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Praise!

"Sometimes a Light Surprises"

These other old time spirituals also really lift me up: "The King Shall Rise When Morning Dawns", "Hiding in Thee", "Hold Fast Till I Come", and "Honey on the Rock".

One of my favorite hymns: "How Oft in Holy Converse"

I had the entire population infected with a sterilizing virus, then had every household on the planet with a PS2 or XBOX targeted with tactical nuclear weapons.

Every time I'm blessed with a solid coil I hum a bar of "O Lighter Day"

Temperature -30F. For three straight days and nights 30 mph winds have beat the tent like a frozen inferno; the excrutiating pressure behind my eyes builds with each snap. My tentmate lies comatose; he rises only to squirt what little diarrhea he can muster from his wasted form. And all the while, in the distance, the strum of a 12 string guitar coaxes forth yet another verse of "Kumbaya, My Lord, Kumbaya...."

With any luck the Promise Keepers will offer their Message to the Angels the day after the latter run out of meth and booze, and a whole lot of Euro bystanders will get a free short course on the Diversity of American Culture.

I've always looked up to Cheney as a kind of father figure.

the "Hell's Angels Mount McKinley" expedition has to have someone's ass to kick while they're up there.

Nice sweater.

Freedom of movement, a little weight savings (some knickers were cotton...the bottom leg of the pant would just get wet, heavy, and cold anyway, others were heavy wool: cutting off the calf saved significant weight), and heat dissipation, mostly. I 'knickerize' my pants a fair bit of the time. Note the thick wooly knee socks...I don't think anybody got too much colder back then for lack of long pants.

Microfibre dude. This shirt comes in white, too. You gotta love that the guy who's posted this pic about 15 times now is barely squeeking through the Intermediate Course. Every time he posts it it reminds me of how sweet the NE Butt of Goode was.

That's over six pounds of water to be lugging around!

I could have used something like this on a massive scree slog down in the Sierras back in Oct. I munched on Clif Bloks but clearly not enough- cramping that demanded stopping and eating for a while. Sometimes I feel like I'm not hard enough when I'm munching all kinds of gels and snacks and hydrating during a climb and a partner is barely taking anything in and gets kind of sullen towards the end of the day... The true hard men neither eat nor drink. Ever. Many don't sleep, either. If you find yourself eating and drinking during anything less than a 36 hour continuous push, you might think about taking up scuba diving.

Well, SWA, studies of top endurance athletes have shown that bacon cheese burger cravings are really just a masked homoestatic response to dangerously low blood alcohol. This condition can lead to a thickening of the blood, feelings of general dissatisfaction, poor humor, timidness among members of the opposite sex, and excessive longevity. It can become dangerous, should your partner take extreme exception to your incessant whining. By all means, have the bacon cheese burger, but don't kid yourself that you've addressed the root cause of your condition; you need to elevate your blood alcohol level as soon after cravings begin as possible.

Adventure racing.

Mallory was both gymnast and nudist.

Annabelle? I fucked her.

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Electrolyte pills will get rid of those exclamation points for ya.

typo corrected.

As opposed to old style salt pills, which you can also purchase, which are not balanced for humans.

You can purchase them online or at bike stores. Ecaps and Endurolytes are two brands. They are electrolytes balanced for humans. Running out of electrolytes is the most common problem endurance athletes encounter. This condition can manifest itself as cramping, fatigue, clumsiness, fuzzy thinking, thirst (common) and hunger. There are no negative side affects; this is stuff your body needs to function. Anecdote: when I first started training for AR, I ran a 25 mile trail with about 11,500' of gain. I didn't use electrolyte pills. About 15 minutes after I finished, I experience massive cramping in my legs and back (from using trek poles). Not fun. I started using electrolyte pills. Six weeks later I ran an 80 mile race (including mtn. biking and white water) with 16,000' of gain. 25 hours of continuous motion. Not one cramp.

Tired, moldy reduxs are not appropriate in this hallowed hall of the greats, KKK. If you cannot rise the appropriate level of respect, you're not welcome here: Quietly leave a donation and slink out the side door.