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You say that like they can rationalize. They go where the food is. "Oops I strayed too far up the river, that gives the humans the right to gun me down" Yeah okay. True not there fault but when there numbers are great and they are destroying the salmon at certian places, action is needed. Said insist becuase they have tried explosives, nets, trucking them to California, buggers are not leaving. They practically destroyed the few Stealhead left on the Cedar river becuase of the Ballard locks. One wonders why they don't redesign the locks in such a way that only fish and not sealions can enter the fish ladder. Is it that the fish congregate below the ladder where the sealions can get them? Can't keep out sealions and not also keep out boats.

From the perspective of the public it was a blunder. For Detroit it was a sound business decision, at least in the short term.

Call the Building Department. I think the builder screwed up and if you don't say anything, you'll be screwed.

Yesterday, I suffered from what I believe to be hypothermia. Symptoms: Cold extremities and loss of sensation Extremely high rate of respiration, even after resting Sensation of "vibration" in both arms Weakness, malais, nausea At first I thought it was low blood sugar, aka bonking, but I hadn't been going for all that long. I downed some food but it didn't help. I started the climb with Mistral pants and tights under, with tee shirt, light long sleeve and heavy long sleeve shirts under a midweight Shoeller jacket and light hat. I started to recover only after I added a down jacket and balaclava. I climbed in a puffy coat for the rest of the day. I'd never climbed in such cold environs before. below are the classic symptoms. I did not have low breathing rate, but the opposite. I wasn't shivering either. What's going on?

There are two ways to tie a Mule Knot. The following one is the one I prefer and the one that is generally the easiest to learn. http://www.planetmountain.com/english/Lab/techniques/mole/index.html The following method is somewhat harder to learn: http://www.spadout.com/wiki/index.php/Mule_Knot But it is more similar to the Munter Mule, so if you can tie one you can tie the other.

That was great. I saw Jack Black in School of Rock and loved it.

California

We have Peter to thank for the handicap privy at Camp Muir.

Of course, need I add, that if you use an axe it would be a technical axe.

If you do as he says you had better keep your nose clean and stay out of trouble. If you climb with Fred, don't let him drive so you won't get pulled over by the RCMP.

I guess it all depends on the route and how technical it is. There is a problem if one doesn't have the skills to climb Liberty Ridge with a tool and an axe. The ice climbing isn't that hard, and in the event you do encounter a tough ice step, you borrow your partners other ice tool.

I think Mt. Baring is part of it.

If you are travelling roped on a glacier and your partner falls into a crevasse, what are you going to arrest with, your 45 cm ice tool. No, you want an ice axe! It's one thing to say "I'm not going to fall". It's another to say you'll avoid crevasse falls 100% of the time.

I'll be in Squamish the entire second week in June and thus far don't have climbing partners lined up. The Brew Pub is where all the climbers go and a great place to find partners.

Clearly that is true, but rope drag goes up, communication becomes difficult, and also fall potential because of the greater stretch of the rope and/or gear zippering out. Plus my belayer was a newbie. If I were absolutely certain I couldn't fall on the Catapult, I'd have done it. I fall in the more timid category.

i would have gotten shot. i was more of a loud mouth in college than i am now That is difficult to imagine.

You all throw your chairs or desks at him.

Mark Glidden was working on a route at Tieton's Oasis. There was a block near the top of the second pitch of is route The Fan. He and Yoder tried to trundle that rock using a crowbar. They couldn't get it to go. It feels loose though. Very weird sensation to use that block as a hold. You can get past without touching it, but it makes it much harder.

Remind me sometime when we are climbing together and I'll teach you the Mule Knot. It is easy to tie. It is better for tying off your partner because it can be released when weighted. It comes in handy in rescues and escaping the belay.

I think the rock came off of the arete to the left of the dihedral. I was perhaps stemming wider than many people would and that might explain how I found some loose rock to dislodge.

Please tell me those extra bolts were photoshopped in there! Not only a bolted crack but the bolts are every 12 inches. You could clip every fifth one!

Not his mouth per se, but a spokesperson.

You wonder if the guy (Shrub) actually has feelings. How could anyone make such a statement at this time if he or she had an ounce of empathy for the bereaved?

Is there some way to put a "test load" on the flake? If one knew how much force a cam would exert if fallen on, then one could calculate the size lever necessary to test the strength of the flake.