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http://www.google.com/mars/ like google maps, not google earth, but still pretty cool.

So where does the carbon go? I know very little about biodieel, but I'm pretty sure it's a hydrocarbon. Any insight to share?

Don't be a loser, eat at Winn's. $3.50 for a deluxe w/ fries. Hop up to Red Apple (AKA Fairhaven Grocery) and grab a six pack. Old Town for a nice relaxed eat (at least on weekdays!) and Dimond Jims otherwise. Note: Boundry Bay has great food, but their beer selection is limited (no light beers) and makes you fart alot.

I climbed stuart as maybe my first "mountain" when I was in high school. It was a blast and I see it all the time and think about how much of an adventure it was for me. I'd never hiked that hard and the view was great 360! Yeah, it's a walk up and it may have some choss, but it's got it's merits.

My girlfriend had cold feet problems. Someone recommended changing up the footbeds in her shoes. I think she used some suprefeet and it worked really well. It took care of her cold feet problems (or at least she's not getting cold feet that much more than I am...)

On a related note, anyone know about the USFS rappelling a fire in the enchantments? I'm pretty sure they don't do anything w/ S&R, but buddy w/ the wenatchee raps was sent up there a couple of days ago. There haven't been any lightning storms roll through lately and it isn't exactly prime fire season up there... Also, my thoughts are with the families affected. Very sad.

Amen. It's not that hard to watch your speed, and if it is, a few tickets should help encourage you. As a bbicylist, I'd like to see more people held accountable for their unsafe driving. Good advice.

Personally, I think it's bullshit to be looking at her stuff. I'm sure the school district has a policy that a teacher CAN do this (maybe with some reason to suspect something "bad"?), but you were straight up snooping! If you don't think it was snooping, why did you dig into it? Cause you could? That's snooping! Bullshit. She may have disrespected you by bringing it and not paying attention, but punish her "by the books" and not by invading her privacy. Confiscate and return or destroy. Bullshit. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Watched an interesting video about the Ashlu river and a dam being built on it. Warning: This video contains kayaks and yaker's in action. the video link here

Gear: I brought the rack I usually climb with (I replaced half my draws with 2' runners) and fine, maybe wished I had a few more cams. But I wouldn't carry more next time. FYI

3 pages. I feel like a proud father!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting AP radio just said the number was 22.

I think you're envelope was too short. With the numbers you've started with, if you do it right, you'll end up with about 996 watts. oops. edit: [font:Courier New][1L H2O][100C],,,[1000mL H2O][100C],,,100000cal,,,418400J -------------- = ------------------ = --------- = ------- = 996W ,,,,7min,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7min,,,,,,,,,,,420sec,,,,,,420sec[/font]

Funny (yeah, ha ha...) I knew a guy who did similar. He was up there as a kid with his parents, "exploring" and traversed in from the left... got stuck, scared... two broken arms. He said he met his junior high sweetie in the hospital, thuough.

Was Super Glue invented to seal battle wounds in Vietnam?

telemark: French for "snob"

ooohhh, let me, let me! please, I wanna help!

FREERIDE!

By definition(s), you can't have a discussion that is both scientific and lay. That is, to have a dialogue that includes the average person, you must "dumb down" the science. Agreed, this is a subjective process with varying results..

Yeah Gary, quit being such a whiner. My tolerance for unlawful (or unsafe) behavior is slim. I do my part not to hurt others, they can do the same.

Here's what I think you should be doing (in addition to the "obscure bylaw" things you might purse): 1. Get in touch with the police department's representative for your area. I don't know that Seattle has such a thing, but in Bellingham, if you call the police and ask for the York neighborhood representative, you'll get a single person who's been active in that area for a while and knows what's going on there. 2. Get police reports for these incidences (as well as anything else tied to the offending bar.) It's all about documentation. 3. Get in touch with the liquor control board and make a formal complaint including the police reports from #2 above. Commentary: 1. Yes, moving in next to a bar, one should expect noise at 2 am. But, never should someone be expected to tolerate violence and people breaking the law simply because the source was there first or it's "that sort of neighborhood". 2. This isn't just an issue about Gary moving in next to a noisy/dangerous place. It's also about the rights of the landlord, the property owner, to see that businesses near his/her property be held accountable for their actions. Bad neighborhood equals low property values. 3. And yes, the bar is accountable. The liquor control board (that is, the State legislature) has mandated that liquor sales be allowed in places that can control the aftermath. If they can't control the crowds and associated violence, they should get their license yanked.

Anybody know of free software to convert from .mov to .mpg? (I've been searching for quite a while, everything costs)

Bryan: Sorry about the theft; that really sucks. I've been broken into three times (!), the first being the worst. I was in high school, had just got back from a trip to Bonanza Peak, and lost everything. The gear I lost represented alot of work and finagling. Fortunately, my parents insurance covered it and I ended up with a new setup, (not as complete and not at complete cost.) If you've got renter's insurance, it should cover it. Hope your season improves! dave

Not that this has anytning to do with desciding about the Compressor route, but I spent an afternoon on a fire with a "fire archeologist". Her job was to walk around and try to find and document items within the fire perimeter "of cultural and historic value." I think the criteria she was mandated to use was 50 years or older. FYI.

I'd just like to chime in here, not so much because I have something new and insightful to say, but more because I think there's a disproportionate volume from one point of view, and balancing that is good. 1. I think this Argentinean route (as well as the Otto route) is very different than our local exit 38 bolted routes (and, in general, WA routes): Different era, different historical value, different juristiction. To compare the two is... not interesting. 2. I can't comment on the Argentinean route, but I climbed the Otto route, and enjoyed it very much. I enjoyed thinking about Otto and the time in which he did his "dirty deed". It just opens up a whole book about how we used to look at nature, how we dealt with it's difficulties, and how our policies reflected these mindsets. I believe creating the Otto route under current standards would be silly (of course!), but also that removing it now would also be a shame. I'm not a big fan of high impact logging or mining, but I also very much enjoy looking at old logging equipment and visiting old mine sites. Should we "clean" these up too? 3. Finally, bolting talk, like religion talk, is best when kept at a conversational level. Ranting and preaching get real old.