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If they figured he had an explosive belt under that overcoat, they unloaded on him thinking he was about to detonate the bomb.

I see you are holding her down lest she float away into space.

There is only one bolt that I remember and it was at the very start of the fifth pitch, as I recall. You step up onto a left facing slab and make a bit of a traverse before going up. I don't remember the tunnel, unfortunately.

Were your custom insoles made from a plaster cast of your foot? It is quite possible that your tele boots simply didn't have enough room in them to put an insole with a lot of arch support. The top of the boot may have pressed downward on your foot too much. Who knows? I had some knee problems at first with my orthotics, after which the doc adjusted the angle of the foot strike by building up the insert on one side using some sort of putty-like material that sets up solid. After that, I've never had knee problems.

What? The City of Destiny?

The definition of "overpriced" is the relationship of living costs relative to income. There is a reason why Seattle is overpriced. People want to live here for reasons other than monetary ones.

Not mitigating. The word you want is exacerbating.

Where exactly will you be?

Gag me with a spoon. Aauuughhhh! I can't believe we still don't have the vomicon in the gremlin lexicon.

That's not quite right. The goal of the female is not just to get impregnated, but rather to raise offspring to the point where it can reproduce. She does this by providing for the young as best she can. It may require two males, in fact, if conditions are difficult, and this actually is the case in parts of Nepal. The male also wants to have lots of offspring old enough to reproduce and he does have incentive to provide for the young, but promiscuity is another way of accomplishing the same thing with less effort.

Rod, that was East Wilmans Spire, was it not?

Of course you back it up by tying figure eight loops to locking biners on your harness. A clove hitch may not be as desireable as a autotending belay device but it will get you started.

they help a lot with heel cup fit, but they cause me much pain in my arches. Your arches will hurt at first because they are not used to that much support. When I first got my custom orthotics, I was told by the doctor to at first wear them for only a couple hours a day and gradually increase the time until I could wear them comfortably all day. The arches were painful at first. It felt really strange, but now I can't stand to wear shoes without my orthotics. My plantar fasciitis has gone away and so has my knee problems.

You can do it that way for sure. With a 15 lb pack you don't need boots. Tennies are the way to go.

There has been a long-winded discussion about this article going on at RC.com. There were some pretty good comments made.

The guy to ask is Steve Fox. He's done it in three days (without running and without support). He even brought a stove- one made out of a Pepsi Can.

Many doctors are quick to diagnose arthritis with little to go on. I was having trouble with a thumb joint that the doctor called "arthritis". Well, turns out it was being caused by repetitive pipetting with a certain brand of auto pipette. After I stopped using it, the problem gradually went away.

I disagree. A fourth should be added sometime soon. Yes, we'll be going this weekend. Do you think aluminum crampons would be fine for this route? We want to go light and do it in a day.

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When we feed the snakes, I've never seen a mouse survive for longer than two or three seconds. They are that fast. Rats sometimes last ten seconds.

You could start an entire thread about why climbers have such inflated egos. Do we as a group have higher self-esteem than other "athletes"?

That heavy, man. Way to lay it down.

Don't you get car sick when you can't see out the window?

Sheeeit, in the 70's we had chalkbags made out of sleeping bag stuffsacks. It was the only way to chalk your elbows for the wide stuff. Some of the brits would get all wound up about powder puff boys and the whack and dangle merchants, read some old Mountain issues at the Mountaineer's Library for the backstory. I heard a funny story once about a mishap with a chalk bag. I think it was Geoff Childs who told it, but I wouldn't swear to it. He forgot to loosen the cord and he was on the crux when went to take a dip. His hand got stuck in the bag and as his other had was occupied, he was in a pickle. I think he had an audience for the whole thing. Tried to do a head jam so he could use his other hand to free the stuck one and ended up pitching off.