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Splatter blue bags against their front door after each climb...

All the trial lawyers live south of the 49th parallel.

Fine, let people use "last year's" latest and greatest drug at a fraction of the cost. Guess what would happen when said patient suffered from side effects, or died (even if the death would have occurred anyway, not necessarily because of the drug or lack of it's relative efficacy)? That's right - law suit, malpractice, etc.

Which is also not the problem, but the symptom. Medical costs are rising because of rising costs imposed by the government and society - malpractice insurance and frivolous lawsuits come to mind.

It is - with all our goddamn taxes. Fuck government bureaucrat assholes.

Suckle? All I've done is pump $$ into Medicaid.

not anymore

That's how to bulk up. Doing lots of cardio/toning will not bulk you up. Neither will minimal visits to the gym (1 hr 3 days a week doesn't cut it). Isn't this what the poster was requesting - how to gain weight - muscle weight? If gaining weight means fat, well, just go to McD's every day and "super size" it. Nonsense. Your muscles have time to recup because you focus on certain muscles on specific days and don't work them out again for 4 days. You don't "annihilate" anything. You tear down your muscles and then rebuild them through rest (don't exercise that muscle for several days) and nutrition. And I feel more "annihilated" after certain glacier climbs than a couple weeks of weight training with 3 days on and one day off. The latter is a cake-walk by comparison.

I'd recommend a more serious training regimen. For bulking up you want to do low reps - 5-7. Only do 10 reps for a warmup set (and maybe a warm down). Go with 9-12 sets for any muscle group. Ideally workout 3 days on and one day off (that means 5-6 workouts a week). A good breakdown is: day 1: chest and back day 2: biceps and triceps day 3: legs and shoulders Don't neglect legs or you will not see the gains on the upper body. Squats, leg presses, and deadlifts are key to bulking up. Stay away from the toning exercises. In general, pyramiding your sets is good, but don't drop the weight until you hit failure at 5-6 reps. Again, I recommend trying out supersets as well.

Also you might try supersets. Do the same as described above (although I'd say 5-7 reps to failure), but each time you get to failure immediately drop some weight and continue to failure. Do this for 3-4 different weights/sets all in a row. E.g. curl 45 lb dumbells to failure (5-7 reps) , immediately grab 40 lb dumbells and rep to failure, immediately grab 35 lb dumbells and rep to failure, and do the same down to 30 (if you can stand the pain). The top weight you start with should be the one that you can just do 5-7 reps with, of course. Do 3 sets of "supersets" if you can stand it. It ends up being much more strenuous than 9-12 regular sets. For benchpress/military/etc, you'll need a partner to help drop weights off quickly - don't rest between them or you lose the burn/effects.

sounds like a textbook definition of my run up to Shasta 2 weekends ago.

Yeah, but it gets damn annoying fast, when the solicitous help asks you over and over again "are you an REI member" and "you can use your 20% discount today". Um, yes, that's why I am here today, leave me alone...

100 ml. vodka, warmed squeeze of lemon juice honey

S.O.D! I'm glad someone caught that.

Walk the dog, do the dishes, your lips are brown from kissing ass. Sorry guys I can't make it. Maybe next time, think I'll pass. Don't make her mad, don't make her sad. A fate for you that's worse than death. You're a slave and you don't know. It always happens to the best. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped. She wants to be involved with you. In every little thing you do. Always has to add her two cents. It's obvious who wears the pants. Your friends all hate you, you don't care. Cause you've been trapped in her lair. And hopefully one day you'll see. That pussy can be caught for free. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped. Pussywhipped, pussywhipped. Don't you know you're pussywhipped.

Yes, we should have waited out the wind, or camped lower than 10K. It was Sat night/Sun morning when the shit hit the fan (100 mph winds on the summit). It was still bad when we bailed (6 pm).

He wasn't soloing (had a partner), but was not roped up? Is that typical for this route - at least for the Gib Chute? I don't believe they were climbing the Gib Chute. It sounds like he lost his footing for whatever reason at the top of the chute while ascending the Gib Ledges route.... Not much pro there so it's probably better they weren't roped. They both would have gone... One of my pet peeves is suicide packs of people on steep terrain, roped, and without pro. Creepy... -Fear So for the gib ledges climbers typically unrope when they get to them, and rope up again when they are out and onto the Ingraham?

He wasn't soloing (had a partner), but was not roped up? Is that typical for this route - at least for the Gib Chute?

Thanks for the tip. Too late though. We went and got our asses spanked. 50 mph winds at Lake Helen and there were 100 mph gusts reported on the summit. Some people were blown off the mountain. The top of Casavel ridge and high on Misery Hill had plumes of snow reminiscent of what you see in photos billowing off of Everest.

Anyone been up there recently? What were the conditions like?

This brings up your earlier discussion about genetics vs. choice. For some folks who didn't fare well in the genetic lottery, their inherited predisposition toward addiction makes some behaviors less of a choice. But should drugs or alcohol be outlawed just becuase some people get addicted? Tough choice. Yeah, right, tough choice - we need to save people from themselves.

In the past there have been third parties. Historically the third party supplants one of the existing two parties, and equilibrium is reestablished...

Yeah, that went through my mind when I was up there yesterday. The wind down low chilled easily yesterday despite sunny, otherwise warm weather. I forced myself to stop twice to throw on a jacket and gloves when I felt cold (and then take them off again later). You guys do an awesome job, IMO.

I went yesterday. The wind sucked from Paradise up to about 8000 feet, then it died down and got warmer and warmer. Camp Muir was an oven. Great day to be up there. We met a party that had just climbed the Ingraham Direct successfully, and saw a group heading up towards Fuhrer Finger/Thumb.

Today would be a great day to be up there. Very tempting...