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So you sent in a #1, got your number 1 (ok it was a refixed one) AND a new C3...you got 2 cams back!? Did I read that right Bryan? 2 cams? $15? That's great! I bet they looked at your cam when it got there and said, "damn, this guys been getting some high mileage on our gear!" They probably didn't want to fix up your cam as it was so beat to shit from regular use, that's what is so remarkable here in this story, and then they still took care of it ++, nice.

Died. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titos_death

not not not. Obviously my post doesn't stand on it's own like I intended....hmmm. Here's a picture of a minor Cathedral Pinnacle out at Gothic Rocks which is begging to be climbed instead. However, there are no routes on it. It has never been climbed. Perhaps it should be left alone, untouched, unsullied and unsoiled by the likes of us filthy climbers? LOL! Let the fear envelope us: stay and spray and play another day.

I know! I know, you're preaching to the choir here E. I even tried that argument on the oriental Asian-American I'm married too without much success. I said, "isn't the orient a place?" (correct answer is Yes!) * "Are people who come from Canada called Canadians?"(correct answer to that is Yes!) *"Are people who come from Mexico called Mexicans?" (And the correct answer to that is Yes as well!) "Well, this is progress", I said, "the people living in that place we call the Orient, what are those people called?" ... ?... I don't want to piss anyone off for no reason, I just wanted to understand. You know what I learned ...again? That women are the opposite of logic. So Asians it is. Someday I'll learn why, until that day....

U sound like you were coming by for some laps but the birds hosed the whole deal? Shit, it's going to be 100 degrees by the time the rock opens and we'll all have to go bother the Washingtonians up at the pass and piss them off anyway. ps, what would the new sign at Beacon say anyway? If you haven't been there in a while, the new rangerette seems to like putting up new signs, she's be down with it.

REI has an extensive lineup of made in China packs that really aren't too bad....and like PhoQ said..... You might divide the total extra dollars by the amount of years you will have the pack and then think if that extra amount per year to have the best during that period is worth it to you.

I find it strange that if what you say is true, they don't just "change policies". God forbid Monsanto try and get food production to increase and they make a buck on it in the process....better they just starve I suppose.... My brother and sister in law did the peace corp over there, and what you say really only applies to some of the countries, Africa is surprisingly, you may come to learn, a huge continent, with surprisingly, you may come to learn, many many country's as it turns out. All different.

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I word for the graduate: "Cilogear". Now made in Portland Oregon and the choice of many top climbers.

The revolution will not be televised......... ______________________________________________________________ People who complain but don't do anything. ... Thank you for asking Kevin.

The Mist In the quiet and the dark recesses of my mind a quiet fear slips up behind invisible unseen felt it presses silently like pressure on a submarine at depth the mist the cliff that dwells behind and through the mist and the pinnacles like dragons strike fear into my heart yet to the church I will go to pray and play at the Cathedral of stone Tomorrow....alone.

This must be a natural result of getting to be old fucks ..aging Sobo, as I feel the same. Warm regards: ps, to everyone young, I heard there will be no line for the North Norwegian Buttress this 4th of July.....lets see those TRs!

If any non-Joseph folks want Beacon open, they need to start stepping up the plate.....and not sleeping in with a beautiful new bride. Congrats BTW, I know which one I'd pick, but the rest of these slackers around here...LOL!

I heard that recently as well. When did saying "the Orient" or Oriental become Politically incorrect? ps, sweet find. It always shocks me to see 40 story high Bamboo scaffolding on a Hi-rise tower being utilized in the Orient Asia. Probably make a nice ice axe handle or kitchen floor I'll bet:-)

I say good on them for getting out and getting on it. Check out Tonyas story of losing 60 lbs. Damn awesome! So they put it online and it's not perfect (I think there was a lot of copy and paste of others words here and there)...so what? Tonya B4: Tonya after: Anyone want to do anything constructive, then why not offer them some advice and help with wording where it's needed. Nice find Rob.

No Shit! I flip through all my radio channels and listen to about everyone at some point. Occasionally I'd stop on Michael Savage (real name Michael Weiner AKA Ratso Rizzo). One day@ 2 years ago I heard him start yelling (I had an image of spittle blowing out his mouth as ye yelled into the microphone) that we needed to drop an H bomb on Damascus...no shit, he was yelling it. He wanted to kill every last one of "them". I couldn't believe it! I resolved to not listen to the prick again, a resolution I occasional break for a brief moment or 2 as my channel changing finger does it's magic in rush hour, to my regret every time it lands on his show. Now the little bitch is whining because the British won't let him in the country. F* RATSO RIZZO is my thought, we should toss his bitch ass out as well. What a worthless yoink. In no way do I mean to degrade one of the greatest American actors by comparing this radio lowlife to him. But Dustin Hoffman's awesome portrait of a lonely, thieving, lying, self-centered, angry, 4th rate con man really reminds me of Savage, including the accent. ps, he owns part of the energy drink Rockstar with his son, another "Weiner", so if you do not support the asswipe, avoid it and drink Red Bull. http://www.scribd.com/doc/256199/The-Truth-About-Rockstar-Energy-Drink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_(drink) Boycott Rockstar and this putz's radio show.

