Kiwi

Woah! They don't wear helmets!? Didn't realise that. I thought they'd do it at least for the aerodynamics.

Thanks for the info. This was the route I decided to go: find a climbing partner while waiting for next year to begin formal classes. That's the biggest reason I joined this website. However, it's been tough trying to find someone willing to take an absolute newb up the mountain with them. RMI and other classes offered in the summer were too expensive and conflicted with my work schedule. I thought it would behoove me to show a bit of patience and wait till the next season starts to begin classes. So I plan on taking the BOEALPS beginning class. I've heard only positive things about them, and I work for Boeing.

A sex change is a luxury, not a right! WTF?!

Well that makes sense.

Punter is an offensive term? I thought it meant 'Joe Blow'.

93 miles in 24 hrs? That's beyond ambitious! That's super human! 48 hrs doesn't sound any more reasonable.

I thought the sarcasm would be painfully obvious.

So I rented Vertical Limit. Man, this stuff is golden. Chris O'Donnell is a climbing god!

Cool. I always wondered why people don't stay on the summit longer.

As a red-blooded male...

Guess I'm just upset that they had the worst pint of Guinness I've ever had.

Well I'm back from Kort Haus and I give the place a thumbs down. Slow service, mediocre food, and they even messed up Guinness.

Ostrich, kangaroo, and alligator burgers!? Dude, I must try these!

While all the cool kids rip holes in their trousers, my bum will be covered and protected!

I love this weekly ritual.

My mom says I'm cool...

I agree about the selection. Sounded like a rip too.

Support your local aussies and kiwis? Never been. Probably sucks (what self-respecting Aussie serves Foster's and not XXXX, VB, or TooHeys?!) but what the hey.

Old school. Hmm... interesting.

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB12&Number=211405

Is it worth it to get 'specialised' glacier glasses? The only reason I see is that it hurts less to scratch up $50 glacier glasses versus $150 Oakleys. I ask cuz I can't find glacier glasses that fit me nearly as well as sport glasses. They're not as comfortable nor block as much light (cover my face) as the sport glasses. What about polarised glasses--is this feature important?

Joke? I thought this was common knowledge--a law of nature. It's up there with gravity and thermodynamics.

Well that disqualifies me... No experience.

OK, just so I'm clear (having not had the choads to actually use the EDK yet) on how to tie this thingie. It's a simple single overhand knot that starts with both ends lying next to each other with ends matched up equally (not pointing at each other as in a grapevine/fisherman's) and no back-up? It is NOT a "granny" knot nor a square knot. Do I have this right, kidz? This is what I found on Google: Looks to me like a water knot, but parallel instead of anti-parallel.

Jeebus!