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It is my understanding that the term "sandbagging" came from the days when fishermen used sailboats to reach the fishing grounds. In order to make their boats faster upwind on the way out they would pile sandbags on the windward rail as ballast to keep the boat flat. For the downwind trip home, they would dump the sand out. Later when yacht racing became popular, the practice of sandbagging was considered unfair.

Are you fond of "Hemlock water"? There are a few places where it is elevated, but by and large it is very, very low. THM's are high in MUNICIPAL water supplies in this state because they generally do not filter their water prior to treating with chlorine. Levels of THM's ranged from a low of 48 ppb at Poulsbo to 167 ppb at Bainbridge Island. Risk of miscarriage in pregnanat women increases at 75 ppb. Seattle has been fighting tooth and nail to avoid filtering, but eventually they will be forced into it. Organic compounds tend to be higher in supplies drawn from surface waters as opposed to wells. However the surface waters in the mountains are generally low.

The water we would be purifying here in the PNW is usually very low in organic compounds, so no one should worry about that.

Amen to that.

Pasta water? Is it turbid?

The device is an electrochemical cell that converts chloride ion into hypochlorite ion, if I understand it correctly. Hypochlorite is ordinary bleach. I don't believe it reacts with organic compounds to produce chloroform the way Cl2 would. Under certain conditions it is possible to generate chlorite or even perchlorate ions electrolytically, which would probably not be good for you. Hopefully, this doesn't happen. Why not use ordinary bleach? Has anyone tasted the water from this device? Does it taste good?

Is Titan made with a Spectra core. It should melt easily. Spectra is an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. It may be that it would rather burn than melt. It certainly is heat sensitive.

I don't think there is one accepted spelling. I've seen it both ways. And besides on cc.com spelling is all relative.

I'd take CPOly's advice if I were you.

If you don't like breathing dust in the gym, just go to Cascade Crags. They have replaced the gravel with ondoor/outdoor carpet over resiliant foam. The foam is not as safe for landing as gravel, so they have provided thick, cushy crash pads for bouldering and leading. They keep the carpet well vaccumed. The air is much nicer to breath there. I like it.

It would be easier if you said something stupid. That's what I always do when I want to be made fun of.

I've heard it said that one should not use high tech cord for prussiks because Spectra has a lower melting temperature than nylon, but in reality, only the core is high tech material whereas the cover is ordinary nylon, which insulates the core from any heat that may be generated. And you shouldn't be generating any heat if you are careful when resetting the knot. Gemini cord, which is made using a blended core of spectra and kevlar tends to be rather stiff. I would suspect that it would not do well, when tied as a prussik, at grabbing the rope. If you are really worried about your prussik holding, you can have a backup prussik. Just make sure that the down hill knot is longer than the uphill knot so one doesn't push against the other. This is the very setup that some SAR people use for a belay when lowering two or more people (the only difference being that the prussiks are set on a Mariner Knot so they can be released if they grab).

Little Bridge Creek Rock, 5.7-5.8; Planet of the Eights, 5.8-5.8+.

The website, www.cascadecrags.com, doesn't seem to have any information on the Shoe Demo.

He means the aspect ratio is exaggerated for effect.

I never said that lawyers weren't smart. That's why they have all the money.

Personal injury lawyers have bid up the price of the ads for mesothelioma that accompany search results for this asbestos related lung disease. In Google, you will find a list of Sponsor Links on the right side of your screen. If you searched using the word "mesothelioma", there will be several ads, such as the one for the Roberts Law firm (http://www.cliffroberts.com/asbestos.htm). According to the Wall Street Journal, everytime you click on one of these links, a lawyer pays Google $100. I'm not saying that a bunch of you should actually do this...

This thread reminds me of the "What If?" contests my little brother and I used to have when we were kids. The emphasis is on the creativity, if not the logic.

We can't be making this too easy, otherwise the gallery might get a bulk upload of porn.

Contact ClimbingGirl33. She's real enough.

French Soldier: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Arthur: Is there someone else up there we could talk to? French Soldier: No, now go away before I taunt you a second time. French Knight: You don't frighten us, English pig dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person! I blow my nose at you, so-called "Arthur King," you and all your silly English K-nig-hts.

REI carries the 3/8 inch Stainless Wedge type bolts in three lengths, both single and double, and hangars by both Metolius and Fixe. The camouflaged bolts on Dark Rhythm are so well blended to the rock, you can have a hard time spotting them even when you are on route

You can use the rope with a Garda knot instead of a foot prussik, but it is only good for one foot, and if you want to take off your pack and let it dangle from the bight of rope, this wouldn't work. I'd say it is more appropriate as a rock climbing rescue technique where you don't have a pack to deal with, and you don't put prussiks on the rope in advance.