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you do.

I usually get something that makes me feel like I'm about to die about every time I head that way. They say it is a brave man who farts in Asia. I've found it to be the case. Hang in Rob and get well.

See?

You mean after all the mean horrible wretched unspeakable things we did to some of these folks, after agreeing to allow this kind of thing with them: we should reneg now and offer these people welfare stamps instead? If you are so upset, why not take up the cause with the Japanese who are sending factory ships out still. The horror and scale of that kind of industrial fishing and the indescrimant killing of other species is shocking.

What was the occasion OMB? Gotta link.

Say hello to my little friend whom I've named "Dawg" in yer honor. The Dawgs warming up for springtime. BTW, I'm not the ethics police, theres already too many Elmer Gantry types running around trying to police the world anyway: I wouldn't want to be on the force cause Raindawg there wants that job real bad anyway. However, it seems to me that we should treat others the way we ourselves want to be treated. If someone keeps trying a line, and they cleaned it extensively, until they wander off, I'd give them some room. Course, I most likely couldn't get up it anyway unless it was an elderly fella trying to climb with an Oxygen tank or sumpin'.

REI outlet has a pretty good deal going on. If you buy before Dec 7th, you get 20% off any one item in the REI outlet. Also if you use coupon code HOLIDAY7, you get $20 off of any purchase $100 or more. So if you combine the two, you can possibly get close to 40% off of any one item in the outlet. I think....

Either the Association of Assorted Jerkoffs, or the American Alpine Journal. Probably the latter. Congrats!

Well Iron Mike does but I suspect that dog is smarter than both Kyle and I put together. Probably outclimb us too......

I'd be honored to pick Jim up....now if someone would just remind me so I don't F* this up.....

I was sittng around with a bunch of famous French climbers back in the 70's or early 80's and asked them what they did to train. They were all confused, sat there and quietly stared at me totally clueless. See, training wasn't something they did or even have in their lexicon. Doing is all they knew. They'd just get after it and do. Course for work they all guided full time too, in the winter most of them guided ski descents too, so it was year round work for them. But for the rest of us, like Kitergal, we need to fit something in someplace. I like Ivans idea of squeezing it in, you must have been in hellish good condition, and doing that helps for the altitude as well.

More lexicon: Falling off or about to fall off a short bit: Don't ya say "Take"? Falling off a short bit to moderate istance more: "Takkkkeee meee" (turning up the volume before jumping off) Falling off a long distance: TAKE ME REAL HARD. Half way up and out of sight a multi-pitch ya say, "Hey: schaderone do ya jdfjedic xijd0a doeo tvld me dere? ", repeat 3 or 4 times when your partner cannot understand. Thats what I learned in Vegas last time.

Leader only says "Slack", or just STFU and pulls up steady with the rope to clip.

Oh: it still might be Trask. I see: "This article is about the English novelist. For the Irish politician, see Hugh Conway (Lord Treasurer). Hugh Conway the nom-de-plume of Frederick John Fargus (26 December 1847 - 15 May 1885) was an English novelist, born in Bristol, the son of an auctioneer. He was intended for his fathers business, but at the age of thirteen joined the training-ship Conway in the Mersey. In deference to his fathers wishes, however, he gave up the idea of becoming a sailor, and returned to Bristol, where he was articled to a firm of accountants until on his fathers death in 1868 he took over the family business. While a clerk he had written the words for various songs, adopting the nom-de-plume Hugh Conway in memory of his days on the training-ship. Mr Arrowsmith, the Bristol printer and publisher, took an interest in his work, and Fargus' first short story appeared in Arrowsmiths Miscellany. In 1883 Fargus published through Arrowsmith his first long story, Called Back, of which over 350,000 copies were sold within four years. A dramatic version of this book was produced in London in 1884, and in this year Fargus published another story, Dark Days. Ordered to the Riviera for his health, he caught typhoid fever, and died in Monte Carlo. Several other books from his pen appeared posthumously, notably A Family Affair. [edit] References"

Not Trask?

I hadn't seen it. Thanks for the laugh!

Wrong size bootprints I'll bet!

