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Yep, when I do powerpoint slides (I'll likely be shifting frequently between powerpoint and overhead), I plan on including some "And now for something completely different" stills, e.g. rubber duckies being smoked out of a pipe.
MY 2 cents: I used to get really pissed at teachers that relied on powerpoint presentations. Especially the wordy ones. ITs one thing to use powerpoint to present graphs and stuff...
Be careful. I found it impossible to stay engaged when powerpoint replaced the art of the lecture... You realize there is no point in coming to class at all, when the teacher simply posts the lecture contents on the class webpage.
Its like a teacher reading straight from the textbook. I feel incredibly ripped-off by the quality of education delivered by my IT-dependant professors from college. $28,000 to have a text-book read to me by a human, multiple-choice tests that really didnt test my mastery of the basic concepts but merely if I could recall trivia facts that you could simply look up, professors that would cancel rougly 10% of the classes that I paid for, language teachers that encouraged me to write run-oin sententces (its my "voice"), etc.
Gary, please bring back some
respect to the teaching profession!!! Don't forget how important it is to seduce a young co-ed at least once per quarter! Sounds like you will have you pick of the litter with those hot, deoderant-free CS babes!I LIKE THE FOOD IDEA. COOL. OWN THAT CLASSROOM, BE A HARDASS. tHEY WILL CURSE YOU NOW, BUT APPRECIATE AND RESPECT YOU FOR IT LATER IN LIFE WHEN THEY TURN THEIR SHIT IN ON TIME!!!
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Yep, when I do powerpoint slides (I'll likely be shifting frequently between powerpoint and overhead), I plan on including some "And now for something completely different" stills, e.g. rubber duckies being smoked out of a pipe.
MY 2 cents: I used to get really pissed at teachers that relied on powerpoint presentations. Especially the wordy ones. ITs one thing to use poweppoint to present graphs and stuff...
Be careful. I found it impossible to stay engaged when powerpoint replaced the art of the lecture... You realize there is no point in coming to class at all, when the teacher somply posts the lecture contents on the class webpage.
Its like a teacher reading straight from the textbook. I feel incredibly ripped-off by the quality of education delivered by my IT-dependant professors from college. $28,000 to have a text-book read to me by a human, multiple-choice tests that really didnt test my mastery of the basic concepts but merely if I could recall trivia facts that you could simply look up, professors that would cancel rougly 10% of the classes that I paid for, etc.
Gary, please bring back some
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insurance is a scam...
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Same with those motherfuckers that don't buy insurance and cause me to pay extra for uninsured/underinsured motor vehicle coverage on my premiums. It is tantamount to subsidized law-breaking, yet it continues unabated.
:end rant:
True, I forgot to factor in the asshole quotient.
As far as people who drive w/o insurance:
I could argue that driving without insurance, while risky and irresponsible, can lead one to actually be a safer driver, thus preventing accidents from occurring in the first place.
Reasoning: How many times have you heard this yuppie attitude- “Oh yeah, this thing is insured out the wazoo. IF I wreck it, they’ll just buy me a brand new one! SO I don’t give a fawk if I wreck it!!!!“
or another favorite,
“Haha! The insurance company cut me a check for $20,000. Little did they know that the thing needed $5,000 to repair the transmission… Now I got me a brand new transmission and a better and newer car because I “totaled” the car by rear-ending a telephone pole.”
These people drive up your rates much faster than those that drive without insurance. I once got T-boned by an inattentive, speeding woman because I was poking 5-8 feet out into a rural intersection (you couldn’t see around the corner where the stop sign was). She had to have been doing 50-65 MPH in a 30 zone. Although she could have moved the wheel slightly left, and had about 2-3 seconds to do so (the time at which I spotted her car), she plowed right into me. She was on her cellphone.
Damage to my vehicle: totaled. Entire front end displaced 3 inches from the radiator to infront of the engine. Vehicle value $1500. I did not have collision.
Damage to me: Psychological. I was on my way to the unemployment office.
!!!Damage to her vehicle: a broken headlight and small dent between the light and the bumber on the passenger side. She later drove off.
