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you might retain Abramoff...perhaps he could grease the skids.

My fees are quite high. I require your women, three goats, 7 gallons of chhaang, and a chicken. Additionally, every 100 yards I may sit down and go on strike, demanding pay raise.

While the child is still in the womb, I highly suggest starting him/her on a bouldering regimen so that upon birth you can enter your retirement plan into bouldering contests the 1-6 month division. Soon you will all be swimming in 100 dollar bills. My son is taking the highly lucrative junior alpine climber hero career path, and I anticipate that he'll be buying me a new house and car anytime now.

Congratulations Luke! Let me know what sort of stuff you need, I'll get some something in the mail.

hell yeah.

thanks!

Sloop now

OK Toast, I'll be there in an hour. Alpinistic Fox the Great Dealmiester will be there. Sloopersize me.

OMG! It does! It also matches the patch of snow I used to fill up my water bottle with!

is that the one that your grandfather had in Vietnam? the one passed down through the generations of Laytons?

i forgot that you were still living at home with your mom, minx.

minx, are you still climbing in a mini skirt these days?

good thing you guys bought the chalk to keep that body oil off your hands when climbing (if any of that was done when you took adVantage of minx).

you wouldn't happen to be associated with the Big Balla, would you?

Lewis, Clark, Sacajaweia and Crew Member Navigate the Treacherous Northwest Territories

Did you play basketball as a youngster? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBYPaNc57Ik&search=autistic%20basketball%20pl

Keep the cynicism coming! What type of windshirt would you recommend for this climb?

How many pushups can you do?

All probable selves are connected. They each influence one another. There is a natural interaction, but no coercion. Each probable self has its own free will and uniqueness. You can change your own experience in the probability that you know--which itself rides upon infinite other probabilities.

its all Squids avatars...they like to browse anonymously before logging in and spewing wit.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - North America's tallest mountain is getting crowded — too crowded for safety. For the first time, the number of climbers allowed on the 20,320-foot Mount McKinley in Alaska will be capped at 1,500 a year beginning in 2007 — not too many more than the record 1,340 alpinists who attempted to scale the mountain last year. McKinley, known locally as Denali or "the High One," is required climbing for many of the world's most serious mountaineers, who attempt to reach the summit of the highest peak on each of the seven continents. About half the climbers who attempt McKinley come from other countries, according to the National Park Service. It's too late to restrict this year's climbing crowd. "Whatever shows up this year, we will have to deal with. We are not prepared to turn back anybody this year," park ranger Daryl Miller said Friday. The goal is safety and protecting the mountain, said Kris Fister, spokeswoman for Denali National Park and Preserve. She said all but a handful of climbers are on the mountain during a brief two-month period in May and June, and about 95 percent choose the West Buttress route to reach the top. "You've got a lot of people homing in on one area of the mountain for a short period of time," Fister said. Since 1903, McKinley has been attempted by 30,049 climbers and just over half have reached the summit. Ninety-five climbers have died trying, including a record 11 in 1992. Two brothers from Ohio died last year. "It is amazing how the mountain just has gotten busier," Miller said. The mountain also is popular because it's easy to get to compared to some others in the world — just a two-hour car ride from Anchorage and a 45-minute flight from Talkeetna to base camp at 7,200 feet. Climbers typically spend 14 to 18 days on the mountain, Miller said. The large number of climbers spending so much time on Denali creates another big problem: human waste. "There is just a certain amount you can deal with," Miller said. Normally, you would never see the pit toilet, dug 14 feet deep into the Kahiltna Glacier at the base camp, because it is "devoured by the glacier," Miller said. That wasn't the case last year. For the first time, the pit toilet was visible in an August flyover of the glacier, Miller said. "It melted away all the way down to 14 feet where we dug and it was sitting on top of the ice," he said. "Now, we are concerned we may have to haul human waste off at 7,200 feet." Climbers are required to carry and use small toilet containers above 17,200 feet, he said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060226/ap_on_re_us/mckinley_climbers

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/eo/20060224/114083424000.html

Did you get any good photos of the route? I was thinking of returning something to REI myself.

I see we are well underway. What should the forums be renamed to?

Awesome http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2889527841583480458