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My condolences to the family and friends.

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But, did you FREE it?

Sounds like "Scrappie". I told my wife, whatever you do, don't bring home a long haired male cat as I'm allergic to cats and they are the worst. Of course, she brings home a female short hair, and a male long hair. He was filthy, the vet said he'd never seen so many mites on a kitten. My wife said "I named him Kai". I said, "I aint callin that scrappie thing Kai". So,"Scrappie-Kai" it was. Funny thing is, he ended up thinking he was a dog. When we got him his eyes were still closed and when they opened up, he modeled after our black lab puppy. He followed that damn dog everywhere, even on walks with us. He'd try to catch the frisbee like the dog would too. I'm not one for cats but he was pretty cool. Feisty little bastard though, brought in dead or half dead animals all day long, every day. Guess that's why he ended up getting munched by the coyotes a couple summers ago. To bad it was not our other worthless cat that is to lazy to go outside to pee, just does it in the planters. RIP Scrappie. He loved sleeping half in/out of the door like this.

You want some Beeotch?

Kitty pron.

Free? no - it's probably a .12ish route like the other ledge routes and not remotely in my neighborhood - i'll belay you if you wanna give it a go though Kevbone doesn't waste his time on those easy routes.

I suppose that's like driving on the freeway without wearing a seat belt and using the rationale that you've been doing it for years and never got in a wreck. For me, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I've never had the pleasure of getting giardiasis but know enough people who have that I certainly don't want to risk it. Most of the folks I know who have gotten it, did so here in the US and some of them suffered from it for many years after the fact. I'd much rather be "un-informed" if it keeps me from getting a nasty bug like giardiasis. BTW, I have a cheap WalMart car camping tent and it is a total piece of crap. I knew that when I bought it for $50 but wanted a tent for stuff like concerts and such so I would not have to worry about it getting stolen. The zippers suck, the poles suck, it it a pain to set up (compared to some of my nice, expensive tents) and it leaks a bit too. Ya get what-cha pay for, at least most of the time.

I'm hoping to get out Wed, maybe Thur but the rains are supposed to be coming by then. Well have to wait and see what the weather is like come Sat.

Isn't that MISUNDERMOUNTAINESTIMATE?

Glad you got out Ben, I felt kind of guilty for not going. On the other hand, my house was shaking most of the day when getting buffeted by the east winds and I was nice and cozy inside. Anyone up for one more jaunt mid week?

Still expensive, but ya save a few bucks.

i saw an infomercial about those things. they come with 2 sham-wows and a Tom Vu seminar. the reviews I read on amazon.com didn't seem to give me a good impression. Not surprised.

Smells good in there too, eh?

Anyone try the new Kodak printers? They are cheap and so are the ink cartridges. I'm pretty jaded to any Kodak product though as I hate the "Not So Easy Share" software they have for digital cameras. Kodak Printers I would NEVER buy another Kodak digital camera but maybe someone has used these new printers and can offer some feedback? My Dad keeps saying he is getting one but we'll see. I go through the HP ink carts like candy and they are very expensive. I tried the refill option for a while but it seemed like I got less printing out of them and the quality sucked too.

I used to filter but found it is usually a pain in the ass, especially in areas where the filter gets clogged easily, like Alaska. I use the tabs and bring the ones that have the "anti-iodine" follow up tabs to get rid of the iodine taste.

Similar alternative currency ideas are popping up all around the country. We have one here in the gorge now too... Columbia Gorge River Hours

My wife is certainly got the Obama fever... she thinks he walks on water. Personally, I am skeptically optomistic. I am hoping he can deliver on much of the rhetoric and he seems to be quite capable and also seems to have a "balanced" approach but he sure has his work cut out for him right now. I'm also still pretty suspect of ANY politician, especially one that arose out of Chicago. All we can do is wait and see, and do our own part as well.

Someone was on Jill's the other day when we did the corner. Wind is really going now but at least the sun is supposed to be out again on Sunday. Buuurrrly in the shade for sure, not so bad in the sun though. Pretty sure Geoff was out today, maybe he can give an update on the epic-ness?

like trying to convince someone all their political beliefs are wrong, even when they've shown they'll never-ever change them? That's what make going to my parent's house for dinner so much fun... we can keep hashing out the same old crap and both sides will always know how wrong the other side still is.

Great shots!

The wind is nuking pretty steady right now. I was running down the trail yesterday and it felt like I was being pushed up backwards. Temps have been in the mid 30's but plenty of sunshine.

Both my wife & I look forward to when our kids are old enough that we can, once again, spend a summer or three up there. Till then, I will have to live vicariously through others here online.

I'll be in Vegas from Wed Feb 18 - Tue Feb 22nd. Hoping to get on some of the longer, sunny classics... Solar Slab, Black Orpheus, whatever is in the sun. I'm going for a buddy's wedding that will be on Sat so I'm likely not going to be climbing on Fri or Sat but hoping to get out to RR all the other days I'm there so long as the weather is good enough. PM if you will be in the area then. I'm also hoping to hook up with some of my old climbing partners from back in the day when I lived there.