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The ones who send obnoxious messages are never the ones who show.

You are reverting to form.

Ba-dum-bump-ching!

I suppose the answer would depend on what you propose to pierce it with. Are you considering an icicle?

I got a logical explanation. Hubby was out on maneuvers. He's holding his grenade; he's about to pull the pin when his cell phone rings. It's his wife. She wants him to pick up some milk and eggs on the way home. Hubby fumbles for a pen to write with, absent-mindedly stick grenade in back pocket. Promptly forgets about grenade (because he's a guy). Finishes up his marching and heads home for the day. He sits down in his car and of course, he feels the grenade in the pocket and it is uncomfortable. He pulls it out and says, "damn I forgot all about this", and shoves it in the glove box. Turns on the radio and (because he is a guy) promptly forgets all about the grenade.

There aren't too many problems that duct tape can't solve.

Which of those three items works best for pain relief?

Whatever works for you. Someone else always has one anyway. Saves on weight.

Wrlwind, you have company. I didn't leave the house today. I stayed inside did laundry and baked cookies. Finished reading Range of Glaciers.

Dru, better not leave that first aid kit at home. It's your good luck charm. Under a little known sub clause of Murphy's Law, the day you leave it home will be the day somebody has an accident.

Don't be so hard on the poor dame. It's a common mistake. Lots of people carry hand grenades in their glove boxes. You never know when something like that might come in handy. Unless you are a frequent traveler to Canada, it's just so easy to forget to remove your grenade. I think we need a public relations campaign called Grenade Awareness Month. You could have a billboard that has a checklist: Mirrors- Check, Seatbelts- Check, Gasoline - Check, Hand grenade - Check.

I was going to trot out the theory about men being warmer because of greater muscle mass, but Badvoodoo's theory is quite intriguing. Everything I've read indicates that in cold weather survival conditions women are more likely to survive than men. By saying that women are more sensitive to their extremities, it's another way of saying they are whiners.

Michael, Thanks for all the hard work you've done to make this happen. I think that the winners should be submitted to one of the climbing magazines. There are some really good ones.

How do you plan to get from Camp Muir to the Carbon Glacier? You could decend to the Wonderland Trail. You could pick up a cache at White River. Or you could do a traverse of the Emmons from Muir to Camp Schurman. You could probably beg enough food off of descending climbers for Liberty Ridge . I suppose you could instead do a carry over on your Gib Ledges to Schurman too.

That's it Dru, now I've got to get me one of those multifunctional babies. BTW, BillSimpkins carries one. It is his "poor man's Camalot #4". Regarding the Munter Hitch for rappel, I would agree that it is not to be preferred but it is good to know how to use it in a pinch.

The Aztek is the ugliest SUV and the Chevy Avalanche is the ugliest pickup, followed closely by the Nissan, which reminds me of a potato bug.

Seriously, we are going to have to build more reservoirs and that is going to create a lot of conflict. Where are we going to build these reservoirs? Which verdant valleys shall we flood? To some extent, we can reduce our need for water by recycling of grey water for irrigation, and perhaps even reclaiming sewage water after tertiary treatment, but I am not sure it will be enough. When Los Angeles was faced with water shortages, they went north and took the water from the Owens Valley. Hmmm, maybe we should look north too. Those Canucks have more water than they know what to do with anyway.

Be sure to bring the special High Lift Frisbee, since the air is so thin up there. Otherwise, it would be more like throwing a discus back and forth.

I am under the impression that when it rains at Vantage, it doesn't do it for very long. Things dry out pretty quickly there.

If trask were here, you know what he'd say, "Grow a sack, Jack".

No, no, we are going to experience a "Brush Age".

We need more sharp civil servants like the guy at Longmire Inn.

I can't remember who it was on this site (mattp maybe) who showed how there are two possible ways a munter hitch can go on a biner. One way the movement of the rope loosens the locking nut, whereas the other way tightens it. It's something to think about.

Numb nuts here forgot his skins today on a trip to Yodelin. The day was salvaged when his partner pulled out some sticky kicker wax. It was still hard work getting up the hill and required quite a bit of herring boning and side stepping. The snow was pretty good up top and I had a good time.

Anyone for Vantage on Monday? Sport or trad, preferrably both.