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Forgive an ignorant question, but why is it necessary to leave fixed draws on this particular route?

Those two isotopes exist. Both are man-made. Pu(238) is the preferred isotope for generators. Pu(239) is used in weapons. Pu(244) is the naturally occurring isotope with an 80 million year half-life. I fell in to a ring of fire... I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher. And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire The ring of fire.

Do you think the 5.10c to the left of Red Tide is two letter grades harder? That would be hard!

We saw one other party of two who came up at noon. They'd spent the morning on Groundhog Day.

The article did say that the generator was composed of a mixture of the two isotopes 238 and 239.

Secrecy is important, if there is a good reason for it. There is no longer a reason to protect those old secrets. In fact, it does more harm than good. There needs to be a public discussion about whether steps are needed to protect the Ganges from plutonium.

If there is higher radiation levels in the Ganges, I doubt it would be from the plutonium reactor buried in the Nanda Devi glacier. The huge dilutions involved would reduce radiation to background. More likely radiation would be as a result of mining activity. The article did say that plutonium 239 was detected with 95% certainty in coarse sediments from the waters of the Sanctuary. Likely ICP-MS was used for this test. It is extremely sensitive.

Where you aiming at Kevbone??? Not what I expected. Cute and holding a gun impressive. Not shown- the old computer monitor she was aiming at.

Our Dalmatian gets rice supplemented with baby formula. She also gets some leftovers as well mixed in with her rice. She has done quite well on this diet.

Metolius is not a good choice for beginners, in my opinion. They get stuck too easily. Friends are also a good choice.

Trip: Tumwater Canyon Cragging - Various Routes at Clem's Holler and Retardant Rock Date: 3/25/2007 Trip Report: MCash, Bruce and I went to do Midnight Rock, but at the lot found it had just rained. Since we didn't want to get all wet hiking to routes that might still be wet, so we went to Clem's Holler instead. Some routes on the right were still wet, so I "warmed up" on Gun Rack, blew it yet again trying to clip over the roof from a poor stance, pumped out and had to hang at the crux, then sent it. Great route. There's always next time. By now, Nettlesome had dried out. The third 5.10 pitch turned out to be wet in a few crucial spots which we couldn't see until we got there. I cheated around one spot to get to the chains. A pretty good route. Definitely bring enough draws to combine pitches 1 and 2 because, pitch 2 is short and not that memorable. We moved on to Retardant Rock. There were a few small trees down on the trail. If you go, be a trooper and bring a small hand saw to remove them. Martin led Seven Seas, 5.7, a very fun route, somewhat stiff for the grade. The rock is amazingly grippy and coarse. Bruce led Agent Orange, 5.8, and okay route. Highlight of the afternoon for me was leading Red Tide, 5.10a. I'd top roped this about two years ago and thought it was very hard for the rating. I still do. First clip is way off the ground with a poor clipping stance. I fell before making the clip and careened down the dirt slope, stopping just short of a sharp boulder. I got back on, made the clip, and continued on up. This route has some amazing climbing on it, but it is way harder than any 5.10a I've ever done. Gear Notes: Small rack of cams 1/2" to 2" and a bunch of draws. 50 m rope okay for Clem's. A 60 m is needed for Retardant Rock. Approach Notes: Trail could use some maintenance. Bring a small hand saw. Only a few patches of snow in shady spots. Routes dry out quickly after rain.

Blue Autumn, 5.10b, Vantage.

My eye! That's the Band of the Grenadier Guards.

Rust resistance would be my last consideration. If rust bothers you, put a coat of varnish on your crampons. If you don't have that try Seam Grip. Toast claims that after he put Seam Grip on his pons they balled up less.

She can afford to support his gear habit.

I hear from dryad every now and then by email. She doesn't climb any more. She does ski occasionally.

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I think the nest is near Skinnyman Wall, actually. There were a great deal of these insects buzzing around. You can't miss them. Judging from the old nests they have lived there for a long time. By the way, I looked at the Kiosk for any posting about raptor closures for Middle East and there was nothing so far. Better go climb there while you can. Skisports and I tried a route at the far west end of Middle East called Sleeping with the Fishes, 5.7, one star (FA Bill Robins/ Paul Certa, 1997). The book says Standard Rack, but you had better bring one 4" piece for a section of slightly overhanging offwidth crack with not much for feet. This route struck us both as pretty damn stiff for 5.7. Anyone done this route?

You are very funny!

I think there are some images of dryad and snowbyrd in the gallery. Some of them are really large and I don't know how to resize them.

Oh, that's Toys in the Attic! Unfinished business for me.

There was a bad guy in the movie Falcon Down (Shatner, 2000) who looked exactly like Ken4ord. Dude was a crack shot. He could fire two guns at the same time, one in each hand.

Dude, you're already too old for the draft, aren't you?

McGillvray-Freeman films are first rate.

It's called "shoot the messenger". Fuckers. Our GI's are doing their job like they are supposed to. If they don't like it, they should attack the government, not the guys who are legally bound to serve.