Leningrad cowboys and the Red Army Choir! [video:youtube]

BTW, most of us do know exactly what you mean, and I for one, find it a comfort that concerned citizens still care at the deepest level and that morals and beliefs can be so firm. Rob, no one is talking about stepping up and doing anything to a legally elected President who will be legally voted out or in again in the next election. I would see more of a situation where a Nixon, NOT stepping down, cozys up to the military and with their backing decides that any more US elections are fruitless and for the birds and he will finish when he's damn good and ready and not before. So he enacts a martial law crackdown domestically and deploys troops to enact that very scene. Frankly, I don't think we were too far away from that exact ugly scenario as when congress had mandated he step down, he had approached the military and God Bless them, they had sworn a oath to the CONSTITUTION and they meant to uphold that oath. Furthermore, the fact that the citizens are armed is the underlying theme there for all involved. Stalin made a crack to Churchill once about the Allies executing an estimated 50,000 German prisoners to make a point. Upset and angry, Churchill stood up to leave and in shock said something directly to Stalin to the effect that he would rather saw his arm off than ever do anything so low and morally wrong and would never participate in such a mean and low crime. This was at a time of great peril for his country during WW2, and they Germans were doing many horrid things to his country and countrymen. Yet Churchill had and kept his morals. Stalin tried to pretend it was a joke and Churchill was persuaded to return. Solzhenitsyn once lamented the fact that more of his countrymen didn't care enough to even try and stand up and toss a fist out when the authorities were pushing people around, he strongly felt that even small efforts would have help keep his country from falling into the hell that was the gulags of post WW2 USSR. Bless you and yours Scott. (had to add the part about Nixon)

I'm sure that the water washed them right there....my drawers on reading the story, however....Whew! Jefferson last Saturday

