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Just asked, nice name!!

I just wanted to stir the pot a little, I definetley was introduced into spray!!! I have a qeustion about the 2 girls names on this board, What type of image are you trying to conjur up with: Muffy I live in Mufftown, and even more disturbing: Breezy D Just thought those names were a tad odd,

For the sake of more punishment, You got me there, I climb with a soft cock, i suppose thats why I dont want a climbing girlfriend. I geuss thats another thing to watch out for in the hills: hard cock climbers, yikes Thanks for the fun, I'm going home now.

I didnt say find a whiny girl, I said you dont want a man girl. No I just dont need a girl with big muscles, maybe you do, maybe a bit of manliness turns you on. I agree but not as my girlfriend.

Easy now, I wouldn't expect anything less from a girl who lives in Mufftown, in fact if you couldnt help yourself to seconds im sure you couldnt live in Mufftown. Seriously though all you have say in regards to why you shouldnt have a girlfriend climber is that you can do it harder, I think I'll stay with the soft and cuddly types who do it dainty!!

Okay dude first why do you want your GF to climb? So she has gnarly hands from climbing? big muscles? the list goes on on the other hand you could have a girl who thinks your badass for climbing rock really has no idea your a wimpy sprt climber, has dinner a warm bath and is all pretty and soft when you get home, gauranteed time out with the guys and guranteed action when you get home from conquering rock!! its a no brainer!!!

I missed some of the comments in the Shuksan article, particularly from Buckaroo. I thought instead of highjacking that further I would let you guys chew on this article from the NOAA Milankovitch Theory The tilt of the earth relative to its plane of travel about the sun is what causes seasons. The hemisphere "pointing toward" the sun is in summer, while the opposite hemisphere is in winter. The earth makes one full orbit around the sun each year. The northern hemisphere is in summer in the left image, while 6 months later, the southern hemisphere has summer, as in the center image. If the earth's axis were "straight up and down" relative to the orbital plane, as in the right-hand image, there would be no seasons, since every point on the earth would receive the same amount of sun each day of the year. Changes in the "tilt" of the earth can change the severity of the seasons - more "tilt" means more severe seasons - warmer summers and colder winters; less "tilt" means less severe seasons - cooler summers and milder winters. The earth wobbles in space so that its tilt changes between about 22 and 25 degrees on a cycle of about 41,000 years. It is the cool summers which are thought to allow snow and ice to last from year to year in high latitudes, eventually building up into massive ice sheets. There are positive feedbacks in the climate system as well, because an earth covered with more snow reflects more of the sun's energy into space, causing additional cooling. In addition, it appears that the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere falls as ice sheets grow, also adding to the cooling of the climate. The earth's orbit around the sun is not quite circular, which means that the earth is slightly closer to the sun at some times of the year than others. The closest approach of the earth to the sun is called perihelion, and it now occurs in January, making northern hemisphere winters slightly milder. This change in timing of perihelion is known as the precession of the equinoxes, and occurs on a period of 22,000 years. 11,000 years ago, perihelion occurred in July, making the seasons more severe than today. The "roundness", or eccentricity, of the earth's orbit varies on cycles of 100,000 and 400,000 years, and this affects how important the timing of perihelion is to the strength of the seasons. The combination of the 41,000 year tilt cycle and the 22,000 year precession cycles, plus the smaller eccentricity signal, affect the relative severity of summer and winter, and are thought to control the growth and retreat of ice sheets. Cool summers in the northern hemisphere, where most of the earth's land mass is located, appear to allow snow and ice to persist to the next winter, allowing the development of large ice sheets over hundreds to thousands of years. Conversely, warmer summers shrink ice sheets by melting more ice than the amount accumulating during the winter. What is The Milankovitch Theory? The Milankovitch or astronomical theory of climate change is an explanation for changes in the seasons which result from changes in the earth's orbit around the sun. The theory is named for Serbian astronomer Milutin Milankovitch, who calculated the slow changes in the earth's orbit by careful measurements of the position of the stars, and through equations using the gravitational pull of other planets and stars. He determined that the earth "wobbles" in its orbit. The earth's "tilt" is what causes seasons, and changes in the tilt of the earth change the strength of the seasons. The seasons can also be accentuated or modified by the eccentricity (degree of roundness) of the orbital path around the sun, and the precession effect, the position of the solstices in the annual orbit. What does The Milankovitch Theory say about future climate change? Orbital changes occur over thousands of years, and the climate system may also take thousands of years to respond to orbital forcing. Theory suggests that the primary driver of ice ages is the total summer radiation received in northern latitude zones where major ice sheets have formed in the past, near 65 degrees north. Past ice ages correlate well to 65N summer insolation (Imbrie 1982). Astronomical calculations show that 65N summer insolation should increase gradually over the next 25,000 years, and that no 65N summer insolation declines sufficient to cause an ice age are expected in the next 50,000 - 100,000 years ( Hollan 2000, Berger 2002).

This is a great topic, I wouldlike to see more photos of what people do to their tools, ice tools that is!!! I also would like to hear any ideas on sharpening screws, after a few seasons of dropping them in to my bag they are getting dull, I should have taken better care of them. I was thinking that the local shrpening place may have a few ideas but that seems pretty sketchy. thanks in advance j

Nice one Dru, I got spanked by the top pitch of that route twice and I finally got it this time last year, how did you find it?

