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Hello RT- I bet you'll have more luck if you provide some details like... where are you located? what would you like to climb this summer (specific routes)? Stuff like that always seems to help when searching for partners.

Good god- they look so happy- so childlike & innocent. I can't wait to photoshop them into compromising positions.

No way- this is the thread where the Seattle mounties bash the Everett mounties. there's a totally different thread for Everett mounties to bash Seattle mounties.

it's the new l33t spelling.

Does anyone else feel guilty for being so amused by these pics? I feel like I need to go do something to massage my karma; maybe go play belay slave at the gym for a bunch of n00bs.

leaves me breathless just thinking about it.

I just laughed coffee out my nose.

The chick is checking her stash pouch to see if she remembered her rohypnol.

However, if you're willing to pay the premium, I'm working on a sweetMounties[/i] daily planner. Each week has a fresh shot of Mounties sending the sickness, plus a fresh bit of wisdom to help you acheive your alpine goals (sample topics: Coordinating Your Shorts & Polypro, The Truth About Tubular Webbing, Making the Move to Trip Leader, Last Man Standing- How to Choose Who to Eat First).

If god wanted you to have day planners, he wouldn't have given you Sharpies and a forearm.

Ow, boy, dividend checks today! I'm going to buy a new rope!

A classic academic treatment of cc.com here

REI sucks cuz yer likely to have to rub shoulders with latte drinking tuff-pulling beta-spewing sporto wannabes.

I hope not- their assignment for the day was to alphabetize my porn collection. Gotta keep those little rascals on a tight leash.

there was some good shit here about 5 minutes ago.. you must've missed it

good thing one of you had some peanut butter.

What's the cap supposed to accomplish? Improve safety/reduce rescues or protect the mountain? The conditions are deteriorating already, without ever having hosted that many climbers. If environmental protection were the goal, the cap would have to be set low enough to actually reduce the numbers of climbers. They should just rip out the fixed lines at the 14k headwall; instead of an artificial cap on the numbers of climbers, you'd weed them out based on competence.

No, that's Andrew. The chic is behind him.

Bullshit! Works like a charm!

I know nothing about 'em. Does anybody have any suggestions for cheap route-scopes & where to find them?

Dude, you suck! Ditch the car, let someone else drive for awhile. Pay for 100% of the gas & you still save money (from insurance costs & fines). Admit the objective reality- you can't afford to drive.

Time to move across the river to Vancouver; get a clean slate.

This episode catches the cynical nature of the "100% guarantee (unless we can intimidate you into not using it)." Coupled with the cynical support of "coop membership," it seems that as an organization, REI is engaged in manipulating appearances for its maximum economic reward. That wouldn't suprise any for an Exxon or Enron, but it is at odds with the image that REI members thought they were buying. I think that as people realize they've paid money to get something with slightly less value than their Safeway Club card, they switch from being REI members to players in a cat-n-mouse game of extract-the-most-value-from-the-opposing-player; where once you had people who felt like they belonged to a fraternity of supportive outdoor enthusiasts, you now have people who simply want to screw the corporation more than it screws them. This was my month's entry in the Post like JayB Contest.

I don't see why you're getting all bent out of shape- Heck- You're an OWNER OF THE COOP! Just go to one of those owner meetings and ask that someone sit down & talk with that manager about his practices.

I'm waiting breathlessly for the photo assault.