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Where is veggie belay, Dru, Cracked, Attitude. Wait, strike Cracked, we don't want to know.

Let's hear it for the Lunatic Fringe!

"Ade" is his cc.com login name as well as his real first name. Send him a PM.

It's not the crevasse rescue aspect that would have me concerned. It has to do with individual skills. Part of that ledge is unprotectable and should be done unroped. It's a must-not-fall situation. A better route for mixed skill levels would be the Ingraham Direct. You can stay roped the entire way and protect the steeper sections using pickets, if you like. You don't need to wait until April, either. That is probably the first winter route that comes into condition. I did it in early February last year and it was good. Very few open crevasses, very direct. The headwall is steep. We chose to rappel the headwall on the way back (single double rope rap).

Colin is drinking O'Doul's, of course.

Mark your calendars. Ask your boss for the day off. The 3rd falls on a Wednesday.

I wouldn't take a newbie on Gib Ledges. No way. . I wouldn't take a newbie down Cadaver Gap either.

When the fat cells grow until they are touching one another (or "elbow to asshole", so to speak), they stop growing.

Be careful, someone may be just geeky enough to call bullshit you you, Lummox.

It needs snow and some freeze/thaw cycles. There's been plenty of the latter, but little of the former.

That may be so, but it still is great deadpan humor.

The folks at REI must have been a bit perplexed by a half set of bloody foot prints leading out the door. I hope you didn't hurt yourself too bad.

This is cool research. I've met one of her collaborators, Dr. Shalaby several years ago. The work has many more applications than breast reconstruction. Tissue Bioengineering at Clemson

Come on, Dru. This is good news for cancer survivors. It has the potential for greater long term safety. Polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid have been studied a lot over the past 10 or 20 years as scaffolds for a variety of tissues, for example cartilage to rebuild joints or replace ears and noses lost to cancer surgery . Now they are using it as a scaffold for fat tissue. Very interesting.

Here they are:

There is an explanation- Dark Matter. There is a new theory about supermassive high energy particles that exist in another dimension and only communicate with our plane by the force of gravity. Their distribution is non-uniform, that is, like visible matter, they cluster. So it is clear that some crags have higher densities of dark matter associated with them. In fact, these particles know your name. Some pull with greater force on Distel, while others pull more intensely on erik.

Mom doesn't want to have to hoist all the kiddies up 17 " and strain her back.

A new verb: "watchdogging".

When I am building anchors using passive pro, I commonly set pieces in opposition to one another to ensure they don't pull out if the load comes from the wrong direction. Would it ever make sense to do this with SLCDs in an all-SLCD anchor?

Did it ever occur to you that they go willingly to the slaughter. Where else did the story of Odyssius and the Lotus Eaters come from?

It never fails.

This would be a cool topic for another thread, contrasting the situation in post WWII Germany with present day Iraq.

I am saved. We got the machine to make one pot of coffee. I was first in line.

I could see how the need for weed could limit your options. Singapore, for example, might be a poor choice.

There's a saying, trask. Be careful what you wish for...