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Here is something to watch out for. My apologies if it has aready been covered. I did search. There is a class of antibiotics prescribed by doctors to fight infections called fluoroquinolones, some of which have a side effect that is particularly bad for climbers. They can cause "pain, inflammation and rupture of a tendon". Both Tequin (gatifloxacin) and Levaquin (levofloxacin) have this as a COMMON side effect. My wife took Levaquin for an infection and immediately developed painful tendons in her hands. My understanding is that the drug causes the tendons to shorten and become brittle. The pain went away a few weeks after she discontinued the medication. If you should ever see a doctor about an infection, be sure to ask him if the medicine has any side effects relating to tendons. If so, ask him if he can substitute a different antibiotic that doesn't have this side-effect. Oh, lest I be called a plagarist. I got the idea for this post from a thread on RockClimbing.com.

I went climbing on it last Saturday and it was fine. It is fine now. I'm a happy boy.

I read that the show brought in about $43 million annually to the Mirage.

I didn't know they were going to gate at Taylor River in the winter time. That's news to me. Trips to Goldmyer HS will be quite an adventure in winter.

I'd say listen to Erik and come to Beckfest no matter what the forecast says. You'll get in some climbing, for sure.

cbs are you the little wankstain's pr person or what?? what time should we expect the ole less-then-irish chap??? No, I happen to be his friend. He's working at Starbucks. No, he's not a barrista, he's working in financial software support, or some such.

Okay, I just got off the line with the Scottish Wanker and he says he's been working. Has a new job he likes better than the old one. He'll be checking in soon.

Erik, I believe that brother trask can recommend a better brand of prophylactic.

Trask, what happened to your resolve to quit cc.com? Remember, you quit because it is BORING, right? I'll get JGowans on the phone and see what he is up to. I think its another case of 1) get married, 2) put balls in a jar, 3) place jar on shelf

No, all women are most welcome.

I just had Ramuta do my shoes and I was very happy with the work he did.

Here are a couple of photos from the trip. Catbird on the approach to bivy at Pt. 5779. Toast following on the final ice pitch of the Upper Pride Glacier

I was thinking of Marko when they referred to the "natural climber".

Big deal. Pink tricams are bomber.

We were all wondering where the hell you've been.

Sometimes you rap from crap because you have no other choice, but in many of the above descriptions, it sounded like there was a choice. Then it comes down to either carelessness, fatigue, or just plain stupidity.

I feel your pain.

You mean bonsai.

That "sulfur smell" is ozone O3 created by the sparks in the same way lightning does it. There was a 100 lb rock on the summit of Twin Peaks West that was going to be in the way for my follower so I picked it up and threw it over the North face side. It made one hell of a racket going down.

I told Paul to cut to the chase. What can I say?

There have been numerous trip reports for East Wilmans on this site. I would agree that the best time to do this climb is when there is snow in the gully.

Gol' durn it, Paul! I told you not to tell them aboot the boot! It goes without saying that with snow on the ground the approach would be very different to this climb. I just talked to a fellow who climbed Twin Peaks in Spring, and they just took the obvious gully straight up and to the right. At present that gully is full of loose rock. Furthermore, the dihedral with the loose blocks would hold snow and be an easy walk up. I don't suppose that lonesome 5.8 pitch is worth hauling the gear all the way up there, but it was a quality lead, easily protected, and what is more, it's now much cleaner than it was before . If it were a roadside attraction in Icicle Canyon, I'd give it three stars. It would be four stars, but for being only about 50-60 ft long.

I think the couloir has big gaps in it with no ice. It is probably not a great time to do the route.

A friend of mine once worked for the company that first invented the contraceptive sponge. The company needed to know how much of the nonoxynol-9 (or whatever the active ingredient) was left in the sponge after it was used. His job was to extract and analyze used contraceptive sponges.

The take home message: "For defensive purposes, you want a tiny copulatory organ, but you also want to transfer large quantities of sperm".