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Hell no, Dru. Haven't you ever heard of a quadrupod? or is it quadruped?

I thought it might be Dave Schuldt's hair, but more likely it was Wayne's dog.

Joshua Tree has a bunch of chimneys. Many of them aren't actually parallel sided though. Some are like acute angled dihedrals etc. Intersection Rock has Bat Crack, Mike's Books, and The Flake, all of which have chimney sections.

How about this punk?

A very entertaining TR, but enquiring minds want to know whether you actually climbed anything, and if so what it was. Did you clip bolts or top rope?

Capitol Forest volunteers discovered last week that a bill was presented to the Legislature to eliminate DNR law Enforcement presence on forest trust lands throughout the state. This bill was submitted by Senators Doumit and Jacobsen. As you know, Fish and Wildlife officers are mandated to enforce game and fish violations. They are known to be very understaffed with their current obligations. They will unlikely staff additional officers specifically for protection of forest resources, campground vandalism, extended homeless camping, drug labs, ATV violations, stray target practice, abandoned stolen vehicles, garbage and other problems that ran rampant in the forests when DNR officers were not present. This bill makes no sense at all. DNR officers are already dedicated to the protection of the state forest resources. Fish & Wildlife have other enforcement focuses than to protect forest lands. This will be a lose, lose for all concerned if this legislation is passed. Our homeless problem will return. Vandalism and theft of forest products will increase without the presence of dedicated DNR law enforcement staff. The system has worked well in recent years. It seems strange the legislature wants to fix something that is not broken. Contact your legislators and let them know how you feel about this change in trust forest protection. SENATE BILL 5818 _____________________________________________ State of Washington 59th Legislature 2005 Regular Session

When downclimbing, gravity is aid.

I saw that same photo in a Florida newspaper the other day. I guess they needed a climbing photo and that one was just handy. It was taken at Ouray, supposedly.

For this reason and others I prefer the cordellette/webolette. Sure you can build an achor with slings, but it will take more time and fiddling. Cordellettes are fast. If you belay with a redirect off the anchor, and your second get's bonked with a rock, you can quickly rappel down to him and do an assisted rappel from there. If you build the anchor with the rope, good luck.

I just got back from Orlando. I had to order off the Senior menu to get something reasonably sized (and priced). It's no wonder everyone is getting fat. They are all eating at restaurants. People who eat at restaurants tend to eat everything they are served to get their "money's worth". But it is way too much food.

Fairweather, time to toast your buddy, Karl. Now he's Deputy Chief of Staff.

If the French had coordinated with the Americans they would have been told, "be sure to slow down for the checkpoint". But nooooo... It's a damn shame, but what are you going to do if you are the one manning the checkpoint? You got your orders and you got seconds to decide what to do.

We was?

It could very well be an early and harsh tick season. Ick.

That shit freaks me out. I'd have to say that if I have a phobia, it would have to be getting stuck and not being able to move. I could be hanging from a fingernail a mile off the ground and it wouldn't be as scary as one of those squeezes. Yikes!

According to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, a 46 year old North Bend man fell 600 ft and died while climbing unroped at the 5,000 ft level on McClellan Butte with his 41 year old partner, a man from Snohomish. The identities of climbers were not disclosed. Does anyone know anything about this?

I spent Saturday playing my horn and building a fence. Sunday I went for a hike. Tomorrow, I'll be in sunny Florida just as the clouds arrive in Seattle for PittCon an analytical chemistry conference. I don't imagine there is anywhere to climb in Florida, is there? I believe this is my 7,000th post.

Tsunamis are rather rare at any one location. By the time the next one hits, everyone has forgotten all about the last one. It reminds me of that Isaac Asimov story...

There are lots of junkies out there with $200 a day heroin habits. The money for the drugs has to come from somewhere. Do the math. That's approximately $70,000 per year they have to steal (or drugs they must sell). Given that, maybe $31,000/yr is a deal.

Even land that has been raped and pillaged, if protected for a sufficient period of time, will return to a wild and natural state. Your assertion is that basically once a piece of land has been logged, it can't be protected and I don't agree.

Not having skin material all of the way to the edge could conceivably reduce traction on traverses in hard snow. I guess it depends on what you can afford.

Removing the product from the market couldn't possibly have been because it wasn't selling. Maybe people were not keen on the idea of eating candy that looks like roadkill.

Great story! What an amazing survival instinct. An on the ball gal.

Yea, that fortress, known as Nodder, remains and shall remain unbreached, buttressed as it is by adamantine walls of mindlessness.

I'd bet that person would look clumsy and jerky in his movements.