KaskadskyjKozak

lies, damn lies, and statistics

some animals are more equal than others :-))

In Latin, it's pronounced Wah ghee nah, and it means sheath. Naturally then, gladius was slang for penis in the Roman times. and penis means "tail", slang for penis. wait thats circular... err not - that would be painful. etymology is so confusing

Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy"... until you find a rock.

if you end up making an attempt on Rainier and bailing, Tieton is probably the quickest drive for you - just take the 12 through Packwood and continue on to Tieton.

EXACTEMENTE

Dru: just ignore user... you'll just see this: *** You are ignoring this user *** much better...

die with your boots on!

I left alone, my mind was blank. I needed time to get the memories from my mind. What did I see, can i believe, That what I saw last night was real and not just fantasy. Just what I saw, in my old dreams, Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me. 'Cause in my dreams, it's always there, The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair. The night was black, was no use holding back, 'Cause I had to see, was someone watching me. In the mist, dark figures move and twist, Was all this for real, or just some kind of hell. 666 the number of the beast. Hell and fire was spawned to be released.

here's the final off have fun playing with yourself, assclown state record lunker! why don't you use that "ignore user" feature??? DONE. Too bad I can still see your puerile avatar.

here's the final off have fun playing with yourself, assclown

Sometime before you were born, things were different. Finding climbing partners is difficult. Not many people climbed. Some who did were just plain bad at it. Organised groups were formed to address some of these issues. It still works for many. What's your problem anyway?? ! Lighten up some will ya? How about posting some pics of your climbs by way of discussing something interesting? his problem is that he's an insecure, immature little child. don't waste your time on him.

I thought this thread was about something else entirely...

good judgement would have been to block the site entirely

helicopters? sounds more like a slab avalanche about to release

as opposed to nonskilled climbers, eh, KK? keep up the bad karma and you might regret it

no skilled climbers ever get in accidents

any pics of bigfoot?

I did now

Actually from MSR's website, the XGK EX is over 2 oz heavier than the whisperlite. My older XGK is actually about 3.5 oz heaver than a whisperlite. But I agree with the above posters, the XGK is a nice stove. it's close enough for me (I don't cut off the end of my toothbrush handle either :-)) )

there's no comparing those jackasses to someone who had an accident climbing

If Bush pardons Ley or any of these c***suckers, I'll post a huge rant right here. I promise I've got no love for the majority of CEO's out there

a dear co-worker of mine, very liberal, gloated when Rich was pardoned (along with the others). he thought it was so cool I heard the same sentiment from lots of talking heads on the media. don't worry, Matt, I'm not talking about you :-)

I hope he tries. It would be ANOTHER great reason to impeach his criminal ass. Pardons would occur in 1/09 - too late to impeach. And, of course Marc Rich's pardon doesn't bother you thoroughly-consistent idealogues

There's an article about a Russian climber's death on 05/22 on risk.ru (in Russian). Not sure if it's the same incident as reported above, but this is what risk.ru say: On May 21st a team of 20 people attempted to summit, all using oxygen. 16 of them did summit, 4 others got to about 8,600-8,700 meters. Everybody made it down to the 7,800 camp that day in good weather and good spirits. The next day (May 22) as they were preparing to descend, one of them - a 54-year-old man (who was among the non-summiteers) felt sick, complained of lack of oxygen and inability to breathe (even though he was using bottled oxygen). Raising the volume of oxygen from 2 to 4 l/min didn't help. A doctor-recommended injection of dexametanose (sp?) didn't help. He died. It was impossible to carry his body all the way down; so the guides and expedition members covered his body in sleeping bags and rocks; then descended to base camp. This is just one of the tragic incidents; but this one doesn't sound like the one where the climber was left to die just below the summit. It could be a "death from exhaustion"... RIP. I never know how to write about these things... Paulina Vichnaya pam'yat'.