Gripped

Comparing the math scores between nations at the 8th grade or higher is really inaccuarate. We are one of the few countries that MAKES EVERY ONE GO TO SCHOOL UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. In fact, most schools only let you continue on after 10th grade if you perform at a certain academic level (poorer students get vocational training)... The comparison is faulty. The US is doing fine in Math... In fact, most of the best mathematicians are Americans.

Huh. I wouldn't take a newbie up the Tahoma Glacier... I'd send 'em up Baker, Adams or the DC/Emmons first so they sort'a know what they're in for. maybe that's just me.

Fe, fi, fo, fum! I smell a troll on cc.com! Your little newbie friend will and say and then turn to you and your *ss.

Soloed the chair this morning. Lots of newish snow- Bring gaiters. There is a little bit of slab formation but it should be fairly stable by tomorrow. _____ Source Lake line looked fat! Jens, What route did you do? How was the snow/ice?

Iraq is hiding weapons of mass destruction. Read my lips, no new taxes. I never had sex with that intern. and from my Favorite Movie star: We bomb the Russians in 5 minutes.

MILF?

Oh! I forgot about that one. Yeah, that is really awesome. Make sure you look down half way across the traverse... and the leader should have the camera for some good pics of the second.

Buying Horst's book is like buying an infomercial. I prefer "performance rock climbing"... if you can get past the pastel colors and the goofy, dorky, climbing rocktard on the cover, it has a ton of good info... and you don't have to read about buying "thier product".

Some climbs that I remember being really fun: * The top pitch of Spiderman(smidd). * The pitch on Calculus Crack above the belay-ledge. Very airy with some faddy hand jams. (Squamish) * Thin Fingers (Index) * Iguanarama (For that stellar climbing at E38) * Reptiles and Amphetamines (For more stellar climbing at E32)

Because that would assume that any of us gave a shit, which we don't.

How many Avatars have been banned? Why doesn't CCdotCom have an avatar graveyard? They could list the avatar name, Date of Creation, Date of Banishment and have a brief eulogy as to the reason for their forced departure. I would like to see a new BANNISHED AVATAR FORUM .... We could go there to commune with the dead. ---------- R.I.P.

The first pitch of Thin Fingers at Index... 5.9? Classic Crack used to be listed at 5.8+. That was my first climb ever. I still have the scars on the backs of my hands. My belayer kept yelling, "Dude! Blood is aid!"

It's all about the Elvis Leg. Be afraid, be very afraid. Nothing quite like staring at your own fear and besting it.

I was up there 2 & 1/2 weeks ago. You could drive all the way to the trailhead in a 4X4.