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I like how he hikes uphill for 15 minutes and then decides that it's too much work and he'll just take the word of a random guy at the trailhed that there's a ravine up there. Now that's some admirable investigative journalism.

ryan, nice writing. thanks.

I tried not to read any of that Hood stuff, so no. But I didn't take you seriously; don't take my cracks seriously either. I think the whole thing is highly amusing, even though it cost me a Saturday. Glad the guy's ok, but boy do I wonder....

Well, you get what you pay for.

Pax would go but he hasn't got a thing to wear.

I have your sexy sexy pink blouse that you left at the Public Safety Training Center yesterday.

http://www.alpineclub.org.pk/women_training.php According to The Alpine Club of Pakistan site, it certianly sounds like the impetus behind this program comes from the Alpine Club of Pakistan, not from the US, and that the AAC is supporting them by sending some instructors.

As requested, from a night when Dave and Ken were feeling the love: "Damn. Had it not been for that two-by-four you would have shut the fuck up finally." AlpineDave to Ken, after the object he hurled at Ken was deflected "What a whiney little bitch. You, yes, you." - Ken to Dave "You fuckin touch me, I'll fuckin rip your nuts off in your sleep." - Dave to Ken "Hey, who the fuck put their shit all over my shit?" - Ken "I did not call you a pussy. I did not use the P word. I said....I don't know what I said." - Ken

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And hypersensitive teenage girls who have no reason to be upset about being called whores, don't forget them. As my parents told me a gazillion times growing up, the fact that someone else did something *more* wrong doesn't mean you won't be punished for the wrong you did.

I think most people with a modicum of common sense realize that free speech doesn't protect them from being reprimanded and/or fired if they mouth off catastrophically on the job.

Here's a shot I got of Joe on the cornice. Nice meeting you both!

Personally I'm partial to Pax's interpretation of "tons o' snaffles." Me in the Bugaboos:

Damn Oly, get well soon. Your particular brand of lunacy is irreplaceable.

I'll carpool with you. I have the feeling I might not be in good shape to drive after this evening.

And once again, if anyone lost a helmet at these climbs, pm me.

Found a helmet today at Mountaineers Creek ice climbs. PM me and tell me brand and type and I'll get it back to you.

Somebody call my name? I jsut find that I tend to accomplish goals of getting out a certain amount; whereas I never meet goals of climbing a certain grade or getting a certain route done.

Whatever you say man. You guys make it sound about as appealing as a root canal. At a conservative estimate, I got out easily 100 days last year, and no one yelled at me for it either. And when I didn't get it, it was my own damn fault.

You all are making me supremely happy to be unmarried.

Climbed Guye yesterday; all snow and no ice; fun and cruiser. Snow was a little sugary but steps were fine. The smaller lighter people were able to just walk on top of the crust on the way in but not the bigger people. Saw a bald eagle while having lunch on top. Was on the north side of Kent in the late afternoon; didn't have much time to look around but it looked like there was some fun stuff back there.

They didn't even ask to see our passports last time. Must have been due to rat's aura of respectability.

Dude it took all of three minutes to look at a topo. But you’re right, I should have been planning what to go slay this weekend instead. When I climbed it (Calculus Crack/Memorial Crack start) I thought it was a pleasant enough moderate day out, but meeting Dirty Harry and Cappellini was easily the most entertaining part of that day.

But it was nice and warm at Dante's last night. Where the hell were you?

Actually, if you swing leads, each person leads one 7, one 9, and one 9+ pitch, and the person with the odds get a 6 and an 8 while the person with the evens gets a 7 and a 9A0 or 10b. Pretty lame to consider your partner on a climb that evenly divided as not pulling their weight, regardless of which pitches they get.