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If everybody had more anal sex, you wouldnt see so many abortions! Yeah, but we'd have to deal with more shits like you.

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It's a "CIA Deep Cover" Plant also known as a Plame Plant... ...and you're in deep doo-doo for posting a photo of her on the innerweb.

I'm putting up an antenna

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I'll bring my Binford motorized cams for a tune-up.

You not even a minor irritation.

No, he uses the glue he sniffs to affix it.

I'm lookin' to be imspeached.

I favor the speach that comes from a box.

I go to minnesotaclimbing.com for my climbing info. They do stuff none of you people have done... or, thought of! And, there's this rad guy there that sounds like he's climbed a lot; he talks knowingly and glowingly about Mt. Squamish. He says this website is nothing but Newbies. I have to admit, until recently, I thought when he refered to you all as "Newbies", that meant you were all followers of Newb Gingrich.

I'm with Gary. I'm a thoughtful, sensitive, caring person, and test as exceptionally intelligent. I put a lot of effort and thought into posts wearing my heart on my sleeve then... YOU FUCKERS RIP IT OFF AND WIPE YOUR ASSES WITH IT! are there any lactating mothers out there that would comfort me?

gotta love the speach

Interviewer: "Do you think having sex is messy?" Woody Allen: "If it's done right."

Nice marmot, CJ.

I imagine it would take anyone awhile to cum-up with that madampiece.

Cobra, she doesn't look like you pleased her.