Damage to her: She got out of the car, never said a word to me despite asking her several times if she was ok, and then got back in her car to call police. When the police arrived, she began to hold her neck.
I rolled my eyes. The paramedics arrived, checked her out, cleared her, and later one EMT pulled me aside and said, “We see people pull this BS all the time…”
Result: the cop hit me with a ticket for not making sure it was safe to proceed in the intersection. This despite the 80 foot skid mark (which would have been longer had it not been interrupted by my vehicle) Note she was driving a compact car, so therefore the momentum of the vehicle was less than a larger sedan…. IT was obvious she was at least partially, and in my mind, about 75 percent at fault. But the law says I’m to blame. Fine.
One year later, when I go to renew my insurance policy, I find they jacked up the rate 180%. I inquire as to why. Apparently, they settled with her out of court for $1500 in vehicle damage (despite it being 500 or less including body damage) And a staggering $3,500 in personal injury!!! MY insurance company never informed me of this. I could have gotten witnesses who saw the accident back up my story, the EMT that checked her out, etc. I seriously doubt she sustained any injuries. She had on her seatbealt and most of the energy was absorbed by my car. I received no injuries despite a sideways impact. I am still amazed at the fact that the insurance company preferred to settle without checking the veracity of her claims. Why was I, or the officer or EMTs never contacted about her claim? IT smells if you ask me. Wasting my insurance money and other policy holders….
So let me ask you, who is really causing you higher interest rates: The careful, uninsured driver, or the reckless and opportunistic insured driver and the lazy attitude of the insurance companies???
She comitted subsidized law-breaking with her fradulent claim. The insurance company also did by paying her off without asking questions. They dont care because they get away with passing the claim off to policy holders.
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What about driving tired???
I think its even a little more dangerous than DUI.
I agree though. A vehicle is a dangerous weapon. IF you are in a state that prevents you from controlling that weapon, you should exercise judgement and consideration towards your fellow man and refrain from driving at that time.
I'm not so sure if making harsher laws help very much though. I think a better way is to inform people what the results of their actions will be on others (ie friend of husbads
Friend of mine's husband got killed by a DUI driver, so I'd suggest you take it as a serious lesson and not write it off as merely "stupid."I'm not sure if throwing someone in jail helps. Rather, what about seizing driving priveledges until a judge can determine that they understand the impact of DUIing or Driving while exhausted (DWE).
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wow. That picture would have been all the more literal if the fish on the end of the hook was a dead body and former member of the working class.
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Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67
Word Whitbey! I would have voted for McCain over Bush, Gore, or any other of the spineless wimps or ignorant blowhards (Dems and Rep) that are paraded infront of us as potential leaders of our nation.
McCain. A republican with a conscience. One of few.
I certainly would have voted for Howard Dean (mr faux paus) over Kerry (mr pussy). Dean was very Trumanesque. If Dean were pres he would have taken responsibility for the KAtrina aftermath and saved lives rather than vacationing, giving photo-ops, and trying to say the "right" things rather than leading by example.
I used to think I was a democrat but I have since realised that they talk about being for certain things but in reality are just as bad as most republicans and could be worse in some respects. Their ineffectiveness to lead is just one example.
Bush leads thru fear, misinformation, secrecy, and hate. Can we have a leader that leads thru truth, love, openness, and optimism? Someone that offers a better vision of america and has a thought out, detailed plan on how to achieve it. Someone that knows the value of sacrifice and is not afraid to ask for it? Where is JFK when you need him?
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How bout:
East of Eden - Steinbeck. I've never read a novel that nails down human nature and motivations so well and at the same time providing commentary of it...
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Say that you are the first ascenionist, and you want to add a retro bolt or pin to your route.
Do you have to ask a bunch of ingrates? or do you just do what the good lord intended...
fell outta my chair in that one
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yes. Bongs and PBRs are critical on ascents of this magnitude... I only wish I brought the dynamite and 30 aught to ward off the PBR poachers and bong roachers... My "rack" never had a chance.
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I read this entire thread and wondered:
Why do we automatically HATE someone, simply because their ideas are different from ours? IT took only 3 posts before the personal attacks were unleashed. Trust me, I've unleashed my own share in recent memory. But I'm through with that.
