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Climbing is never quite as exciting as when you were first starting out, or is it?

Database server crashed and site was restored from a 24 hour old backup tape.

Think of the invaluable spray that was lost. Oh, the humanity!

Listen to Griz. You can try steaming the pages apart by suspending the book over a pot of boiling water. Once the pages are unstuck, get a roll of paper towels and put a towel between each and every page and put the book in a warm place to dry.

Looking at roadless areas purely as an economic issue we lose. John Q. Public loses money on the construction of the roads. Then human motorized access results in more human caused forest fires. We lose money spent fighting fires we wouldn't otherwise have had to fight. I find it comical when they argue that cutting trees reduces fire danger. Fully half of all forest fires are caused by man.

Aren't you glad there wasn't a snowboardER attached?

I'll sell you one for $20.

Take the main road south from I-90 and look for a large brick building that says "George" on it. The store opens at 9 am, if I recall correctly. The owners are nice, friendly people.

In my opinion the traverse was way hard and everything else, including the finger crack was easy. I must have been having brain fade or something on the traverse. The traverse felt like 5.10+. The last moves to the belay on that pitch are an honest 5.9.

Never underestimate the power that results when potential energy is converted into kinetic energy!

Garth told me that at Gritscone, the bolts were placed with very little thread above the nut, making it very difficult to theft-proof the hangers. If it happens again, the bolts will be replaced with longer ones. Almost everyone I've spoken with agrees. The thing to do is to e-mail the guidebook author and tell him what you think they ought to be (Garth at info@northbendrock.com). I'm sure he'll be coming out with a revised edition at some time in the future. Perhaps he might even publish an addendum online that could be printed out for free. I'll bet he would.

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.