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Also, crocs and those Tom's shoes they sell at wholefoods

You're kidding yourself if you think other people's actions don't influence your convictions. At least, I hope so! Scary. Cheers tho!

It's OK FW, I still love you, cause you ride bikes.

You seem to think a lot of stuff is "very strange." Are you still scratching your head trying to figure out if the russian painting of leavenworth was a false flag operation? OMG THE TIMING IS JUST TOO SUSPICIOUS!!! Seriously.

Are public schools outperforming private schools?

This is such an adolescent mindset. It's cool until the dweebs begin to like it, then it's not so cool. pssh, your mom is adolescent. Haven't you ever noticed somebody doing something retarded, and then realized, "wait, I do that too!" and then been disgusted and tried to become someone better? You must have been born perfect

I would respect raindawg a lot more if he didn't give the impression of automatic knee-jerk anti-bolting responses. OMG BOLT? BAD! It's like he can't even think about it, it's just some kind of chemical reaction that bubbles up anytime there is the word "bolt" in a thread. It's almost like a bot. Is he even real? I've asked him directly several times if there was an example of a single bolt anywhere that he agreed with and he's seemingly refused to answer that question, so I suppose I'll talk about him in the 3rd person. Ironically, I used to be pretty anti-bolt when I first started climbing years ago and it's Raindawg's attitude that has directly led me to viewing bolts from a more favorable perspective.

Would you rather mountains be privately held? one could make an argument that functionally, they already are.

If you don't mind borrowing or renting, then buying second hand isn't a stretch. They're available used all the time, and they're easy to test. I mean, just saying. I bought a brand-new beacon, but it's turned into a used one and seems to still be working.

Yeah, I'm trying not to get too excited. Hoping that some of my XC skills might translate, but not totally expecting it. I'm thinking more about making mellow approaches more enjoyable rather than going all Hummel Helmstadter or Skoog. Like skiing up to Muir, stashing the skis, climbing the Gibraltar Ledges in boots, and returning to the skis for a nice ride back to the rig. Baby steps. You guys are helpful. I may solicit advice in the future regarding gear selection, but I think I'll rent first and try different set-ups, which is something I rarely do before buying gear. I found skiing to be a lot like playing the guitar -- SUPER easy to learn, but harder to be really good at. You'll be surprised how much you'll learn in just a few days at the resort, especially if you throw a half-day lesson in.

Indeed. Every time I am out with a splitboarder who has to stop and turn his board back into skis because the terrain levels out, I am grateful that people on cc.com convinced me to learn to ski instead.

shucksans on EVO right now for $199. http://www.evo.com/outlet/skis/k2-shuksan.aspx

as in life. Don't be such a whiner. Also, Mountainproject is lame.

geez guys, I wonder why we don't get more women around here

possession is 9/10th of the law

I'm looking forward to seeing tea party candidates challenge moderate republicans in the primaries. Either the moderate republican will suddenly fall over himself to prove he's extreme enough, or the teaparty candidate will win the nomination. Either way, democrats will pick up the seat.

I wish someone would put an anchor on top of dogleg, that poor tree is developing notches. PM me, I'll even pay for the hardware. also, holy fuck there is a lot of butt hurt in this thread. Raindawg, how do you even sit down? One of those donut pillows?

"their" way, as if campaign finance reform is a liberal issue. Or is it? I know the old man is a fan of it. But maybe he's not tea party enough to be considered a republican these days.

so if you consider unlimited corporate campaign contributions qualify as free speech, exactly what part of campaign finance do you believe is an 800-pound gorilla?

I don't know any righties who would disagree with you--particularly your last sentence. Welcome to the dark side. I heard the Cock brothers are particularly worried about campaign finance.

don't vaccines cause retardation? only if you're homeschooled

Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ'

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