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What the hell??? He starts off blowing sunshine up his ass about how he stands on higher moral ground Now that he's established himself as being better than the rest of ourselves he goes on to say that Yates shoulda saved his own life and let simpson take the plunge on his own. I venture to guess that this asshole would do the rational thing and become a cannibal if he were to be left in hunger stricken Africa again. Of coarse cannibalism is the rational response as you are both saving yourself as well as reducing the overpopulation. In doing this, I'm sure that he'd have no problems proclaiming that he is of coarse on morally higher ground than those that are risking their own health trying to raise their children with sufficient food and water. The rational thing would be to eat their children!!!!

Fer all ye lookin' for a buxom beauty: Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly? Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm? Come on up and see me urchins. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole? How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder? Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free. Well blow me down? Prepare to be boarded. They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big. You’re drinking a Salty Dog? How’d you like to try the real thing? Wanna shiver me timbers? I’ve sailed the seven seas, and you’re the sleekest schooner I’ve ever sighted. Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid eyes on. Let's get together and haul some keel. That’s some treasure chest you’ve got there.

AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! "All ye check this site if you want t' get it starboard" http://www.talklikeapirate.com/translator.html

If you were closer I'd kiss you!!

Does this exist? Just got a call... have to move. Is my life finished or can I still climb outdoors on the Island?

We are the Lennies of Mice and Men . George represents our society and women our mountains. "Even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious women nor predict the consequences of Lennies unswerving obedience to the things George taught him."

It's come to my attention that Hidden Cameras have become more and more widespread for one reason. Due to the extreme popularity of reality T.V. with such shows as "Average Joe," "The Simple Life", and "The Bachelorette's Wedding." In fact more and more filming avenues are being explored to get to a rawer more exposing reality show. These camera's are not for security purposes but rather may play a large part in feature daily T.V. Programming. Take this link for example. Do you really think this camera is there for security purposes or rather for our viewing pleasure??? http://tenderloin.net/04302003/page3.html In fact the camera's that are being placed in the woods are there for tracking purposes. They want to find out where this hoser came from!!! The fact that it collected some rather damning evidence was just a circumstantial coincidence. In fact, inside Hollywood sources tell me that they have now captured enough film from situations like this, that they are ready to run their new prime time program. "Hosers, Hooligans, and Dan Howitts"

hahaha... just trying to get an idea if there is any demand for these sort of shots out there? I guess not if this is true. Where do you find the shots through the provincial government? What kind of shots are these? Are they close-ups of mountains like you'd find in guide books where you can highlight the exact route, or are they distant large area photos like a picture of the topo map? I can't even find postcards for $5 so to find detailed aerial photo's depicting complex routes for $5 seems kinda far fetched. The BC gov. charges me $70 to get my licence renewed I doubt they'd offer anything for $5. I'd be able to produce close-up aerial photos which depict an entire route as good as you'd find in a Sean Dougherty guide. That's more what I'm aiming at, a published guidebook level. As for an "unofficial professional photographer", he would be someone who's taken photography coarses and who has the equipment and experience. Such as doing a number of wedding photos, article photos, and magazine shots but has never pursued any job offers in photography or payment for services. I guess in short, someone who has experience shooting in situations normally offering pay but doing it rather for the fun and experience.

I'll second that!

It might be pretty easy actually. Just ask Erian Armanios and Stefan Dancila. They're coming up with some pretty wacked ideas that might just make our ropes as outdated as hemp. www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2000/09/18/focus22.html It all depends on how the manufactures determine the core thread size now. The core threads are simply Nylon (a man made material)and they have a machine which creates these 50m long fibers. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that each individual strand is actually different in size for a 5mm rope vs. a 12mm. I don't think a 12mm has that much more strands but rather thicker strands of nylon being wound to comprise of the larger nylon core. In order to make a rope with thicker ends, you simply make each (man-made) nylon strand thicker at both end sections. Adjust the nylon strand machine to pump out a 10.5mm strand for the start of the rope which then reduces to a 9mm width strand for the middle section but fattens back up to a 10.5mm strand width for the end. The machine can already adjust the width of the nylon strands. It would just be adjusting it while producing each strand. Each strand still runs from one end of the rope to the other, yet the thicker width at the ends would produce a larger/stronger rope core at the ends where the higher fall factors occur. Oh... and don't call me genious

Ay, Captain... You might be on to something... Hoist the main sail!!

I think a 9mm is bomber for a lot of routes. If you're doing snow/glacier traverses where the only time you plan on using it is if someone takes a spill into a crevasse or on a snow/rock ridge where you're not placing gear but want to be roped up in case someone walks off into the abyss, I would feel comfortable using anything down to an 8.5mm. It may make the recovery a little more difficult with the rope being able to slice deeper into the snow ice on the edge. If you do have someone take a spill into a crack on an 8.5mm, try to get a pack under the rope at the edge before you start hoisting. As for rope length, I think an important consideration is how much pro you will be placing on a route and how large your rack is. Like Fern said, those that are really good at building anchors will cope just fine with a 50m. If you're placing 50m of pro vs. 100m, you can get away with a lot smaller rack... less weight. I'd say 100m is overkill unless you like to really run it out and only carry a rack for anchors at either end. In the Alpine, its not a whole lot of fun waiting for your partner to run that 50m while you turn blue I could only imagine 100m. I'd leave the 60+m for the crag and take a 50-55m/9.4mm-9.8mm for the Alpine and bring along a 5.5mm chord for those nasty rap routes.

