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While not a true believer, I support this sentiment.

are you referring to RuMR or the dress? ;-)

not really, just thought the color matched your avatar...well...part of it anyway.....

I suggest you wear one o' these: You'll be picked up relatively quickly.

Either Layton's roommate has now broken into Olyclimber's computer or Olyclimber is Layton's 'roommate' or Olyclimber has eaten Layton's roommate's brain

I'd support letting Bill O'Reilly run around in the backcountry during avalanche season making sure it's safe for all of us.

They're on my Christmas list.

Now Layton can start selling T-shirts that say "When they outlaw mountain climbing, only outlaws will climb mountains"

I'm sensing too much reliance on electronic doo-hickeys here. That said... If it came down to having one of these or a sat phone, I'd take the sat phone. If you have a sat phone and any back country experience, you're also likely to be smart enough to look up the relevant local emergency numbers before you head out as well as being smart enough to probably have some idea where you are without needing a GPS. Then you have the ability to give SAR teams an approximate location and your status. The PLB's are probably more useful for those who are 'spatially challenged'.

We climb because the mammoths are all dead and, even if they weren't, we wouldn't be allowed to chase after them in spears and loin-cloths and, even if we could, who'd want to watch your pudgy, pasty-white Seattle self chasing after a shaggy elephant while deconstructing the metaphor of your 'spear'.

Now you're going to make me dig out that two-page Michael Kennedy pic that I tore out of some magazine......

TtheB, yeah, I should too. I just did a quick perusal of it at work while I had a few minutes. I agree, than can be used well if seated properly. If we had adequate snow depth, which we usually did there, we'd also back them up with an ice tool.

Mind you, they are using the Kiwi V-shaped stakes. Never had a problem with them really but then I didn't tend to have vertical placements and clip them on the top. If you don't dig a slot for the cable/sling, you're pretty much asking for it to get pulled out anyway. I imagine some of the overall results would be different with the T-shaped stakes in common use here. Still, I'm not surprised the V-stakes show a fair bit of failure.

Seems everyone giving them contrary or experience-based advice kept getting fired (e.g. Shinseki). I think people got the message.

Funny, PP quoting Reporters sans Frontieres who ranked the US 53rd on their recent Press Freedom Index.....

Spantiks rock. They are way light and walking in them isn't a royal pain like the old Invernos. If you don't need them immediately, wait til Moosejaw has one of the 20% off anything sales. If you have a size 44, 45.5, or 46 shoe size, Zappos has them on sale for 489.95 through Friday

That's amazingly urinalistic and expressive of the post-rest-stop /post-truck-stop paradigm shifts.

I'm sure you'll find this information useful. Viva la revolucion, International Association of America-Hating Artists

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A true cinematic masterpiece

Take your puppy with you

at 7mph, I don't think they had a lot of choice in the matter.

How about, "ALL YOUR DOLLARS ARE BELONG TO US!".... in Chinese.