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You are repeating yourself, Dru!

I believe Gary was referring to the South Arete route on SEWS.

I could not agree with you more. Amen.

How come you were riding the bus with your shirt off? Don't they have a dress code or something?

I believe the steps in avoiding getting lots are these: 1) Realizing it is possible to get lost. 2) Understanding there are potentially very bad consequences from getting lost. 3) Taking the time and effort to avoid getting lost.

It isn't if it is the only cam you have to protect the entire crack.

http://www.xmission.com/~tmoyer/testing/EDK.html This oft cited source did test 8 mm and 11 mm ropes joined with an EDK. As long as the knot is dressed correctly, it works.

If you want light harnesses you should get yourself down to Pro Mountain Sports. Jim is an expert on light harnesses.

My understanding is that all the commonly used knots will work on ropes of dissimilar diameter. Personally, I would probably avoid using the EDK to join an 8 mm with a 10 mm, unless I was really worried about difficulty in pulling the ropes.

All attempts at preempting Dru are doomed to failure.

As one can see from the map, persons leaving the lake are presented a choice of going down (to the west and Pratt River) or up (the correct way to the south). Given a choice between up or down, and being clueless as to the correct way, people will take down.

There is no more succinct way to put it.

What about "Boulder Climber", to state teh obvious? Gotta be some fertile ground there.

You aren't making any points that haven't been made before. Why bring this up now?

And never in the history of our nation has this been so succinctly illustrated as under the administration of George W. Bush at the helm of all three branches of government under Republican control. Little did I know this would bring those Libby's out. For a minute I thought you were referring to Scooter, but I then realized you were talking about liberals.

Crass? Yes. Heartless? Yes Truthful??? Yes. Seahawks equates socialism with totalitarianism. One does not follow necessarily from the other.

How much time would Ahmadinejad have if a submarine launched an ICBM with a conventional warhead from the Persian Gulf? And speaking of proxies, why not use Isreal as a proxy same way the Saudis use Al Queda? How could the world hate Isreal any more than it already does?

Do you think we should nuke 'em now? Would the fall out land on Isreal?

That was a snide comment!

Feds say arrest may lead to sharp drop in illegal e-mail Is it any coincidence that I haven't gotten a single Nigerian scam email today? I usually get 2-3 a day. It seems they are the only ones that Yahoo! seems unable to filter out.

Naw, it's predicted to be highs in the low 80's.

You are about as crass as they come.

I wasn't there, Toast was in charge. I'll be there this weekend. I heard they had an awesome cookout on Saturday night.

You don't read the newspaper either, do you? Hugo Chavez the president of Venezuela is on the right. I don't recognize the woman.

Dude it's not Kevbone you need to worry about. Don't think you are anonymous here. B---s are not something to joke about.