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poor Cobra Commander. Explains so much It's all becoming clear, maybe that's why i'm such an embittered gen-x'er? Then again, maybe it's just because people suck. Except for you guys of course.

Whose is this? Bush's?

All I've ever really wanted in a President is someone who's more articulate, intelligent, and compassionate than myself. I don't have to agree with his decisions or his political stances, but at the very least I'd like to be sure that he's considered the problem from the oppositions perspective as well, and tried to see why his opponents disagree with him, and understand their arguments. At least then he could formulate actual responses as to why his way is better. And somehow we get monkey boy. wtf? I've come across a number of people who seem to think that any plan implemented now is better than the right plan implemented later. I actually had one friend tell me that the best road to wealth was to find someone wealthy, and do everything they tell you to. wtf? How a bright guy got pulled into a quasi-legal pyramid scam i'll never know. Now i'm just ranting though.

with that complete lack of alpine insulation they'd freeze to death on Das Toof.

I wonder, would Vegetarians be opposed to growling in the bedroom , or So many questions so little value.....

In the words of our so highly esteemed vice president. Go yourself.

I've got the Washington State one and use it all the time. It kind of eats up ink, but it means custom maps for each trip and no trips to REI to pick up theirs. Haven't used the special paper though, I always just ziplock mine.

Is is 30 liters of Beer the new standard in Avalanche safety equipment?

Hell of deal for some pretty highly reviewed cams. $33 a piece or $260 for the set. Mgear Flexcams

Does anyone have any good, lightweight (i.e. dried) spiced wine recipes? I'm stuck doing an Avy course in a couple of weeks and am going to have to bivy up by Stevens Pass, and was hoping to make the evening a little more enjoyable with some tasty post freeze dried crap drinks Thanks in advance!

yeah but what a pain in the ass! if you hadn't waited til the last minute I'd send the whole seduction meal but .... "Penne al Pepperoni...." 1 Green Pepper 1 Yellow Pepper 1 Red Pepper 1 Small-med yellow onion (or 1/2 a mayan onion) Slice thin and Saute in Olive oil until tender. Spoon it all into a blender, add 2/3 cup heavy cream (or 1/2 and 1/2), a little oregano, a little basil, and a little parsley (other spices to taste). Blend until somewhat smooth (lots of small chunks of peppers and onions (3-4 mm diameters)) Serve over Penne al dente. Add white wine, a nice salad with some bitter herbs and balsamic vinegar/olive oil salad dressing, good bread, and you'll be set. Looks like it takes a lot of works, beautiful presentation, goes well with candles, and it won't leave you with that heavy food gut bomb, so theres no digestion delay in the canoodling! I'd send you the desert and salad to go with them but don't know them off the top of my head! and good luck

So the real question of the day is how many more posts before this ends up in spray? If your going to make claims like that we want speed records from officialy sanctioned observers!

mine is tattooed on my ...... Must be pretty short then... How would you know?

deep breath, count to three, relax.... repeat. We get it, Swaterfall isn't asking for advice though, just ranting..... Everyone's either had partners who were greek gods in their own minds or will in the future... part of the fun is bruising their ego's for them!!

I wonder if fat kills brains cells?

If you live close to Spokane just stop by Mountain Gear. I haven't lived there for 10 years, but between my wife and I we've only ever bought 1 pair of boots fomr someone else. Those guys rock, they'll set you up right and they're all pretty hard core so they know what you'll need even if you don't.

classic engineering wisdom for all you geeks in hiding "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it twice." (i.e. after it breaks the firs time) and When trying to estimate how long something will take, start with your initial estimate, double that, and add 20%. It's amazing how close that usually comes out.

I just got a pair of handheld radios for christmas (you know, the annoying little thing for people who can't yell over the wind and water in the Icicle?) That can access both the FRS and GMRS bands. I was looking at getting the license for the GMRS use and realized they're $75 bones a piece and they have to be renewed every 5 years. At $150 for the initial license that's more expensive than the damn radios! Seems like an ripoff for a little thing that has a maximum range of 5 miles that will only see use climbing multipitch stuff. So my question is.. is there anyway to get around this? Does anyone just use the FRS bands? Just not pay the license? Has anyone been nailed by the FCC for not paying the license fee? freakin government monkeys

Ok, maybe if I write them down i'm more likely to do finish them! Onsight Zebra-Zion, get the Pioneer Route on Monkeyface, and finish BBQ the Pope without pitching off! Outer Space and Orbit. Stuart West Ridge. Sit on the top of Liberty Bell. Rainer Get a weekend climbing in the Enchantments. Climb something with my Dad. Spend more weekends out in the mountains then I did this year! Not really climbing... but get back on Ski's again! Oh, and again not climbing, but there's a definite misery factor involved, and it's an upleasant journey for a worthwhile goal but.... finis my Dissertation and get my ass out of school!

Used one of the ones that Pro Mountain caries in hard snow this season. They drive real well in consolidated snow so long as you have a hammer on your ice tool, but if it's at all loose i think they would pull out too easily. It's more like a giant snarg (?) that doesn't screw out. Ok to clean though. You ought to take a look at those and model after them. Less of a picket more a snow piton it seemed like.

Depending on the name version Nutty Bignuts General Bushkisser ( I wonder what the wife will say? ) Twitchy Von Bushy

Avalanche poodles?

I think bouldering in a skirt is definite safety risk, think of all the distracted belayers and climbers! There could be some serious problems with people so distracted. I think we can all agree on this, and the most direct solution would be for her to just take it off

Be careful, you'll piss of the then no 5.14 for you!