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If you get 8 mm half ropes, you might be disappointed in the durability.

My boss works in a different building- in fact a different city. I'm as free as a bird! All I have to do is keep my clients happy and there is nothing to worry about. My boss is happy as long as my clients are happy.

How about the coworker who frequently asks favors of you, but never seems to return the favor? I had one years ago who would come to me at the end of the day and ask if I could shut down her experiment before I left. She had to go pick up her kid from daycare. I'd find out her experiment ended at 5:30 pm, and I'd have to stay late. Grrrr.

No, not fungus. It is a chemical called diacetyl, that gives popcorn its butter flavor. I causes lung problems in the workers in the factories where they make that product.

I wish I had a TR to post! It was the weekend to do garden chores, unfortunately.

Is the middle section of Middle East Wall okay?

My old boss didn't have problems with foul language, but he really didn't like it when people said the words, "free lunch". If you were so unfortunate to say those words, you had to put a dollar in the beer fund.

I spoke with Garth Bruce, author of the Exit 38 Guide. He said hanger theft is an ongoing problem at the Far Side. He's already bought the replacement hangers and will install them on Monday, come rain or come shine.

It's a wonder Gary hasn't chimed in yet. He's got a gem of a boss.

A secret ropegun I know and I were all set up to try it last year, but were thwarted by a woman. Cap't Caveman has the beta on the Temple Ridge Traverse. I'm not sure he's done the whole thing, but he's done from Prussik to BoxTop, I'm quite sure.

You did mix them up.

There's lots of info elsewhere on this site on Darrington. Weather is going to be pretty iffy this weekend.

THERE is a story waiting to be told.

They are all wedge bolts. Whoever put up the routes failed to mash up the threads. The routes are so easy that no self-respecting boulderer would bother with them. They were put there specifically for beginners.

I stand corrected. Thank you, Dru. There is a guy named Lucky who etches all his hangErs with his initials. We could do the same. Also there are ways to make it more difficult to get the nut off the bolt, which I propose to implement.

I visited the Gritscone yesterday for the first time since last summer and discovered that someone had stolen almost all the hangars on all the routes rated 5.9 or easier. About 5 routes and about 15-20 bolts were affected. It's a shame, because The Gritscone is a great place for people learn to lead for the first time. I'm hoping to organize an effort to replace the hangars.

I'll tell you what would save a lot of money- Peace. If we stopped sticking our noses in everyone else's business, it would save a ton of money. But as long as individuals can get rich through the actions of governments, it won't happen.

It's a great, great day!

I thought the word was Queest Alb. Once upon a time, a very long, long time ago, back in legendary time, before the white man or any other Indian people, there lived in the Sauk-Stillaguamish valleys a strong and handsome Indian man. His name was "Queest Alb." He led a happy life. The land there was beautiful, and still is. There were berries and plants galore to eat. Fish and deer were plentiful. Queest Alb was happy, but he was lonely. Then, as if the spirits wished it, from across the mountains, from the east, came a beautiful Indian woman by the name of "So-bahli-ahli." The two of them fell in love, and they began living life happily ever after. Happily, that is, until another beautiful Indian princess came up the Stillaguamish valley from the "Whulge"--the salt-water sound. She was called "Ska-dul-gwas." Skadulgwas, by nature, also wanted a man--the only man in the valley--so she set out to charm Queest Alb. And indeed, she turned his head. His passion for her naturally made So-bahli-ahli quite jealous, and she was not the kind of woman who would stand idly by. A tremendous fight--a real "squaw-ble"--broke out between the two Indian maidens as they vied for Queest Alb's affection. It was a cat fight the likes of which has never been seen since. Hair and blood and torn clothing and even a piece of flesh or two filled the sky. The screams were deafening. In the end, Sobahli-ahli was the victor, and Skadulgwas was vanquished. So-bahli-ahli was naturally distrustful from that moment on, and placed Queest Alb behind her so he could never be with Skadulgwas again. *** Queest Alb is Three Fingers Mountain. Sobahli-ahli is Whitehorse Mountain. And to this very day as you drive the valley between Arlington and Darrington, you can still see to the north where Sobahli-ahli's fingernails dug deep scratches in Skuldulgwas (Mount Higgins, Middle Peak) during the fight, gouging out scars for eternity. Look for them." http://rhinoclimbs.com/USGSMountHiggins.htm

Try setting one up and then get back to us. hey fuck you too pantywaist, now answer my question! You are wrong. It does prevent extension. If you would just try it, you would see that. However, it does effectively put all the load on one strand of cord between the two remaining pieces, rather than four strands as with the normal tie-off. I didn't want to say whether I liked it or not. In fact, I don't like it. It takes too much time. It does SELF-equalize a little bit if you adjust it right, but it takes too much fiddling around.

North Ridge of Baker as a one day climb. I didn't wear enough clothing and didn't hydrate enough. On the hike down the Coleman it was hot and we postholed all the way down. I was exhausted and staggering. My partner kepts saying, "just follow the pretty blue rope". Every once and a while, he'd set one of those yellow marshmallow peanut things in the snow for me to pick up as I went by. It was, part sustenance, part bribe. Those things were a life-saver.

Try setting one up and then get back to us.

Bacterial infection. Probably a form of anaerobic peritonitis.

I want to have my cake and eat it too. That's what we all want. Build your anchor like a Sliding X and include a shock absorbing component to deal with extension. Place some sort of Screamer device in the system.