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I like the idea of sending it to my ex. Here is a little chemistry experiment you may want to try. The blue chemical that is used in porta-potties is the same as what is used in RV systems. It is at some locations available in a dry chemical form for them to add to their own systems. It is primarily a deodurant for obvious reasons. You may find this to help. However the other part of the chemicals used is a gelifying agent so that it is easier to deal with. Whatever you are packaging in should be able to hold goodies of a more liguid nature I would experiment at home with a couple practice bags and varying amounts of chemical.

All the comments here are highly relavent to the question asked. The original story is not a good example. Vehicle GPS units save memory and processing space by only looking for your position on a something as big as a road. Then they evaluate known roads for a route. That's fine if you stay in town but not applicable when you are intentionally off road. Those pepes got in trouble because they blindly followed a GPS down what was supposed to be the shortest route. I on the other hand have a GPS that freaks if I take one of the roads to my house. The road is not in the data base and thus the unit thinks I can't drive there. Oh well, I made it home anyway.

One bit of "first foot" that may apply. The Scarpa last is a little wider than the Sportiva's. I have tried both (and prefer the scarpa's) but what I found is I was comfy in a standard width scarpa but had to get a wide sportiva to be comfy.

Hey, Thanks Hemp, one of those routes is for sure where I was lookin at tat. Look to be lots of available stuff and easy access.

For you Oregon types, I made a trip with some friends to Ramona falls on the west side of Hood last week. On the way out I was looking at some rock that definatly needed a visit. As I was standing there I saw several pieces of tat towards the western end of the cliff band. Any one out there have beta they would like to share about the goings on?

You can shout at me as well. I am active witht the local dept as a Firefighter and EMT. Most of my work is in rescue and medical.

+1 on the Blizzack, to follow up on the OP. Studs are sort of old school. They work pretty well but don't come into there own until you are operating on glare ice. Most of us are not racing around on a polished lake so they are not really huge. The newer generation of studless tires are designed to make the most of the available traction. Since lots of little variances exist on road surfaces they do a great job. The Bridgstones do a top grade with these tires. Just be mindfull, as was already noted, the studless tires are made of a softer rubber to stay more flexible in cold. This lets them wear fast in warmer weather and/or more abrasive use. Put the street skins back on as soon as you don't need the extra traction anymore.

Cops are a pain in Roche Harbor. It's all those yacht snobs and their flyin buddies at the airport. Lots of nice places to dirt bag around the island though. It is rough this time of year on any of the islands. When are you headin up. Most of the once or twice a year types are in the islands right now. So the good dirt baggin places are full of the owners. If ya figure a time give me a shout.

Second the vote on an arborist being a little better suited. I would go to Wesspur for my rope you might even get a deal on a remnant. There are several sizes and charecters of Static line. I will dig out my catalog and give you some options from the industry side of things. Definatley be aware of the "soft fall" issue that came up earlier. I Gri Gri will work fine for rapin in and stoping at the right place but set a prusick when you are not going to be moving as a sliding fall (like steep landscape work) may not activate the grigri.

I was on Monitor ridge the 26th. Good times were had, good boots definatly help with the snow. I didn't find gaitere to be needed as it is well consolidated snow. However it is good glissading if you take an axe to help in control and some rain pants and gaiters to help staive off the soggies. You only need to hike down a total of about 800 ft from the top to timberline. Just look for the right fall line and go for it. A couple of them get pretty fast near the bottom so be sure you can arrest. Saturday was good enough glissading that coupled with partners that bailed on another climb I did this one twice just to enjoy the snow play in july

Yo Bill, Did you make it to Ski In? I had a last minute trip yesterday and I didn't call as I thought you were up there. Hoz thingz?

No sport on Lopez that I know of. Too bad I didn't see this earlier I spent a fair piece of yesterday on a piece of rock over there. Coulda joined me. There is rock to be found but much of it is fairly well guarded or the land owners are picky. Give me a shout or billygoat. We'll hook ya up.

