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Were legs still in them?

Three women in bondage to the happenstance activity of one man.

He sure does look like his momma don't eee?

The electoral college system was established, in part, to preserve the power and identity of individual States and to ensure that presidents are elected by States, not by the general populace. The USA is a republic, not a democracy. If you want this to change, you'll probably be waiting awhile.

I think your own statement is the best reply If you're climbing for anyone else but you, you're missing the deep good stuff.

Naw, the next big leap in climbing will dawn with the physical evolution of Man... i.e., the prehensile penile projection. Three points of contact will take place with hands totally free.. a guy could be rolling a smoke. For the gals, well, I guess they'll have supplemental crimping ability... but, it'll take a certain position to utilize the facility.

I met Warren and spent some time talking to him at the Ouray Ice Festival last January. With the exceptions of tottering when he walks, being as tall as a normal man's solar plexis, being built like a tank, having that accent that creates the expectation he'll break into talking about crocodiles at any moment, and being married to one of the world's top women ice climbers he's as casual as a marmot. He has prosthetics that allow him a normal standing height, but said he rarely uses them as he's much more agile with the stubbies. He knows his public presence on the stubbies make most people uncomfortable, but says it's "not his job to make sure people are comfortable" when life confronts them with the presence of an "abnormal" person. He's as calm as an Hindu cow... just amazed by the direction his life is on.

Speaking of Fallujah, I heard that Clinton was asked recently of his thoughts concerning Fallujah. His reply: "I prefer it standing up".

I didn't realize that SLC was a hotbed of above average pastry chefs. I think he was referring to the Hottie Hallelujah Hairpie

Well, I'm amazed by the extent of these considerations of rappell-ring substitutes. Questionably prioritized considerations abound! My favorite: using JB Weld or Lock-Tite on the threads of a quicklink to discourage removal. A quick knife and retying of the webbing kinda makes the effort moot.

From your query I assume that you are more interested in rock climbing than alpine climbing. If this assumption is true (and your decision is based primarily on climbing), your choice is easy: SLC. As Dr. Flash provided, there is no better location in the mountain west providing a high-quality, jaw-dropping array of rock climbing locations. I wouldn't be concerned with the Mormon influences. The valley has become less provincial and relatively cosmopolitan in the last thirty years. Back in the mid-seventies, an entirely different cultural environment left this climber feeling as if he'd landed on another planet...

Ahh likes ta save up a bunch, mebbee tin ubbem, suck em dry with malt licker chasers then go holy rollin'. The scent makes me irresistable to the wimmen folk, too.

Seems to me the climbing ability of most is not due to physical limitation, but mental condition. The mental factor of a climber is not conditioned FULLY to accept the expansion of their climbing ability until AFTER they LEAD what they have not led before. This OSHA mentality of "not climbing beyond one's ability" smacks of product liability lawyers and those who have painfully succumbed to the manifold fruit and bondages of fear, for themselves and others. Without freedom of heart no one will do anything beyond their limitations; whether in their own minds or what others deem possible.

I'm a fan of Blue Water; their ropes seem to handle better. I ice climb with a pair of 8.5 X 60's and love them. One of 'em took a sheath shot on the last climb in the Wadds... I think Syudla did it when I wasn't lookin' but I can't prove it.

Fairweather, that link is mighty entertaining... my wife and I listened and laughed for several minutes. "John Kerry, the candidate with the courage to support every stance on every issue..."

Beta issa wat dyou baita you hookka wit

I don't know how it went, I was throwin' back a few pints at the pub.

I saw a guy goin' up the trail on an amputated leg. Sumbitch had a ski pole for a pra... proths... OH FOCK, for his artificial leg!!! The evil son of a bitch was churnin' up ground like a Troy-Built.

You guys need to get your heads out of your little worlds (asses) and smell the vitriol that is aimed at you by those in this world that would have the whole of the world enslaved to some cleric that decides, today, to have you and your brother's heads because you committed the unpardonable sin of speaking your mind. Myopic doesn't begin to describe your provincial and short-sighted points of view. This is a free country of tolerance, correct? So, you guys won't find umbrage in my point of view, right?

racks of all descriptions, anatomical and mechanical, grow when you start leading.

Three to four earthquakes per minute... now dats gettin' jiggy wit it.

Thanks for posting this article. Upon watching the BBC interview in which Annan made his statement of illegality, it became clear to me Annan possessed neither the magnanimity or statesmanship the post he occupies requires.

Hmmmm... edible trekking poles, 180proof alcohol stove fuel. Seems these folks have sipped on a few too many cans of Sterno.

nice

"i have the ergos and use hockey tape (if you dont know what that is, its black tape that is sticky on the outer side - you can get it at sports stores)." This tape has been called historically "friction tape".