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I'm all for sharing stoke... but this is so content-free it's pointless. Don't you have any pictures or stories?
"super fun" is content
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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?
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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".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.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."
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We are in the most dire of times and we need someone who WILL do what is right.
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.
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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.
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So you think a stirring account of how his cellmate was the most decorated veteran in history and McCain too was a pretty solid guy in captivity 35 years ago really has a lot to do with his "character" in a manner that is relevant to whether he'll make a good president now?
I'd look more at his performance in the Senate in recent years, myself. You could certainly make a good case that he has been an advocate for reform of campaign financing and that he has on some issues bucked his own party so that shows some measure of independece -- both good things in my view. (Though I think he has not shown that as president he will necessarily continue to demonstrate these traits.)
But to say we should elect him because he was a good soldier? I don't get it.
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.
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yes, and as this fair and balanced video indicates, Obama HUSSIEN is not
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Porter - what about this man's eye witness testimony (in the Mccain video) do you question? Do you think he's lying?
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sounds like a man of character to me
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The big question is, what attribute is more valuable in a president....character, or charisma. My vote's for character.
how ironic, I remember hearing this argument before, like 8 years ago.
How is that ironic?
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How long before one of the cc.com conservatives come on to defend their brave leader?
can we instead make tasteless black jokes?
I'm in.
Let's not sink to their level gentlemen. I am sure we can ride off of the coke useage, shady realestate deals, slum lord buddies, flip flopping on the war, his anarchic pastor (whom he said he would never abandon... we see how long that lasted), his wanton disregard for the common man and for just being a smug bitch!
The big question is, what attribute is more valuable in a president....character, or charisma. My vote's for character.
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I just listened to the speech in full. I also hope he is able to deliver, if even half of his ideas.
No matter the outcome, I do find it inspiring and cant believe for a moment that there wasnt an inkling of pride and truth in his speech (for both himself and the country), considering his accomplishments. Truley a historic moment.
Im honored to have had the speech take place on my home turf!
Cant wait for the hoopla of the RNC. I recently heard they passed a temporary law allowing bars in the city to stay open until something like 4am. Of course the bar owners have to pay a ton of money for the permit.
carolyn
Ummm....just what ARE his accomplishments?
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I am just getting into mountaineering, and I got a pair of Patagonia guide pants. My question is how are the supposed to fit? They feel great in the waist and crotch area, but they are close fitting on the legs, is this normal? I wouldn't call them tight, but they fit much closer to my legs than a pair of jeans. I have great movement in them, and a little room for an insulation layer.
Great pants! - I love mine. IMO less extra fabric in the legs is a good thing as it lowers the odds of catching them with your crampons.
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civic. cheap to own, cheap to operate. ~40mpg. Fold down seats allow for skis inside.
Haven't used my ski rack in 3 years!
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My parents had a beautiful half wolf.
We always kept it on a leash but it was a really mellow female.
One night around 2:30AM I was walking her in the park. There was no one around so I let her off the leash. We ran about a mile when we came to a clearing. Just as we entered it, a woman entered from the other side. My dog trotted up to her just to check her out. She totally freaked out, fell on her back and put her legs up to keep my dog away from her. She was terrified. I grabbed Sheila as fast as I could but the woman was already in tears. Sheila was not aggressive nor did she growl or bear her teeth. But this woman had no way to know that Sheila was a gentle dog.
I suggest you rember that with your pit bulls Muffy. They are bred to be aggressive. Most of them will respond to good training but some simply do not. Any stranger would be stupid to trust them.
I grew up with Boxers and my hunny grew up with Mastiffs. we are very familiar with bully breeds.
i am not a fan of any dog being off leash. some don't need to be leashed but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be. but then i don't like other peoples kids to walk up to me either. they don't bite (usually) but it is still awkward. The bully breed dogs that i have known were absolutely docile unless they thought that someone in their family was in any kind of danger. I had no doubt as a kid that Lady would not let anyone in the house who would hurt me. yet my ritual with her every morning was to lay down on the floor in the morning so we could wrestle and she would lick my face. my mom babysat kids and Lady would just sit there when the kids would paw all over her and pull her ears. Mom mom ran with Lady every morning. she was well behaved on a leash and would sit by my mom's foot if any other dog was around. she was not very socialized and I think I will do that differently. I would like my dog to be more social. however, I will not ever leave my dog tied in front of a store, or at the bottom of a climb. that is not fair to the dog or the other people around.