Pins are nice in the alpine. If you end up in some icy placments it's nice to have something that will beat through. As to cutting em. I would go with the saw first. It is possible to do with a grinder but it takes a practiced hand. A very light touch and lots of air stirred by the wheeel to keep it cool. I would not neccassarily recommend it. Give it a shot. If after a couple passes with the grinder you can feel warming with your hand your doing it to hard. Also one of those tricks is to look at it after each pass. As long as the metal is staying pretty silver and shiny it is gunna be fine. if you start to notice a color (for this deal any of em) your not affecting the temper of the metal. Don't fool yourself though. If you get it hot and it starts to show color. Then you let it cool and grind the color of gently. The damage has been done your just hiding it.

:rawk: Erden, Who knows he may come back to wait it out. I'm down with a littel slide show and to the man. Way to go

Waynes got the link, But, Here's another one. He started on a bike from seattle last May. After making San Fran he waited out a bit of weather and then left There early July. Just clic on the link , then near the top of the page you will find a tracker. Each of the littel dots on his route is a log in his journal. Nice reading for a journey. The man has a vision and he's livin it.

Here we are a full six months and 3500 miles after Erden thought he was going to cross the equator. Today he made it. A change in weather pattern and he jumped on it. Today he is officially in the southeren hemisphere, tommorow he starts a new record for solo ocean rowing duration. Three cheers for my man Erden. :brew:

I sort of missed you all. After a prolonged trip that was supposed to be a warm up for a good season It now may be changing. While walking out a week ago I had a sudden pain in my right calf. It has now been diagnosed as a partial seperation of the Plantar Longus. My Doc is recommending against repair and allowing it to heal as is. I am of the understanding that this will lead to some reduction in strength of the big toe. What recomends are out there for specialists that understand climbing? Any favorites as I am leaning towards a second opinion.

Gary, you appear to have missed the boat on this one. In a "sensativity training" class I had to attend a while back I almost laughed in the instructors face when I was informed that it is no longer PC to use the phrase Politically Correct. It is preferable to use the declaritive of "culturally sensative." My vote for the stoplight shenanigans is to be a little more accurate and just call it "kids on beer" or some such nonsense.

SO grandpa, the posts about checkin the knot are right on. It should be what the marine world calls "a square knot made slippery" which is sailor speak for tying a square knot but pulling a bight on the last pass instead of the end. One thing not mentioned yet is to check the laces. In a misguided effort to reduce weight some of the manufactures used a polypropalene lace or some other equally unsuitable bit of trash. These will just about untie themselves. Make sure you have good laces and not some of the lightweight plastic bits of trash and you may find they stay tied much better.

Several of the females that I climb or kayak with like the freshette. I personally have a great of respect for a lady that can fill a bottle using a freshette while sitting in a kayak. On another note if you get into alpine stuff they are great for delaying the dredded trowser drop in subfreezing weather. They most versions can be used via existing fly.

May your boat sink and you drown, as your mother runs up and down the beach barking for help.

Whirlwinds pretty much got it. When you pullout the switch assembly you will find it in one of two basic variations. One is essentially a cylinder. On the outside opposite of where the teeth of the key are you will find a series of what look like little soft plugs. File em off and dump the guts out. It may also be a smaller cylinder with a rectangular extension. On the top will be a little metal cap. pull that off and dump the parts out. Like whirlwind said it should be a spring and at least two little brass pins per hole. The should be one set per point on your key. Easy enough the key or whatever will turn it. Give me a shout if ya get stuck of course I will be out most of the weekend.

Usually on a car like that I take the switch out of the column. then just remove the little steel cover and dump all the tumblers out. Reinstall switch. As long as the switch terminals are good it works fine. Just don't leave the door unlocked.

This makes little sense. What exactly are you doing. It seems to me that anyone that is using a 11mm static line is not too concerned about weight to start with.

There's more tryptophan in beef than in turkey.