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I thought I had posted this before... Oh well. What do you think about the DMM 4CU's? I'm pretty new to lead climbing and I would like to get a rack together, I just want to do it right. I noticed that the DMM cams were lighter than most of the others, but I couldn't find any user info on them. What is a decent canister type stove? I curretnly have a Whisperlite, but I am looking for a lighter weight compressed gas type stove for my summer climbs. I will probably be using this stove for everything up to about 7,000'. Thoughts? Opinions?

I remember a game that we lovingly referred to as "Smear the Q-U-E-E-R". Get the ball, run like hell and get the crap knocked out of you by one of the other 20 kids playing. Good times... Good times...

Have you ever had one of those "Hey! That's not a fart" farts? No good... No good...

Then again, maybe certain people wanted to take this opportunity to get a little sympathy and feel good about themselves...

As if breaking stuff for Jesus wasn't cool enough, we now have break dancing for the Pope. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20040126/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_break_dancing

I use an old toothbrush to apply Sno-Seal to my leathers. It works pretty well and gets all of those hard to reach places. Sno-Seal will seep into the leather if you apply it to a warm boot or warm the boots after you apply (I use the oven on low). It will maintain waterproofness so long as you reapply after every trip.

I found a great way to get rid of chest congestion. It involved a 32 oz can of pickled jalepenos, a bag of Reese's peanut butter cups and a lot of water. By the time I finished about half the can, I was coughing up all kinds of foul crap. In case you're wondering, the peanut butter cups were to cool the heat every now and again. Worked like a charm.

You know, I decided long ago that I would live forever. I just wasn't going to die. So far, it's worked out great. I can't see it changing any time soon.

Something twisted this way comes. Not your typical lesbian-serial killer romp in the park. This movie really left me feeling dirty and depressed. It was an excellent movie. Charlize Theron looked horrible with the extra weight and the makeup, but she did a damn fine job.

Thanks Gents. I appreciate it.

I went on a little hike a few weeks ago to the Rattlesnake Ledges in North Bend. I couldn't help but notice the boulders along the trail leading up to the ledges. They were only a few hundred yards away from the parking lot. Has anyone gone bouldering there? They were looking pretty mossy to me, but I bet you could find some new problems under the crud. What is the ettiquette for such things? Would it be wrong of me to clean off parts of the boulder to give it a shot? -Thanks y'all

You can get Ti and aircraft grade aluminum at the Boeing surplus store in Kent. I have seen some extrusions that look a lot like an 8 foot long picket. You might even get lucky and find a little CF lurking about.

I only seem to post info for Boealps... Oh well. The Boealps intermediate is a very personal affair. They focus on experience climbs with very experienced instructors as opposed to a "lemming" type environment with 12 climbers following one leader. The class size is very small, usually fewer than 20 people for the year. Climbs usually have no more than 3 students per instructor and are often one-on-one with the instructors. There is no formal test for entry, you just have to convince your instructors that you have a clue. check out http://boealps.org/intermed.html for more info.

I found some Kazami skis at the bottom of the Worm Flows route on St Helens on Sunday 01/11. There were no tracks anywhere up there. We were the first people in there since Tuesday. I carried them out and left them at Jack's.

The Boeing Alpine Society only teaches some basic Ice Climbing in the intermediate class. You will need to show some proficiency in basic alpine skills before you can take it. There is also a one day ice climbing seminar coming up.

I am involved with the Boeing Alpine Club (Boealps) the intermediate course sounds like what you are looking for. It costs around $200 for the full course and you do get to pick many of your climbs. The instructors are all very experienced. There is no competency exam, but you will have to convince your instructors that you know what you are doing, after all, their lives are in your hands. The class is more like a mentoring program. Usually 2 instructors and 2 students per climb. You can contact Len Kannapell [kannapell@yahoo.com] for more info.