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soap lake is kind of an interesting little place to stay a night and hang out for a day in the 'therapuetic' mud. the inn at soap lake http://www.innsoaplake.com/ is a nice place to stay. and yeah, drinking is one of the only things to do in that town... hell, the only grocery store in town closes at 8 pm.

nice. among other things, my wife got me the first two seasons on dvd for christmas. the collection begins...

all class, all the time. good luck, champ.

mountaineering bulletin board? where the hell did you find one of those?

i've dropped about 16 lbs of beer gut since T-Day. no more beer 6 days a week.

so i guess it's kind of like 'star wars' around here. <symbol crash> thank you, i'll be here all week. make sure you tip your waitresses. </symbol crash>

who will have the first page top?!?! happy new years, sprayers.

Seam Grip is the bomb. I used it to fix a decent sized L shaped tear in a pair of moonstone g-tex pants i have. 9 years and multiple washings later, the SG shows no signs of breaking down. good luck.

Bagdad Junction, WA. It's in Lincoln County.

idaho style - no glaciers.

that story is way messed up...

MS Paint... it's all you'll ever need!

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This is true. i don't have any figures, but my point is that contamination is the biggest threat or problem, not that it occurs on a monumental scale. well, you don't have to convince me there. yes, humans are putting more pressure on water supplies. but i'm not arguing that point. i simply tried to assert that water pollution is one of the biggest problems facing livestock farmers in today's environmental/political atmosphere. i have relatives who are ranchers and farmers. i also have a BS in Env. Sci... I've spent enough time listening to radical idiots on both extremes of the spectrum to generally know a crap argument or sensationalism when i see it. cheers

most human waste goes through treatment centers. it's not generally just pumped into rivers or aquifers in its raw state. lots of hog waste ends up getting into the aquifer or rivers/streams in its raw form, without treatment. this can also lead to disease, which as freeclimb9 indicated, is also a problem. i know a couple dairy/hog farming families. at least here in idaho, odor's not too much of a problem, except when some developer plops a new neighborhood near a farm. it's more about the water issue. at least that what it seems the EPA writes the most fines for... peace,

https://tips.fbi.gov/ : i completed and submitted the form, complete with their 'whois' information, which showed the domain owner(s) are located in Georgia. whether someone's horsing around or dead serious, i don't think the fbi will find it funny. in other words, they may be

sun valley's open down south if you like getting raped in the wallet $45.00 to ice cli... i mean 'ski' on artificial snow. pomerelle's open as well, but they have a thin base too. http://www.rsn.com/snow/welcome.html?page=state&name=ID here up north, it's about as bleak as in the cascades.

"Since I haven't worked in almost 11 months and I'll be a student starting in Jan" that sounds eerily familiar... i'm in the same situation. i'd buy dell over gateway or hp. DUDE, YOU'RE GETTING A DELL

yeah, this lack of precip is not good, but on the bright side, access to the high country is still wide open. i'm hoping to take advantage and bag a peak or two this weekend!

that sounds like a good finish! cheers,

right on. that route is cool, although when i did it a couple years ago, i didn't know that it went on past the top of the 5th pitch, so we rapped off, thinking we were done. how many more pitches are there and what are they like, ie gear, difficulty, etc? it would be fun to do the rest of the route some day, especially now that the 'meathooks' are gone off the crux pitch!

next summer's plans are to: 1. work some new lines on a handful of 600 - 1200 ft granite slabs and domes around here (some of the slabs/domes may still be unclimbed) 2. get on some of the great existing crack lines here 3. have a lot of fun accomplishing this all good luck to everyone.

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: The whole board will be down! EGADS! but where will we get spray?

yeah, happy t-day. i'll be migrating to seattle for plenty of and hoping to run a few laps on the UW rock tommorow morning as well. peace out,