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***Bump*** I'll give these another week, and then they go on Ebay. I want to get a pair that actually fit me.

Here, here. This is an interesting little soap opera. Ben, unless you have the experience and solid knowledge to criticise unsound technique, I would hold your comments (and publicly published TRs loaded with criticism) to yourself. That isn't to discourage you from questioning other's technique, but doing it in a public fashion probably isn't going to win you any friends...especially when the person you are criticising has 15 years of experience and you have maybe 1 or 2. I would get someone you trust (even if it is a Mountie) to bounce stuff off of rather than posting in a public forum. And remember, the best climber is the one having the most fun!

I believe your record speaks for itself, regardless of your method.

I've developed a database driven application that I can feed factors into and it picks my climbs for me. The machine told me that Squid and I have launch a Das Toof Expedition soon and submit a 10,000 word trip report detailing our heart rate, vector analysis, and psychosemantic condition throughout the climb. Serial number on gear used will be provided, as well as amount of oxygen canisters and dex consumed. We'll input this data into another data engine which we'll make available to people in order to calculate the number of GU packs required to climb Das Toof and post a trip report about it based on several criteria, including height, weight, age, and whether you're using wire gates or solid gates on your biners.

Or drawing "vitual protection" in for psychological pro on hard sends. KILLER!

You've got to watch Squid, KK...he cut out the last bit of the article. Posted on Sun, Mar. 27, 2005 THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT | FOR PAST COLUMNS, GO TO HERALD.COM/COLUMNISTS, CLICK ON COLUMNISTS Brazil's alternative-fuel strategy is model for U.S. This is what President Bush should do to bring down $55-a-barrel oil prices, solve the Middle Eastern crisis, shrug off Venezuela President Hugo Chávez's daily tirades against ''U.S. imperialism,'' and make all Americans happier: Follow Brazil's example. No, I'm not talking about making friends with oil-rich dictators, nor shutting down the country for a whole week to celebrate Carnival (although, come to think of it, the latter wouldn't be a bad idea). I'm talking about Brazil's successful reduction of its foreign oil dependence through the development of alternative fuels. The issue was brought to my attention in a recent interview with Sao Paulo GovGeraldo Alckmin, a possible contender for the 2006 presidential elections, who said that 50 percent of all new cars sold in Brazil this year will be ''mix-fuel,'' or able to use a combination of gasoline and ethanol. ''It's already a reality,'' Alckmin said. ``And in four years, virtually all new cars in the country will be mix-fuel.'' Brazil's reliance on oil imports has plummeted from 85 percent of its energy consumption in 1978 to 10 percent in 2002, according to that country's National Petroleum Agency. And this year, it will be nearly zero, Brazilian officials say. Granted, ethanol already is used in U.S. Midwestern states, although in small quantities, as an additive. But Brazil has done something more radical: It pressed car makers to modify engines, so they can run on much higher percentages of ethanol. DECADES OF WORK Brazil's program started three decades ago with a government program to mix gasoline with sugar-based ethanol. Problem was, many car engines had trouble starting on the ethanol-mixed gasoline. In 1979, when oil prices soared, Brazil poured more money into research, and began producing ethanol-only cars. Today, nearly 20 percent of Brazil's cars run on ethanol only, in addition to the 50 percent of new cars that have ''mix-fuel'' ethanol-and-oil engines. In addition, Brazil is beginning to use biodiesel -- diesel made out of vegetable oils -- for its trucks and buses. Last week, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva dedicated a biodiesel plant in Minas Gerais state, which will produce 12 million liters a year of this fuel. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES ''We are telling the world that it is absolutely possible to produce fuel from renewable resources,'' Lula said at the dedication ceremony. The plant will produce fuel made from sunflower oil, soybeans and African palm. Peasants who sell these products to diesel refineries will get tax breaks ranging from 32 percent to 100 percent. As part of its plan, Brazil wants to sell its ethanol to the United States, arguing that it's cheaper than U.S. corn-made ethanol. ''The United States would have a lot to gain by exporting its corn to Asia for human or animal consumption, and importing our ethanol for fuel,'' Brazil's Ambassador Roberto Abdenur says. ``We could be of great help to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign oil.'' U.S. oil experts say it will be a hard sell. The U.S. government subsidizes U.S. corn producers, who would be up in arms if Washington lifts barriers to Brazilian ethanol. Also, the Bush administration's pet alternative fuel program is based on hydrogen, rather than ethanol. BOOM TIMES AHEAD? Be patient, U.S. officials say. If oil prices continue rising, sales of hybrid cars -- powered by electricity and oil -- will boom. And the Bush administration has asked Congress for $360 million for its ''Freedomcar'' hydrogen-powered-car research program in 2006. My conclusion: I don't know whether U.S. cars should be running on ethanol, hydrogen, electricity or something else. But what's pretty clear to me is that Bush's current policy of spending $80 billion a year in Iraq while only $360 million for its ''Freedomcar'' alternative fuel program is absurd. PUNITIVE CHARGES Why not impose a 10 percent tax on the purchase of gas-guzzling SUVs, and a 50 percent tax on purchases of Hummers? And, also, why not punish Detroit automakers that put out inefficient cars? If Bush did that, the United States would no longer live in fear of oil-rich tyrants, be they in Saudi Arabia or Venezuela. Oil prices would go down, and the air we breathe would be cleaner. It can be done -- just look at in Brazil. DESTROYING THE RAINFOREST However, as a side effect, Brazil's alternative-fuel strategy destroys the rainforest. Too bad.

