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That's news to me that cannabis causes schitzophrenia.

My analyst told me That I was right out of my head The way he described it He said I'd be better dead than live I didn't listen to his jive I knew all along That he was all wrong And I knew that he thought I was crazy but I'm not Oh no

I would like to check out Ride the Lightning on Goose Egg Mountain.

Idaho is a rather long drive for me. How about Tieton?

you know, experimentally, that's bullshit. my car gets way better mileage at 120 kmh than at 90. I have no idea what you drive. Boxy cars like SUVs definitely get poorer mileage at higher speeds because of aerodynamics. A sleek car like a Lotus probably get's its best mileage at 85 mph. What are you driving Dru? A Ferrari?

This sort of struggle has been going on throughout the history of the Park system. For example, the Park Service logged a large area in Olympic National Park in the 1950's. It was never announced. Few knew it was happening. The Mountaineers called them on it and threatened a lawsuit. They stopped the logging. Our parks rely on constant monitoring and input from the public, or they will not be there as they are now for future generations to enjoy.

I wouldn't advocate a mandatory SUV speed limit, but I would support public announcements reminding people that their cars get better mileage at lower speeds. I think most people forget that it costs them significantly more to run at 75 mph than it does at 60 mph. The worst speeders are usually the SUV drivers.

That's how it goes with volunteers that are there to work for just a day. The time it takes to reach the work area ends up using all the work time, so they have the paid workers do the work distant from the trailhead. If more volunteers were willing to camp out more needed work could be done. Another way to look at it is that the first two or three miles get most of the use as well. The old folks and the little kids benefit from an "over improved" trail that you or I wouldn't appreciate. I've had disagreements with the "experts" on trail specs. The notion that organic matter always has to be stripped down to mineral soil is one of them. If the section is well-drained, why bother? Pine duff is so nice to walk on!

Wednesday, September 21 Feathered Friends Retail Store, Seattle 7:00-9:00 pm Free to the Public Donations Graciously Accepted

Sounds like a no-brainer to me.

Did you get the guy's name?

You say they have no ethics, when in fact they do. It is just a different set of ethics from yours.

I was wondering if the Dave Matthews fans managed to trash the place as badly as they did last year. I hope not.

I spent this beautiful summer day working on my old beater of a car replacing the water pump and timing belt. This because it gets better gas mileage than my truck and I can't afford the $400 the mechanic wants to fix it. It will pay off on climbing trips with 32 mpg.

Hey, what better place to get in touch with one's Inner Nerd than the Gear Critic?

You mean to say you want something that has an alpine feel or one that reaches a summit? Darrington routes have a nice alpine feel to them, I think. Only Exfoliation Dome is a true summit though.

Redmond is out.

So it's basically aircraft aluminum. While zinc is high in the electromotive series, aluminum is even higher. Corrosion resistance is also related to adhesion force of the oxide.

No, you are wrong there. Stainless steel is commonly composed of primarily iron, chromium and nickel with other minor components. Zinc is very low on the electromotive series. Brass, which has zinc and copper in it, is much less resistant to corrosion than either pure copper or bronze (copper and tin).

The zinc would explain the greater corrosion.

People who hate cats don't like them because cats don't take orders. They can't be manipulated. Do cat haters like to manipulate people?

Freezing would definitely not kill bacteria. Bleach would kill bacteria, but might damage the fabric. You'd have to study the label and decide. My guess is that the stink is not from bacteria on the fabric but rather they byproducts of bacteria that are on your skin. The oils turn rancid and horrible-smelling aldehydes are formed. Because the fabric is hydrophobic, it sucks up these compounds and holds onto them tenaciously.

REI has a pair of Simonds Crampons on sale at present. The ad on their website mentions that they are made of an alloy called Zicral. Some investigation on the web revealed that this is a type of zirconium-aluminum alloy for which there are claims of greater strength than conventional alloys. Zicral has been used in bicycle crank sets, frames and spoke, also in baseball bats. It is used in the Petzl Spirit carabiner for which is claimed a 9.5 kN open gate strength. This extra ~2 kN strength over conventional carabiners presumably comes by virtue of the stronger alloy. Further reading brought me to a site on caving in France in which it was mentioned that Zicral carabiners were subject to accelerated corrosion when left fixed in the cave. But it wasn't exactly clear from reading it that conventional biners wouldn't have also corroded under similar conditions of constant immersion. Zicral carabiners used for the usual climbing purposes are not usually in contact with water for extended periods, so it is probably not an issue, but it might pay to rinse your Spirit biners periodically if you get sweat on them, which is true of any carabiner for that matter. I was curious as to whether any of you have access to metalurgical data on the properties of Zicral or have any other info on this alloy. Is it harder, for example? Greater hardness means crampons would stay sharper longer.

I just hope the humans don't have some of the bad habits of their cousins the apes with respect to throwing things at the visitors.

Why post this in Spray and not Access Issue?