I feel much better by the way!!!
Something to think about...
Why have we spilled so much blood when all we had to do was realize we are all human beings with the same basic needs and desires? Especially in this day and age, there is theoretically enough resources to go around for EVERY single living person. No exaggeration. It seems to me that the problem is fear. The rich are afraid to lose their power and become subjugated by those just like them. The poor are afraid they will be killed by the rich if they step out of line.
The poor fear the rich. The Rich fear the rich. But they also fear the poor (due to their numbers and their desperation).
So where is the love?
Well, its everywhere. You just dont "hear" about it. Why? Why dont we see all the acts of kindness on the news? How about we begin to focus on that? I'm a lover, not a fighter. Well, I'm trying anyway.
Quite a mess. Let's tidy it up, eh? Think globally, act locally.
Drop the cynicism, drop the weapons, drop the fistfulls of dollars, drop the worries, drop your attachments to meaningless things, drop the negativity,drop the hatered, drop the acid.
All we have in this world is each other.
Have you ever heard of a happy hermit? Why do we isolate ourselves? Why do we build fences to block off our neighbors? Why do we repeat the words of others without thinking them thru first? Why do we think that killing will bring about lasting peace? If this were true, war would have ended in this century.
While open war between countries is less frequent today, you have other wars: Those of ideology, terrorism (which is commited by institutions on a far greater scale than by individuals), wars on drugs, wars on freedom of expression, wars on wars, wars on trade, wars on political systems, wars on relious differences, wars on information, wars on sexuality, wars on the "truth", wars on happiness, etc.
Most of these wars serve one purpose. To perpetuate hate and war. The worst virus mankind has ever seen is its own hate. "The Matrix" has been here for some time. Who knows for how long?
But dont fear my words. Think about them. Take courage. There are many of us awakening to the truth. It can only hold us enslaved for so long.
And so it continues...
Now who wants a hug?
Dont be fooled by the hatred.
Question everything. There is almost always a better way.
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Soooo, I guess what See More Jugs is saying is: Women on Top!
Pretty. fucking. sexy.
So to speak.
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Looks like I'm gonna let you guys down...
Gary,
I got pretty worked up today over this whole silly thing. Upon reflection, I made some realizations about my actions and their effects and consequences.
So I am extending my apologies right now. I went about things in the wrong way. I should have treated you with more respect and not tried to point out your flaws when I have a host of my own to work on. Maybe, I will fall into this trap less often from now on... Anyway, I am sorry for the mud slinging. You are right, our personalities simply clash.
Best of luck in your search for happiness and fulfillment.
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I know Z well enough to know the frequency of the email-checking. Yes, I have Z's phone number, but why should I call if I know email will be cbecked N times a day?
If you were his true "friend" you would have the respect not to air this out on here. I feel like I have reason to air our differences out on this forum, because 1) you initiated the flaming and 2)I aint yo friend. 3)Sadly to admit, I have some bones to pick with you that we never really aired out and its too late to do so personally because I really want nothing to do with you. So this is also for my own cleansing... 4) I really do hope that my harsh advice will be recieved as a wake up call. Its tough for a friend to tell you the hard truth (like you are having trouble doing with Z and likely he is with you) so hence, I, a very vague acquaintence steps in...
You also missed another key point: I emailed Z saying maybe because X got to me first, and then again, 20 minutes later, saying, X found other plans, and we're on. Both these emails were Wed afternoon. I didn't hear back from Z until Thurs afternoon. I have no idea what you're talking about regarding Friday.
My bad, I got the days wrong, besides, the Friday thing was pure conjecture, an example of why he may not have checked his email till the next day. But I apologize for my carelessness. However, If it was Tuesday, and he got back to you on Wednesday afternoon, that still gives you wed night, thurs, and fri to find a weekend partner.
