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The answers are no and no. We don't submit resume's to teach at field trips, although to become a climb leader you definitely must submit a climbing resume. I'm about about at the median when it comes to experience (seven years).

Time to buy GlaxoSK stock?

New graduates are not experts when they come back to help teach classes. They are assistants. That is why fenderfour put the word in quotes. Assistants are all under direct supervision by those who are experienced.

The field trips cover roughly the same material but locations can vary. Some locations are used by several different branches- Leavenworth for example. Student ratios can vary too, but are usually about one instructor for three or four students.

Hey man that is pretty deep thinking. I enjoyed reading it.

Yes, I saw that article. The pictures are amazing quality. They looked like a re-enactment. Lotsa Face was a joke on Lhotse Face. Everest had been climbed by Hillary the previous year. Those guys chopped steps all the way up that thing. Thayer was the guy who was killed in a huge fall.

A friend of mine put up a 5.7 there called The Fan. It's fun, easy and safe. It climbs up these strange little 10 inch hexagonal columns. You reach over the tops of them to pull on cracks in the back. The route is long and you must either have a 60 m rope or bring two shorter ropes to get off.

You can have a lot of fun top roping those seracs at Baker. They can be really challenging. Waterfall ice can be up to 90 degrees, but seracs are often overhanging. Of course the overhanging ones are the wettest. It can be like climbing in a shower.

The wall looked like it was about six pitches or so, but from the distance I couldn't tell much about how it protects. Prospect peak lies about halfway between the fine granite of Static Point and the chossy metamorphic of Stickney. Could be good or bad.

Trask asked me to post this link on his behalf. Do you think he has gone soft? A Love Song

I got a look at the "Lost Walls of Kormona" yesterday. They look very impressive. The approach can't be all that hard.

I was climbing at Exit 32 last week, and someone put a line of bolts right up a perfectly good 5.9 crack. Why would someone bolt where there is plenty of good pro? Yeah, right.

Damn dude, there ain't nothin small about those numbers. Even 8 in a class is really pushin' it. I hope I never run into a class of 24 at one crag, that's completely ridiculous. You wouldn't ever see them all at one crag or even on the same day. 6-8 is the most that would be on any given crag at one time. Still, that might be four top ropes.

Class size varies tremendously within the Mountaineers depending on which branch. For the Basic Course, class size in Seattle is about 200. In Everett, it is about 40. For the Intermediate class in Seattle it is about 40 (I'm not certain), whereas in Everett it is 10-14. Crag course in Seattle is 24 students, but only 8 in Everett. So as you can see, if small size is important to you, there are options.

So who do you think is uglier, Richard Reid, or Moqtada al-Sadr?

You might want to invest in a cordellette one of these days, laddie.

There WAS a camera. There is always a camera at Prana Top outings.

"These measures have been imposed because there is a substantial risk that your communications or contacts with persons could result in death or serious bodily injury," the official wrote. Now look at this guy. Does he look like a prison mastermind on par with, say, John Gotti?

"I remember I was once lost in the wilds of Afghanistan...subsisted on nothing but food and water for three weeks." -- W.C. Fields

Yes, it reminds me of Makalu Gau and the 1996 Taiwanese Everest team. How many of them died that year on Denali?

Except in bouldering! SEND BRAH SEND!! DUDE WE GOTCHA!!! Reminds me of one of our Exit 32 Pub Clubs. "Dude, it's JUST 5.9". Me: "I've lead a sum total of one 5.9 before, and besides I don't have gear for such a thin crack". Them: "That's okay, Mattp will lend you his small Aliens." Me: (thinking) "what could possibly go wrong?" (After I take a fall on an Alien) Kurt: "I was expecting you to crater". Them: "Great catch, Dryad!"

As AlpineK is so fond of saying, "a day late and a dollar short".

Did anyone see the New York Times Article (reprinted in Seattle PI/Times) about the abuses of the Material Witness law? Prosecutors are holding people as "material witnesses" rather than as accused criminals because they have fewer protections, such as Miranda Rights. Once in custody they try to trap them into making a false statement. This is done with people for which they don't have probable cause to arrest. We should be very concerned about such abuses. This exactly the sort of thing that was going on in Europe before the founding of this country against which the framers of the Constitution were trying to protect. The current targets of this abuse is anyone from Muslim countries and even American born converts to Islam such as the one mentioned in the article. It reminds me of what happened to Japanese Americans during WWII. This is a more insidious form of fear-driven persecution of a minority group. Article

I'd have to agree with Juan. Most times people use quotes in the fashion that you did is to convey a mocking tone. If you are quoting a person specifically, then say that. I was told by ---- that, "it was a rescue..."