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Men come and go also!!! Absolutely, it works both ways. Gals, if you man won't let you climb, then dump his ass.

Here's an article from Sports Illustrated that just came out. It's pretty chilling. Son of Saddam

NBN, I'll bet you also enjoy running down garbage cans, especially the metal ones, at 4 am.

Women come and go, but climbing is forever. I think climbing is different than other sports, except for perhaps golf, in the devotion of the men and women who partake of it. It's who we are. The zebra can't change his stripes.

Back in the seventies, my Dad had a contract in Saudi Arabia. He went to visit for a couple weeks and came back with a moustache (note the spelling). I was a teenager at the time and had never before seen him with a moustache. He said he felt wierd in Saudi being the only clean shaven guy around. After while he shaved it off.

Bummer. My climbing partner hurt his foot. Yes it's pretty late, but would anyone be interested in going to Vantage on Friday? Send me a PM until 11 pm.

No, no, not a surprise. They were planning on bringing in those troops all along. Didn't you know it was all part of the plan from the beginning?

DFA is as timid as a snafflehound. Comes around the edges of the camp and sniffs around until someone throws a rock.

I heard he was made the head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee around 1990. Since then he murdered 52 athletes whos performance wasn't up to snuff. The Iraqi Olympic headquarters in Bagdad is the only one in the world with a torture chamber in the basement (30 cells).

I would never use a cordellette for a top rope anchor. While it is very strong, it is not very abrasion resistant. I always use 1" tubular webbing for top rope anchors. With top ropes at the crags, you don't care about weight anyway.

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I'll bet they don't try that again. What doesn't kill us makes us stonger.

Oh, you mean a la Dr. Stranglove?

Too lazy to go out and find an original avatar image.

They say they want to hire more climbing rangers, but doubtless they too would be on the dog routes.

There are separate strains of flu that infect fowl, pigs and humans. As I recall, humans can't get fowl flu, but pigs can get both human and fowl strains. If a pig is infected with both simultaneously, then virulence factors from the fowl strain can incorporate into the human strain and thus become infectious to man.

If you are ever out sailing and should get seasick, just think of "cold, greasy pork chops", and get it all over with quickly.

Little sheep, little sheep, run away, run away!

Some of the Saloman boots are extremely stiff. You don't need to get full shank ice climbing boots to wear with crampons. The new aluminum crampons work with any boot. Get a "3/4 shank" boot [in reality, no one uses steel shanks anymore-all are nylon and full length, but of varying thickness-3/4 shank means very stiff but not the stiffest]. Go to REI and ask them who their most experienced boot fitter is and insist on this person even if you have to come back. There are people at REI that don't have a clue and others that do know what they are talking about.

I thought it was one hand on each hip...

Fejas, don't take Erik's spelling for granted. We've already given up on Erik. It's RECIPE.

All the weight on the shoulders- ouch!

In the end, torture and committing atrocities is counterproductive. It galvanizes the enemy. The soviets retreated from Afganistan, remember?

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