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Welcome back, Gidget. You've been MIA for a while.

Braydon, read below and be awed. You were in the presence of someone very special. Dane's plummet to earth, reloaded

Jeebus Christ, Dane, you sure did fix yerself up fast! Hat's off to you for healing up so well and getting back out there. What's it been now, 6 months? How's the tendon's holding up? That grinding sound in your neck finally go away? Awesome news to be reading this so soon after...

Nice TR. I heart the south side of Harrison. Been up there many times in years past, but haven't been there in about 10 years now. Used to make a Labor Day w/e out of it every year back in the mid to late 90's. SF Standard route w/Keystone finish, Twin Flakes, Running Flakes, etc. It's all good! Nice hair...

I'm out for mid-week stuff, and for the enxt coupla weekends (until 11/15). How are you feeling? Healed up well enough to climb, I reckon?

Welcome to the board, CBrU, and my belated condolences to you and your father's family.

I'm not nice. Any questions?

No, there's still an election for you to get through...

Congratulations, rob! Glad to have you back on the tax roles... on the contributing side! Now that your job and bank account are back on track, can you put the happy Fraggle back up as your avatar? Yay life!

Baby's gittin' new shoes???

Yes, I know. And yes, it was... Chin up, lad. I's jus' fuk'n whicha.

That is perhaps the single most creative manner I've seen yet for spelling "isn't". Crackin' job, mate!

Yeah, 16 was a pretty tough year for me. That was the year I "discovered" pot and hash. Memories are kinda sparse through that period...

Micro-linear, iso-elastic synthetic fibers. You like what it does for my figure?

So where do I fit in this mess???

Sah-weet! I spent several years in Tuscany growing up. I heart Italy. PS: Congratulations on becoming a drone to the Queen Bug.

Bookmarked. Thanks, Gator! BTW, we haven't seen you around these parts in months. We missed ya!

The article would seem to indicate that the study did include weekend warrior-type altitudes and levels of repetition.

AKA litter with purpose. there's actually a purpose to geocaches??

So where wuz ya? I was looking for ya. Where were the post-nuptial doin's?

We are all very glad that Derek was found alive and for all intents and purposes, OK. But let's remember a few things: Derek had never climbed a mountain like Adams before, he didn't know where he was going (no map, compass, GPS, etc), he had to rent his gear (i.e., suggesting that he wasn't very experienced in its use), he went at not so great a time of year (there was some pretty serious weather up high that was easily forecasted), and he went alone. In short, he was very lucky to have been found alive, but I respect the fact that he did all he could to get himself down and out under his own power. I just hope he learned a valuable lesson. "Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from surviving bad judgment."

Those two and their cats are the funniest thing on YouTube. Thanks for that this morning, Mel!

Collin, I'm not going to debate with you about who's paid and who's not. I'm too tired right now. But recall that sherriff's deputies are paid whether or not they are on a mission, so it's all in a day's work for them. The military uses SAR missions as battle evacuation training, so like the deputies, it's all in a day's work for them, too. And the budgets for this stuff is already in your taxes. I've never heard of a paid dog team. That's a new one on me.

That happens a lot to people that are not familiar with the mountain, as evidenced by a coupla posts on Page 1 of this thread. Happened to me on my first trip almost 25 years ago.

The SAR teams are volunteers...