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I hope you will join me in sending best wishes to our neighbor to the north, the Alpine Club of Canada ( www.alpineclubofcanada.ca) as they celebrate their 100th year. The festivities culminate in October with over a week of activity in Banff, including the UIAA general assembly and the AAC Centennial Dinner. Details can be found at www.uiaainbanff.ca. Our entire board of directors will be in attendance, and we will be having our own fall board meeting in Banff on October 13. Nazir Sabir, president of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, reports that 2007 will be “Visit Pakistan Year,” and the following rule changes will be in effect: 1. ZERO ROYALTY: Peaks up to 6,500 meters will be absolutely open to climb. No royalty fee will be charged. 2. TEN PERCENT: All mountains above 6,500 meters in Chitral, Gilgit, and Gizar will be charged only 10 percent of the standard royalty fee, with the exception of Spantik/Golden Peak. 3. WINTER SEASON: As a special incentive during the winter season (December to February), all peaks above 6,500 meters will bear a nominal fee of only 5 percent of the usual royalty. 4. HALF ROYALTY: The 50 percent discount on royalty fees that has been in effect since 2002 will continue on all peaks during 2007, except for the peaks mentioned in No. 2 above. 5. LIAISON OFFICER: The services of an LO will not be required by expeditions outside the Baltoro region. 6. PERMIT: Permits will be available for all peaks with one month’s notice. On the home front, the hint of fall here in the Front Range heralds the end of the Club’s fiscal year. You will have received a fund-raising letter from AAC President Jim Donini. We are still behind for the year, so please consider responding with a check or visit the website to make a gift online. Finally, development and marketing director Nigel Gregory has left the Club. In case you missed the last E-News, Charley Mace has joined us to manage relationships in the outdoor industry and with outreach in general. Respectfully yours, Phil Powers Executive Director ppowers@americanalpineclub.org # ANTARCTIC PEAKS NAMED FOR 1966–67 EXPEDITION MEMBERS On August 18, the USGS Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN) approved the naming of eight sub-summits of the Vinson Massif for members of the AAC-sponsored 1966–67 expedition that made the first ascent of Antarctica’s highest peak. Damien Gildea of the Omega Foundation had proposed naming the peaklets for expedition leader Nick Clinch, Barry Corbet, Eiichi Fukushima, Charles Hollister, Brian Marts, Pete Schoening, Sam Silverstein, and Dick Wahlstrom; expedition members John Evans and Bill Long already have peaks named for them. In all, 48 new names in the Sentinel Range were approved by the USGS, including 17 glaciers, four mountains, 14 smaller peaks, eight ridges, two cols, a massif, a ledge, and a pinnacle, Gildea said. Clinch, a past president of the AAC, commented that he was just happy that he never had a crevasse named for him. Nearly all of the newly named features will be included on the new Vinson Massif & The Sentinel Range 1:50,000 topographical map, based on a high-resolution satellite image collected for the Omega Foundation by Space Imaging. The map and USGS also have formalized the usage of Mt. Vinson (4,892 meters) for the highest summit of the Vinson Massif. For more information, please see www.theomegafoundation.org. # BUY ART TO HELP JOHN BACHAR Bachar on the Lamb Two photographers are offering limited-edition photos of the great rock climber John Bachar, with all proceeds going to support Bachar’s recovery from a car accident in August. Bachar suffered several broken vertebrae in his neck and back in the accident, which killed his friend and business partner, Steve Karafa, owner of the Acopa shoe distributorship in the United States; Bachar has had successful surgery to repair the damage to his spine. Photographer Phil Bard is selling special-edition prints of Bachar climbing during the 1980s, at the peak of his powers; to see the five photos being offered, visit www.cirrus-digital.com/bachar.html. Climber Karl Bralich, meanwhile, is selling recent photos of Bachar soloing routes in Joshua Tree; see these at www.peaklightimages.com/. A fundraiser for Bachar will be held at the Village at Mammoth, California, at 7 p.m. on September 15, with a gear raffle and slideshow by Peter Croft ($10 admission fee). Financial contributions also can be made to the John Bachar Fund, American Alpine Club, 710 10th St., Suite 100, Golden, CO 80401; any excess funds will be used to support Steve Karafa’s family. Photo: John Bachar, On the Lamb in Tuolumne. Photo by Phil Bard. # AAJ and “ACCIDENTS” SHIPPING The 2006 editions of the American Alpine Journal and Accidents in North American Mountaineering, along with the summer edition of the quarterly American Alpine News, will ship this week from Colorado. Please allow several weeks for delivery. If you haven't received the publications by the middle of October, you may contact the AAC at getinfo@americanalpineclub.org or 303-384-0110.. # SPITZER RECIPIENTS CLIMB IN PAKISTAN Spitzer 2006 Two teams of U.S. climbers backed by Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Awards experienced partial success in Pakistan this summer. Micah Dash and Eric DeCaria made the second ascent of 17,585-foot Cat’s Ear Spire, climbing a 12-pitch variation to the 3,500-foot original