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I think you got that one backwards. If gas wasn't so heavily subsidized people might think twice about buying SUVs with three couches and living 45 miles from work. things that cost too much: beer shrooms --eternalX

Hope they make it out okay. What day did they go up? I'd go check out the story on king5.com if it didn't require you to be registered. Guess I'll just have to surf over to one of the other million news sites. on another related note, news.google.com rawks --eternal

Where are you getting your information from? Can you point me to where one article is that the US stopped giving aid to North Korea that we had promised in return for dismantling nuke sites? I don't suppose you think that NK has anything to do with its current famine? Did you read that NK was diverting its aid shipments? Designing and building nuclear weapons is incredibly expensive and NK has a very large army. Not to mention they are working on long range missles, something very few countries have. Ask yourself, how came no other countries have long range missles? Because they are incredibly expensive and have very few purposes. I don't think you realize that NK has a lot to do with the situation it's in. I also don't think you realize that this aid for nukes program was set up by the UN. Other countries have participated as well. Having said all that though, I don't really find NK to be a threat in itself. If it ever decieded to launch a long range nuke at us, the rest of the world would just fucking decimate NK. You can't have nukes flying around. Everybody knows this, which is why even the US has never used them again. The biggest problem with NK is that they might possibly sell a nuke to the highest bidder. That's hard to believe though because if a nuke ever went off and they traced it back to NK, which they can do, NK would suffer the same consequences as if they launched it themselves. Afghanistan is a good example of what happens when your country plays easy with terrorism, as I'm sure the Taliban would have second thoughts about harboring Osama had it knows that the US would do what it did after the Sep 11th tragedy. And I'm sick of this argument that "Iraq is a great location for a base." As opposed to what? Qatar? Diego Garcia? Afghanistan? Saudi Arabia? Turkey? Kazikstan? Uzbekistan? I'll buy that the interest in oil is there, and possibly the diversion in attention away from domestic matters, but not geographic location. --eternal

Greg makes a good point. We have been given very little information on Iraq. Why are we going to attack? Because he *might* have chemical weapons? Because he might use them? Because he oppresses his citizens? If that's our logic, there are a whole bunch of other countries that we should be going afetr, including our little buddy after the 9/11 attacks Pakistan, who has been terrorizing India for the last several years, supporting terrorism against India AND posses nuclear weapons. Even Powell's speech wasn't a resounding success (and I dig Powell...probably the only republican I like) as the UN was not convinced that we should attack. Im just not sure what we're trying to accomplish. The administration has gone back and forth on whether or not Iraq is linked to Al Qeida and shown very little of what it could be. And even today we're not helping the Kurds. As far as the protests are concerned, i'm all about the people showing their dislike of war, but as someone stated earlier, point out some solutions. And you can't just say "anything non-violent". Of course nobody is FOR war just for war's sake. This country does not put up with death in war anymore so you can bet as soon as some bodies start coming home in bags that Bush's approval rating will drop into the toilet. --eternal

I used to have a cover of Jenny (867-5309) that kicked ass, but I can't think of who did it. --eternal

I would think Scotchguard would prevent the gore-tex from breathing. Also, you guys keep spouting hydrophilic around, but as far as i can tell, that only means something that has a strong affinity to water. Can someone describe in detail how spraying something on a jacket make it more waterproof AND breathable? I understand the jacket is loaded with tiny holes and that makes it breathable...but wouldn't spraying a coating of say Scotochguard just clog up the holes? I could understand a dryer melting the jacket enough to clog the holes too, or soap not dissolving enough to clog the holes as well.... argh, sorry, it's the geek in me. --eternal less talk, more

What's the deal with Gore-Tex? What really happens if you don't use the fancy GoreTex wash stuff? It seems if the stuff is that tough, it shouldn't break down when you wash it like every other piece of clothing you own. sorry if this has already been covered. --eternal

If anybody made it to the mountains today, let us know about the conditions so we can plan our sunday. Personally, I was thinking of going to Crystal tomorrow. thanks --eternal

Sunday is looking up. --eternal

Nice catch.

What time of year was it? --eternalX

Going out drinking is considered research now? Man, I left college too soon. --eternal (always researching)

I don't quite understand how the topics are arranged in each forum. If i try and sort by last post, it is still all out of order (the dates displayed in last post). Am i misreading this? Otherwise, great site. --eternal

Weird. I KNOW i posted a reply to this yesterday, but it isn't here today. Oh well. We each brought a homemade dinner for three, that we cooked at night. We also brought mixed nuts, peanut butter, cheese, and summer sausage. Thanks for the kind words. My question is, should it take 4 days for the trip, or are we just slackers? --eternal

Apparently they had little to no supplies. It seems to me that if you were going out on Hood on a day of expected snowfall, you'd bring enough gear to last a night. How hard is that? a couple cliff bars and a down jacket. --eternal

I agree with the remark about staying away from AT&T's new GPRS service. It sucks. I'd return this ericsson t68 piece of crap if i could, but i can't. --eternal

Well, it's probably a combination of both. The genetic mutations that allow for this were probably caused by where they lived. If this tribe has lived there for several hundred years, then their bodies have adapted to the altitude, which COULD be reflected in their genetic code. Also, happy get drunk day

Just to note, AFLAC doesn't pay out it's share if you're using ropes. Apparently if you're just carrying them, it's okay, but not if you're actually strapped in. So if you fall, get that rope off! w00p!

$750 US. *ouch*

it is Brill's class, so I think I'm going to catch it. I'll be the one in the back

Talk about a web site with zero information. Some details on the classes would be nice.

This would probably be pretty cool if any of the classes were in the NW.

We just use a couple snow pickets for a base. Hopefully you're not using them while you're cooking!

This 3 day classroom, 1 day field class any good? It's $140 and I'm thinking it'd be easier to undertstand this stuff in person, then through the freedom of the hills book.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: I didnt think you needed to train to snowshoe just put em on your feet and go.... Well, I guess I should've said conditioning. Working in thick snow with a heavy pack. --tim