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Ummmmm, haven't most (all?) COX2 inhibitors been withdrawn from the market due to increased risk of MI?

Eh, forget Abe Lincoln. Rutherford Hayes is da man! At least if you live in Paraguay...

Except he died due to rope failure (or should I say cord failure), rather than tool failure...

The thing is, if all y'all would look to the right of the video on youtube, where they have a link and and embed tag, you'd see that on the embed tag it says "embedding disabled by request" -- then you wouldn't have to guess which videos will show up properly and which won't.

Nylon or hemp?

What, you mean this guy?

John Prine [video:youtube]F5axlwCBXC8

No, that's not an oxymoron. Take a break from the political debates and read up on your favorite buggy-riding luddites linky

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Pretty simple -- people can click on your username, and a little drop-down menu appears. At the bottom is the option to "View Photos". Or they can follow this here linky

I doubt you'd get the names of the individual rescuers, but the sheriff's office that coordinated the rescue should be able to tell you what units were involved. You could then make a donation to those units and possibly try to get the individuals' names from those units directly.

They have offices in the building that I work in in Bellevue. Sobo, if you want to get me a copy of your badge, I could access your offices after hours and retrieve the print jobs. We could have ourselves a tidy source of supplemental income in these tough economic times.

It's kinda like siege-climbing a sidewalk: [video:youtube]9U0tDU37q2M

Conveniently, Sobo's office probably has one (or several) of them fancy color plotters you could use to print yourself out some topos...

well, I am a champion breast chicken-stroker T,FTFY

Do you think Summer Falls will still be in on Sunday?

Genepires is right -- in a haul system, the most efficient pulleys should go where there is the most rope running through them. Typically that's closest to the hauling end of the rope. Here's a little Rescue Dynamics article about efficiency in a 3:1.

Chuck Norris

I'm awed by the profound lack of bitching about a crag closure due to nesting birds...

looks very nice. wonder if it will hold up until this weekend...

Trip: Hyalite Canyon, MT - Date: 1/30/2009 Trip Report: Having been bitten by the Hyalite ice bug back in December, I knew I had to get back out there. Finally managed to do that this past weekend, when five of us headed out for three days of climbing. We drove out there, leaving on Thursday afternoon and returning Sunday night. Friday afternoon was spent at Genesis I. We put up a couple of top ropes on the left side of the flow as warm up and ran laps the rest of the day. The entire G1 area is thoroughly picked out and you can hook your way to to the top of all of the routes. Shannon leading up G1 Dwayne basking in the sun on G1 The next day had us return to G1 to try some of the harder flows to the right. Some people did well, but my lardball ass kept me from getting too far off the ground. In the afternoon we moved to Genesis II, where we ran out the day. With a weather system moving in Saturday was colder and far windier. Me attempting (and eventually failing) to lead G2 On Sunday we headed out to the Amphitheater, where we climbed on Fat Chance. Fat Chance was a very enjoyable line. We had plans to check out Mummy 1 and 2 but never got around to it as we had too much fun here. Mustache Ride looked like there wasn't very much holding the top in place against the rock, and the climbs were all a little wet. (l-r)Fat Chance, Mustache Ride, Thin Chance Henry starting up Fat Chance Overall, another excellent trip to Hyalite. The ice is fat, the road is plowed, go climb.

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Fifth grade at St. Williams with Sister Maria Roberto... had just gotten home for lunch and it was all over the news. The school didn't say anything about it until the following morning...

Wikipedia has an entry with the conversions to various grades as well.

Dwayne finally put his pictures up on flickr. starting up the couloir Toast nearing the steeper portion my belay stance for the next two hours Dwayne trying to get us up the face Toast having a go of it the scenic views on our descent