ken4ord

Yo happy birthday d00d!!!!! Time to get your on now.

One of my favorites is when a passenger falls asleep in the car, to drive towards the shoulder and hit wake-up bumps and scream out loud. It usually wakes them pretty damn quick, just make sure you know how to perform CPR. On the old adjustable bic lighters we use to pop the metal tab off and crank the fuel way up so that the flame is about foot high. Then place the tab back in place. When they light it usually scares the shit out of them or burns their hair. Another good one is to make the gas igniting sound (whooooffff!) when some one is trying to light the stove.

I thought that the Aminitas weren't ones to mess with? Am I wrong, anyone have any experience with them?

Well I probably don't need to, I am exposed enough to virus strains used in the flu vaccine forulation enough where I have probably already developed antibodies to the three strains that are predicted to be responsible for most flu cases this year. Just because you get a flu vaccine doesn't mean you can't get the flu. Flu vaccines are formulated with 2-4 (usually 3) of the most likely strains that will be most prevalent. There are several other strains that could be present in any population. Some people do have a reaction to the flu vaccine, from injection site soreness to flu like symtoms, hardly ever does someone contract one of the strains that they are vaccinated for. The vaccination can either be a subunit of the virus or can be "killed" virus. There are several techniques that are used to do this, Dru the use of mercury is one that I have not heard of, and if it was I am sure that the amount of mercury that one is exposed to is so minute it is pointless to even think about it. I'll to look into that, though. Most deaths from the flu are because of people who have a compromised immune system, or they either ignore the symtoms in hopes that they will get better soon. Most of the hype is created by the media, just to have something to scare people with. Americans who watch the news are entertained by threats.

Does any of you know about finding the right kind and want to take a newbie hunter and gather out? Please PM me, it is driving me crazy seeing all over the place and not knowing which ones are the fun ones.

Here is one for all you that like to go back forth about politics. Slap the hell out them fools.

Yo, I am in the same boat, just started running, been doing short loops like in Discovery and St. Eds, but want to start doing some longer runs. With this rain upon us, I am up for going for a run, when I can't climb or ride.

I'll sell the two axes for $125 I have some beat spare picks and extra hammer head to go with them. The picks on them right now are in all right condition. There the yellow ones with the original shitty leashes on them. PM me if any of you are interested.

So true. Then if it is raining there is Hell Hole and Bridge Wall, the Bridge Wall sucks though, staying dry is what it has going for it. Endless Wall is really nice, but Summerville it is my favorite.

If I had one I'd loan it to you. Definitely hit up the Summerville Lake area, that is by far one of my favorite places there. Have fun.

I got a set of straight shaft Pulsar, I'll get rid of. PM me if you are interested.

Yeah damn right, good news, good news!!!!!

Dude, it was lot more than that, actually, at one point in less than one month more than 500,000 were brutally slaughtered. Still the UN didn't think that was a genocide for some reason. Luckily thing are quite a bit more mellow and there isn't any fighting going on in Rwanda right now. The ROC is a different story.

Ok, ok, ok, ok.....for all you guys don't know your geography (actually I had to look it up too), it is in Eastern Africa right below the equator (about as you can get from the Poles). It small country about the size of Conn. It is near Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzinia which all have good climbing from what I understand. Also while I am out there I would like to get to South Africa and Morroco. BTW good one Dru, especially since my name is K K K k ken.

I am moving to Rwanda in January. I don't think it was in a tread of any sorts, I think most of the Seattle PC crew know just from me talking about it.

I couldn't cause couldn't get over my fear of heights. Took two years, but I did it. I had a hard time even getting my ass up a 6 when I first started. My first 8, on the N.shore out here took me probly 1 1/2hrs to claw up 80 some feet. I hated rock climbing after that. Vowed to never do it again. Didnt touch it for a little over a year. Ice was best anyway! My grades increased as I began climbing with people who I had fun with, helped me challenge myself, but never let me get in over my head. Btw, Ken, THAT ROCKS! You know its not the fear of heights, its the fear of falling. My 73yr old neighbor kept insisting he was afraid of heights until one day I saw him literally hanging out his 3rd story window to clean it. The only thing keeping him from hitting the ground were his arms holding onto the side of the house. "Didnt that scare you?", I asked. "No...because I felt safe that I wouldnt lose my grip or strength". So it WASNT about the heights. it was all about falling. As soon as you were ready to trust the gear, your partners, and yourself the fear went away. Wow, that felt deep! I every once and a while I look back and laugh cause I still can't believe that I would freeze ten feet up and now I sometime feel more comfortable on a cliff than I do on flat ground. It really did change though when I started believing that the gear works the way it suppose to.

Yeah good idea, thanks Dave. I know I am getting a camera soon and will continue posting TR's and photos too. There seems to be a lot of travel to other places too like South America, Europe, Thailand, that doesn't have home and ends up lost in no time in the Climber's Forum.

Hey it all about appearances, right? Also, I still don't believe you stayed dry in those rain pants, ha. Either way good day in da hillz. We still go to do the renactment photo shot sometime.

Wow that is the most useful piece of information I have seen on this website. Man you are so helpful you should charge for your services.

....Or, what happened to me when I was following a semi once....I was probably behind it for about 30 minutes, it was kicking up all kinds of snow, then my car died. I pulled over to see if I could get it started again. It wouldn't start so I decided to check under the hood, not that I would be able to much with out any tools or a manual. When I opened the hood and looked in I was shocked to see every little space inside the compartment was packed with snow. Live and learn, I guess. Hey does anyone have any suggestions for places to stay in Canmore with a kitchenette and reasonably priced? Thanks for any help.

Looks pretty dead to me, what there is a whopping 7 or 8 posts.

Hey Carolyn, It was good meeting you. Awesome TR, you hit the weather just right. Cheers Just so you know there is a dry tooling area over at X38, I haven't been there yet, probably soon since my winter will be short. There is also another one up in Snoqualmie Pass on the way to Das Toof.

A couple of years ago I had an ACL triage (acl, mcl, and 3 meniscul tear), that happened in September. I opted for surgery rather than having to wear a brace for activities. By the time Feb. rolled around I had been doing PT 3 days a week, hitting the gym 5 days a week. I came back stronger than when I went in under the knife. I did everything they told to do and not over do it. First day off the couch so to speak, (first day out) I lead several 4+ ice climbs, that is where I finished at the end of last season. Now-a-days I do everything I use to do without any problem. It took a lot of work, but it was well worth it. It sucked but it was worth it. The hardest part was the first couple months where my activities were down to smoking plenty of dope and lifting in the gym (used to get some funny looks crutching myself into the gym while I was on crutches). A big thanks to Orthopedic Associates and Health South for setting up right.

I couldn't cause couldn't get over my fear of heights. Took two years, but I did it.

I was up on Das Toof on Sunday and flakes (or I should say wanna be flakes) were a flying. w00t w00t!!!!