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Nice job Blake, you deserved to win your categories...the rest, not so much. Dissapointing photos this year. I can't believe #6 didn't win the skiing/boarding category!!! Wish more folks entered. And 70 votes per, WTF?

dude, you're fat

Researches and students at WWU in Bellingham designed a car that runs cleanly and smoothly off manure from cows. Talk about a way to solve two problems at once. The reseachers said it would never fly, but they just wanted to show that if they could design a car to run off of cow shit, there's more than just oil!!!

there are support socks for the legs/calfs, so maybe there's something for your arm? There are muscle stim units that can be sent to pump mode, as well as ultrasound...but I don't see what the point would be if it happened post climbing, you're not gonna drag around a bunch of equipment like that to the crag!

3 weeks actually! Come on in, I really would like to help my fellow comrades with their injuries! This is for you, not me. -Mike

I'm only gonna be around 3 more weeks, so now would be the time! I really want to help the climbers out there with any acute or chronic issues you've been dealing with. I want to give something to the portland climbing community, and this is the best way I can right now! See you there!

bummer. check out lymphatic drainage massage. I think Kat's mom does that.

cool! let's hear about it. are they noticeable from a distance..i.e. just how stupid do they look. I hear from a VERY reliable source (famous podiatrist) that plain old Crocs are one of the best running shoes out there!

If your tips are calloused, yes, soaking them in water for long periods of time will soften the callouses and degrade them. As far as affecting your climbing ability, no. That's just someone with a problem known as "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder," trying to persuade you with his fear mongery.

Sorry, I don't know anyone is Seattle yet. But she should see someone sooner than later so there is no residual effect for her climbing and music.

she probably ruptured a tendon, but yeah, go see someone. it probably only needs to be splinted for a few weeks, but especially since she plays the piano..see someone TODAY

but then you'll probably never climb resolution arete and that would make you less of a person

JESUS! WhereTF did that come from???? I think that's the wallpaper in my old house. What the hell else did you sneak a picture of? Please not the transformers or the go-bots . . . Creepy, no?

you've got stenosis? Sorry, didn't catch that part. A lot of stenosis patients benifit from increasing their lumbar range of motion, and decreasig inflammation. Sometimes there's just enough room to not cause symptoms if the spine is moving correctly (if one segment isn't moving like it should, it's like a kink in a straw) and inflammed tissues take up more space (there a lots of tissues surrounding the spinal cord). But if that doesn't work...well I guess surgery is the only option. Sounds like a pretty complicated/involved surgery. Good luck!

quietly masturbating in the tent so as not to make that zip zip noise of the sleeping bag nylon

get those yeller ones Marcus has, they seem schweet (and $$)

He got old

I've never really taken much stock in heavily advirtised techniques or gizmos, but the DRX9000 spinal decompression system is getting REALLY good results with disc patients. If I were you, I'd seriously consider it. Just accept the marketing B.S. as part of the price I guess. I took a ride on it today and was like, "shit, sign me up"...and I don't like signing up for much.

Matt, I agree, but it's worth a try. Some people are profoundly affected by it. It doesn't cost that much and is worth a shot if you think it will help you.

No, don't finish up resolution. Resolution arete is a special climb and should be done as it is. I would highly reccomend doing Res 1st. It's really a satisfying and fulfilling route, and Inti is like dessert. If you eat your dessert first, you'll ruin your appetite. (read: you'll pussy out)

That flow chart is fucking hilarious Kat!

I do not look like kevin bacon

Gay Giraffe How do you know a giraffe is gay? It's dick tastes like shit. You can lead a giraffe to anus, but you can't make it toss your salad. Pediphile gay giraffe

Yeah, but you seem to not like a lot of alpine climbs you've posted about here, or seriously downplayed them.

Thanks John, it was fun hanging out with you too.