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shhh, she doesn't know it yet but I inserted some syntax error's into her data

I have the same thing Only used them a handful of times, but my feet stayed plenty dry. Were comfortable, and reasonable for hiking/approaching. That said, I'd only use them in winter, or maybe on Rainier. I have a pair of La Sportiva Glaciers that I pull out for moderate summer snow stuff and backpacking (baker, shuksan, sahale, that kind of stuff). Have been very pleased with those to.

Do post pictures

ah, the joy's of hives. Something like 90% go unexplained. Take Benadryl and get some Calamine lotion, and whatever you do, don't itch. Could easily be poison ivy, we were just east of Castle Rock at Clem's Holler/Retardant Rock, and the guidebook warned (and we visually verified) poison ivy in some gullies and wash's there. I don't remember any up near Liberty Bell, and haven't been to Peshastin, but any creek bed could potentially have it. That said, I've broken out in hives sitting after sitting at my desk for 4 hours. Sucks to be you but you don't get to brag til you scare a pharmacist and he tries to send you to the emergency room.

Me too! Be careful, I have a feeling she hit's back

I might be wrong but I believe she was a Black Widow for a while

...yes! Some muscle is nice, too, but I'd settle for two out of the three. Well put :tup: Heroin Chic is nasty

Sounds like she's a fan of offwidth's

How can no one have mentioned Yellowbeard!!

"A lot of people go to college for six years." "Yeah, they're called doctors." 6 phhhht, freakin lightweights. Break 10 and we'll talk

Psychological problems are aid. Truer words may never have been spoken.

You had better hope your cell phone number isn't public knowledge or your about to be one very distracted girl!

of course the stick wicket is that there seem to be alot of people who survive their miserable parents and turn out to be wonderful, reasonably happy, well adjusted climbers (well some of those things are oxymoron's but you get the point ) Of course far be it from me to make that decision for anyone else.

Nothing like ropes, pins, and hammers

It would have been less controversial had they brought in a completely new batch of US attorneys. While it's true the the USA's serve at the pleasure of the president, once they become members of the USDOJ, they are not supposed to represent the interests of the party or the president, they are supposed to represent the interests of the people and of justice. While they do take direction from the president, they must be allowed to operate independently in order to remain credible in the eyes of the court. And the Federal judges, while appointed by an administration, pretty much answer to no one. Bush Co. and Gonzales were within their rights to fire the USA's, for whatever reasons they saw fit. The reasons being completely partisan BS however stinks to high heaven, and potentially throws a bad light on every election fraud trial in the near future. Bill Clinton was within his rights to as he pleases with consenting interns. Lying in front of Congress while under oath is different story altogether. So either he didn't know what was going on in his own department, in which case his ability to manage the USDOJ is in serious question and he should still step down, or knowingly lied to Congress and should be prosecuted for perjury. Not to mention his inability to remember his own conversations, and orders has been successfully used as a defense, as to why a criminal on trial shouldn't have to remember his own actions. Gonzales is as sleazy as they come, and party line, partisan stooge. :tdown: And since he's a partisan stooge, all he cares about is making Bush and company happy and doing their bidding, so he has no incentive to step down. Regardless of whether or not he has a shred of credibility left anywhere. P.S. Sometimes having inside connections at the USDOJ can be interesting

It's a love/hate relationship, of course it's also a pleasure/pain relationship.

There was a story from about 4 years ago at Priest Lake in North Idaho, where a momma bear and cubs wondered into a campsite with a mother and her too kids. Momma bear, quickly found the ice chest and ripped open for a nice little feast. The whole bear family decided the tent looked like a comfortable place to sit, so the sat down with the family inside, and enjoyed their new picnic lunch, and then calmly wandered off. Mom then of course not so calmly bundled everyone into the car and got the hell out of there. No one was hurt but the ice chest

Of course no shrink would try to treat climbers. We'd much rather spend money on shiny new cams, and ballnuts

Went through several tweaked rotator cuff's when I was playing quite a bit of volleyball. Went to the sports med folks at UW, and was told be very very nice to it for 3 weeks, and take 300mg of Naproxen (3 Aleve) twice a day. After that I just had to be very conscientious about warming up my shoulder real well before hitting. The motion of hitting with my arm extended above my head was always the culprit, and it always happened when I wasn't warmed up enough. (Though as a side note, I keep hearing that NSAIDS like Naproxen can slow soft tissue healing times, so RICE might be a better bet, with heavy on the rest). Good Luck

Me thinks that sounds like growing muscle. Wish I was getting in that much exercise

Oh, for dinner try Visconti's. A bit more upscale, but they haven't even balked when we've been in (even when we were smelly, dirty, picking ticks off at the table and broke one of their lamps )

Interesting ..... Spent yesterday cleaning Swept the floors (wonder dog is shedding like mad so they need to be swept again, and we've been gone all day ) Did some laundry, cleaned the bathroom, took wonder dog for 2 walks, one along 145th NE and she showed serious restraint and didn't even try to chase the cars! Is a very exciting development Went to REI and ordered more lenses for my shades Been jonesing for those for too damn long Today, got up took wonder dog for a walk then loaded her into the car and drove over to Leavenworth with Sprocket and one of our favorite belay slave. Was wonder dog's first hike and first climbing trip She was very well behaved too! Of course we went up to Clems Holler (which had folks at it) so we headed up to Retardant Rock and went up Seven Seas, got slightly off route on the 5.8 next door, then did Red Streak (?) to the first anchors, and finished on the 10c portion I don't think it gets climbed very often. Lichen covered handjams, with liken covered smears, not soo much my favorite thing Managed not to pitch Then up to ta-da-da the Javelin for a try. (My opinion, you might be able to pull the 2 or 3 middle bolts, but the bolt to protect the boulder move off the ground was appreciated, and at the last bolt it would be damn near unprotectable. That, and I think the main crack should only be protected with hexes, Cams behind it seem like a bad bad idea) Fun route though. Then off to whatever the 5.9+ route was downhill from there. Either i'm getting soft or that was fuckin sandbagged Of course once again, I got off route, and transitioning back on was spooky on lichen again and above to micro cams Somehow I never expected to have to pull on a sloping monodoight with marginal feet, and 3 or 4 ft reach to the next good handhold on a 5.9 Guess I must be wrong Didn't see a soul once we passed Clem's Holler. Oh, and wonder dog doesn't particularly like it when I'm out of site, but seems to be ok, if she has someone reassuring her. Other than that she ate some bees, and dug some holes in the pine needle duff, all in all quite good for her first trip. She is now well and truly passed out Good day. A little addrenalin, nothing broken, nice sunshine :tup:

Had to commute there from North Seattle for a week Never again will I commute across the freakin lake!

Not sleeping through the 4:00 alarm. Recognizing that your partner put rocks and/or blue bags in your pack before you summit. Sleeping through the snorer in the next tent. Remembering to put sunscreen up your nose and down your ear canals Defending yourself from salt deprived goats when you aren't fully awake. Remembering the CC.com fashion police are ever present, and coordinating your climbing outfit appropriately.

Woohoo, can't ever imagine moving to the city of Sin. Welcome back Of course I can't ever really imagine moving from the the Northwest either for that matter.