And to shamelessly reiterate via self-quotation:
Be sensible, quit bitching, and realize not everyone has the same standards and priorities that you may have.“Besides, you gave him a non-commital answer. Maybe he didnt appreciate YOUR flakiness. Did you expect him to fret over WTF you were going to do every hour for the next 24 hours? Did he ever commit to you? no. He got back to you in one day. that is pretty damned accdeptable in my book. He simply heard a non-commital answer from you, recieved no phone call, MIGHT not have gotten the email saying you were on until Wednesday (edit: a sent email is not necessarily an immediately read one) probably has a busy life that revolves around more than climbing and geeking out, and decided to move on to something else. Why should he apologize? He has nothing to be sorry for.
Now THAT might have been flaky. However, maybe he was fighting your self-centrered assumptions with passive aggression. Personally, I dislike both. His motivations, though, are unknown to this forum aside from your testimony, which has a cerain spin to it. However, you said you would see him Friday so maybe he ASSUMED you guys could talk about what happened mono-a-mono....I emailed Z after all the mess and asked if there was confusion over the two emails (offering an easy exit), and I didn't get a reply, nor was there a mention of any of it when I saw Z Friday night.
Ok, I think I just reverse-engineered your identity (we crossed paths at Index a few months ago on GNS, though our bad experience together was a year earlier elsewhere). ……I got a very bad impression (picking me up in the morning two hours late because you were up late drinking certainly wasn't a good start --.
Not sure I've ever saw you elsewhere. As far as I know, I have only met you that one time that we climbed together, but maybe you saw me and I didnt see you???
I wonder just how many people have shared a "less-than enriching" day of cragging with you??? Of course, this makes me wonder who, besides you, has had a negative experience climbing with me? I must ponder this...
To summarize: I think you implicitly project unrealistic expectations uponn situations and others and are continually let down when they dont meet your impossibly high standards. If you want to stop this, recognize the pattern and do something to modify it. Forgive yourself and others for their errors. I forgive you for our bad experiece, that is one reason why I am trying to help you get outside your perspective. You did ask for other peoples opinions, afterall. Well, you got it. Now try to absorb and listen.
Oh and DeChristo,
“Why do feel the need to be so self-centered…..(ad nauseum)?” Well played. It looks like this guffaw of mine is going to get a lot of mileage!!!! I think I pulled a Howard Dean on that one!
Everyone else: I’m glad you are enjoying the drama. I think its pretty damned funny myself.
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amen.
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I cant resist this one... realize im trying to constructively criticise...hopefully it sheds some light on your confusion (albeit harshly)
My policy is that whoever asks first has first priority, because when they ask, they (in my mind) implicitly commit to the trip.
Implicit? Did you ever consider that what is implicit in your mind, may not exist in someone elses? Try becoming more EXPLICIT and you will have less social problems. I climbed with you once and did not appreciate how you would get pissed over concerns that you never expressed to me until WAY after the fact. Learn to openly communicate.
In the case of this past week, X asked me on Tuesday. I couldn't commit just yet, so I told X I'm tentatively interested but won't know till later. I told X to look for other partners in the meantime, and I won't be upset of X finds someone else. The next day, I was ready to commit to X. So I asked X if our trip was still on. In the meantime, Z emailed me, looking for a trip. I emailed Z back and said that X had gotten to me first but I had been noncommittal, so if X is not on, you're on. X had found Y... (I emailed Z back less than 30 minutes after my first reply to Z, saying that X found someone else and now we're on. Nearly 24 hours later, I get an email back from Z saying that they have city plans instead, not even one single sorry.The thing that miffs me the most is that Z would normally check email at a much higher frequency than what it took to get a response. Because of the delayed response, that was nearly a full day that I could have been searching for other partners,
Are you living in reality? Why didnt you get Z's phone number? not everyone can check email all the time. If you contacted him on Friday, its obvious why his "pattern of email checking" changed. He checks his email at work. Then he went home. You should have called him instead of expecting an email response unless he explicity said, "I will be checking email constantly".
Besides, you gave him a non-commital answer. Maybe he didnt appreciate YOUR flakiness. Did you expect him to fret over WTF you were going to do every hour for the next 24 hours? Did he ever commit to you? no. He got back to you in one day. that is pretty damned accdeptable in my book. He simply heard a non-commital answer from you, recieved no phone call, probably has a busy life that revolves around more than climbing and geeking out, and decided to move on to something else. Why should he apologize? He has nothing to be sorry for.
