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Definitely the NE Ridge of Bugaboo. Crowded classic though. W. Ridge of Pigeon is awesome also. Kain Route is so so. Tons of scrambling to get to the good climbing. Lions Way is great for a short outing. If you can climb 5.9, Surf's Up is a great route, with only short 5.8 cruxes. North Ridge of North Howser is supposed to be great, but I haven't done it.

Exactly, he has no integrity so why is it relevant? Thank god, because I was starting to believe I was an obnoxious gay foster child attorney with really bad spelling for a second.

layton how's that for your teabag?

How about this for a blood sucking parasite?

that was definitely dfa's worst post to date - and there's been some pretty bad ones.

Is that the elephant man on the right?

Haha! On the Annapurna Circuit, we crossed a river and got to the other side. The leaches were real bad that day, and we had this little piece of cheese cloth tied in a knot with some salt inside to get the little fuckers off. So we get to the other side, and my friend pulls his hand out of his pants and has blood all over it. His balls were getting sucked dry! He was screaming for the cheese cloth, jumping up and down, but my hands were too cold and I was laughing too hard to get it untied. Holy shit, what a great scene.

oh great mike. just don't write any tr's about the event.

Yeah, let's do the R&R - was there last night and they got hte TG ESG on tap - along with the world famous TG IPA. What time? 8?

Wow, good responses FW. I'm impressed by both your spelling and parenting skills. Keep up the good work skippy!

I think Alan Watts is the best all around climber. Well, after Ryan Lawson. What about the best all around drug smuggler, climber, base jumper, horse breeder? Hmmmmmm .....

Steve, I'm in. I also got the version of Kiss or Kill you lent me. Fun read. Let me know when and where and Kristin and I will probably make it out to drink some of your finest.

Exactly why is the insurgents' side of the story less newsworthy than our side? Let's say hypothetically (and I don't believe this to be the case) that the Iraqis were willing to slaughter some westerners and then hold a big freaking street party just because one of their buddies had a camera and access to AP. Ain't that newsworthy? How would that reflect on the pictures that were shot or the way they were published? PP, I think you make a lot of assumptions about the validity of photo journalism, and your assumptions are informed more by your obvious political predispositions than any objective perspective on the value of the press. Fairwether, you are once sick fucker if you think images of executions are a good thing simply because the people getting their brains blown out are communists. Pathetic. I hope you don't teach your kids these same values, because they'll probably walk into class one day with a sidearm pointed at the class "communist." I suppose you're in favor of the death penalty and war but opposed to abortion, assisted suicide and probably even birth control (since your parent should have used it). Typical conservative hypocracy. And you were being a fucking pussy on top of that by complaining on ascensionist.com about RBW's accident report without confronting any of the invovled parties directly. And why don't you answer RBW's question about your service history? Why didn't you ask Rob or myself about what happened or how it was reported? Probably safer to just hang out in the dark recesses of the internet where nobody can see your face (or what your hands are doing). How's that for personal attacks? Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Isn't relying on a climbing web site for political and civic engagement manufacturing anti-social behavior?

Isn't deceiving the American people with false information on WMD manufacturing a war?

I heard APs directory of photography interviewed on NPR yesterday. He claims that many of the photos, including the ones of burned corpses, were shot by Iraqi photographers. The AP hired Iraqis, beacuse the security situation fell apart and western journalists were being killed. He also alleged that the Iraqi photographes put ther own lives on the line to get these shots and that they were physically thretened and had to flee the scene of many of these photos once the mobs relized what they were doing.

Janet and Sarah would fly to Peru to attempt the first all-female ascent, via the 14-pitch Original Route, of La Esfinge (the Sphinx), a 17,470-foot granite wall in the Cordillera Blanca. That's rich. a 17,000 ft. wall - in only 14 pitches. That's a long rope.

the chicago school and free market economies maximizing social good. charles murray and his crew thinking poor women have babies to collect more welfare. the catholic church thinking the theory of evolution is scientifically flawed.

Michael Franti and Spearhead for a little Hip Hop Ween for some dementia John Brown's Body for Reggae Drive By Trucker's for super edgy hard southern rock - definitely check them out. You can download tons of free shit from pretty cool acts at archive.org. Unlimited amount of new music to check out - all live shows - most with good to great sound quality. If you're into picking, check out Bluegrassbox.com - more free live music from Del McCoury, Doc Watson and lots of newer bluegrass acts.

KCrack spanks you so Lion's Chair looked like a good idea? Is the gear way sketchier then Pack Animal D? Can you focus on climbing with all the prana tops at the base of magic line?

You should have seen them at Cinnamon Slab. "This is such a great stance"... NYC007 and I were there too. I've got a couple pics that might end up on here later. I know I know, we got shut down on Karate Crack, b/c someone was taking a bit too long to get on Cinnamon Slab and we didn't want to cause any headaches. Everyone starts somewhere. They were all nice and reasonable the whole weekend apart from the intermittent episodes of gaperdom, and we've all been there.

smitty. first time back in awhile. the whole place was taken over by mazamas and cc.com'ers. funguy, brock, tex, ursa eagle, ireneo. mazamas were everywhere but had nothing but good experiences with them this weekend. pack animal direct and calamity jam. i love crack!

Just a little info. The peregrine is no longer listed under the ESA. It was widely touted as a success story and has been delisted since I think 1999 with a monitoring plan issued by USFWS in 2001 at some point.

We got a big ole convoy! Let's not forget Footloose!

Commie!