(I am really excited to get a dog
) So if you want a dog to play nice with the kids, get a lab. The question is what do you get with "pit" that you wouldn't get with less aggressive breed.....why risk it? Given the litigious nature of our society, are you really going to trust your family's financial future to a dog's ability to rightly judge "when someone in their family was in any kind of danger".
The breed is not agressive they are protective. I don't care for Labs. Bully breeds are no more a risk than any other dog. they require training and like any other breed if they are too inbred they are more likely to no function well in society. as far as the protective nature of some breeds Mastiffs Boxers Pitbulls Rots and others, they were specificly bred to go to war (mastifs and rots) Bull mastiffs were bred to attack people who were tresspassing. It is in their breeding to know when someone is not suposed to be on the property. I am fully aware of how you and other uneducated people view bully breed dogs and frankly i am totaly uninterested. The only dogs i have ever seen attack inappropriately were not bully breed. one was indeed a black lab that nearly tore the face of it's owners child. so there.
Muff...I'm hardly uneducated, but we can compare pedigrees via PM if you'd like. Agression is due to both nature and nurture....so my point was why would you want a dog that you had to train to not be a lethal weapon given all the other options out there. I've not yet heard a person list a strength of the "bully breeds" that isn't present in spades in other less aggressive breeds. Can you list some positive traits of pit bulls and will see if they are somehow unique?
Once will biking down the Burke Gilman (at the park near bothel), I came upon quite a spectacle. Two pitbulls, apparently from the same litter, on a forked leash, in a death match, tethered together by the same leash that the frantic screaming sobbing owner was walking them with not 2 minutes earlier. Apparently something triggered a disaggreement, and they both "snapped". She tried in vain for 3 minutes to separate them while their blood was running all over the paved trail. Finally, after 5 minutes, someone heeded my advice (I might have stepped in myself but I was in bike cleats and not particularly nimble) and dragged the duo by the leash into the lake until they could no longer touch bottom and they had to separate or drown. Actually one slipped it's collar and swam to shore, and once secured, the other was carried in. I think they both lived, but it was pretty traumatic to them and everyone within a 300 yard radius.
Every since, I've been pretty down on pitbulls. Of course, not all breeds have the wow value of a pit bull, but if you need a dog to look cool, you've got problems.
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Mrs Smith and I need a new car. In contention are the Mazda 3, 4 dr sedan, Toyota Matrix, 5 dr hatch back, and Honda Civic 4dr sedan. Any experience with these cars, either bad or good would be appreciated.
I've got a 97 civic with 150K miles. Other than routine maintenance, and one $200 CV Joint fix, I've not spent a dime on the car. Another thing to consider (if this is for climbing pursuits) is a secure trunk. My civic has a locking mechanism on the interior trunk latch and fold down seats so someone who breaks a window doesn't gain auto entry into the trunk and its contents. A determined thief could certainly find a way no doubt, but it does give a little added security if you are leaving it at trailheads etc. This is one reason I prefer a sedan over a hatchback.
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My parents had a beautiful half wolf.
We always kept it on a leash but it was a really mellow female.
One night around 2:30AM I was walking her in the park. There was no one around so I let her off the leash. We ran about a mile when we came to a clearing. Just as we entered it, a woman entered from the other side. My dog trotted up to her just to check her out. She totally freaked out, fell on her back and put her legs up to keep my dog away from her. She was terrified. I grabbed Sheila as fast as I could but the woman was already in tears. Sheila was not aggressive nor did she growl or bear her teeth. But this woman had no way to know that Sheila was a gentle dog.
I suggest you rember that with your pit bulls Muffy. They are bred to be aggressive. Most of them will respond to good training but some simply do not. Any stranger would be stupid to trust them.
I grew up with Boxers and my hunny grew up with Mastiffs. we are very familiar with bully breeds.
i am not a fan of any dog being off leash. some don't need to be leashed but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be. but then i don't like other peoples kids to walk up to me either. they don't bite (usually) but it is still awkward. The bully breed dogs that i have known were absolutely docile unless they thought that someone in their family was in any kind of danger. I had no doubt as a kid that Lady would not let anyone in the house who would hurt me. yet my ritual with her every morning was to lay down on the floor in the morning so we could wrestle and she would lick my face. my mom babysat kids and Lady would just sit there when the kids would paw all over her and pull her ears. Mom mom ran with Lady every morning. she was well behaved on a leash and would sit by my mom's foot if any other dog was around. she was not very socialized and I think I will do that differently. I would like my dog to be more social. however, I will not ever leave my dog tied in front of a store, or at the bottom of a climb. that is not fair to the dog or the other people around.