route (Copp-Pennings, 2000). The two climbed alpine-style in a four-day round trip and placed no pitons or bolts on the spire. They had intended to try a new route on Uli Biaho, but timing with the weather and the illness of their other teammate, Spitzer recipient Mike Schaeffer, prevented an attempt. Schaeffer contracted severe HAPE and was evacuated by helicopter from base camp. The two also attempted a repeat of the route Inshallah on Shipton Spire (Davis-Harvey-Shaw, 1998), but discovered after climbing nine pitches that a major portion of the route apparently had fallen off, possibly during the 2005 earthquake. Elsewhere in Pakistan, Kelly Cordes and Spitzer recipient Josh Wharton climbed 45 pitches to complete the spectacular north ridge of 18,373-foot Shingu Charpa, but their decision to bring only lightweight footwear prevented them from reaching the true summit of the peak. The ridge was climbed to the summit earlier in the summer by a Ukrainian trio. Cordes said the route went all-free at 5.11+ M5, climbed alpine-style over three days, with a fourth day to descend. Spitzer grantee Mike Libecki is still in the field at press time, exploring a region of remote big walls in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. For more info on the Spitzer grants program, visit www.americanalpineclub.org/pages/page/64. Photo: (Top) Cat Ear's Spire. Photo by Micah Dash. (Bottom) North Ridge, Shingu Charpa. Photo by Kelly Cordes. # TREKKERS REQUIRED TO REGISTER All trekkers (and presumably climbers) visiting the open areas of Nepal will be required to pay a nominal fee for a new Trekking Registration Certificate (TRC) from the Trekking Agents Association of Nepal (TAAN), starting October 1. The program is designed to control illegal guiding in Nepal and to monitor the number of trekkers in the country. At press time, it was still unclear whether the new rules also would require independent trekkers to use a guide or trekking agency; information from Nepal was conflicting on this question. For the latest on the TRC process, visit the TAAN website at www.taan.org.np. # CENTRAL ROCKIES SECTION BUSTS BUTTS Lumpy Trails In late August, several members of the AAC’s Central Rockies Section volunteered with the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (www.14ers.org) for a weekend of trail work on 14,018-foot Pyramid Peak, near Aspen. “Though bad weather inhibited a day’s worth of work, the teams were able to get out for part of the weekend to hoist large rocks and dig in the mud,” reports AAC Board member Charlotte Fox. Want to get dirty yourself? The Central Rockies Section will be working on the climber trails of popular Lumpy Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park on October 15. Contact section chair Greg Sievers for more info or to preregister and earn a free lunch and T-shirt: gsievers57@cs.com. # AAC FUNDS ALPINE PLANT RESEARCH The AAC is one of several backers of an ambitious plan to monitor alpine plants atop some of Colorado’s high peaks. This Mountain Studies Institute program, led by Dr. Koren Nydick, is part of the worldwide Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA); there are four GLORIA target regions in North America and 30 worldwide. The program will observe the effects of climate change on alpine ecosystems over many years. In late July and early August, team members prepared low-impact monitoring plots on four summits near Lake City, Colorado, ranging in elevation from 12,195 feet to 13,800 feet. The plots are located at the four cardinal points, no more than 100 meters from the peak, and they are intended to be observed repeatedly at no more than five-year intervals, with temperature sensors downloaded every two to three years. For more information on the GLORIA project, visit www.gloria.ac.at/res/gloria_home, or to learn more about the AAC-backed Colorado project contact Dr. Nydick at koren@mountainstudies.org. # HOW TO: THE GEAR FOR NANGA PARBAT Patagonia has produced a couple of great short videos of Steve House discussing the gear and clothing that he and Vince Anderson used on their 2005 ascent of the direct Rupal Face on Nanga Parbat. These vids demonstrate the care that goes into House's decisions on how to fill his pack, from fascinating gear modifications to seemingly frivolous items that he feels are worth the extra grams (e.g., a pot gripper for cooking). The two videos combined run about 20 minutes and are worth every second; a cool Nanga Parbat slide show is also featured. Check it out at www.patagonia.com. # WEBSITE FEATURES COREY RICH IMAGES Coreyography Ace photographer Corey Rich has loaned 18 inspiring climbing images to be featured on the home page of the new AAC website. From bouldering to big walls, these photos will have you itching to climb. Check ’em out at www.americanalpineclub.org. And to see more of Rich’s stunning photography, visit www.coreyography.com. # CAMP 4 TO BE CELEBRATED On October 1 at 2 p.m., the AAC’s Sierra Nevada Section will host a ceremony at Columbia Boulder in the heart of Yosemite Valley’s Camp 4, celebrating the plaque that marks the campground’s inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Tom Frost, Dick Duane, and the AAC led the effort to gain the historic designation. The section will provide cake and soft drinks to help celebrate. This event will take place during the annual Yosemite Facelift, and AAC members who volunteer to help clean up the park will have access to free