fenderfour

I noticed a posting in the coffe area that someone is selling purebred kittens for $300 each. I just don't get it. Don't get me wrong, I like a well-mannered pussy as much as the next person, but what is it with purebred cats? I understand purebred dogs. You get something for the breeding. For instance: Golden Retriever - Loyal, active, great with kids Bloodhound - great hunter, looks funny Doberman Pinser - active, good guard dog. Even shitty little dogs like Yorkshire Terriers are better at eliminating rodents than cats. All of these dogs have personality traits that make them more than leash candy. Purebred cats however: Abyssinian - won't care if you are around, -might- use a litter box, licks it's own @$$hole. Ragdoll - won't care if you are around, -might- use a litter box, licks it's own @$$hole. Persian - won't care if you are around, -might- use a litter box, licks it's own @$$hole. Can anyone shed some light on why people would buy a cat for $300?

You have a point, Canada hasn't done anything really bad like the US, come to think of it, they really haven't done anything at all. You know how they got their name? Cananda was supposed to be CND. When asked how to spell the country's name, a canuck replied C eh? N eh? D eh? And the rest is history.

Fenderfour is being walked through hell by Saint Peter in an effort to curb his iniquitous behavior. He sees Alpinfox up to his waist in shit. "Jesus, that's terrible! I hope that doesn't happen to me." Saint Peter keeps FF moving through the area. The happen upon Archenemy, shoulder deep in shit. "That's a hard way to spend eternity, but if anybody deserves it, Archenemy does." FF comments. A few yards past Archenemy, Fenderfour sees Dru up to his neck in shit. "Man, that sucks" said Fenderfour "Don't worry about me," replies Dru, "I'm on Knotzen's shoulders"

Dru, Archenemy, and Alpinfox are involved in a catastrophic climbing accident and arrive in the afterlife together. It's not quite what any of them expected, a bright white room with a garage door at one end. As they are trying to get their bearings a huge voice booms out "You have died and this is the time of your judgment. I will weigh the good that you did in life against the bad and set your fate for eternity" Suddenly, the garage door rolls open. Standing before the three is a woman that looks something like Lou Ferigno. The voice speaks again "Alpinfox, you have sinned. To absolve these transgressions, you will spend the rest of eternity in bed with this woman, fulfilling her every wish." Alpinfox goes quietly to his fate. The other two are getting nervous, knowing that Alpinfox was by far the kindest of them. The garage door rolls open again, and standing there is a huge amorphous ape of a humanoid. It's difficult to tell if it is male or female. The voice booms out again "Archenemy, you are among the most evil of all, and for this, you will spend the rest of eternity in bed with this creature, submitting to it's every whim". Upon seeing this, Archenemy panics and makes a break for the door, only to be carried back in by demonic beings. By this time, Dru is terrified. He has no idea what is in store for him. There is no escaping his fate. The garage door opens a third time to reveal Annabelle Bond looking rather bewildered. The voices booms over the scene once more "Annabelle, you have sinned…"

we're the ones on top - replace management with Canada, etc. F_cking weak. try again

Canada - America's hat

Certain prophylactic products can prevent "the burn". Certain antibiotics can releive it.

Are there any certified guides out there that are a little upset that RMI employees are referred to as guides? I know that some of them are aspiring to become AMGA certified, but the simple truth is that the majority are not. I climbed the DC with a couple of new climber friends two weeks ago. I had an RMI "guide" behind me, huffing and puffing his way up to the flats. Neither I or the other people on my rope broke a sweat. Not quite the "guide" I would want on my rope. On that note, I would like to thank RMI for making a trough for us to follow to the summit.

Well, you could just pull them off the map. REI sells a scale to get higher resolution than provided by the area topos. But that's using a map. I think we might want to avoid that.

I'm not from Olympia, but you really don't need a lot of help. If you are concerned about having the skills, get Freedom of The hills and read about route finding. Get yourself a compass and maps and learn. The NPS has a map with the heading for Muir on the website somehwere. If it's the physical thing you are worried about, just take it slow and drink lots of water. We saw all kinds of folks going up to Muir last weekend. Maybe 25% of them had any clue what it was about. I would bet most of them made it without incident.

Cannon isn't a terribly difficult climb, it's got a little route finding fun, and it will take most people a little while to get to it. Enchantment peak is among the 100 and would be a casual "on the way out" kinda thing.

does that qulify as booty?

This is a strange incident since the authorities declined to comment on the type of explosive. Most modern companies use ammonium nitrate for general blasting purposes since it is very stable and produces more energy than other options. I bet it was a shipment of dynamite that W planned to use to kill kittens.

Climbing has changed my stress threshold. Nothing short of life-threatening situations creates stress for me. What? I missed the meeting. too bad. The stresses of the non-climbing portion of my life are so much less significant after spending the weekend thrutching up a tough route.

I am going to purchase a digital projector for slideshows and such, but I don't have any experience with them. Can anyone make recomendations for or against certain brands or models? any info is appreciated. -Thanks

I've got a bit of a review on the Stubai's: I climbed the DC route on Rainier and wore them the whole day, camp-to-camp. I made sure to climb on rock as much as possible in an attempt to break them. I'm pretty heavy at 210 lbs but nothing I did had any affect. I made some anti-bott plates out of a milk carton. They helped on the mushy snow, but balling was still an issue. I tried to find some bare glacial ice to further abuse my crampons, bu there wasn't any safely accessible on the route. At the end of the climb, the crampons were dulled, but not horribly. A quick cleanup with a file would take care of it. That's right, I climbed Mt. Rainier with aluminum crampons and soft boots and I didn't die. I'm a hardman now.

I've used a cheap Edelweiss for about 3 year for a little bit of everything, and I've been very happy with it. It has held up better than my expensive Beal.

FYI - gear loops can be added at any shoe repair place. You can get some 1/2" mil-spec webbing at a gear store and some tubing at the hardware store. Cut it, tell the guy behind the counter what you want and voila! gear loops an any pack.

Pika cam hooks. Bent, popped, dropped. BTW - I have 2 pika cam hooks for sale. One is slightly bent, both amatuerly slung. Make me an offer.

Pretty cool stuff: http://ww2.whidbey.net/dzane/Writings/fatemplate.html

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"...it left me wanting more..." I later found out she was talking about a home espresso machine

It seems like all of the sprayers are a couple of days behind on the news lately. tsk tsk

Stubai makes a super long bar for their aluminum crampons. It might work. Jim Nelson has them in stock at PMS in th eU dist. He also has the Grivels, so you can probably call him and ask if the Stubai bars will fit.