yeah, joints make your fingers stinky

John Long outlines something he calls the Atomic Clip in More Climbing Anchors. It's probably more commonly known as the Bowline on a Bite. Regardless, this is your ticket for hanging off two bolts. If you practice, it's quick and easy to tie. If not, it can be a bit cumbersome. Your second can clip into an inline figure eight or figure eight loop off the standing end.

I think this is covered already but... One thing that peeves me is when cyclists hug the curb at a red light when they intend to go straight. I try to either occupy the lane or hug the left side to allow a car to turn right. Unfortunately sometimes assholes drive up the slot, then try to blow you off the line. So much for being courteous.

No, but Fejas needs 'em

Okay Dwayner, point taken... My comments were stirred by years a cycle commuter and several instances in younger years where the encounters with police were never positive. Today I'm a little more respectable, a little more likely to garner a "Sir" from an officer rather than a "punk," a little more likely to have something the police would protect. I acknowledge that the police do server the public and do deserve some respect from that standpoint. At the same time I think we all need to acknowledge that Law Enforcement in general can get quite wacko without adequate public oversight, that civil liberties are abused regularly through intimidation on the streets, that youth, minorities and the socially disenfranchised are often the targets because they don't have a voice that carries much weight. That's where the Pigs came from...

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Dang it Lammy you beat me to the punch... One thing, Krabi has some great food, and cheap cheap. It's not heavilly touristed by farang, so get it while you can. Once you get to Railey or AoNang, it's tourist menues and tourist prices. Check out the Thorn Tree on the Lonely Planet site

You'll want to check out a place called Railey Beach (Rai Leh... it's spelled a half a dozen different ways.) The area is remote but accessible by boat from Krabi. Most of the Krabi water taxis along the waterfront will shout out "Ao Nang, Ao Nang..." Tell the skipper you want Railey Beach. He'll drop you off on the way. The area is essentially a beach peninsula with beautiful limestone rock, monkeys and vegetation all around. I was there in '99, so it's been a while. At the time, accommodations were primitive (good for a dirtbag climber.) Unfortunately, I've heard the place has been quite developed. There are a number of climbing guides that teach one to three day climbing clinics. Te beaches are nice (as are the topless college aged hotties prancing around.)

you'll also stay warmer in a bag that fits you.

While in principle I'd like to say, Fuck the Pigs, if you're riding fast, you should be riding on the road anyway.

Anyone titled "hot lycra momma" certainly ain't a dude... but thelawgoddess is pretty rad fer a chick

Private guide services are pricey. If you can afford it, that's great. If not, pick up a few books, read, practice, learn to use a compass and find a few friends on the board who will take you out on some lower elevation stuff where the stakes aren't quite so high. When you can snatch the pebble from my hand and walk across ricepaper and leave no trace, it will be your time to climb a large volcano

you'll get laid for sure