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Haven't you ever had any purple?

Ain't that the truth.

heh...these "two" together. funny candidate one candidate two

You could probably have a metalsmith make you a new piece, but that would probably be more expensive than buying an old pair of 404s on ebay and parting them out.

found this guy like 2 or 3 meters up the start on sam n' cams with Mike a few years ago. Pulled him out with my nut tool.

Yeah, but so can women.

I rescued a dog off Mt. Pugh once -- a big, beautiful chocolate lab with sad eyes. Her owner thought it would be fun to try to take her scrambling, and the dog thought it would be fun to go running down an ice field. Poor dog must have tumbled 200 feet down the Mt. Pugh saddle before coming to a rest with a shattered leg. It was like a wet sock, flopping around. We were all convinced the leg would have to come off, but I guess they were able to save it, pin the bones together and reconstruct the ACL and MCL. After the Sheriff refused to send in a rescue team for the dog, the owner proceeded to climb down and get himself stuck, too, at which case a rescue was organized and you know the rest of the story. FYI, dog's don't really like being littered and lowered. That was my first real mission as an attendant during a lower, incidentally. She was scared enough to shit on me. All because the owner thought it would be fun to take his dog scrambling.

I bet this June will be a lot like last June -- lots of snow. Jeez, even last August Cady Ridge and the Tatoosh were still under snow.

I love the weekend because it gives me time to do laundry and clean the house #fml

I'm glad, I hope they remove it quickly.

Site says the propellant is CO2

did I hear someone talking about CBT?

I'm a big believer in self-learned skills and I found the atmosphere of the Mountaineers stifling and uncomfortable -- but there are plenty of guys here who have great things to say about structured learning. Also, for a new guy who doesn't know anybody, the clubs offer a sure-fire way to learn basic skills AND meet like-minded individuals. I did the basic climbing course with the Mountaineers, but I couldn't stand the club enough to do any of the course climbs, I went out climbing with my friends instead.

I used to think vantage was a worthless choss pile until I saw the giant piles of dirt that they climb down in Oregon.

Woman commits suicide with chainsaw

the USS Cole was an inside job. RON PAUL!!!!

Hey Austin, as far as finding partners: your best bet is probably to check back here in a few months when you're in town and ready to go do something. Not many people plan that far ahead, so if you post something in the partner's forum like "newbie looking to go cragging this weekend" or something, you might find some takers. Just be honest when describing your abilities -- there are plenty of people who don't mind taking new guys out. Additionally, since you're moving into the area, you might start looking into some of the climbing clubs we have around here. The Mountaineers, BOEALPs and the Washington Alpine Club come to mind. They all offer basic mountaineering courses which will cover things like belaying, basic knots and ropework, basic safety techniques like escaping a belay, etc. They're not the only way to learn, but some people like the organized setting (I don't). I think they mostly start their classes in January, so you could start planning for next winter. Also, buy a copy of Freedom of the Hills or The Mountaineering Handbook (or both) and read them cover to cover. That will give you something to do until June!

'specially if our enemies look like this! ... I would have given her the defense codes, too. What can I say?

What is it good for? Conquering and subjugating people. Worked for the Romans fine. Fuck yeah. The human race will do much better when we discover other intelligent species to dominate. We need more intergalactic warfare.

Elephant runs amok, enters rail station

And the elephants. Let's be fair, here

Elephants are violent.

A better way to limit unnecessary warfare would be to reduce military spending. I think that definitely would be better than a new draft. Don't you think? You guys are crazy.

I don't see what difference that will make, at the end of the day the guys in washington are never the guys being sent over to die -- draft or no draft. Wide-scale conscription of our entire youth seems a high price to pay for the hopes that some of the old white guys might happen to have draft-age male children. I guess you could call that the "take you down with me" approach. Interesting. Personally, I can't think of anything less American than the draft. If "the people" truly support a war, they'll contribute. If not, well, then I guess they don't care enough anyway, so it's moot. That's how it's supposed to work. Fucking A.

That worked really well in the past, that's why we never had crazy stupid wars nobody wanted until 9/11 right? Fucking genius