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I'd definitely give them a try. The prices are quite reasonable for custom shoes. If you like them please let us know. I have feet with a rather odd shape, but not near the problem you have.

Tah sounds like ta ta in English, but ta ta is pretty unambiguous when used in context. It means goodbye. But when you pluralize the phrase, it has a different meaning altogether.

If you liked Ride the Lightning, you should try The Dirty Sanchez.

If you go to Joshua Tree, you have to go do Right On on Saddle Rock. It's four pitches and rated 5.5. There's only a couple 5.9 moves.

If I bring fire will you promise to keep the bird away from my liver? My liver is going to be working overtime as it is.

I am thinking back to my backpacking days in the Sierra Nevada range, of waiting in line for a limited number of permits to enter a particular trailhead. The kiosk opened at 6 am and we took turns waiting in line all night. I think that the self-issue wilderness permit is a big improvement on those days.

Yodmeister it the one to the right of Go Cat Go. I was there.

I once did a May ascent in a big snow year. We used the Smith Butte Sno Park and snowshoes. We should have used skis. The approach is via the Aiken Lava Beds. Once you gain the lava beds, the navigation is pretty straightforward as you can actually see where you are going. The route goes over the top of South Butte. I suggest that you camp on or near South Butte and then go for the summit from there with an early start. If you make good time, you can go out that day, otherwise you can spend another night in camp, which wouldn't be bad, as the views are great from South Butte.

Off, that's the silliest thing I've ever seen. It kind of builds to the point that I finally cracked up completely by the end. The fish was the finishing touch.

Trask is a reformed man. He's never coming back.

Yes, it sometimes has me climbing the walls.

Are you waiting for Dwayner to come up with a new nomination? Do it yourself.

Damn, she's hotter than a pistol! So when you rapped down after the Guide locked up, I assume you tied a back up knot?

I recall that November is the usual month for the North Face routes. I think I-Rock is later than that.

Oh, the humanity!

Still a bit too early for the North Face routes and too early for Wayne's favorite crag too.

You're presupposing that abortion is equivalent to murder - not everyone agrees with that position. It's only murder if you kill a person. Killing a non-person is not murder. When is a fetus a person? People will never agree on this. I say a person is a person when it can live on its own outside the womb. Others say at the time of conception. What makes humans persons and not animals? Our brains, that's what, not the fact that we walk on two legs. The same standard should be applied to abortion. I believe the more time and money invested in raising a child, the greater the value of that child is to society. By the time our children are 18, we've invested a great deal in them, in their education. And what do we do with them then? We ship them off to Iraq to use as cannon fodder.

I take the OTC non-drowsy antihistamine loratidine, the generic for Claritin. It does an okay job of controlling symptoms and as advertised does not make me sleepy. I know what I am allergic to, but all are difficult but not impossible to remove from the environment: cats, dust mites, and mold.

I wonder what Hansel has to say about this.

I think that part of it is that some people are using skinny ropes for cragging and wearing them out fast. This came up in another thread. Use a skinny rope in the alpine and a fat rope cragging and you'll be more likely to be a happy customer.

I know but I've been using them for 25 years to carry gasoline and I just can't bring myself to drink out of one.

The method Petzl gives is exactly the same as that given by Trango for the B52. I've tried it in the gym, and it works. Instead of clipping the release sling to your harness, you can also just step in it, assuming it's long enough. The key is the use of the Munter Hitch to take over the belay. This is the safest way to proceed.

How much will you guys pay me not to bring my trombone?

Why would you want to clip a cylinder of gasoline to your harness anyway? Or is it nitroglycerine you're carrying? This sounds like Vertical Limit.

That's a worthy ascent to be sure. I wonder if the James Lucas is the same fellow who took the terrible fall at Joshua Tree three years ago?