ClimbingPanther

Ryland is right on. That was the height (depth?) of laziness to carry GPS with you and not even use it. No matter what the weather, it would have been very simple to at least mark where they started at Timberline and points along the way to retrace steps if need be. To "back up" someone's foolishness is to validate your own.

So far, I've been happy with my new Canon Powershot 710A http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=14117 My favorite part is that you can manually override just about everything. It's equipped to be a solid point-and-shoot while giving you room to grow as you learn more about cameras so you won't need a new one when you get better. I like.

you don't miss anything, do you? but do you miss me? miss misery like you say you do?

that was an awfully inventive answer, wasn't it?

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the recent and as-yet unexplained recovery of heart function after 4 days stopped. Of course nobody can say for sure what happened, just one of those things that make you go "hmmm"

When I was there in December, someone did it with an axe and a tool. I would recommend this because carrying an extra tool for 10 feet sucks when you won't "need" it in the true sense of the word. Unnecessary weight =

Believe me, anyone who doesn't have his head in the sand knows that the Republican party has undergone a terrifying transformation. Christians don't vote for them because they like wire-tapping and indefinite imprisonment without indictment and unjust war and fiscal irresponsibility and the list goes on. They often hold certain deeply held values like sanctity of life, etc. above others and those are the issues they vote on. Rhetoric like yours about considering Christianity the most insidious enemy of America only scares people even more into voting for those who are generally pro-Christian, which recently has been the Rep. party.

Freedom is a relative word. Nobody is truly free under any form of government. Christians are no more guilty of restricting freedoms than those who seek to restrict the Christian's freedom and demonize them for what they believe. America's most lofty ideal is "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Self-determination is the best thing you could ask for from a government and I think any intellectual, no matter what their faith, would be reluctant to chip away at this principle. But government must step in and provide some structure to live by. Everyone will disagree on the details of law, but that is healthy. A one-party system is a dictatorship. I and most people don't agree 100% with how either of our parties does its business, but the nature of any system with more than one party is fundamentally one of dialogue and choice. Just be careful you never advocate for "laws that restrict the free exercise" of my religion because I will never try to restrict yours.

good call, I didn't even think about that. sulfur is not a sleep-aid for me at least!

I think, more important then how you get through it, there's two words to remember: Bombproof anchor! (and out of the way of the ensuing mini-avalanche) As for the tunneling itself, this is a good topic 'cause I'll likely be on a route this spring with one. I intend to treat it like performing surgery. Very delicately, bit by bit. I will worry about it detaching no matter how strong it looks.

Or does everyone just drink Bud Dry?

Everyone's always asking "Where is the nodder?" but have any of you ever stopped to wonder "Why is the nodder?"

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I think you missed the context, I was making a funny and telling the zealots to lay off. Anyway, I'd love some uber hip coffee shop, as long as it had good coffee and was open past 10!!! The rest of your urban vices will quickly wither in the light of the REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!

You've probably all seen the first one, but I hadn't seen the second one before... Proof that girls are evil: First we state that “girls require time and money.” Girl = Time x Money And as we all know “time is money.” Time = Money And because “money is the root of all evil.” Money = sqrt(Evil) Originally we have: Girl = Time x Money And now we substitue everything in, we get: Girl = Money x Money Girl = sqrt(Evil) x sqrt(Evil) Girl = (sqrt(Evil))^2 Gril = Evil But here’s another proof to show how men are THREE TIMES worse Proof that men are 3 times more evil: First we state that men need time, money, girl and sex. Men = Time x Money x Girl x Sex We all know “time is money.” Time = Money Therefore: Men = Money x Money x Girl x Sex And we all know to many men: Girl = Sex As for men’s proof showing “girls are evil” So Girl = Evil then, Evil = Sex Men = Money x Money x Evil x Evil Men = Money^2 x Evil^2 And because “money is the root of all evil.” Men = (sqrt(Evil))^2 x Evil^2 Men = Evil x Evil^2 Men = Evil^3 Men’s proof: Girl = Evil Girl’s proof: Men = Evil^3 So we are forced to conclude men are worse than girls.

Just in time for my trip to Bachelor next weekend! Hooray!

Yeah, they're not nearly as big of whiners as we are! They only look for attention when they do something cool like kill their prey. My 14-year old cat just died last summer. Had it since 5th grade, longer than I've known most of my friends!

This post is really corny. Kudos. And wheaty, oaty, cinnamony, etc.

Cobra, your seeming reluctance to post much in the past few months was a sad time in life for me. What a blessed reprieve from nonsense and/or philosophical spray!

I don't reference sources. They reference me.

Be careful what you criticize. One man's tvash is another man's treasure.

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