David Trippett

wow! that's pretty cool.

whatever.

Great Photos, nice one guys.... I really enjoyed the photo of Buckner and dipshit

exactly. best of luck to you!

Ok Carl, sounds good to me! I bet it was all a simple misunderstanding.

wow Carl thanks!...did you think I was talking about you? geez....go figure! you're not one of those types are you?...I mean, you're always PMing me for travel advice...I'm sure I could dig up one of those messages here...

The self-appointed world traveler police are quick to draw their (insubstaintial) weapons here and start shooting. They are quite sensitive and precious. I would suggest just heading out there and keeping your eyes and ears open for opportunity. Be friendly and keep an open mind. You'll have no trouble finding work or whatever you're looking for.

I'm going with these...Thanks for the HOTT tip Carl!

Carl is SO fiesty 2nite...rrrrawer!

good thing i'm in Alaska then! whew!

are there any fish left in Thailand? if i'm going to climb in pajamas....these are more my style:

I feel like a seabreeze when I wear Capris....like I'm skipping on a beach with someone who loves me.

The Chinese people are not your enemy, organizations(government, media, etc...) that tell you what to think are. Some day we will be making cheap plastic stuff for them in a sweat factory, so relax. They lost the rock-paper-scissors, so we get to be the rich ones first.

Well...my 5 year old pair of dickies finally bought it when I got too close to a diesel heater ...I've used those pants on so many routes....I'll miss them. If those pants could talk they'd say, "wash your ass, please." I had a pair of "climbing" pants once...they fell apart in like one season. So, I'm thinking of going Carhartt.....how are they to climb in? What do you crazy cats climb in for general traddery and such? Any suggestions?

Wok your dog?

March 23, 2006 – New industry spending figures released by The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA) confirm just how much pets are becoming a part of American families. After tracking pet industry statistics for more than a decade, APPMA announced new figures today demonstrating a continued rise in pet expenditures. Pet spending has more than doubled from $17 billion in 1994 to an estimated $38.4 billion in 2006. In 2006, Americans’ spending on pets is projected to be higher than ever: $15.2 billion for food $9.3 billion for supplies and over-the-counter medications $9.4 billion for veterinarian care $1.8 billion for live animal purchases $2.7 billion for other services http://www.appma.org/press_releasedetail.asp?id=84 IN CONTRAST: Countries with nominal GDP less than 38 billion $ (World Bank, 2005): (number following Country in millions) 66 Sudan 37,565 67 Slovenia 37,303 68 Belarus 36,945 69 Guatemala 35,290 70 Syrian Arab Republic 34,902 71 Serbia 31,808b 72 Bulgaria 31,483 73 Dominican Republic 30,581 74 Tunisia 30,298 75 Lithuania 29,791 76 Sri Lanka 26,967 77 Oman 24,284 78 Lebanon 22,722 79 Costa Rica 22,145 80 Kenya 21,186 81 Azerbaijan 20,122 82 Latvia 20,116 83 Trinidad and Tobago 19,911 84 Uruguay 19,308 85 Yemen 19,057 86 Cameroon 18,323 87 El Salvador 18,306 88 Côte d'Ivoire 17,484 89 Uzbekistan 17,178 90 Panama 17,097 91 Estonia 16,410 92 Iceland 15,854 93 Cyprus 15,418 94 Macao, China 14,285 95 Jordan 14,176 96 Ethiopia 13,315 97 Bahrain 12,914 98 Ghana 12,906 99 Tanzania 12,784c 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11,296 101 Bolivia 11,163 102 Zambia 10,907 103 Jamaica 10,533 104 Turkmenistan 10,496 105 Botswana 10,328 106 Gabon 9,546 107 Uganda 9,322 108 Honduras 9,235 109 Albania 9,136 110 Paraguay 9,110 111 Senegal 8,936 112 Equatorial Guinea 8,563 113 Congo 8,543 114 Afghanistan 8,399 115 Nepal 8,052 116 Mozambique 7,608 117 Georgia 7,550 118 Republic of Congo 7,385 119 Cambodia 7,193 120 Chad 6,541 121 Mauritius 6,448 122 Armenia 6,406 123 Brunei Darussalam 6,400 124 Namibia 6,372 125 Republic of Macedonia 6,217 126 Burkina Faso 6,205 127 Mali 5,929 128 Papua New Guinea 5,654 129 Malta 5,570 130 Madagascar 5,499 131 Nicaragua 5,369 132 Zimbabwe 5,010 133 Haiti 4,961 134 Benin 4,775 135 West Bank and Gaza 4,059 136 Niger 3,544 137 Laos 3,404 138 Guinea 3,317 139 Moldova 3,266d 140 Barbados 3,091 141 Fiji 2,822 142 Tajikistan 2,811 143 Kyrgyz Republic 2,695 144 Mongolia 2,689 145 Mauritania 2,663 146 Swaziland 2,648 147 Rwanda 2,494 148 Montenegro 2,347 149 Malawi 2,232 150 Togo 2,206 151 Suriname 1,597 152 Central African Republic 1,486 153 Lesotho 1,476 154 Sierra Leone 1,443 155 Belize 1,217 156 Cape Verde 1,144 157 Eritrea 1,085 158 Antigua and Barbuda 962 159 Bhutan 927 160 Maldives 915 161 St. Lucia 906 162 Guyana 896 163 Burundi 807 164 Djibouti 757 165 Seychelles 750 166 Liberia 631 167 Grenada 519 168 The Gambia 511 169 St. Kitts and Nevis 487 170 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 466 171 Samoa 422 172 Comoros 403 173 Vanuatu 388 174 East Timor 356 175 Solomon Islands 335 176 Guinea-Bissau 304 177 Dominica 300 178 Micronesia 245 179 Tonga 223 180 Palau 157 181 Marshall Islands 155 182 São Tomé and Principe 123 183 Kiribati 71

Squirrel Hierarchy As you can see in the image below, the squirrel hierarchy breaks down the ranking system of the squirrels. Squirrels thrive on organization and structure. All young squirrels must start as worker squirrels and move their way up to sentry squirrels and so on. The bottom two ranks are considered squirrel boot camp. While many lazy squirrels may spend their entire lifetime at the lowest rank of 'Worker Squirrel' wasting their stupid lives gathering food for their superiors, building squirrel bunkers and barracks, and stockpiling acorns for projectile assaults on humans, other squirrels have more ambition. They might work hard and move up through the ranks, so high that they might become 'Elites', providing protection for the most decadent of squirrel authority figures.

the key statement of the article: "There will also be increased coordination with the United States, he said." Translation: The US government is your puppet master. Canadians have been having too much non-sanctioned fun and sex (mostly in Quebec, but we now think we have that francophone tumour contained ). Resistence is futile. Now, Go to church...Buy stuff....good boy.

By 15 seconds! http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=459477

Sky, Dude, eight year olds? Eight-year-olds, Dude.

thanks Blake, they've tried to...but dammit, they just don't make chocolate bunnies that big. well...I hope I didn't come across the wrong way... the judge is obviously a cock-sucker....but just try to think of it in the grand scheme of so many good times and its really a trifle... anyway, if it happened to me...I'd be raging against the machine too.....so it's easy for me to dole out the advice.....

I know that it sucks Blake, at this point it may be best to move on...but maybe it would help think of it like this, I dunno, maybe not, but whatever... ....how much are the experiences you had this summer in the moutains worth...if you had to assign a dollar amount? I know a lot of people that would pay 250$ for your summer.

...and Burma and Myanmar are the same country.

where's the USA?

make your own. it's easy and they work. took me all of 10 minutes. http://www.alpinedave.com/leashless_rig.htm