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  1. Depends. Some (objective and subjective) factors: 1)Setting (including weather, proximity) 2)Other people (people in your party, belay partner) I'd break some of it up into personal mistakes (eg overestimating one's ability on the rock; free soloing) and mistakes others make (eg other parties on an alpine route). There's a whole shitload of things one could mention (equipment, etc). See above and other sources like Accidents in NAmerican Mtneering.
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    Gas Tax Holiday

    I could use a holiday
  3. jealous spouse or your mom
  4. Sounds like a simple yes or no answer doesn't it? It depends. I don't believe a toy gun in itself is bad. Just like I don't believe an air rifle (like Red Ryders) is bad. It takes some judgment on the part of the parents and their ability to instill good judgment and sense in their children. I am a believer in responsible gun ownership and that includes teaching your child to properly use and manage a firearm.
  5. Gee, I thought that's what the safety is for.
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    this is wrong

    Why is it that villains who populate the superhero universe are all insane? And, why is the authority of law and order glorified and elevated as the highest ideal?
  7. Builder, you are MR. GUN LAW. No question there. BTW, do you favor the push by Congressman Crapo (R-Idaho)?
  8. Man, I love Texas. It should be a country of its own. Is that lady(?) wearing a picnic tablecloth?
  9. So is it the way the prop is displayed or handled that causes the problem? Or, is it the mere sight of a weapon that is perceived as a threat? Should the presence of a weapon alone cause undue alarm in people? It's as if we've been conditioned to fear the sight of a weapon in the hands of someone especially after the recent shootings in the malls and schools. On a different matter, what about the recent talk surrounding the relaxation of gun laws restricting the carrying of concealed weapons on national park lands? Doesn't it make sense for someone with a CWP to pack a weapon if he knows he's in an area where the nearest police would not arrive in time to help him?
  10. What do you see? -- source It's hard to see the dolphins, huh? WuIzwOgQ1_w
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    For JayB

    "...I was sitting writing on my textbook, but the work did not progress; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were gamboling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by the repeated visions of the kind, could now distinguish larger structures of manifold conformation; long rows sometimes more closely fitted together all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes. As if by a flash of lightning I awoke; and this time also I spent the rest of the night in working out the consequences of the hypothesis." -- Kekule dreams the benzene structure, 1864
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    how not to rappel

    Retarded. The retarded family... UQVajL4m5y0
  13. Demographic profile of CC: http://www.quantcast.com/cascadeclimbers.com
  14. I don't know if you're into aesthetics or not, or if you're doing this as some sort of penance, but I'd recommend using a lighter carrying weight of 45-48 lbs for training and for actually climbing Rainier. That's my personal preference but I also enjoyed doing peaks such as Challenger, Prussik, and even Baker via Boulder Glacier. I read somewhere that you tend to thrash your body when you exceed the lactate threshold, deplete your glycogen stores, and it takes approx. 3 days to recover fully (either Twight's book or Friel's Triathletes Training Bible). I believe it's a lifestyle thing. I had a training plan more or less. For instance, I'd train with a heart rate monitor and got some objective feedback. Anyway, my two cents... Have fun!
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    UNNATURAL CAUSES

    Jack LaLanne's recipe for happiness & sanity: eat more fresh food, get more physical activity, and burst out in song in public from time to time NEboAJf9UVc
  16. Alarmism: Gore's Inconvenient Truth --source: Hurricances and... Or alarmism: 10 of the Most Important Economic Events of the Last 10 Years: Collapsing the Economy in the Buildup to World War III I-16u9x3tfE Contrast video with one of Steven Schneider speaking: At the Edge: On modeling the future
  17. Terrence McKenna said these experiences were an attempt by alien intelligences eg fungus consciousness(?) or beings in other dimensions to contact us. Far out?!? Even if these are inner dimensional experiences coming from some part of our collective psyche might not there be something useful to bring to our world of conscious being? Or is it just psychosis?
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    Horde Hoard

    Yeah, and don't forget to stockpile your ammunition too.
  19. New documentary evidence to support a different tactic in breaking mountain speed records. Here we see D* H* demonstating his understanding of the climbing ethic of 'light and fast'. By the looks of this picture, there appears to be some difficulty. Where is his dog when he needs him?
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