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Whoa-ho-ho-ho well shiver me timbers.....

I do that, but I make it so that it is four loops that are the same length as 2 foot sewn slings, basically around total length 17 feet.

15 days to go.........

Cool. Then there really is a good chance I will see you around. Alright I gotta leave this place and call it a day.

Flying solo, M.. is already there, probably boating in the Puget Sound by now. Soon enough I will be there too. How long are you stay Tim?

Damn, man I am jealous. I still have 17 days to go before I get on the plane. Have fun.

Nice this is one route I want to get on when I am back.

What is going on there Sir Fox some type of Index freak show. Thanks chelle, I was thinking the same thing. Ski's or snowboard, mountain biking, and alpine trad as soon I can I want to start teaching her all these things so she keep me going at late in my life.

Definitely! Seeing those picture of Index with Sir Fox has been making me jones for some crack climbing. I went out this weekend and found a vertical to fist crack that I struggled up realizing that my crack skills are sucking right now. It didn't help that the crack was full of dirt and razor sharp crystals. A far cry from being Index goodness.

Alpine training will have to begin though once she walks, so that she can bring the old man up gnarly alpine routes in the future. That brings me to a question, you know where I can find info on being up high with infants? We are thinking about heading into the Rwenzoris at some point while we are here, maybe her second year. It is a 7 day trek to base camp which is at 14,500. Then we can take turns sitting while the other climbs the third highest on the continent.

T=20 days and counting for plane arrival. T=31 days and counting for little one arrival. T=? when I can get her climbing.

Holy shite 22! Happy b-day. Now that you are 22 you must be able to sport more than a neck beard?

Thanks for the updates ML. I sure hope he is out by the time I arrive back in Seattle, it sounds like he is getting better quite for the type of injury he had. Good luck on your recovery Kurt, hope to see you in the pub instead of the hospital when I show up.

Hey man, why do you have to be so mean? Group hug everybody, after all this cafe sensitivioso.

More cycling stuff. A guy I know is organizing a bike race here in Rwanda in hopes of funding an Olympic mountain bike team. http://www.projectrwanda.org

Well here is an online guide to winter ice routes in South Africa. I really need to get down there and do some ice climbing at some point. Maybe next year. http://www.peakhigh.co.za/winterrouteice.htm#location

I am not taking anything. I figure if I need to I have a laboratory at my disposal to see if I have malaria. Also there is a ton of clinics that can diagnose malaria, some of them it might be the only thing they can do halfway decently.

Well, apparently they still work. Suprisingly Yep still work in fact almost to well, I hoping the trying would last lot longer than one month.

If I was able to leave right now I might be able to show up. I'll look into it.

Yeah that might be a little difficult to make seeing as I am several thousand miles away.

So anybody hear this album is it worth it?

Hey Gary, is there a website that I could download Irfanview? I don't have any photo editing software, but have been thinking about it. So far all the editing I do is on the camera itself, basically downsizing images to send. I don't think I need anything fancy like photoshop. Also my camera has a "fine" setting, what is this used for? I have been thinking about buying an external hard drive for images that I have been collecting since I have been in Rwanda. Any suggestion on where to go to get one, who has the best prices?

Alright, alright back in Seattle on July 25th and there until August 25th. Of course I will be looking for some climbing partners during this time. So which ones of you is free during the week days for cragging at Index, day alpine outings, Darrington, what the hell I might even be up for exit choss but there better be a good for climbing crap. Da fine print: Because of obligations I probably won't be able to get out during 1-14. Also need to go climbing with someone with a car and rack, since I won't be traveling with either. In first week must be willing to cut the day short if I get and emergency call. The later part of August we won't have to worry about this. So who is up for climbing during this time?

I don't know why I continue to torture myself day after day with this shit. Nice job on a good day out on the big hill.

What a great loking climb. Another one I would love to do some day.