camping on the nights of September 29 and 30. Contact Linda McMillan at linda@mountains-wcpa.org. # NEW YORK SECTION EXPEDITION FLAG NY Logo Responding to requests from New York Section members attempting noteworthy climbs, the section has created its own flag that may be carried by qualified teams. A Section Flag Committee will decide on appropriate recipients, based in part on the difficulty, remoteness, infrequency, beauty and style of the ascent. Recipients will be asked to contribute a section slideshow (and to return the flag!). Interested parties should contact the Section Chairman Phil Erard at philiperard@hotmail.com. Coming Events September 14-17 Utah Fifth Annual Climb for Life in Salt Lake, with parties, film festival, seminars with top climbers, hosted by Black Diamond. All ages and abilities welcome; proceeds benefit ovarian cancer research. Early registration advised. See www.climb4lifeslc.kintera.org. September 14 Utah 13th annual Utah Avalanche Center fundraising party, 6 p.m. at the Black Diamond world headquarters: 2084 East 3900 South, Salt Lake City. Info: 801-365-5522. September 15 California Fund-raiser for John Bachar and the estate of Steve Karafa at the Village at Mammoth, with a gear raffle and slideshow by Peter Croft ($10 admission fee), 7 p.m. Info: 760-934-4191. September 16 Utah The Friends of Indian Creek host the Bridger Jack Campground Adopt-A-Crag event. Info at www.friendsofindiancreek.org. September 22 Colorado The fifth annual Avalanche Jam, hosted by Backcountry Access (BCA), will take place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. outside the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. The Avalanche Jam is a fundraiser for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). Music, food, silent auction, and more. Tickets $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Info at 303-417-1345. September 23-24 California The Sierra Nevada Section’s annual Pinecrest Climb-munity. Hosted by Royal and Liz Robbins, this popular event features climbing at Gianelli Edges and camping near Pinecrest Lake, about 30 miles from Sonora. Info: david.riggs@schwab.com. September 27-October 1 California Annual Yosemite Facelift, sponsored by the Yosemite Climbing Association. Meet at the visitor center each day at 8 a.m. Raffle, waived park entry fee, and free camping (first come, first served) for participants. Contact Ken Yager at yager@inreach.com or visit www.yosemiteclimbing.org. September 29-October 1 New York The New York Section hosts its annual Ausable Club Weekend deep in the Adirondacks: climbing, clinics, hiking, canoeing, golf, and tennis, along with dinner, a slideshow, and lodging in Ausable Club cottages. Contact philiperard@nysalpineclub.org. September 30 Colorado Annual clean-up at Rifle Mountain Park, the popular limestone sport-climbing area, sponsored by Climbing magazine. Trail maintenance, bridge construction, BBQ, and party. Contact gregloomis@climbing.com. September 30 Colorado Colorado Mountain Club Mountain Fest at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. Clinics, slideshow, happy hour, Taste of the Mountains Himalayan picnic. Reservations required for dinner ($15). Info at 303-279-3080, ext. 2, or www.cmc.org. September 30 California Premiere of Allen Steck’s film of the third ascent of El Capitan’s Salathé Wall, Yosemite Lodge Amphitheater. Narrated by Steck. Free. October 6-7 Idaho Join the Northern Rockies Section at City of Rocks for the annual Moondance. The section has reserved the Upper Breadloaves group campsite among the popular granite crags and will host a grilled dinner on Oct. 7. Info: brian.cabe@atk.com. October 13 Alberta, Canada The AAC will hold its fall board of directors meeting at the Banff Park Lodge, in conjunction with the UIAA General Assembly and the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) centennial dinner. Contact ppowers@americanalpineclub.org. Details of ACC events at www.alpinecluborcanada.ca. October 13-15 Kentucky Annual Rocktoberfest at the Red River Gorge. Info: www.rrgcc.org/rocktoberfest2006/. October 15 Colorado Sixth annual Lumpy Trails Day with the Central Rockies Section. Trail work at the popular Lumpy Ridge crags of Rocky Mountain National Park. Email Greg Sievers at gsievers57@cs.com to register early and receive a free lunch and T-shirt. October 21 New Hampshire New England Section members will gather at Nancy Savickas’ “Refuge Alpiniste” in Albany after climbing, for refreshments, eats, slides, and lie-telling. Info: nj_savickas_28@hotmail.com. October 27-29 California The Friends of Joshua Tree will host the 10th annual Climb Smart event at Indian Cove group campground in Joshua Tree National Park. Clinics, dinner, music, slide show, and more. For more information or to register, go to www.friendsofjosh.org. November 11 New York The 27th annual Black Tie Dinner of the AAC’s New York Section, at the Union Club in Manhattan, with special guest Charles S. Houston, M.D. Invitations will be sent to all New York Section members and previous attendees in late September. Others desiring invitations should email Phil Erard at philiperard@nysalpineclub.org. March 30–April 1, 2007 Oregon The 2007 AAC Mountain Fest and annual meeting will be in Bend, Oregon, close to the superb rock climbs of Smith Rock and the backcountry skiing and climbing in the Cascades. Reserve a room at the Riverhouse hotel and request an AAC rate as low as $72 a night: 1-800-547-3928.

