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I know. We all expect much better from CNN.

You regret it? Be grateful, my friend! Three of my worst are both at Vantage: Old Friends on Kotick Memorial Wall and a new route recently "cleaned" at ZigZag Wall. Yeah, right. Another notch in my Chapstick Case has a hard start with a super sharp rock right in the landing zone. Chumstick Snag was pretty bad, yet I don't regret having visited it. North Face of Pilchuck: piss, orange peels and broken glass.

Total Soul, from what I hear, is a route more people ought to go try. It's high on my to do list. Maybe not in the rain though.

Go screw yourself.

If you are young and healthy you should pass on the shot and leave it for someone who really needs it like the elderly and the sick. Whenever I've gotten a shot, I've had soreness and malaise for three days afterwards. I'm curious about whether the nasal mist is free of these effects.

That is sooooo cool! I just love gadgets. It looks like something out of science fiction.

Yeah, Tex! That's what I'm talkin' about!

For some reason I can't remember the name of the place. I can't remember much else about the evening, either.

That probably wasn't our Larry. He doesn't stray far from his car. If I see a fire ring in a place that doesn't belong I will disperse it- both the rocks and the ashes and sprinkle needles and what not to disguise it. Some people get the idea that because a ring exists it is okay to build a fire.

We were just having a discussion at ropeup that no one had seen him in a long long time. Well, he's baaaacccckkk! The triumphant return of Larry the Tool

I'm going to assume this is not a troll. Early season snow can be very sketchy because it is not consolidated and can slip on the underlying substrate, especially if it is grass or heather. Spring snow is great for travel because it is consolidated and you can kick steps in it on steep slopes. On the other hand, you can encounter very hard snow in the morning and in the shade that can be impossible to kick steps in and furthermore, next to impossible to arrest on should you slip. Sometimes just waiting later in the day for things to warm up can make all the difference. My best advice is to become competent with an ice axe and then be careful about when and where you choose to travel on snow. If you question about whether you can arrest if you fall, then maybe you shouldn't go that way. If you do, then you better not fall.

Everybody wants to do the same handful of popular climbs. If you are a little adventuresome there are lots of climbs at Royal Columns you can do and not wait to do them. Bring a complete set of hexes and your larger nuts, if you go, because the rock just seems to take them well. In many cases they work better than cams.

The Bush Administration knows it is treading on and trampling on civil liberties. Anyone who supports freedom of expression is regarded as being against the Administration.

What does one do with a degree in Mongolian Studies? If you spoke the languages you could enter the civil service, I suppose. I should think you'd start with Mandarin, though.

Our liberals were paying attention that one time they got dragged into church and they heard the memorable phrase "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone".

Okay, I finally got around to looking in Breasheares' book, High Exposure. Besides the team members already mentioned (Viesturs, Breashears, Segarra, Norgay and Schauer), there was also Sumiyo Tsuzuki, Paula Viesturs (basecamp manager), Wongchu Sherpa and Jangbu Sherpa.

They aren't off by much. Not as much as you indicate, but whatever. I was just trying to help someone.

There is a 9 and it get's wet. The 5.10a gets a little wet. I've done one or two 5.10cs and the 5.10d there and they were dry in the rain.

Nevermind wall stays remarkably dry. You have to climb 5.10s and up, however.

Come on Lance, she's sexy and you are proud of her. Besides, if it's in the cc.com gallery, it's fair game.

They are out there. We just aren't getting the closeup shots. Thelawgoddess at Squamish:

cc.com has some of it's own Trad Babe talent. I just think that there hasn't been a concerted effort to capture it on film. The following was contributed by Lancegranite. Granted she isn't leading, although I am certain she must lead trad, but this is what I'm talking about.

Oompah loompah doopity doo, I've got a little riddle for you. What do you get when you stare at a screen? A pair of bad eyes and you're spraying a stream.

We'll get to the bottom of this... as soon as the election is over.