TrogdortheBurninator

i'd be interested in the boots. do the red ones fit true to size? i thought i remembered something about the red ones fitting off, bet the orange fitting true. what size do you wear?

looks cool. you need to link the actual .jpg image. you can get it be right clicking on the image and getting its properties

jeep world of adventure sports on universal HD channel (ch 660 seattle) has a cool show on right now with Will Gadd climbing crazy underground ice in an abandoned mine. It is wild overhanging super old ice. flip it on now, or catch it on a repeat. i think some clips from it were posted on the web a few months back, but there is a bunch more in the show.

looks like a nice route. how is the fixed hardware?

Barely Legal

Apparently excel 2003 and newer has a bug where Rand() produces occasional negative numbers. I still use 2002 and it's psuedo random number generator has always been fine for me.

when has the RAND() function failed you? Excel 2003 and newer has a revised random number generator algorithm. Even the old algorithm was sufficient for probably 99.9%+ of all users.

click on the first column of the row below those you want to freeze. go to Window: Free Panes

not sure on the size conversion, but sierratradingpost.com also has vasque alpinistas and ice 9000s ofr pretty cheap right now. alpinistas = $138 w/20% coupon http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,66815_Vasque-Super-Alpinista-Mountaineering-Boots-For-Men-and-Women.html

i heard rumors of blowdowns, but have no direct confirmation

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=745098

i take it this means you are heading to Marble? thx for the update.

i.e. =B2-$A$1

placing dollar signs in front of the column and row locks that cell. you can also cycle through locking iterations by pressing F4 with the cursor next to the prospective locked cell in the formula.

i was being sarcastic in calling House and Cordes noobs, not you.

so i answered your original question, then you insult me. i dont claim (nor am I) to be a good ice or alpine climber. I certainly don't have the skill or experience of Don Serl, but I do have first hand experience with leashes, tethers, and leashless, and I am expressing my experience. I reckon it is far more helpful than your (builderbob) insults and misinformation.

seems to me some of the most significant alpine routes in the world are being climbed with tethers. For me, on moderate alpine terrain, the increased security to not drop a tool, coupled with the advantages/efficiencies of leashless climbing make tethers worthwhile.

noob:

the mad rock alpinist is not a paricularly light weight boot (4lb 10oz) Much lighter weight boots are the Sportiva Trango Ice, Asolo Cholatse and Scarpa Freney. At 3lb 6oz the cholatse is one of the lightest insulated ice/alpine boots I've seen.

fair enough. it is great news for the scientific community!

Regarding the moral class, I highly doubt the average opposition would care at all about stem cell research (in fact i suspect they would support it) if it weren't for the prominent political-religous figures speaking against it.

I agree that any advances in genetics research benefit society as a whole, but I find it unfortunate that so much research is on hold while we wait for these interim solutions.

Agreed that this is exciting work, but is it really win-win when some of the world's top scientists must contribute so much of their energy away from medical progress just so they can appease a ridiculous moral class. Imagine a farmer with a crop of corn, unable to harvest, and forced instead to figure out how to grow corn on trees. Does not seem like the most beneficial use of resources.

great photos!

will gadd has a new site: www.gravsports-ice.com lots of current info. there is also www.livethevision.com , although will's site seems to be getting more traffic already.