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Might be nice to post that video somewhere publicly accessible, assuming it does not violate the copyrights of any still existing holders. I'd certainly love to see it.

The second edition apparently came out in 2008. More info here

Use Handbrake. Works like a charm. Set the video to MPG-4 and the audio to AAC and you should be all set.

Trip: Lane Peak - The Zipper Date: 2/20/2009 Trip Report: My friend Henry and I took advantage of the good weather and avalance forecast and tagged Lane Peak via the Zipper today. Left the car at 9am on slowshoes, and we were at the base of the climb at 10:30. Floatation was handy once we started climbing up from the creek to the base of the climb. Me approaching the start of the climb The snow was ~15-20 inches of soft stuff over hard crust, so we decided to skip roping up and soloed the couloir. It took a little over an hour. We had lunch at the top, took in the views, and relaxed for a while. Visibility was great, with St. Helens, Adams and Hood all being out. We had a hard time not staring at Rainier -- the Tatoosh make for a great vantage point. Henry in the couloir Me on the top of the couloir We thought about heading up that first (climber's right) gully to the summit, but decided to traverse to the west where we found what was the normal summit route. We tagged the summit, rapped down and started our descent by 2pm. On the descent we forgot about the bit of info that Layback75 posted about taking the leftmost gully and it took us a while to find the right place to descend. We were at the car a little after four, with the whole trip taking a tad over seven hours. Gear Notes: We brought a bunch but didn't use any of it. Approach Notes: Another couple of days like today would consolidate the soft snow in the couloir and make the climb perfect. Skis would have been good. No flotation necessary 'till the meadow. There is an obvious snowshoe track.

They're not up on their website yet, and apparently won't be available until March. Bill, you're such a cock tease...

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 COX2 inhibitors been withdrawn from the market due to increased risk of MI?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...