Wow... Don't crap out that horseshoe... I guess a 5.5 woulda been toast. Makes you feel a little sketchy rapping on a 5.5 after hearing that

553.6.... just another testiment to how steroids enhances sports. I was have trouble clearing 300 before. Must be Dan -'s secret

I would be. It's the only situation I've ever lost rope due to rockfall. Mind you, it was when I was pulling the line, not when I was on it. Twight has a lot to say about this issue in "Extreme Alpinism," I am too lazy to type it all in here though. Worth looking up. Can you elaborate on this??? Did you lose a 10 or a 5.5? Did the rope get cut in two, or did the sheath just get scarred?

Sorry shoulda been a bit more clear. Rockfall and abrasion on the 5.5 vs. rockfall on the 9.4 might be reason for a little concern. I think 9.4 is bomber for a main rope! If you look at what ropes are actually capable of doing, you can see that everyone has a huge safety factor built into their considerations, even on the thin ropes. John Long wrote a really good bit about dropping a cow 60m on a rope and how many times you could do this before risking losing your meat. Unless you or your partner is a cow, the present day ropes are generally overkill.

If anyone can do it its gotta be Hongbin Ma!!! ?

Nothing like a little Haggis to boost your heart rate! Actually try some Landjager!!!! It's like Pepporoni except 6" long and rectangular You'll find it in the Deli sections of most Grocery Stores Like most good German food, its loaded with fat so its a great boost for those high altitude days and it lasts really long before going bad. Try and get it fresh and your jaw will thank you.

If you go with a 9.4 single 50m and are doing a route with a load of rappels, bring along another 50m rope, not a 9.4... that would probably keep you on your back in the parking lot. Get the skinniest rope that you would feel comfortable rapelling on, if it were a double. There shouldn't be any shock loading on a proper rappel so you can get pretty skinny with your second rope. I've heard of some people getting into the thread classification on this one. When you're faced with a lot of rappels simply double it up with your 9.4 and you got a full 50m of fun ahead of you. If you think about it, no-one questions prussiking up a rope with one 5.5mm rope with a friction knot as a lifeline, so why not rappel on one combined with a 9.4mm with a bomber knot? 5.5mm prussik will hold 4,000Ibs and even after $5 little Caesear's Pizza I don't weigh 1/20th of that. Of coarse there are increased risks like rockfall slicing rope, or rope abrasion but I still feel safe on this. 50m of prussik is 2.1Ib's in your pack! If you want a little bit of added insurance, always tie it so the knot is on the thin rope side. I know the knot will only stick when you're trying to pull the rope, but it does help ease the mind a little for those of us that start quivering when we see something that thin. Also for name brand... check out Maxim's rope (not the magazine). I bought their 55m 10.5 as my first rope and fell in love with it. Excellent fall ratings vs. weight and it stood up well to abrasion. It was fairly limp right out of the package too, so it was easy to work with(future dirty references welcome). They don't have a 9.4 but check the weight differences with their 9.8's, as it might be negligible. This isn't mainstream thinking so I welcome your thoughts on this... does too much Little Ceasear's make you sick in the head?

Only 3 months old and Viagra not working... Patchy was ready to try anything!

1979 - I'm a sheep... did I get Fu#@%$?

Well I guess I'll just be summed up as one of those "low post count = newbie gaper, or given to pointless offensiveness." but I'm going to say what I'm going to say anyways. Trask sounds like a hell of a guy. The Devil's advocate is always a lot better to have around rather than God's secretary, depending on what she looks like I guess. Which brings me to my next point. Say Trask posts something that you really don't like, simply recognize that the post is from Trask and pass over it. On the other hand, If you ban the guy with the bouncing breasts beside his banter, those of us that appreciate it, won't be able to do so. Trask whoever you might be, I hope you come back and if you do, please come back with something as beautiful as lummox has offered. Lets have a moment of silence, with eyes open, in recognition of Lummox's beautiful work. If only those were my neighbors...

64.1... it is golf isn't it?

seacliffs, seals and drunk people... what more could you ask for in entertainment? I don't know about the jerky people at the Rockhouse? The only person working there when I went was a (mid-late 40's??) man. He's an old school climber that bought the place a number of years ago. He got married early so he doesn't have much climbing experience but seemed nice enough. I'm laid up with the last of a series of operations for a broken leg but am planning on climbing hard as soon as its healed, say late February?

I missed this... how was it? I'm still in the dark on this one. Is Touching the Void coming to the big screen as in Famous Players... Ciniplexodian... USA.. Canada... International??? Couldn't think of a better story to have this happen. What about the climbing scenes though? Did they really do some real footage in the Ande's? Please don't say that its another Vertical Reality Flop for the mainstream crowd.