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Ok, I'm glad you drive perfectly then. Doesn't really address why others don't, or how to solve it.

but warm...

Scary! I'm glad you're ok. I'm sure he didn't see you, though. I'm an attentive driver, but I know I have had near misses while driving with pedestrians and bicyclists because I'm just not tuned in to them. It's a real problem, I don't think it matters how many flashy lights are on a bike, when drivers are behind the wheel they're looking for other cars. The same problem exists for motorcycles. I fear the only real way car drivers will become more conscious of two-wheelers is by having to deal with more of them on the road. How do you think it could be addressed?

Is it snowing?

silky smooth

what an exciting piece of gear

I don't know about your huge boards and powder skiing. I do know that I like my very lightweight Garmont Mega-Lites (3 buckles) for almost everything, I only really wish I had something burlier on hardpack resort days.

You can do whatever you want. The whole double rope toprope solo thing sounds totally goofy to me, but if it's your favorite idea, what the hell, go for it, if you don't screw it up it's probably safe. Don't screw it up. I think straight-up aid climbing is the best way to go for what you are trying to accomplish. It's safe, you should be able to do it safely even if you're soloing. Bounce-test every piece and you'll prove the gear works. Clean the gear yourself and you'll get an even better idea for how the placements worked. Intentionally falling on gear is a really bad idea, ever. Especially when you can generate similar forces by bounce-testing while aiding.

The fourth buckle goes at the top of the boot, not the bottom.

Man, his head was REALLY close to the floor there.

Can anyone speak to the quality if Edelweiss ropes?

Which have you found yourself wanting to place? I would say the #3 is a better choice; I own one and I don't own a #.4.

Relax! You learn better when you're not freaked out. You're probably in some crash-course where you have to learn it all very quickly. Every weekend for three months or something? Just remember- this class is not what climbing is normally like. It's going to teach you how to climb, and it's not quite like being in a classroom, but it's still a fabricated learning environment. Pick up as much as you can as fast as you can, but relax- there are people around to keep an eye on you and take care of you, right? You will be surprised at how easy it all becomes with some practice.

To be really great at something, you need two things: talent, and drive. Lots of people only have one of 'em. Climb for your own reasons.

Are you shitting me? I could have come up with this "study" sitting on my couch with my thumb up my ass. This is brazen warping of irrelevant statistics in a weak attempt to "prove" a point by tricking your audience. Is that all you've got? Of course more Americans are killed by illegal aliens than are killed in Iraq. More Americans are killed by almost anything than are killed in Iraq. Something like 40,000 Americans die in car accidents every year. Do you really think this number says anything worthwhile about driving, or war? In 2003, there were 3,306 unintentional fatal drownings in the United States. Clearly bodies of water are more of a threat to us than the illegals. There are 300,000,000 Americans and 152,000 of them are military in Iraq. I'd say "do the math" but you suck at math.

You are sure making an ass out of you.

Excellent, now the real shit-talking can begin.

If I was belaying someone and they took a fall to "test" me without warning, they'd be soloing the rest of the day.

LOTS OF FUN, TROPHY WINNER

I'd rather get into an argument with a woman than see Nickleback.

Someone's gonna snipe your 2007 Golden Snaffle award.

He's her boyfriend, not hubby, btw.

Man I sure wish we had successfully climbed that route. :cry:

so that is what "pron" means!!

Al Gore's on a crusade??