Choada_Boy

AARRGGHH!!! NWAC is calling for freezing levels to hit 9500 ft by Friday night and stay high into next week!!!

I can only laugh my ass off over this one! I had nothing to do with it, other than to tell Darin that I thought it was extremely inappropriate to draw something that offensive on the back of what we thought was GENE'S truck. D: Way to go!!

The valve lash adjusters are small hydraulic cylinders that function as part of the rocker arm assemblies. As the cam pushes the rocker arm up to close a valve, say, the valve lash adjuster gets compressed. The problems is that oil needs to circulate through the things, and if it doesn't, they can seize, and won't compress, so the rocker arm will just hit into them, causing the ever-present "click" You need to pull off the valve covers and remove the rocker arm assembly. (If you're careful, you can reuse the valve cover gasket if it looks OK.) The valve lash adjusters slide out, then you pop in new ones. It takes about 1.5h per side, and the only "special" tool required is a torque wrench for putting the rocker arm assembly back on. The torque specs and pattern can be found in a good manual (Chilton's) The timing is electronic, so when you start back up it may run rough for a bit until the computer figures everything out.

"Where are heat shields?" HS can be in a couple places, but all are near exhaust components. You may have an HS on the outside of an exhaust "header", on the car body above exhaust components, and on or above your cat converter. Since it rattles w/ RPMs, it's probably not on the body, it would rattle all the time. Your car is a horizontally opposed 4 cyl. I'd start on each side, find the exhaust headers, find the HS, which will be thin "plates" of galvanized metal attached directly to the headers, and see if they are lose. When you have the hood up, grab the throttle body and give it a turn if you want to rev the engine. It's pretty obvious, as it's just about the only thing with a bare cable feeding into it. That's the throttle cable Work your way back to the muffler (Have fun near the firewall!!). To repair, either rip them off, or tie them down with a bent metal coat hanger. ps If your engine "clicks" at any RPMs, it's your "valve lash adjusters", which is an easy fix, despite what your subby mech might tell you.

We topped out from Camp V in only 6 hours, then descended our fixed lines to Camp II. By then we were tapped so we spent the night and descended to Base Camp the next day. All ropes are still in place for this season. You're welcome!

If teachers only worked their contracted hours, and spent none of their personal funds on their classrooms without reimbursement, the education system would crumble even further than it has already.

You should be where you want to be. If not, move.

Here' a freakish idea: Use a map and a compass. Go up the hill the easy way until you are where you want to be, then, turn around and follow your tracks home. Is that too much to ask, or do you need a hand-held Robby the Robot to tell you when to turn left?

Saw that a lot back East. Trees got mauled from constantly being used as rap anchors, etc. It's unethical in that case to not use fixed pro, IMCO

The plates mark the routes to the dead hooker burial sites/family picnic areas. Burned cars riddled with bullets mark the end of maintained roads. Burned appliances riddled with bullets mark the end of drivable roads. Trails are marked with totally random objects such as dead hooker clothing and purse contents, satanically mutilated Tickle Me Elmos hung from trees a la "Blair Witch Project", foldable TV dinner tables, or framed velvet paintings.

Living in Chilliwatts also provides numerous opportunities for stumbling across clandestine meth labs, smoldering piles of burned furniture and major appliances, as well as living (and dead or almost dead) crank-fueled sub-human mongrel hookers. Be sure not to eat any "sausage" while you're up there!

Saw IV

Bob's just pissed because his first car had 5 cylinders, 3.5 wheels, and doors that wouldn't close all the way.

Any thoughts or experience with either? Similar in cost, Wild Things about twice the weight, perhaps more durable, less breathable?

Here's how to win an argument with a zealot: Don't argue with them. They just want a venue to spew their ignorant ideas, and they quickly become enraged when they are unable to repeat their little speeches they learned in church, Younglife, or at "The Inn", about how a pile of wood doesn't stack itself and that the human eye its too complicated to be a product of evolution. The really sad part is that they actually believe the shit that comes out of their mouths. Poor, brainwashed, fools.

The Boston Museum of Science is one of my favorite places, many great memories from there. The model they have of Everest, based on his map, is awesome, and his maps are works of art.

I squat a bit below parallel but not much further. I certainly don't sit on my heels, but I'm making an effort. "Heavy" was 225lbs for both dips and deadlifts, 5 sets of 5. I could probably do 300 for one rep. Frequency for these loads might be on the order of every 2-3 weeks or so, whatever "Coach" dictates. I realize I need to rest some, ice, Ibu, stretches, but I want to do some "active recovery" so I don't lose any fitness/strength in these areas.

I usually throw away the pencil after I make my entries.

Did the "Big Weight" four and five days ago, squats and deadlifts. Now my right knee is tweeked, and my back is giving me problems. I use good form for these lifts, and didn't feel pain during any lift. I have a chipped vert. in the lumber region, which hasn't bugged me too much for a few years, how do I tell if it's that or a slipped or herniated disk? My knee pops like bubble wrap, doesn't hurt all the time, but feels weak and begins to hurt sharply during lifts/strain. It actually "clunks" when it is about 1/2 way to full extension from a 90 deg bent position. What are my problems, and how do I make them better without complete rest?

An idiot.

It's called a "hill".

All Hail Utan!!

"Combat" with invisible tanks and invisible barriers had to be the all time WORST game. KABOOM! totally rocked.

Where were you, when they built that ladder to Heaven?

The saddest part is that this picture was taken on the north side of Baker on the CD at the top of the "steep" snow (35 deg) below the high camp. Looks like the leader placed 4 22cm screws