KaskadskyjKozak

and what is the poison of choice?

the best kind! Those frat guys sure are assholes, huh?

It's possible. He must of developed his impressive drinking abilities somewhere.

Sobo has a new gig - you could look into that... I know you like to shoot guns and stuff

what's with the spray-napalm? did you just quit your job or something?

Rosie? Why Miss R. Palm is doing just great, thanks for asking

Yeah, just look how spotless clean it is in the dorms!

cougars and their endless hunger for fresh meat

You rule, archie!

Yeah, "those" frat guys! You, OTOH...

You really like reading about this kind of stuff, don't you? Maybe, secretly, you want to do the elephant walk... Just sayin'.

With a claim like that you're gonna need to back it up. I heard about something at UW called "the elephant walk" where pledges are naked in a circle and have to grab the dude in front of them by the nutsack and at the same time stick their thumb up their asshole. What purpose does that serve? does it build comradery? Or scar you for life? Who would want to watch that? You heard about it! Wow, it must be true!

I knew people in our college rugby club, and their antics make the stuff in that article look harmless and innocent. Any group of angry hairless monkeys - especially those of the male gender between 16 and 25 years of age will engage in these types of behaviors. The real solution is solitary confinement for 9 years, followed by release into the wild, then, and only then.

I understand that Mt. Washington can be pretty darn fierce in the Winter. If you've been up there in cold temps, you've probably seen worse than you'd see on Rainier in July (prime time for Rainier - best chance of good conditions).

nope, he got the tr for that one as i was trying to show him mercy That's what i said - he padded his # with hikes to lookouts. You, OTOH, maintained your TR integrity. ;-)

Time to start getting flu shots like the rest of us geezers K... I'll hoist a cold beverage in your honor tonight. Least I can do... Happy birthday man. d I did get a shot... this appears to be some other vile strain. Have two drinks for me. ;-)

Hey, and today its you that takes another shuffling step closer to the grave! HBD Mr. Multi-K! Thanks, Off. It's another reminder that I need to get off my ass and nail some climbs I've been putting off. ;-)

Thanks guys (except E? WTF?)... No scotch tonight... just coming out of a weeklong bought of the worst fucking cold or flu I've had in a long long motherfucking time :-( And Sobo- good luck and God-speed to you on your new endeavor. You've got way bigger cojones than I.

that's just 'cuz tvash got dissappeared into the internetz black bag and if you can find a one of my many jewels that ain't misspelled and/or wildly apocryphal, please let me know so i can fuck it up, eh? I dunno, you two leap-frogged for a while for the top spot, but in the end you seemed to have pulled ahead once and for all (even with padding by your adversary with hikes to lookouts...) :-)

other things to consider: - falling/sliding and having your head bouncing on hard snow - punching through a crevasse, or sliding into one and banging your head on ice - nalgene-bottle fall, human-body-fall, other equipment fall

What is it good for? Conquering and subjugating people. Worked for the Romans fine.

I have three kids and they all started between age 3-5. I found 3 was too young, and 4 or 5 worked better, but it depends on the kid, and as with all (internet) advice YMMV. My youngest is 10 and has been skiing double-black diamond slopes for 2 years now. He is better then me on the narrow wooded stuff now (like Wild Katz at Stevens). :-/ Good luck and have fun!

Then the Dems continue to fund these wars. Vote Ron Paul!!

Pulleys in general - yes. But a prusik-minding pulley will generally have less problems with this.

gotta love how j_b's link to support his "position" shows Sweden engaged in a long and bloody history. yeah, war is a rarity, and exception for the angry hairless monkeys