rbw1966

Professor where? University of Phoenix?

As a contrast, I climbed the same route about 2 weeks ago and we didn't see another person on the route. We ran into two solo backpackers around Ingalls and I know there was someone on Stuart the same time we were because I saw the footprints in the snow. I've been on Stuart 4 times and that was, by far, the least amount of people I have ever seen. If you ever think there are fewer people alpine climbing I invite you to take a look at the south side of Hood some early summer Saturday morning. Of course, thats not exactly representative of the status of climbing by any means.

Aside from the verbal gaffes, I don't see the similarities. Quayle was/is a privileged white boy who more or less never worked a day in his life and went to private schools (hmm. . .sounds more like Shrub). Palin is salt of the earth, gritty and has a more rural background and--if what she said was true--worked two jobs most of her professional life. Get out of the city and people like Palin for her "common" roots. I don't think many people related to Quayla at all.

I am sofa king we todd did

On a small cut I just stitched the two sides together, added some seam sealer and then sprinkled a little baby powder on the dried seam sealer to prevent it from sticking to the rest of the fabric. Its held up well so far.

Whats going on with that guy in the poster?

How about just yanking the entire thread?

Larry Craig is going to be soooooo disappointed. If I understand your gender correctly, this was never on the table for you anyway sport. You might want to step away from the keyboard.

Eagles of Death Metal

I predict Palin will be starring in next seasons "Surreal Life" with Ron Jeremy, Vanilla Ice, Flava Flav and Tammy Faye

We did the west ridge last weekend. We were snowed upon for about the last two hours of the climb itself but it wasn't sticking to the rock. It warmed up into rain for almost the entire descent. There was some ground accumulation around the upper Cascadian but I suspect it all melted out pretty quickly.

Hmm. . .that sounds strange. We climbed the West Ridge of Stuart last weekend and didn't encounter any ice or snow (at least no ground accumulation). It snowed for several hours while we were climbing though. The descent was miserable in the rain.

Jack White? And 4 other guys

Raconteurs

I welcome a dissenting perspective but as for Fairweather keeping it civil? Uh, no.

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I'm too lazy to look it up, but I believe McCain was the highest ranking POW at the time. As such, he's not supposed to go home until all those under him are released. While you may think of it as "drama" others (myself included) consider it an honorable and noble action. I'm not voting for him, and I frankly think he sold what was left of his integrity when pandering for the nomination, but I do give him props for his selflessness while a POW.

I've been scrambling in nike running shoes, solomon low-top hiking shoes, garmont hiking shoes, technical mountaineering boots, etc., etc., etc. On a couple of occasions, even barefoot. My point is that you wrote "Lot of accidents could be traced to cheap shoes or worn out shoes" yet provide absolutely no backup for it. When asked, you provide examples that are--in your own words--hearsay. In over 20 years of climbing I can't recall ever hearing of an accident due to faulty, failed or inappropriate footwear. Like someone else posted, it seems plausible but an opinion is not empirical evidence. What is "proper" footwear is, like most equipment choices, highly subjective.

Lesbaru

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/us/politics/w24davis.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure undercuts a statement by Mr. McCain on Sunday night that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had had no involvement with the company for the last several years. Mr. Davis’s firm received the payments from the company, Freddie Mac, until it was taken over by the government this month along with Fannie Mae, the other big mortgage lender whose deteriorating finances helped precipitate the cascading problems on Wall Street, the people said

Yeah, I'd like to see some back-up for that assertion as well. I used a pair of Scarpa Zens on my recent West Ridge trip and they served me well.

He was a fantastic writer. RIP

is that joey porsche? http://www.myspacedouchebags.com/gallerydetail.php?id=425

Doesn't work--even when I wipe out my cookies I have to log in twice. Same thing at home. Both windows systems using IE7.

Why do I have to log in twice in order for it to work?