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904574244103180757152.html Little pricy for jug wine, its the Wall Street Journal though so I guess it's better than "mmmmm hints of road tar, formeldahyde and grasshopper spittle"..... "It’s a funny thing about that big tub of ice on the Fourth of July, the one filled with the beer that everyone is enjoying so effortlessly. Put a regular bottle of wine into that tub—no matter how delicious, inexpensive or unintimidating—and it will sit there, unloved, as though it’s just too formal and stuffy for the occasion. But take the same wine and put it in a big, happy 1.5-liter bottle and suddenly everybody is yumming it up. In that spirit, we went looking for some jug wines for your ice bucket next weekend and throughout the summer. Jug wines are the “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” of wines, lovable yet ridiculed. After all, fine wines in big bottles are called magnums or “large-format” bottles. Jug wine has come to embody a specific meaning and that meaning is “cheap.” Over the years, most of us have had some really bad wines in big bottles. But there’s no reason good wines can’t come in big bottles at good prices. Jug wines used to mean low quality. However, "Tastings" columnists Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher have found several that break the magnum stigma and come out on top. Wine Notes * Getting Help With Wine Choices To see what was out there, we tried many jug wines over the past few weeks, including jug wines that have been among our favorites in the past. We tried both reds and whites. If the wines were vintage-dated, we got the youngest we could find, because these informal wines are meant to drink immediately. We set our price limit at $15. We did not include boxed wines in this tasting; we have tasted wines in boxes in the past and surely will in the future, but this tasting was specifically for tub-of-ice wines in jugs. We were looking for wines that were tasty and easy to enjoy on a summer day, but that also had enough character to proudly represent real wine against all of the ice-cold beer in the bucket. We were also looking for jug wines that are widely available so that we could offer some specific recommendations. We tasted quite a few bad ones, the kind made by greedy vintners who figured they could disguise second-rate fruit with sugar and oak flavorings. But there are some good ones out there. At the end of the day, these were the five we’d recommend to friends. In each case, the price is generally representative, but prices, as always, vary widely. Concha y Toro “Frontera” Sauvignon Blanc 2008 (Chile). $9. This wine is a steal. It’s fresh, fruity and fun, with lively Sauvignon Blanc green-pepper character. If you have a floating chair in the pool that holds a little plastic cup, this is the wine to pour into that cup. Lusty and easy to like, it would also make cold summertime dishes like cold poached fish sparkle. In our tasting, we found that too many whites lacked character. They tasted so much like lemon-lime water that we’d rather have Perrier with lime. This is a white with character, but oh-so-easy to gulp, too. In general, if you are looking for a crowd-pleasing, inexpensive white this summer, the new vintage of Chilean Sauvignon Blanc is one good place to start. Barefoot Cellars Pinot Grigio Nonvintage (California). $11. We are generally not big fans of Italian Pinot Grigio, which is often watery and charmless. U.S. wines called Pinot Grigio can have the same problem, though we have better luck with U.S. wines called Pinot Gris, which is the same grape. We had a terrific Pinot Gris from J Vineyards & Winery at Disney World recently (2007 Russian River Valley; $60 at Wolfgang Puck Café at Downtown Disney) that had hints of earthy honeydew melon, with some weight. It had a certain clarity of fruit and some richness and it was really pleasing and satisfying. In a tasting of American Pinot Grigio/Pinot Gris last year, Barefoot Cellars was one of our favorites. We tried it again for this tasting in magnum size and, once again, thought it was a real winner, especially for the price. It’s fleshy and peachy, with some weight and true white-grape tastes. We’d pair it with more-flavorful, more-complex summer dishes, like salads with all sorts of toppings, and pastas. Folonari Soave 2007 (Italy). $12. In a broad blind tasting of Soave earlier this year, good old Folonari was among our favorites. Soave is such a classic name for so many of us that we were delighted to find some we liked, including this old friend. Soave can be fairly neutral, and this wine is quite clean, but we like its weight and hint of minerals. There’s also a little touch of white peaches that is quite summery. It’s important for a white wine to taste like just-picked, perfectly ripe grapes and too many jug wines don’t. This one does and that makes it an easy pair with all kinds of summery foods, especially grilled fish and grilled vegetables. Bolla Bardolino 2007 (Italy). $14. As we were trying to pin down what we liked so much about this red wine, Dottie finally used the perfect word: “It’s gentle,” she said. Perfect. When you think about the kind of wine you want in that tub (or, since this is red, perhaps on the picnic table after a good dousing in the tub), isn’t “gentle” a good idea? We love the color of this—lively, with fiery highlights. It looks a little like a dark Beaujolais, which is a good sign of its vibrant fruitiness. John took one sip and wanted to order pizza with anchovies. Our daughters stopped him—anchovies, yuck!—but his craving is an indication that this wine would enhance a variety of foods, including cold roast chicken; Italian subs with Genoa salami and provolone cheese; and vitello tonnato, veal with a tuna and anchovy sauce, served cold (a serious summertime treat). Citra Montepulciano d’Abruzzo 2007 (Italy). $10. We really enjoy this wine, which was a favorite in a tasting of jug reds several years ago and also in a broad, blind tasting of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo (which is a great bet in general, by the way). It has a dark color that looks rich and serious, with some minerals on the nose. The taste is blackberries and blueberries, with good tannins and some body. Too many jug reds seem heavy to us, with unidentifiable tastes and plenty of creamy, vanilla wood stuff. Summer is an uncomplicated time and we like uncomplicated wines that taste like fresh fruit—and this one does. But its extra depth means it’s perfect with a rare burger off the grill or a big, thick steak."

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/rob_finchthe_oregonian2002us_m.html Here's a small part of it I copied and pasted. " "He was the finest gentleman I've ever met," said Harley Wedel of Fairview, a fellow Korean War veteran. "I'm really going to miss him." Reusser flew an amazing 253 combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was shot down in all three wars -- five times in all. He earned two Navy Crosses, four Purple Hearts and two Legions of Merit among his 59 medals. In 1945, while based in Okinawa, he stripped down his F4U-4 Corsair fighter and intercepted a Japanese observation plane at an altitude much higher than usual. When his guns froze, he flew his fighter into the observation plane, hacking off its tail with his propeller. " What a warrior. RIP and thanks for all you gave.

pfft: that's nothing, I almost need bookmarks to find my mouth anymore.... Exactly, it's a huge legal thing which if it were to be compiled and shown to prospective grooms in advance, would no doubt be the direct cause every other dude avoiding to ever tie the knot again. Most guys only learn this, to their horror and chagrin, upon trying to split up.

I'm afraid to ask if her hands are responsible for your tongue hanging out there in that picture...... May you have a long, healthy, active and enjoyable life together. You know what they say: "Act in haste, repent in leisure". Wishing you both well, we're on year 29 together here.

This is Kevin's 2nd good by post Muffy. This was @ a year ago when he returned. Probably the boner is on vacation, schools out and all, probably took the kids to Disneyland. What gave you that idea? Was it the 7 page speculation on Friday? That was fun to watch.

No reason to act like an angry 2nd grader throwing a tantrum. _______________________________________________________________ Aric, I'd ask here: http://www.redriverclimbing.com/viewtopic.php?t=8242 Says "Cliff Heindel is the guy who decked." and he posts on that board. Not sure if it's the right guy, but a general post there might start the ball rolling. Good luck.