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Based on my experience, "good climbers" never, never pay for camping.

Only with women

Rob - I think you ultimately need to get yourself to a place where you realize that not hating this person is in YOUR (and your kids) best interest - your decision not to hate this person is not for this person's benefit. Odds are that your kids are already being hurt by this persons actions, and to the extent that a hateful mindset drives actions/attitudes of anger in your life, they are the recipients of more collateral damage. Also, I've found that for me, harboring resentment poisons my own quality of life in other spheres. Choosing not to hate is not about letting a person off the hook who deserves to be treated poorly based on their actions/attitudes. Rather, it's being mature enough to recognize that returning hate with hate does more damage to you and your kids than simply letting go.

Ivan's TR implied this was your first climb??? first outdoor, first trad, first "alpine"???

there was lots of snow coming over longs pass last weekend...was happy to have boots

depends on what you are using it for, if you only plan on boiling water get a pocket rocket....weighs 3 oz. This plus a gas canister + an MSR Titan kettle weighs in at 1 lb.

We did the bulk of the Cascadian Couloir as the approach to the West Ridge of Sherpa Saturday.....still tons of snow from the False summit down a good bit. A lot could happen in the next week or so, but right now I'd want an axe for that descent.

Chiming in as a goverment representative without one proper sentence in your entire post is dumb

Ditto for me and a pink tri-cam

] with a 40 foot runout, I'd like to see 4 bolts

6/27 - 170

per the story he was not a republican...minor detail I know

Huh? The people of CA passed an initiative against allowing gay marriage. The CA supreme court threw it out. Judicial activism, IMHO. I would like to see the issue stand on its own merit. And I'd like to quit tagging this as religious intolerance. In this case, the beliefs of the church seem to reflect the mainstream view as indicated by every single popular vote on the subject.

I think you are missing the point Tvash. The "groundswell" to legalize gay marriage??? What is this groundswell you speak of??? Every time the issue has been put to a vote - "marriage" that is - the vote has been against gay marriage. So the groundswell you speak of is not popular opinion, it would seem. This is not an issue of the people vs. "the church", this is the courts declaring that californias law which reflected the will of the people - as indicated by popular vote, is unconstitutional.

Missed you tvash

That works fine now, for his age range. That ain't gonna work so well in a year or two - kids aren't stupid. I've been there with two kids already, both of them raised in the same style as your Miles. I'm just sayin'... But hey, good luck with that. Talking about parenting philosphy on a climbing BB.....if our wives could see us now!

me thinks KB is in the attachement parenting camp, and might be sharing the bed with the parents. My little dude would most assuredly be getting up several times throughout the night if he was sleeping next to me KB....true or false?

http://www.nwac.us/products/archive/OSOMUR.2 No need to speculate when you have real data...according to the telemetry, Monday at noon, the temp at Muir was 22 degrees and the AVERAGE windspeed was 46 mph.

"super fun" is content

I need to replace my ASICS gel Trabucos. I'm trying to add trail running to my routine an've been keeping arch issues at bay by limiting my mileage and ramping slowly. My less than expert opinion thus far is that I need something more supportive than my Trabucos that double as a cragging/approach shoe. Given a touchy right arch, and my relatively recent ACL surgery I'd like to be put in the right shoe by someone that really knows what they are doing. Any recommendation on a Seattle area store that has both a good selection and knowledgeable staff....for trail runners specifically?

Agreed as far as the "not necessarily" part but I have a hard time imagining how we are going to be able to talk about what to do next and to repair the damage done without acknowledging, at least, that "mistakes were made." Understand - the question is how public that "acknowledgement" needs to be. A forward looking strategy can incorporate learnings from mistakes made whether they are publicly acknowledged or not. Whether you agree or not, the Republican view generally is that one of the primary deterrents to radical islam and terrorism is the threat of reprisal - often more extreme than the original offense.....see Israeli history and "Hamas Rules" This requires a showing of strength and resolve. This will inevitably set up a constant tension between what may be best for public trust/opinion and what may be the best strategy to "win the war on terror".

True that, and in the case of Iraq I think that will include showing a willingness to speak truthfully about what is and has taken place there rather than putting a whitewash on the whole thing and offering cheerleader stuff like saying it was a good idea and still is a good idea and we gotta honor the fallen; I actually think that the key to success in Iraq (aka a successful withdrawal) is understanding the mistakes that have been made, learning from them, and using them to shape a successful draw-down. How a person chooses to acknowledge them in the public realm...well....that's politics but not necessarily leadership.

The investigation concluded that 3 of the "Keating 5" had "substantially and improperly interfered with the FHLBB in its investigation of Lincoln Savings"....John McCain was not one of them. Also, the special investigator at the time recommended that the Senate Ethics Committee not pursue charges against McCain because of "no evidence against him". Please note, not a lack of substantial evidence, but rather NO evidence.

IMO, a persons true colors (depth of character, integrity, etc.) are revealed when the shit hits the fan. I think it would be foolish to elect someone solely on what he did 40 years ago. This account, simply adds dimension and perspective to a man that was huge amount of proven leadership experience. What will happen to Obama when the shit hits his presidential fan???? Who knows, and quite frankly the job's a little too important to risk it. He talks a great game (if you agree with his ideology), but has yet to demonstrate that he's anything more than a windbag of insprirational ideas.