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

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Mix in some of the new stuff a la Godwhackers and such.

reprinted from http://www.scaredmonkeys.com/ It appears the upcoming ABC mini-series, “The Path to 9/11,” set to air on the eve of the five-year anniversary of September 11 has Democrats in a turmoil. The mini-series will discuss the events and origins that lead to the terrible events of September 11, 2001. “The Path to 9/11,” a five-hour dramatization laying out the history of the Sept. 11 plot from the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, will be aired over two nights on the anniversary of the attack next week by ABC Television. Democrats seem to be upset in the portrayal of how the Clinton Administration handled terrorism from the first bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 to the aborted efforts to capture Osama bin Laden. Are we to believe that these events did not occur? * After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured 1,000 * 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S. military personnel * 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 U.S. military personnel * 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000 * October 12, 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 3 U.S. sailors (coping.org) An event such as 9/11 was planned years in advance of 2001. GWB took office when? Even though its en vogue to blame everything on President Bush, responsibility does lie with the Clinton Administration as well. The writers of “The Path to 9/11” are most likely looking at the proportionality of time spent in office and terrorism that took place during the Clinton Administration to determine accountability, 8 years vs. 8 months. But a portion of the film showing an aborted effort to capture al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden before the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa has aroused the ire of some of the officials portrayed. A statement from Samuel “Sandy” Berger, (yes the same Sandy Berger) who was national security adviser to President Bill Clinton at the time, calls the scenes involving him “complete fabrications.” (UPI) We are supposed to learn from our mistakes, not point fingers. We are supposed to protect ourselves from terrorism, not make ourselves more vulnerable. There is no room for politics when it comes to our safety. September 11, 2001 taught us a valuable lesson and was a wake-up call. Think its safe to say many things failed that day, yet above all heroism and the unwaivering American spirit won in the end. Except 5 years later some think its ok to continue ridiculous conspiracy theories. Whatever its flaws may or may not be, “The Path to 9/11″ makes clear there’s ample blame to go around. But for those who are game to take a break from finger-pointing, it also displays, with awful power, the larger truth that unites nearly everyone — yet still is given short shrift by policy makers. (SF Gate) To Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike … imagine if a tough approach on terrorism was taken after the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 instead of 2001, what a different set of circumstances and world we would live in today. However, that is not the case. By the way, where is the Democrats outrage and ire at the lunatic left fringe of academia that claim that 9–11 was an “inside job” perpetrated by the US neo-conservatives called the Project for a New American Century. Where is the Democratic outrage to these insanoids who without a doubt vote 99.89% for the Democratic Party? The 9/11 terrorist attack on America which left almost 3,000 people dead was an “inside job”, according to a group of leading academics. (Look like an “inside job”?) These conspiracy theories have to be read to be believed that individual could actually be walking the street with these idea let alone be college professors teaching young minds. These individuals are actually being paid or have been in the past to teach students. Anyone talking anyone of these professors classes presently or in the past may wish to go to your college business office and ask for a refund of your money. Insane: Professor Steven Jones, who lectures in physics at the Brigham Young University in Utah, says the official version of events is the biggest and most evil cover up in history. More insane: They believe a group of US neo-conservatives called the Project for a New American Century, set on US world dominance, orchestrated the 9/11 attacks as an excuse to hit Iraq, Afghanistan and later Iran. Even more insane: The group also maintains World Trade Centre 7 - a neighbouring building which caught fire and collapsed later in the day - was only partially damaged but had to be destroyed because it housed a clandestine CIA station. (Daily Mail) UPDATE: BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11 MOVIE, INSISTS NET PULL DRAMA WASHINGTON - A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series “The Path to 9/11″ grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network “pull the drama” if changes aren’t made. (Read more at the NY Post) Freedom of speech and expression be damned. Interesting how some don’t like it when the story is not so kindly about them. Why would one complain so much? Usually it occurs when its the truth and can be factually investigated. However, threatening to have a movie pulled lets no one see or hear information. The Democrats and Bill Clinton were rather absent in their condemnation regarding the recent British movie depicting the assassination of George W. Bush, “Death of a President.

Paris Hilton was arrested in Hollywood at approximately 12:30 am Thursday for driving under the influence. Apparently she was “driving erratically.” “The officers observed that Hilton exhibited the symptoms of intoxication. A field sobriety test was conducted at scene, and the officers determined she was driving under the influence,” Isabella said, reading a police statement.

Yeah, i think I saw him in that movie with Keifer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon and shit.