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I think Scott made the best point, here. Good man, that one. Balls, brains, and a heart.

The latest pics we've got are from 7/22 - the 'old' route. New ones would be appreciated. Thanks.

Sat is summit day, Dog willing, but we'll be staying that night at Schurman. You'll see us...we'll be the party with the 11 year old. Come on over and say hi.

Am I a zit or an ass? Let's get our respectful non-mockery terminology straight, people.

My partner and I said the same thing in the Bugs parking lot. "Chicken wire? We don' need no steenkin' chicken wire." That night there were two porcupines under the car, chewing away. We were sleeping right next to the car, too. Just one data point, of course...or two, rather.

from Camp Schurman, the one that avoids the serac laden traverse? Anything to watch out for there? Heading out tomorrow morn. TIA

"no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The evangelical cult directly and actively opposes the basic American values embodied in the 14th Amendment of the Bill of Rights. No one seeks to deny these folks their right to worship as they see fit. When they seek to proscribe their beliefs to the nation as a whole backed by the rule of law, however, a strong response is required. And that is clearly and openly their agenda; to 'save this nation', the entire nation, for God. Only a secular nation can guarantee religious freedom (and that includes the right to reject religion entirely) for its citizens. This is a movement that seeks to establish a Christian nation. It's a clear threat to what this country is all about. To be an 'anti-Christian bigot', by definition, one would have to seek to discriminate, through the rule of law, against them. Their right to worship, to do their own family planning, to marry whom they choose. None of this is flowing in their direction. It's all coming from them. Thus, its perfectly appropriate for Americans who believe in common decency to counter their agenda.

By some estimates, nearly a third of voters in this country self identify as evangelicals. Every single one of them embraces and promotes bigotry. Nearly every single one of them votes for a party that actively works towards bigoted policies that seek to force women to have unwanted children under penalty of murder, deny them birth control, cancer screenings, and other forms of basic health care, and prevent 5% of the population from marrying the person they love. These are people who believe that anyone who does not share their particular brand of faith will be tortured for eternity. A significant portion of them believe the world will end within their lifetime (global warming? Why care?) What's the big deal?

Feller's got a raght to his o-pinion.

"Hey, come join our church. We're all about love." "Then why is your symbol a torture device?"

And all this over a copy-cat, dime-a-dozen resurrection/virgin birth/savior myth about a guy who, given the lack of any credible historical evidence, most likely never existed. Thanks, St. Paul.

One political party in this country embraces and encourages bigotry to win elections, and one does not. Fear is the root of hate. The evangelical movement is driven by fear of (mythical) eternal violence. It's pretty easy to see why it not only encourages, but requires, hatred. The good news is that Christianity, with the recent rise of the evangelical movement, has finally returned to its original doctrine based on violence and hatred of non-believers. Those phony, watered down versions that preached peace, love, and understanding are all but a memory. At the least the rest of us now know exactly what we're dealing with so we can act accordingly. And action is required to contain any potential damage to common American decency and the values of fairness, egalitarianism, and personal liberty this secular country was founded on that would certainly be caused by this cult if left unchecked. Save the country for God? Um...no thanks.

Nice comeback. Gore Vidal was once decked by Norman Mailer after he wrote a bad review. From the floor his response was "Once again, words fail Normal Mailer". Its funny that the whole anti gay marriage thing was manufactured by GOP congressmen in 1993 in response to a same sex marriage court case in Hawaii. All of a sudden, God hated fags and the Bible supported that view from the beginning. These tools are being used by a party of Nixon spawned shitheads willing to exploit the angry hairless monkey's darker nature, fear, hatred, xenophobia, ignorance, but you CAN blame them...they lap that shit up gleefully. They swagger in groups, but get one alone and, like any bully...psssssssss. There goes the balloon. In 10 years the whole gay thing will all be ancient history and the GOP will have to find another whiny pasture for their perpetually dispepsic flock. They'll probably always be with us, but long string of defeats indicates that their hay day has come and gone. From gay marriage to intelligent design, their asses are getting handed to them by good old common American decency, reason, and the rule of law.

Strawberry jam will remove that butter.

Lock your Spot while packing it and you'll be fine. If it leaks, get a BD Storm. The rest of your questions can be answered by the mfgr's websites.

The residents of Klearkuttia have been annoying the piss out of their betters since Lewis and Clark first wished they'd brought along more ammo.

That chick looks like she could beat me to the 100 m finish line running the opposite direction.

These two look like they might be aid climbers... d Nope. They're smiling.

Underground lines: Are 4 to 15 times more expensive per mile than overhead Last half as long Subject those above ground to much higher intensity electrical and magnetic fields Are far more difficult to repair (pinpointing the damage is much more difficult) Require noisy and expensive cooling equipment (overhead are, of course, air cooled), which degrades system reliability Require much more expensive easements Require much more embodied energy to install to name a few... Much like aid climbing, I'd bet those stupid overhead lines and the idiots who put them up are not going away any time soon. One of the best ways to improve grid efficiency and life cycle cost would be to build DC lines for distances of greater than about 500 miles...above ground, of course. This would also create jobs for overweight aid climbers. I think overhead lines might be less of a visual eyesore if they looked like War of the Worlds attack tripods, but that's probably just me. Perhaps the Burning Man People could design them - it might be the only way to gainfully employ them.

Jebus, this pic's like a fine wine.

That's cause you climbed it with team molasses in aid climbing you need a fitness level of a truck driver. last time i stopped at flying j plaza it looked like a bunch of wales beached themselves. then i realized they all drove trucks. aid climbing can compete with golf and poker of physical level. Oh, I don't know about that. I took several 5.11 shits while on the wall this summer. Miss the target and you've got an UF match on your hands with your ledge partner. Hell, just wrestling a bag-eating portaledge into position can burn upwards of 800 calories an hour, and that just accounts for the screaming. Regarding bravery, no type of climbing requires more. Belay with The Gigantor directly over head and no where to run and you'll quickly grok what I'm talking about. Just dodging Mike's Dropped Gear Rain of Death can give you a case of PTSD. If you've a mind to flash some C4 for us Bob, we're always hiring. Ivan's got a full set of bashies just aching for the tender mercies of a Eurobaddy like yourself.

Cyclocrossfit would be ubrakewl You want lazy? Two words: Big walls. Damn near read an entire book during one pitch. If I'm on lead, me partners could probably write one.

Either Peruvian or other guide services and/or local climbing clubs might be good resources to enlist.

When are you going to post your swallow video?