Uh dood, you want a girl with back muscles? If you want a girl with a manly body, you may want to re-asses what side of the closet your in

how do I post a full size image in a post it does not work like it used to? I can not right click the larger photo to see its properties to place it in the image box. I can only do this with a thumbnail. Thanks Jesse

hey how did you put that photo in there, I cant seem to right click and find the properties on the larger size photo, only the thumbnail allows me to do that? works now!! Untill I figure it out, heres a shot of the NW ridge of joffre last weekend,I cant say I wasn't told that there was snow every where, but I'm glad I stayed away from any glaciers. Shortly after this picture was taken I watched the entire NW face of Matier cut loose, quite impressive. That being said, on Wednesday the freezing level shot up to 3000m and it has stayed that way and will continue to stay that way for the weekend. Looking at the whistler cams shows absolutley no snow, this weekend looks good for one more stab at some alpine climbing!!! I should probably bail on Skaha and go be a real man in the mountains, oh what to do?

As MattP said Pressure and altitude do not have a linear relationship, they more or less have a exponential relationship. Therefore using the ideal gas law as Gary suggests wont really work at altitude. What density would you use? What about liquid and water vapour in the air...?What you want is the hypsometric eqaution. This gives you everything you need including liquid and vapour water loading effects on density. Ill leave it you to search out the eqn if you like, its quite simple.

Climate is very interesting, just like the oceans we are very far away from a complete undeterstanding. Thanks for the article Lowell I love this stuff Jesse

There was just some cool air from the North it snowed 20cm + in Fort St John, 22c is the high for tomorrow in Edmonton, it will be fine.

I usually use a wired nut, just push the nut up the wire a bit then slide the wire over the loose bolt cinch the nut down and twist till its tight.

First of all all of those sites use computer generated icons, even environment canada. The computer chooses what icons to display based on what the forecaster types in, the forecaster also only can type a few words in to the bottom of the space. Second winter time, forecasters can only forecast 3-5 days out with any sucess, summer you can take that to 5-7 tops!!!!! Here on the coast. As bogen says take a look ot the sattelite, that will give you look at whats out there then have a look at the jet stream current and the forecast that will help you in deciding where the storm will travel. As well you will be able to see if there is any ridging in the forecast which will block weather and promote clear skies. Or pay a couple of bucks and phone the professionals for a personal forecast, if your climbing in canada phone Environment Canada and get the goods otherwise keep on looking at crappy websites that are meant for mommies wondering if they should pack a rain coat for their kids.

What influences the weather there? The Rockies, Stuff from the Pacific? Yep. Stuff from the Arctic? Yep. Are there any general insights, like sucky weather here means sucky weather there two days later? Pretty much, hence the reason its easier to forecast weather down the line since we can tell them whats happeing and give detailed weather data unlike here on the coast where we have no one to tell us whats going on out on the Pacific.

SO Ivan is the next hurricane on the radar, what happened to Georges and Hermine? anyone know?

Taking care of himself and his buddies, making some cash. Why is that so hard for people to understand?

Juan, first realize I am in no way attacking you or your opinion just having a discussion, im sure you havent taken anything personally. "We have a serious global problem on our collective hands." That statement is what got me going, it seems as though you are declaring yourself an expert and have decided that global warming is caused by humans and needs to be stopped by humans. "Whether it is a normal climactic change that is naturally in fast motion, or one that we are speeding up by our actions and inactions, or both, it is still not good for life here on earth" This is more reasonable, a lot of qeustions need to be answered before we can honestly say we have a serious climactic change that needs to be curbed by humans. J

"I agree with Lowell that getting down to bare ice, as is the case in so many places now, suggests a large-scale problem." A problem for who? Climbers, thats it. I have been following what has been going on with the rest of the world and yes it is sad that our RECREATION activities are being messed with. I just think that because we have had a few years of some warmer weather everyone wants to jump on some global warming doomsday forecast. its much too soon to predict this,we cant even predict this weekends weather right. What happens if this warming trend is normal, this may be the next path the earth goes down, probably better than another ice age. Unfortunatley we dont control this and this is the problem people have, along with change people just cant accept it. You might as well get over it,the earth will change, climate will change,and hopefully humans will be able to adapt quickly enough. If you want something to worry about why not worry about our water supply and how we pollute it, I'm sure no clean water will kill us off way before it gets too warm out, maybe will have to harvest the remaing glaciers just to drink, then for sure no climbing. Just my 0.02 J

We have a serious global problem on our collective hands. why? Cause we have had a couple of warm summers?

This link will give you a freezing level, if thats all your after. E.C. stopped giving detailed forecasts after they realized that the general population doesn actually use that info, too bad. http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/van_3days.php If your looking for more detailed info you will have to become your own forecaster, Don Serl gives an idea on how to detrmine freezing levels in a post in the ice climbing forum about Lillooet temps and calulating nearby temps at higher elevations. when you get to the site, click on the temperature maps.

"a strip club porn? pffft! i just had my first encounter with a strip club recently and all i can say is that i was/am disappointed in the overall experiece. i even fell asleep as the entertainment was anything but." You know thats the first sign eh? Might wanna immerse yourself with some more naked women to counter any effects that might be going on. Really gotta watch what you eat, definetly no quiche!!! Good Luck