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Uh, glopstoppers purpose is to stop snow from building up on your skins, to decrease the grip if you will, - it's a glide wax, not a kick wax.

This may be stating the obvious but a Summer Ski Camp is going to be very "form" technique intensive out of necessity. You'll have 2 ski conditions - hardpack and slush (the window for corn is about 20 minutes) The terrain you get is the Palmer, and just a lane on it (about 50yds wide, full length of upper Palmer) - there's a public park, but Windell's and HCSC have the big parks to themselves - magic mile will almost definitely be a canyon for the july camp, possibly the june camp - and lower palmer won't be much better. That said the Summer Ski scene is very cool - skiiers from all over the world & country (national teams are there May June), Government Camp is alive, the Gorge is awesome, and where else can you ever see sober teenagers excited to be up at 6:15 in the morning on a summer weekend?

Uh, Dru - as long as gravity is the same, a 10m fall has exactly the same forces produced. Fall factor describes how much rope is available to absorb the energy.

What are you skiing with that you can't edge your skis Lo-cut hiking boots?

The question of course begs, how reliably do AT boots release in AT binders? (I know they do, mine have - but is it regular?)

PP - Part of the Spanish response probably lies in actions like this from the ruling party (from the Economist): This came as one of Spain’s leading newspapers, El País, revealed a memo that it said the foreign minister, Ana Palacio, had sent to Spain’s diplomats. In it, she instructed them to “use any opportunity” to blame ETA for the attacks, “thus helping to dissipate any type of doubt that certain interested parties may want to promote.” Add that to 90% of the country not being for the war in Iraq in the first place....

Synonym w/grem (as in gremlin). Often hell-grem, hell-grom

Or are under 30 and male.

Don't do it. You'll die. On a serious note. You can use AT boots with Downhill binders, especially those that have an adjustable height toe. AT boots won't release as well because of increased resistance with the vibram sole. That said I know of a number of ski patrollers who use AT boots in downhill binders, and hell they release better than any tele ski! The boot B-Rock mentioned is probably the Garmont Adrenalin, which isn't out yet. Aren't you the gear editor?

Off base there grommet (grom for short)

Sort of like thinking an alpine start will ensure you'll have the route to yourself in RMNP?

No they don't last too long in the cold. That said I've never ran out on trips shorter than 3 days - 1 canister has always been enough (which leads to a plethora of half used canisters - Solution - Markhill Gas Lantern $30 bucks)

You forgot the porn mags - I've been able to catch up on all those copies of Barely Legal I've missed.

Am I missing something? 110 days in 2001 365 in 2002 365 in 2003 71 in 2004 Last I check thats 911

Ignoring the obvious link to the Spanish parliamentary elections.......

Get out more. There's a reason Bi-Mart has an "outdoor" section. There are plenty of lower-income users of wildlands, particularly in the Inter-mountain west (WY, MT, ID, etc.) Why do you think Larry Craig (R-ID) was opposed? In a state that's 62% owned by the government and 43rd in disposable income?

Hmm. Bachelor, the Sisters, Jefferson, are all a might bit closer to Bend than Hood. And are all volcanic. You seen those things they call maps?

They destroy the primtive untouched beauty and scenic grandeur of Rocky Butte.

All companies are free to bid yes, but KBR was awarded 2 contracts up to $15.6 billion in a sole source contract (i.e. no competitive bidding process) If the militaries asking for sole source at that contract value, they aren't going to source it elsewhere....much less how someone would go about getting ahold of the information required to put together a competent bid. There may not be an existing organization that would be able to handle the logistics, but given the money, someone could put one together real quick (it happens all the time in the weapons side of the defense business)

I haven't used a white gas stove in the past 2 years. It's only been the pocket rocket. It doesn't do well in wind, by keeping the canister warm it'll work in the cold. Awesome stove.

This was in today's Oregonian: Arterial disease led to climber's death on bluffs in park 03/13/04 To his best friend, 30-year-old Beau Clark was "a luminescent man" who brought out the best in those around him. Clark, a chef from Beaverton, died Thursday while rock climbing with three friends on the steep basalt cliffs of Broughton's Bluff at Lewis & Clark State Park in Troutdale. The official cause of death was arteriosclerotic disease, which led to a heart attack, said Tom Chappelle of the Multnomah County medical examiner's office. "It's beyond belief," said his best friend and climbing partner, Josh Tomi, 30, who attended Beaverton High School with Clark and has been his friend for 14 years. "Who has a heart attack at 30? We're climbers; we're healthy." Clark, who took up the sport of rock climbing about 18 months ago, died shortly after making a moderately difficult move on one of the bluff's climbing routes. Clark is survived by his 24-year-old wife, Shana Ann. Funeral is pending. -- Stuart Tomlinson My condolences

Is that a helmet poking up out of your posterior?

Screamers absorb energy in the system - the energy after the screamer has burst HAS to be lower than it was before.

Don't forget the covers on your TPS quality reports!

I'd want the first piece of pro to have a screamer - it'll probably have the highest fall factor of the entire pitch.