I judge him to be blameless. Remember, commitment is a two way street. You set the tone of flakiness and non-commitment. It sounded to him like you were "playing the field", you sly fox. Why should he commit to someone like you?
but instead I was sitting on my ass assuming that I was doing something with Z.Exactly, you were sitting on your ass, not communicating, making assumptions, when you should have been calling; if it was so damned important to you. Your words betray you. Self reflection my friend, self reflection.
and you admit that you were using him for a ride. What? You expect this guy to put you as his #1 priority in life so he can chaueffer you to the crag? You aren't any fun in a car trip, at all. I still shudder from that uncomfortable experience.Yes, this would be all the less annoying if I had the car to let me go solo.You climbing, ride-bumming whore!!!
Am I too harsh?
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I would gladly see the day where FEMINIE leaders were at the head of the most powerful countries. This likely is hundreds of years away in human societal evolution. I think male and female have little to do with it, rather masculine vs feminine. For a feminine leadership to arise, it would have to be more of a council, rather than an individual figure. Feminine leadership and desicions occur thru consensus, not overpowering force, that is a masculine quality.
With that said, I doubt many women in positions of power are much different than men in power. they have to assert an even FIERCER aggresiveness to get there (although often in a more subtle, hidden way).
Thoughts?
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4) When would have the Invasion have taken place? 1946. And there was true fear that the Japanese could have invented some specialized or "super" weapons in the intereme. What if they developed a "A" or "H" bomb? Or a superflu? And put it on a sub?
Wow, I am amazed at the logical leaps people will take to defend a reprehesible action so they can sleep at night.
Create a "superflu". Um sorry. Bio-Engineered viruses and bacteria were not feasible until restriction endonucleases were used to manipulate DNA in the late 80s. Up until then, germ warfare consited of spreading already isolated bugs from nature (like smallpox).
It just goes to show how people will believe nearly anything that plays off their fears. thats how the Iraq war was justified and sold to the american people.
Gee, what if we instead negotiated a truce after the firebombings, which actually killed more civilians?
You could make a strong case for America being the biggest terrorist in history next to Nazi Germany.
Dont think we were terrorists then and now? REmember the term Bonzai? It came from the Japanese men, women, and children that lined up to jump off a sea cliff named "Bonzai" from fear of being captured by Americans or killed on our terms. That was the terrorized mindset they lived and died with.
WE targeted civilians. We targeted cities. We should pay for our war-crimes. WE dont because we won and we think we are moral but we are assuredly not. Fight evil with more evil? Ummm, okay.
Einstein. Likely one of, if not the, the most intelligent people in modern history, was a hard-core pacifist nand activist. Despite popular legend, he lived in reality. He envisioned a way to settle differences other than by killing and terror. We just dont want to listen. I dont know why.
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The new "Cannonball Run":
midget cowgirl VS aged, rolling landscape approaching "The BUMP"
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Took some friends climbing for the first time today at Far Side. Not a bad place for beginners and less zoo-ish than Mt Washington and Deception crags.
Did some VERY SHORTies. 99 Grit (5.9) which everyone got up! Not bad for first climb! Agreed, the grades at 38 are soft. But still, not too shabby.
Did the 10a and 10c to the left of that.
Then, I saw the glory route. The testpiece. The 11d by which all 11d's should be judged...
For me to POOP on!
I have no idea what the name was. It was a cool-looking corner/roof with a mantle exit. I never buy a guidebook for sport crags since you can always just borrow someone elses (suckers).
Naturally, I saw it as my duty to impress everyone there and made them think I was a hardman, despite my true deficencies...heh...heh...
Well, I was able to onsight it.
Funny thing is, I haven't been sport climbing in over 2 months. Havent been bouldering or TRing in the gym in about 2 months. Mostly been doing alpine trad in the upper 9, lower 10 range, grade II-III, lately.
And thats the hardest O/S or Redpoint I;ve ever done. Honestly, it was really just a protected highball.
Therefore, I must reason that it is more like 11b, or that gyms are BS and I should save my money and use it to buy PBR to liquor up the girls at the crags instead.
