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That speech made a great Soundgarden song! (I'll rip a copy and post it here for posterity) More options I think it might behoove us to start carrying our hammers and a few "pegs" out to the cliffs.

Your not powerless...grab your wooden shoe! Click me!

Lol I was thinking it might be but it is quite well done, tho the ads on the left do create a dubious air

A friend I play EQ and Guildwars with posted this link on my board, I thought you all might be interested from a variety of angles. If this for real, I am very scared, but to be honest I can't tell if this is really an elaborate joke or not. Baptist gamers

Andy does a great job setting routes, really fun, balanced stuff usually incorporating alot of funky natural feature moves. Alot of the other setters tend to be really hit or miss on ratings and diversity...BUT they are getting better.

Emily Dickenson - A bird came down the walk A bird came down the walk: He did not know I saw; He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the fellow, raw. And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass, And then hopped sidewise to the wall To let a beetle pass. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all abroad,-- They looked like frightened beads, I thought; He stirred his velvet head Like one in danger; cautious, I offered him a crumb, And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home Than oars divide the ocean, Too silver for a seam, Or butterflies, off banks of noon, Leap, splashless, as they swim.

Absolutely spot on AF. You mentioned you exchanged it for the 2005 version, is that an option or were there issues that led you to do that? ie: does REI exchange old (er) for new? BTW this is a great 2 person and 1½ dog tent as well. We havent had both the Lab and the Rott in it but I think the Lab and the hind end of the Rott would be OK.

No clue here in Whitehorse, but I wanted to be the first to welcome you to the sometimes brutal but always informative CC.com!

Do a search for a book by Dennis Horning and Hollis Marriot called "How do they get their ropes up there", It is a great reference for all things vertical.

Old story but its always quality and I think falls under some variant of "suffering". I will make it brief: July 1991; Five days after I get married, my wife and I finally decide on a camping trip to Melakwa Lake with some peak scrambling. We choose a 4th class route on the west(ish) face of chair peak. After getting 300 feet up, we decide this is NOT the best place to spend a honeymoon and down climb to the snowline. Toni and I unrope and begin the 100' steep snow descent to the talus. The sun has come onto the snow making a nice slushy bit over the hard stuff...I slip and arrest. Toni slips and fumbles the arrest, losing her axe and whipping toward the talus. She hits the talus and begins endoing for 300' and comes to a stop towards the bottom. I proceed to RUN down the talus and upon getting closer to her I notice big splotches of blood on the rocks. I find her sitting upright, looking off into the valley. I proceed with an assesment of her condition, conscious and aware of who I am but not what happened. I carefully place her scalp back on her head and put a snug hat with several bandannas on to quell the bleeding. She took the bulk of the fall damage on her face and head but is miraculously aware and alive. We walk back to camp where a vet and a nurse happen to have witnessed the whole thing. We get her stabilised and someone runs for help...we wait for her to "relax" a bit, then I empty my pack and slip her inside with her legs coming out the sleeping bag compartment. The vet and I take turns carrying her...periodically bending over enough when she needs to puke (All we had eaten that day were chocolate powerbars) At last we meet a party with a litter and MAST comes in and whisks her off to Harborview. It was a long day. After a little plastic surgery she is 90% recovered to this day Needless to say, we love to show off our Honeymoon Photos.

Absolutely awesome Luke! Great shots!

Sits is NOT ischial tuberosity. Sits are the scapular musculature: Supraspinatous Infraspinatous Teres Minor Subscapularis. DUHH

Im pretty fond of Frost nuts and old school stoppers..technoillogical advances in the design of the "stopper" have gone over the top and are now too gimmicky.

Dude, the smoot book came out in the mid 80's...that looks is so mid 80's..but I like it.

Body weight is and has been an overrated issue in climbing. Obviously if you are big and flabby your performance is going to suffer, but being a little "big" is NOT a super big deal IMHO. I personally would rather be fully nourished than burning my own muscle to keep alive. I went thru a bout with anorexia in the mid 80's and whittled my current 170 frame down to 119...I couldnt climb and I was always sleepy and cold. I learned a big lesson. I remember a quote by Catherine Destivelle that said, There are always exceptions to the rules but if you need some examples, look at Catherine D, Klem Loskot, John Dunne...the list can go on.

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Knives for climbing? Must be minimal and functional. Small blade: Clearing out old webbing wads on raps. Scissors: For first aid, flapper maintenence, tape/nail trimming. Tweezers: For assisted Tick removal All in one small negligible package: (cheap too)

I really like my 4runner. And I am not fat or lazy... I promise.

I am quite fond of the simplicity and aesthetic quality of my sling...my personal "cat of nine tails" keeps me honest.