KaskadskyjKozak

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'.

there are some accident threads and mounties bashing threads already out there for that purpose

when they don't toss their a*** in the slammer!

spoken like a true dominatrix

gee, Jay, say what you really mean.

not really

MSR XGK. No heavier than a whisper lite, lights easy, has a good base support, few moving parts, works well at altitude, etc.

Cruisin' to the crags in my Subaru Jackin' the gapers, slappin' the fo's Went to a pitch to show my moves Knuckle-heads out there cold zip'n the routes A car pulls up, who can it be? A fresh climbin' party, sportin' killer gear They rolls down a window and started to say It's all about red-pointin' that 5.11a Cuz the boyz in de crag are alwayz hard You come talkin' that trash we'll bull your car Knowin' nothin' in life but to be legit' Don't quote me boy, cuz I ain't sayin' shit ...

Ebonics? You sound like Jar-Jar Binks

Cool, but does anyone compliment you for your full rack?

Disappointed? check out the Everest thread

just curious (and this is a serious question), but what is the maximum party size you find to be acceptable? is 6 too large?

that's the spirit!!

you're obsessed with homosexuality... that speaks volumes, Rudy. pun intended.

Keep your sick imagination to yourself

More like the inverse. You like pounding on KK?? Didn't realize you and he swung that way! watch out CBS, the thought of you 'swinging the other way' seems to be exciting Rudolf

you're a f**king moron

I know what you mean... like the fat goober hiking down avy gulch in soft snow telling me I should put my crampons on for that grueling approach to Lake Helen

yes it is

my foot work on rock sucks, and I don't own mirrored glasses

show me a link to some literature where that claim is made. people in organizations tend to become attached to the things they work on, and because they have invested effort they think they've done a good job, and don't want to think otherwise, that is true. But that is human nature. You can see the same thing just about anywhere. but I will concede that there are some people who act exactly as you describe; I don't trust people like that Personally, I would never assume "my way" is the safest way. Until I get a few more years under my belt, I assume that I'm making lots of mistakes, and am trying to learn and improve without getting hurt or killed before then.