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I see the female sidde - I also see that these stories wouldn't get published if there wasn't a female market. I, i n a perhaps twisted mind, consider that sexist. Men aren't interested (for the most part) in stories of women overcoming sexism. Women climbing hard way intresting. Women climbing mediocre, and being women, not that interesting. At the same level as men climbing mediocre.

This is a cool cord bag - little heavy, but damn nice

I've used a 6mm pull with a 8mm static no problem. Others have used smaller. Look into a bag to keep the pull rope in so it doesn't tangle.

Isn't that the trend in climbing books? Maria Coffey, Robert Macfarlane,... masturbatory graduate theses turned into books. Blech.

Why would it be any different that any other ice tool? As it stands now the pick is "replaceable" one need only take a grinder to the mushroomed bolts and obtain a replacement pick. All Grivel has to do to make it replaceable is make sure the bolts aren't mushroomed leaving the factory and sell replacement picks.

Most of the "freeways" are Federal Highways - thank your weak congressional delegation.

The question is are others reducing their gas consumption, not any one person. But then your just being a blowhard - you still haven't responded to my post above. Heaven forbid you recognize the social engineering that went into the autocentric society we inhabit.

Nice namedropping NOLSe! Drytooling's just the in thing right now, like all things, that will change.

Ah, so you prefer the taxes to be serreptitiously routed through your end of year local, state and federal tax bill? Instead of taking the money to build a new bridge out of my taxes - add it to the gas tax. Instead of taking money to build a new road out of my local tax bill - add it to the gas tax. This isn't social engineering, it's accountability.

Price does not effect gasoline habits for minor changes: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4908148/ Relative to the rest of the world, relative to the problems it creates gas is still dirt cheap in America.

Right now gas prices are still ridiculously low in the US. The average person drives 15,000 miles/year. Their vehicle gets 15mpg - 1,000 gallons of gass a year. $.20 drop saves them $200 a year - less than $20 a month.

As gas is not priced at it's societal impact, no it's not a bad thing. As gas prics rise people will make free market conservation choices. Ridiculously low fuel prices cause only inefficencies. A "rational" policy on nuclear energy would be good. A "rational" policy must also allow for the treatment and storage of nuclear waste - which currently have no provisions for. Part of the European solution is the use of a breeder reactor - we refuse to do that because of the possibility of terrorism

There's only one king The Dingleberry

Patagonia DAS or Cloudveil Enclosure.

"The current edition of the AAJ is available in many bookstores and climbing shops, and can be ordered directly from The Mountaineers Books (www.MountaineersBooks.org; 800.553.4453). Back issues for many years are available. The AAJ will soon be available for purchase electronically on CD/DVD and as pay-per-download on the Web." http://www.americanalpineclub.org/knowledge/aaj.asp

Maybe they figured out the members who bought the prototype like I did would be pissed off if they gave it away for free.

You've never been to Argentina I can tell.

"The AAJ will soon be available for purchase electronically on CD/DVD and as pay-per-download on the Web." That ain't free foo.

All of the American Alpine Journal's through 2001 as PDF's on 7 CD-ROM's. $80/obo.

Food's cheaper, beer's hella more expensive. Bring booze.

An international ticket will run you >$700 most of the time unless you've got FF miles/other hookups. Add a couple hundred for other fees. It won't be as cheap as Bolivia or Peru, but Argentina's pretty damn cheap, has excellent climbing (look up Refugio Frey) and will soon be going up in price as their economy gets back off the ground. Unless some nast job interferes I'm planning to be there for March and most of April. You can easily drive to Utah and climb your ass off for less than that.

I found parts of an Ascension skin in front of the MAC last year. And my street was a nice skate lane

If you go down to the Smith today, You're sure of a big surprise If you go down to the Smith today, You'd better go in disguise. For ev'ry gaper that ever there was, Will gather there for certain, because Today's the day the gapers have their picnic.

I've stopped following that policy after bringing the same book on 3 trips in a row. Pick something mildly palatable (I like Russian novels in translation, War & Peace, Master & Margarita )

Impression Die Forged. So what? The picks would still be less than $125. Say $75. Which is cheaper than $125. Which is why Grivel doesn't like the idea of replaceable picks.