After the gritscone warm-ups, we ventured up to find the Interstate Wall. After blundering around the Gun Show area and doing a lot of up and down, we located the Interstate. The left side is a piece of junk. There were better routes on the middle and right. However, everyone was already tired and pissy from the hike up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, select, start... so we settled for some shady routes that went at 5.fun.
Swam in the river on the way out. There were lots of daisey dukes, 16 year olds and toothless 40 year olds splashing about. The PBR, Texas-sized pickups, and gunracks were in effect!!! Sweet!
Yay. Here's to a chill day of cragging. Nice reprieve from the stress of Alpine and MUCH easier approaches!!!!!
<b>Gear Notes:</b>
circleheads, 4 lost arrows, bongs, leepers, do-whiz-its, barnacles, scabies, piss-watery beer (to ward off dehydration).
To my dismay, there were no goats about. WTF?
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What about the one behind her sporting them sexy chaps and boots. I'm getting hard just thinking about it.
And dude, I think her little shrubbery is quite fetching
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knelson. Thanks. Sorry I got a stick up my ass. I guess I was a bit annoyed becuase it seems like anytime someone tries to have one serious conversation, someone has to rain down with the sarcasm and negativity. Dont get me wrong, I love to be a smartass just like anyone else. I guess I just had my panties in a wad that day.
You hit upon a nerve I;ve been trying to ferret out. However its a tricky bastard.
I reek of control freak. Deep-seeded issues and stuff. You dont want to hear the backstory I'm sure.
Your trip up the Emmons seems to be a great analogy for why so many people can't feel free or "englightened." They are so busy focusing on the weaknesses of others, or how others aren't doing what they "should" be doing, that they miss the big picture and don't see the silver lining. There's always a silver lining... if you want to see it.You are very right. And you know, on our way down, I did see that silver lining for an entire day. It was a day of utter honesty with myself. I'm not kidding. It was beautiful and horrible at the same time. It was quite a gift. Its shocking to realize how much we gaurd ourselves from, well, ourselves.
SAdly, despite concentrated efforts, I lose sight of this and fall into my control freakish tendencies, especially with strangers that I dont yet trust (ie everyone on this site). You hit the nail on the head. Its a lot easier to try to "fix" or point out someone else's flaws, than it is to focus on one's own and do something about it. Its a bitch, I really am trying, but I slip into these patterns so subtly I often dont realize it until I get a wake-up call such as yours.
So thank you. Lets see how long my memory lasts this time. I'll get there, its just a process to work on...
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Hmmm. I never use my syn anymore. Never had a cold night in down. I even dry wet clothes in there and do okay. I use a bag that is 20 degrees. It has a zip off panel that makes it 0 degrees supposedly. Only need it in the winter on Rainier, etc. As long as I keep that layer unzipped, I can reliably dry my clothes while inside the bag. I think it only doesnt work in humid climates where moisture is not encouraged to diffuse away from your body. So Anywhere in the NW except maybe the olympics below the freezing level, down is my choice!!!!
Au naturale!!!
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best lightweight backpacking shelter?
this site become RC.comso here is the answer it is the one you not carry
ahhhhh. I couldnt agree more. But they sure are tough to find in a downpour!!!!
The great deals thread
in The Gear Critic
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TNF SALE:
I'll be telling the grandkids about that one.
""And there I was little JOhnny... Camalots and Friends were swiped off the racks like the flesh falling off the bone at a pig roast.
Dirtbags from all walks of climbing had glimmers of hope in their eye. Alpinists could finally buy that fancy pair of approach shoe. Tradsters could afford that #6 Camalot to protect the offwidth pitches up in the enchanments. Sporties bought their super-thin, sticky, hooker slippers and prana attire...
For all was 75% off retail!!!
And me? I bought my first mountaineering boot for $56.25. And now I'm giving them to you...
That reminds me, your father was concieved while I was wearing these boots. we'd just returned to the car from another epic trip. I was horny as a goat. And your grandmother was still wearing her harness as I bent her over the hood... Thank the stars for droppable leg-loops...""