snoboy

'Twas good, you're all gapers for not showing up, with the excepton of those who did of course.

Simple answer... no. Longer answer, nope.

I am so freakin' excited... ! w0000t!

Yeah, but they get cool s#$% like this:

Sometimes "that dish is really hot," means that it is actually really hot and will burn you. (don't ask)

Don't forget that they put major clauses on the leases/sales of their now closed buildings making sure that nobody can use them to compete against them for ages after they shut down... Free market my ass. Oh yeah, what about the corporate welfare? Wal Mart workers on food stamps because they don't get paid enough to live? Whatever way you slice it, things are pretty f$%^ed. I would like to move to Canada... oh wait.

I'd consider it if they'd have me. What, you prefer looking at stormbound granite to actually climbing???

rubber side down

woooot!

Hmm, I guess this kind of shoots down the theory that the Staff is the real power behind the "puppet prez" then, eh?

Run! Run! Why? I don't understand why all these people are resigning? Is it to disassociate with Bush so they can get back in on the next round in 4 years??? I am truly

LOL

Oh, yes bring it on... please do jinx RuMR...

I like my Borea, kind of. The probe pocket, and shovel pocket, and decent size all rock. Lose the foam sitting pad. The way it carrys skis is really weird though. Maybe they have fixed that since I got mine. I don't think it has snowboard straps. I kept it Borea for avalanche control days because we have to have our shovel (all metal objects actually) seperate from the bombs, and I don't like having it on the outside of the pack. I just use a Serratus Genie for day tours now mostly. I'm sure any simple pack with daisys, and compression straps should answer your needs frosty. How about something like the MEC Brio 25? 2lbs 1oz, 50 bucks CDN.

Any ski techs out there? I wouild love to see the results of putting dynafits and fritschis on binding release test machine... The new Dynafits (comfort??) have longer pins in order to help with the de-cambering issue.

in the mountains, foo!

IT'S SNOWING AGAIN!!!!!!!! W00000000T! TO ALL THE HATERS AND DOUBTERS

Mine was a gift, and I would also give it a Eats batteries like jules says. The software that came with it for d/l pics and whatever also blew goats (would never function on my computer) and I ended up buying a card and card reader to get around that problem. It's also kind of bulky.

Oh boy, with the caveat that I haven't actually climbed p1 of Sunblessed yet... It's harder (duh!), steeper but similar climbing, and not quite as runout... I think once you get the first bolt, that the next ones are reasonably spaced.

w0000000000000000000000000000t! freshiez on Whistler!!

I think, off the top of my head, that MEC and the ACC do some grants...

I think the present situation is as it was originally put up. The FA chopped two chicken bolts that were added. I think it is a shame that the 1st pitch is so run out, as it would be a truly sucky place to break an ankle. I hiked up there to do that route a few years back, and after much searcxhing, decided that it was not for me. C'est la vie. I would love to see more bolts there, but I would be in line to chop them if they appeared again...

Damn it all, how I am I supposed to mooderate you guys if I don't even know what you're saying??? out:

I attended this last year, and really enjoyed it. A little bit geeky fer sure, but some really interesting ideas were presented. The highlight for me was Werner Munter's presentation on his Risk Reduction method. That would be the same Munter who invented a certain useful knot that we all know and love (or hate!) See attached poster. Go to the CAA website to purchase tickets in advance. Beers before/after???