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It's just some file that this ghetto site tried to download to his PC. The first time I got my ghetto name, it was fine. I went back to see if it would give me a cooler name (like Mr. Natural's ghetto name), and the second time it tried to download that shizz. I aborted before it got very far. You have to confirm the download for it to start. iain should be fine unless he confirmed the download out of muscle memory/habit.

yup. i should know, i was born on the 25th anniversary also jfk's bday. Happy birthday, "Dr. Ice" !

Well it looks like anyone whose first name is "Paul" gets called "Puppy". And I guess I can see how they got "Lobos" out of "Soboleski". It's just the first five letters backwards. Go figger.

I do this. Could be called summer training... could also be called idiocy, too.

The one who got "lost" was, indeed, not very experienced. Our info sez that he had taken a 1-day mtn'rng course somewhere. Our info also sez that he was with a member of this board (who I will not name) that apparently is an experienced mountaineer, altho I believe not from this area, so Adams may have thrown him (and his party) for a loop. In any event, his partner informed us that the boot track down from Piker's Peak (false summit) "was about 7 feet wide" and pretty hard to miss. So go figure. He got himself out, and I got an extra day off work. We sure got the response, tho! Over 2 dozen climbers volunteered, altho only the 4 of us from CWMR even got close to their camp at SB. Everyone else got called off just as they arrived at the ranger station.

You are correct in your belief of what "natural protection" is. Or at least I agree with you. Trees, bushes, shrubbery, chockstones, horns, etc. etc.

Puppy Lobos

I'm one of the other 25%. The man Isn't it also the 50th "birthday" of the FA of Everest today??

Check this out. Rube Goldberg has finally lost it!

Hey micajones, what a nifty avatrar image. Gotta love it!

Julbos. They make you look like an some old antiquated polar explorer. And the chicas dig 'em!

I was wondering the same thing. BTW, check out erik's new autosig...

OMFG! Here we go again!! I figger'd that someone would ask that eventually. Pounds mass, FYI.

Agreed! No more homeless pets.

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Spray it with water? How bout gasoline? Follow with torch or other source of flame. POOF! Problem solved, and no trifling with early morning driving to nearby waterway as in DFA's solution.

Prussiks? Altho tiblocs are pretty cute lil' thangz. When you say "rescue pulleys" are you referring to simple pulleys or are you referring to prussik-minding pulleys? Conterra is a good source for rescue-type equipment of the nature of PMPs. A short length of static line could be picked up at Home Depot or Lowe's, and it'll be OK for this situation since it's only going to be a coupla feet off the ground, and not in some highline rescue sitmo.

dramatic representations, behaviors and/or speech done purely for effect. goes along with gesticulations. Irate Italians are pretty good at it,as an example...

It's more than retarded, it's just not NORML!

see this Site sez it's (exactly) 14 US pounds. All apologies to Ursa Eagle (hehehehehehe) Is this thread going to be a repeat of this?

It's the old in-bred fucking the in-bred joke. Typically, it's told as West Virginians, but Darrington works just as well. Vive le Deliverance!

OK, found the equipment list following b-rock's advice. But the story of the helo crash is pretty interesting, too. Sorrow for the killed.

Link goes to a dead-end, problem-reporting page. "World latest" link on right side goes to headlines. Scrolling down under "Breaking News" on the left side, one learns of a Russian-built helicopter crash at Everest BC. Is that what you were on about??