Nice call on the cottonseed oil Bug: that's in fact why I try to let most of it drip off each oyster and burn the rest. I had heard that when any processed food says "may contain soybean, cottonseed and/or canola oil", what that is saying is that the processor will be buying whatever is cheapest on the spot market at that time. As cottonseed is a scrap by-product of getting cotton, they spray the holy crap out of the cotton to kill boll weevils and other nasties, and no one cares too much about it as they don't perceive it as a food crop. So one does NOT want to be ingesting much of that kind of stuff at all. I like the protein and the flavor though. On the snowcave or tent oyster farts front though: truthfully, is it just me who likes that smell? Don't know about sardine smell. In Tibet, and also Nepal, those Sherpa and hill dudes will hang an animal, like a goat, in their entry way to keep it near the kitchen and eat on it over time. It's hanging right on the wall. When you first enter the building, it reeks like any old carcass, but after a few days you don't really notice it much at all. I do notice that every time I touch my ropes, even like just grabbing one in the basement and moving it over 6 inches, I have a memory of that smell and it is good. Not the smell itself which is not common or good: but what my memory associates with it. It's been a long, long time since I've done the sleep in the snow alone thing....wonder if the snow is still as cold as it use to be?

Good call ! In bad weather the hut may not be attainable. I thought that the "take a shovel for a snow cave advice" above is awesome too. It's nice (and still damn memorable) to just dig in or huddle up for a weekend during a huge mountain storm and hang out someplace still relatively safe a short hike in deep snow up a draw next glacier over from the car. Keep the gps and other key items with you even is going for a short hike away from your basecamp if the weather is shit, I wouldn't underestimate it, even if you are low on the mt someplace only 1/2 a mile from your car. Do some day trips in the shit weather - maybe see if you can just stand up for more than 5 min. before crawling back to basecamp, grateful to be alive, wishing your girlfriend was there with a hot body and hot espresso, with your dripping frozen snot hanging from your nose, frostbitten cheeks and frosted eyebrows. Maybe it's the huge bad weather window we just emerged from which has everyone feeling all cautious right now, I mean, freeways are closed, streams are full, snow dumped huge in the hills, and trees are down everywhere. I wonder if you had asked this during a period of settled and clear weather if you would have received different answers and folks would be less cautious? Sounds like fun! Enjoy. BTW, I use to do exactly what you are suggesting when I'd get depressed or mentally jammed up, this seemed to happen more in the winter in periods of bad weather. I'd just want to go be alone. I headed out to all kinds of strange places alone. On the food discussion front, I liked to take smoked oysters, cause you can drag it out, slowly let the oil drip off each one as you eat them, and then make a lil fire with a wick of a Cashew or Brazil Nut in the remaining oil, with the can tilted up, acting as a a reflector. It brought warmth to my soul and my fingers.

No need to get offensive John. Pink use to run laps on Beacon all year long. Predated Ivan:-) 6 solo laps = over 5000' if you hit the top. He's just saying this is what he use to do way back when to stay in shape. I think that it may be the best thing ever for both cardio and rock climbing strength at the same time. I've never hit it in the wet cordless though, and the thought of heading out there in this kind of weather, in the dark too, terrifies me. I couldn't do it. I could do it naked on a warm sunny day though! Since she lives in Seattle, she'll have to find her own lil playground locally. I like the workout partner idea. I notice that Ujahn and I will get some ski runs in, then sometimes also hit like Petes, Beacon, the woods or Ozone weather dependant. Course, somethings my legs are cramping from just the runs, and we'll go stand at the base of something and just hang out for a while, too satiated and content too want to get on anything. After work, wife and I will go for walks. I try to convince her that we should hike up the creek (I carry weights in the pack) but she's not into doing that in the dark. But Kitergal is asking what should she do during the week. If you are still in school K-gal, I'd hit their gym after class or find something you love to do like swimming or racketball, otherwise, noticed that both John and Marcus do Crossfit and that shite seems to be doing the trick as there may not be many stronger folks on this site for sure. Might take an exercise class at school. PSU does an alumnus deal, it use to be $45 a year to use their stuff, (it's got to be way more now) maybe your school does the same?

They're back, currently on E-bay Link Get them before they're gone. If the E-bay link does not work, try entering "Fish Ring Angle Claw" into the search. They may be available on the Fish Products site later.

No way dude, not you too! Damn. Whats this world coming too! Sigh....

Wow, they were so far ahead of their time, and made great stuff. Then they just disappeared ...till now. Wow

Damn, it is Trask ! They let you back on, well, welcome back asshole. I guess.

Thanks! Too cute to pass up!