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Windchill doesn't count, because who ever heard of ice forming because wind cooled water? Besides, I am over here in the tropical PNW, where 25 is COLD, especially this year. Enjoy your ice, it gives you a reason to be smug.

IT'S GETTING COLDER!!!! At No-Snoqualmie pass, lows near 25, highs near freezing! Maybe we'll get some winter after all!!!

Go newmatic. I don't think there is a difference in performace, and the newmatic is more reliable and versatile.

Anybody who gets to go to Hyalite is a lucky bastard. You can quote me on that.

Homework. Maybe I'll file my tools and dream about ice too.

This can't that complicated...there's no ICE. If there's no ice, I can't climb ice.

Isn't the point of AT boots that any crampon will fit on them? I'm guessing that any newmatic crampon will fit.

Huh? There's no snow, no ice, no cold, no sun, no warm, only 50 degree RAIN!!!!!!!!!!! What is there to enjoy? The rain and relatively warm temps??? This sucks! I haven't swung my tools in two weeks!

Contact Jim Beyer, have a hardman discussion. I suspect crampons and tools might be the best gear to climb the mud curtains.

It's okay Ct. Caveman, oops, I mean TRASK, geeks climb pretty well. And it's DUCT TAPE, so of course it holds up well.

DFA climbs? I thought he only posts about thinking about writing about climbing.

Something like that . You sound like DFA, with the "detective work" quip.

GENIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! This explains EVERYTHINGGGG!!!!!!!

Yup, Ct. Caveman=Rayborbon=ray borbon=mike adamson=Trask. Right?

Everyone ALREADY knows Trask=Caveman.

The photos were cool, but the 'article' was despicable. And did anybody read the editorial about european .coms? It was pretty hilarious. The guy's arguments were at best irrelevant and at worst outright lies. The guy never took ECON 200 when we was in college.

Hey, c'mon, it's just Trask. Cut him some slack. Can't you be merciful?

What's your point, DFA? Has the government fucked you back yet?

How about stories about climbs and trips that the author actually experienced? Matt Samet's article on Eldo was good, the article on Chamonix was good, Twight on Denali was good, but the "photo essays" of Graham, Parady, and Kinder and their drivel from their several-week long roadtrip was LAME.

Sounds good.

I don't want to argue for eight pages, and I see your point, but in certain cases, (see above), wouldn't capital punishment be justified? How would you suggest containing such criminals?

Could someone explain their anti-capital punishment views to me? Do you not feel that death is an effective treatment for those who have committed heinous crimes? Take the Unabomber, Kip Kinkel, the Columbine guys, if they had lived? How about the assorted hate bombers who murder hundreds of innocents for no reason (Oklahoma City? was that it?)? Should they live? Just curious about what you think.

Too true. R&I sucks ass. The 'accidents' part are stupid, as anybody who is interested in that stuff buys ANAM anyways. The photos are good, but there is essentially no text, stories, etc, which sucks. Only good thing is that after the ownership switch, they quit printing faces of famous climbers on the covers. I am SO sick of faces, let's see some CLIMBING, people. I have subscribed to Climbing for two years now. At first they had interesting articles about personal experiences, now they write bios on famous climbers that obviously don't come close to capturing the character of the person. The Steve House bio is a case in point, they describe him as a nice, shy, cautious guy, not the ambitious, risky, suffer-seeker that Twight and Backes describe. Also, their "tech tips" are becoming useless too. "How to keep from killing your climber with a Grigri", "How to place nuts in opposition", etc, are basic techniques taught in any how to climb book on the shelf. For a while they were even dumbing down sections of Extreme Alpinism for tech tips! The equipment reviews in both mags are useless. Absolutely full of hype, no useful information whatsoever. High Mountain Sports' equipment reviews tend to be written by Andy Kirkpatrick, who doesn't spray, he obviously uses all the gear in tough conditions, then writes about how he felt the gear performed. Mags suck, CC.com rules! Just as much spray, (plus it's personal), less hype about gear, and even photos! Who needs magazines? (Hey Lambone, try taking a laptop and a wireless internet connection to the shitter, to replace the magazine.)

Tevas, any day, any weather. I haven't worn anything else for months. And they are definitely "low top".

We should start a betting pool as to how many fingers and toes (in total) will have to be amputated. How many climbers are there?