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Sucks when someone buys the Camalots from out from under you....

Those rolling carryon bags that everyone and their mother now has. You know - the ones where the wheels, handle & extra durable outer covering weigh more than the cloths inside. The ones the fat asses can't lift into the overhead bins - and because they are hard sided, they don't fit well into most bins, taking up twice the usable space of any other. And then they insist on wheeling them down the aisle of the fing airplane

Preemptive Spray from La Sportiva NA?

You keep talking about her Chris. When do we get to see her (in person of course). She was there last night.

My Winter Bivy isn't as bad as my Betalight. Nothing with stay on that thing. Except dust, which never wants to leave.

Tonya Harding? That sounds like pure SW Washington

I'd suggest you read the act Mark. The patient must make a written request, signed by at least one independant person, they then must make an oral request. They then have to reaffirm their wish at least 15 days later. The law requires 2 physicians to examine the patient, and, if either physician feels the person may be suffering from depression they shall refer him to a counselor. The physician isn't charged with life or death - their charged with evaluating a patients condition, prognosis, and their ability to give informed consent - THINGS THAT THEY DO EVERYDAY!

Breaking into an uncontrollable fit of emotion

Assisted suicide in Oregon doesn't provide a chickenshit way out. You still have to make the decision "pull the trigger" if you will. It simply provides a dignified way out. What is wrong with allowing a terminally ill patient a repectable exit? If you think people aren't mature enough to be responsible for their own lives - are you goin gto let them go climbing? They could end their lives easier

I have a Kodak DX6440 - it's small, takes good picture (4MP), easy to get pictures in and out of - and it's been as cheap as $250 (buy.com) lately. At work I have a Nikon Coolpix 5400 that's very nice - excellent quality pics. Too big for climbing really.

I have an Arc'teryx Sirius that's pretty darn nice. $160 from the Evil Empire.

And Praytell WTF shouldn't I have the right to do whatever I damn well want with my life?

A Funkness works a hell of alot better when clipped to the head than jerry rigged.

Hmm. 1% rope stretch on a 10,000 ft rope would be 100ft. Don't they normally use cables for such things? I know a number of the 50's Eiger rescue used 1-2,000ft cables.

IF you live in PDX OMC had Yose hammer's for $35 last week. And www.fishproducts.com is the website you want.

Here's some stuff south of Monterey : http://www.mtntools.com/culture/bs_bouldering.html You can also make the hour or so detour to the Pinnacles

I think that'd give us local status that'd trump Fairweather's 40 years!

Well it isn't every day that someone praises British engineering

That's 90's too. Pete Takeda? took one to do a bunch of the mud towers.

Hurricane has a standard drill type collet. Not that big a pain in the ass - and replaceable. Drills with Drift Pins on the other hand....

Fairweather- While I agree with some of what you have to say, living on the East Coast has nothing to do with his message. They're "National Parks" - owned by the nation. If anything living in the suburban hell that is the Richmond to Freeport Megapolis they need to dream of the recreation offered more.

Duck soup & A Night at the Opera

No, an excuse to brag about browsing Supertacos?

I'd suggest that's journalistic shorthand for a belay.