Dood, I bet you don't even know what your donaim name is.

Look at this little rat!

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We could write guide books that have bad information and call them "Adventure Guides"...since the information was bad, and it actually called for a blue alien it would be more of an adventure. But these books already exist, don't they But yes...I do agree on your definition of adventure.

It will be interesting to see how he will further the neocon agenda in this post. It is a total coverup, but I'm not revealing my source, because they are afraid for their lives. I just thought you should know the truth.

Does anyone know if any of the shops in/near Seattle carry these? I've already spent some time looking and didn't see them (I'm currently favoring the Osprey Aether 60). I thought I saw one at Feathered Friends.

"Adventure" could mean a few different things. If you are route finding challenged, or if you are testing your limits you can have an "adventure" on a well documented climb. Or..."adventure" could mean seeing some possible line and going to see if it is possible to climb (regardless if it is climbed 200 times a year and tons of beta exists for the line). But I'm not a lawyer, so this probably wouldn't hold up in court.

Making my pickup w/canopy into a sleeper, and I need a big lightwieght foam cushion for the bed. Anyone know where I can get some (foam cushion)? Something 4+ inches thick and about the size of a Toyota pickup bed.

Hard to believe that you would be trask whistlepunk. You're too civilized... are you on sedatives? Anyway, based on my own experience with I would have to agree that it is probably there is probably a hardware or hardware compatiblity issue.

Thats a wilderness area you're driving in! You're in BIG trouble champ! But since you drove up there already, I'm going to take my car up there this weekend.

Sweet! Imagine how much the MoveOn.org people could make if they sold their list to spammers.

Maybe thats because the CIT team is the CBC team!

Why are all those seals sleeping, and who spilled the red dye?

Nobody bought them here, so I'm going to put my boots on Ebay. Please remove this entry.

Sounds like a great time out! I think it is very cool of you to allow another person on your rope that you didn't know, though the experience exposes the risks of doing so....luckily without any consequences. That is an interesting topic unto itself. But, again...great climb and great luck with the weather!

After that last school shooting, I heard that the NRA is saying something about arming teachers to "protect" the students. So...good...we all know that teachers will never go nuts and shoot anyone. But if they did, we could always then arm the students as well. If we all had guns, we'd be a hell of a lot safer.