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Timmy's just showing off the "Replace" function on his word processor.

Sadly, it's one of those things that is just aparently inevitable, a Bosch for ice climbing.

Ah, those were the days. Days of bloody noses and skinned knees.

Lighting can be tough to get right on boulder problems, especially those that are on the underside or face north. Here's a dirtbag photographer idea that I'd bet would work. Bring a white bed sheet and simply have two of your buddies hold it up in the sun to reflect light onto the shaded climber and the face he's on. The light would be much more diffuse than if you used a flash.

I believe that SEF climbed Liberty Bell, Concord Tower, Lexington Tower, NEWS and SEWS all in a day.

Getting frostbite on the ass would really bite.

Good question. I think they weren't thinking too well at that point.

If it didn't snow another flake from now until Feb 3 that would be four days of settlement and you just might do it without getting avalanched.

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. Someone finally caught it.

More evidence. Georgia Official wants to Replace "Evolution". The state school superintendent wants to replace the word "Evolution" with the phrase "biological changes over time".

you have offered a cogent and thoughtful analysis of what the young mr yates experienced during the emotional decision making that ultimately lead to mr simpsons unfortunate injuries. it is interesting to note the small stature of the indigenous donkeys that the subsequent evacuation team utilized to carry the nonambulatory mr simpson out of the wilderness. though not comparable to the grasscutter ants ability to carry heavy loads the donkey is nevertheless quite an impressive 'beast of burden'. do i win the write like catbirdseat prize now? i woulda cut the rope and laughed maniacally as the fuker fell. then shagged his girlfriend and talk shit about him behind his back. Supply a few caps and you're up for a Pulitzer Prize.

I've been on the wagon for several years after completing the Cannibal's Anonymous program.

Word. Maybe we don't want to read about the cannibal anymore. You disrespect us Peter.

blue. no yellow. AAAHHHHH! Bridgekeeper: STOP! What...is your name? Galahad: Sir Galahad of Camelot! Bridgekeeper: What...is your quest? Galahad: I seek the Grail. Bridgekeeper: What...is your favorite color? Galahad: (relieved) Blue! (starts across; oops) No! YELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!! (Arthur steps forward... the Bridgekeeper cackles some more.) Bridgekeeper: STOP! Bridgekeeper: What...is *your* name? Arthur: It is Arthur, King of the Britons! Bridgekeeper: What...is your quest? Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail! Bridgekeeper: What...is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? Arthur: (brief pause) What do you mean, an African or European swallow? Bridgekeeper: (confused) Huh? What? I...I don't know that... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUGGHHHHHHH! (he is thrown into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.)

I'm sure he did know, but it's easier said than done. The knot may have already jammed in the belay device at which point the only way to free it would have been to rig a friction knot, cut the rope and retie the knots all with frozen hands. However, it is likely that with an extra 150 ft of rope that Joe would have touched down at the bottom of the cliff.

Sorry, but no.

And who be ye but another scurvy avatar. Yer only fit to walk the plank sez I. A drunken lubberly knave such as ye would be lucky if he didn't go by the board as she takes the first sea. If ye do ever manage to get over losing your porridge in the scuppers, we'll put you to work holystoning the decks!

How do you really know you are not dead...

This just in: AFP Photo NASA to Review Decision on Fate of Hubble (AP) - The clamor over a plan to abandon the Hubble Space Telescope — and along with it, the most striking images of the universe the world has ever seen — has been so loud that NASA's chief says the decision will be reviewed. The pleas included letters from Sen. Barbara Mikulski, rants and raves on an infamous climbers bulletin board, and a joint letter from all members of Congress from Maryland, where the orbiting platform's operations are based. Hubble's fate has also become a cause for amateur and professional astronomers worldwide, and e-mails have poured in to the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which coordinates the use of Hubble's instruments... Complete Story

It was George Herbert Bush who gave the go ahead to build the International Space Station. I didn't agree with it then and I don't agree with it now. There isn't enough good science coming out of that to justify it's enormous cost. All the experiments they are doing can be done as well or better by remotely operated space vehicles. When you have humans on board you have all sorts of vibrations, unnecessary heat sources etc, that you wouldn't have on a dedicated science mission that was remotely operated.

I am "sure" I will win the lottery this year.

Hark! E-rock can't be far.

Boys, boys, please be civil with Charles. Remember that you are ambassadors of the premier Pacific Northwest Climber's Resource.