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Better than the Blue Lowe Ballz

I can supply a laptop and possibly a projector for said laptop as well as some gaperific slides. January sometime?

I use the Soloist for TR'ing. I liked it better than Petzl Shunt, Gibbs, etc. The Soloist works better with thin 9.6mm ish lines. Also anchor the rope at the bottom for better feeding. You can borrow my Soloist (Rent to Own!) if your interested in trying it out.

I've had them fitted by pros and fitted them at home by myself. The pro job came out better.

Timberline's a great place for intermediate skiier's and little one's. Current forecast looks like it'll be snowing up there all weekend. Depending on the weather they may not have much open.

We need to find the world Brewster Angle

30 minutes from Downtown(and that's with traffic). Big after work paddle scene. Many Olympic class paddlers. Re. skiing. The advantage of DC is it's a capitol city. Airflights are plentiful (and cheap!) to wherever you want to be, whenever you want to be there. Anywhere in the country, or the world. Don't bother driving 10-12 hrs, through shitty traffic (unless your skipping work) for crappy skiing in New England when in the same amount of time, for about the same $, you could be in Salt Lake, Whistler, or Chamonix. Europe's cheap from DC, the flight times are good. Take advantage.

The only thing that sucks more than being a DC skiier is being a DC ice climber. Reliable Ice is the same location as decent skiing; New England. Your 10-12hrs from New England. Take up kayaking.

If your looking for steep ski mountaineering most any AT setup will be burly enough. If by agressive you mean hucking, high speed, fat skis, AT gear won't cut it.

Snowshoe's a fortune for what it is. And it's 4-5 hrs from DC. Closer are Canaan Valley, Tiimberline & Whitegrass Touring Center(excellent food) all around Davis, WV. If your heading for a bigger mountain check out Whiteface in the Adirondaks (Lake Placid, NY). Real vertical skiiing and lots of ice climbing nearby.

And I bet you want a season longer than a month too!

Marmot Phenomenon is all the "rave"

So most people think of places they've never been, that they don't hear anything about? Check out Newsmap for an interesting perspective on the media http://www.marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

Shouldn't that be on a Sinclair station?

Our Soldiers didn't leave; one need only look at the news to see our attention did.

For starters, instead of discouraging foreign citizens from visiting & studying in the US, encourage them to visit and enjoy our culture. Pressure Saudi Arabia (the largest backer of terrorism) for reforms Pressure Pakistan for reforms Instead of moving on to Iraq (small beans in the terrorist busy), finish up our work in Afghanistan FIND BIN LADEN!

Funny, this thread seems like conservative wanking

I didn't realize that doing "something" was better than doing the right thing. Bombing nations, losing 350 tons of Explosives (that's 700,000 Pan AM 103's), perpetuating havens for terrorism with a permawar (Afghanistan) are making the problem worse, not better.

When you sign huge farm subsidy bills what else you going to do with it

Scott- The question isn't the president's false dichotomy of his course of action or do nothing. Doing nothing is not going to make Islamic terrorism go away - neither will creating more failed states to breed terror (Iraq! N Korea!) - engagement and improvement in the 3rd world is the way forward.

At our choice. Macarthur refused the demands of those who wanted him tried as a war criminal because he thought Japan would be easier to rule with Hirohito around. Japan was unconditional surrender, and we rebuilt them from almost the ground up. They were at least an industrialized nation to start off with, unlike Iraq.

80%? where do you come up with this crap?

Yes. Gunboats attacked one of our ships. The North Koreans invaded South Korea. We returned the status quo, like Gulf War I Please do

Where else?

Wears quickly, heats quickly, shape doesn't work that well for belaying. Stupid make yourself keeper.