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I guess he must be referring to posts in the capacity as moderator rather than what you do "behind the scenes".

Trask says (in so many words) that he disapproves of the why in which minx has been "over-moderating".

Yeah, if being restricted to 25mph didn't piss him off then the guy tailgating sure did!

I was driving down Aurora Avenue in Shoreline yesterday on my way to a rehearsal. It was dusk and by this time most cars had their headlights on. There wasn't much traffic and I was going perhaps a little faster than I should have been. Up ahead in the right lane I saw an object. It was roughly square and black. As I drew closer, I could see it was moving and that it was... a guy in a wheelchair! He's right smack dab in the middle of the lane. I started to change lanes to pass him, but then I got the thought, "what if the next car doesn't see him?" So I slowed down and got behind the guy to protect him. Turns out he's going at least 25 mile per hour! After about half a block, he pulls right and onto the sidewalk. As I passed, I noticed he was wearing a black eye patch. I guess he was just a one-eyed paraplegic with a need for speed.

You'll have to wrestle to determine who gets to do the first pitch.

If you go all the way to the ridge you can rap off the back two raps and hike up to the OS walk off. Or, after completing the 5.6 chimney (really good-CrackBolter thought it was 5.8) walk right on a ledge and rappel from a tree- it a steep/ overhanging one. You scramble down the ridge and do some more raps down gullies and eventually find yourself in the Icicle side of April Fool tower. Don't stand under the "tick tree". Scramble up to the notch and rap down the other side and then traverse back to the Easter Tower notch and rap back down the "4th Class" gully. Don't hurt yourself like I did rapping into the chimney.

I've done this route. It's pretty good. You'll like it.

That 4th Class gully has a couple of 5.8 moves on it.

I can't believe this! This is so unbelievably suck, right at the start of the Spray Season. Why does Spray have to be civil? Spray is not a rose garden, my dear.

There were four (count em' FOUR) rappel rings on the anchor in question, along with three brand new slings. I took one of the slings and two of the rings, leaving a perfectly sound anchor, which we used ourselves.

Either that, or a Munter Hitch.

A #4 Tech Friend is equivalent to a #3.5 Old Camalot or a little smaller than a New Camalot. The new Camalots have less overlap than the old ones.

Safety and mode of ascent aren't necessarily exclusive of each other, but the first should take precedence over the second. It takes experience to develop good style.

I read in the paper this morning that the Senate is working on a bill to address the recommendations of the 9-11 Commision. The only problem is that provisions of the bill appear to go beyond even what the Commision suggested in giving new powers to the FBI and the CIA to spy on people electronically. Now's the time to speak up people. If you value your freedom, you'd better write your senator or congressman.

Tom and Pete were great buddies. Tom told me last year that Pete had multiple myeloma. They continued to do things together in the outdoors as long as they could.

Reposting something from klenke in the Pub Club thread (of all places):

Yes and Yes. The impact of DUSEL on the Icicle has been vasty exaggerated, in my opinion. I believe climbers can continue to have a quality experience there even if DUSEL is built.

Glad you had a good experience.

No use for technology ay? No one ever tells their doctor to spare the technology when it comes to saving their lives. People are funny that way. "We don't need no edukayshun. We don't need no thot kontrol..."

I hope Dubya loses by one vote. Why isn't this in Spray?

Ben you should take the time to read up on the subject as I have and you will see some of the problems they are facing. Basically, if we don't get this lab built, many of our best and brightest scientists will leave the country so they can continue their work. Canada is already ahead of the US because of their Sudbury facility.

No, what did you take?

I belive that Snoboy was actually the first to foist this upon us.

We had a planned bivy on Stuart this year, except that we didn't, or at least I didn't plan on it being as cold as it was. I had a super light 40 degree down bag and a bivy sack which was fine except that the temperature fell to 20 degrees in the night. I stayed warm by moving around a lot, but I didn't get any long periods of ininterrupted sleep. I had plenty of food which was a huge bonus. Every time I ate a snack I could feel the warmth.

You are all a bunch of relativists. Is there a single person here who would obey the law just because it is the Law and not just because you happen to agree with it or because you don't feel you can get away with breaking it?