(I am really excited to get a dog
) So if you want a dog to play nice with the kids, get a lab. The question is what do you get with "pit" that you wouldn't get with less aggressive breed.....why risk it? Given the litigious nature of our society, are you really going to trust your family's financial future to a dog's ability to rightly judge "when someone in their family was in any kind of danger".
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The sweating thing is definitely possible....the "breathability" aspect of a goretex boot lining is quickly compromised as the pores get clogged by dirt and oils from your feet. Also, it's possible that the outer fabric being wet allowed the boots to conduct cold more readily to your feet, making them feel wet. I had a pair of trangos, and scotchgarded the outer fabric to make it more water repellent to avoid this, especially since they aren't particularly warm boots to begin with.
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I just got a pair of La Sportiva Trango's and tried them out on Hood this weekend.
One concern I have for the boots is the waterproofing!
Other than that, they worked great!
Has anyone out there done any additional waterproofing to yours?
Are they goretex....if so, are you sure that water made it's way into the boot through the membrane, or did it go down through the top of the boot?
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since i'm a genius, i get all my medical advice from teh interwebs
so what the hell have i done to myself? after 3 decades of living a pretty active life, i can't recall an injury like this - my right lower leg is fawked - i feel it when climbing and i try pivoting all my weight onto the leg when the knee is bent - it's not the knee that hurts, but just below it where the bones plug in - it doesn't hurt when just walking around, but whenver climbing, as soon as i try doing the oh-so-sporto movement where i'm moving all my wieght from one side of my body to the other, it sings - it's made me a more intelligent climber lately as i've had to figure out ways to avoid being in that position - at any rate, the upper calf is so tweaked now b/c of the bones hurting that its becoming like a permanent charlie horse and pissing me off
it's clearly not a major medical disaster, but is there anything i should be doing beyond the simple ice n' advil thing? i'd try not to climb on it, but it's like a drug no? at any rate, i'm wondering if running and stair-climbing aren't helping aggravate the situation anyhow. should i just get meself a shiny new bionic leg? anyone hurt their leg like this before? its a new one for me...
I had a similar experience and it was my IT band.....look up the various stretches for it on the interwebs if you get a chance. Also, I bought a foam roller and give it a couple sessions a week.....haven't had any issues for a couple years.
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Blake - I've got a WM Hilite, and the synthetic version of the MB - #7 ~ 50 degrees. I think the WM is a bit lighter that the MB down offering, but it's also cut fairly narrow (I've got broad shoulders), so not much room to move, and the stretchiness of the MB is really nice considering you are in an already close-cut bag. Also while I've not snagged/torn either, the shell fabric on the MB seems a bit more resilient, at least based on the touch test. I think you could see both of them at Jim Nelson's shop, and he'd have a more educated opinion.
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Lost: one very large black woman's bra on approach to dreamer years ago.
We warned you about the scene in SLC, and you wouldn't listen. Now look at what your idea of "entertainment" is
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I've got the Garmont Towers and love them, but they are a bit heavy to end up in the pack. Vetta Plus is a similar design, but lighter. I've climbed ~ 5.5 in the Towers pretty easily. Now that I've got a heavy duty pair of leather mountaineering boots, I wish I had the Vettas vs. the Towers. The only thing about the Vetta is they are still over 3 pounds....for a non-waterproof low-top, this still is a bit on the heavy side. Garmont also has a ~ heavy duty approach shoe out this year called the Dragontail....looks pretty cool, but too new to have any reviews, and I don't know what retailers in the Seattle area have them to try on. They are supposed to be a step up from the
"Sticky Cat" in support and durability, which is good because I blew through the lightweight mesh on my sticky cat on the first day out.
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Thanks for the tip on the guidebook, got it last week and have been thumbing through it....getting Psyched!
Other questions to throw out there.....
The book calls for double sets of stoppers for many of the routes, and says hexes work well. Thoughts? - should I bring the hexes?
Also, what are your thoughts about the ratings at the Leap compared to say, Leavenworth or Index or J-Tree. We are trying to pull together a tick list of climbs, but want to make sure we're not overshooting our leading abilities.
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have you looked at the Garmont Vetta?
Not a good start to the week
in Climber's Board
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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.