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Uncle! Uncle! Uncle! I give. It's me! But one must ask why you keep reading it...

Ursa Eagle, I know that a rod is 16.5 feet, which is 0.003125 miles. Therefore, in order for Grandpa Simpson's car to get 0.002 mpg, a hogshead must equal 62.5 gallons (US, not Imperial), no? Note that no attention was paid to sig figs, Necro Where on earth did you find such a measure, UE?

Because we're all a bunch of mushroom-munchin', pot-smoking engineering/lab tech geeks!

Well, one of our unit members has a friend in Seattle that knows Eric, and they got to talking, and voila!, we got a commitment from him to do the show. We were looking for someone or something that would have a good crowd draw, material that was already prepared or would be easy to prepare so we could go to ad quickly, and was within the financial ability of our target audience. Eric's show fit the criteria, and was a major reason of why we got him. He asked very little of CWMR in return, which was an extra perk. I know that I'll be attending. I hope some of you all can, too. ...sobo

OK, howz this... 1 inch=2.54 cm 1 cubic cm=1 mL 1000 ml=1 L You now have all the unit conversions you need to calculate the value out to any number of decimal places you want to. You will need a calculator that can do exponents, or work out the "cubes" on paper. If you want to see the actual unit-consistent (factor label) calculation, PM me. ...sobo I think you can only have two decimal places there, buddy. How many significant figures do you have in your least accurate number? Necro, What Ursa Eagle said, but I know what your line of reasoning is to make the statement that you did. Because all the unit conversion values are exact conversion values, the number of places to the right of the decimal point can be any number you desire for the conversion value of cubic inches to litres and vice versa. However, when you introduce the volume of the pack, pot, sleeping bag, whatever you want to convert, the number of significant digits is determined by that volume, and the number of significant digits it contains. QED ...sobo

Eric Simonson will be giving a presentation on his team's research of the Mallory-Irvine North Ridge Everest expedition of 1924. The event is a fundraiser for Central Washington Mountain Rescue so we can buy a new truck for the unit (we're getting a deal from local auto sales outfits, but it's still not cheap). The event is at the Capitol Theater in Yakima on May 22 at 7:00 pm. If anyone's around this way then, please drop on in and help us get the new rig by buying a ticket or two. Tickets are $12, or $14 at the door, and are available at the following locations: Hyperspud & Sporthaus, Yakima REI, Kennewick Arlberg Sports, Wenatchee Mountain High, Ellensburg All proceeds after expenses go to the unit towards the purchase of a new rig. Eric will hang out afterwards for a booksigning ( Ghosts of Everest and Detectives of Everest ) I know it's a long haul for you Westsiders, but I hope some of you Eastsiders can make it.

chill dood

Either this post is in the wrong forum, or there's a line in the water...

Most all of the classics at RC were put up by the end of the 80s, before the advent of the really hard-rated routes so often seen nowadays. Also, it's the kind of climbing that it is; it will get easier to you after you've been on it a while, as you learn what works and what doesn't.

Here... (X cubic inches) ((2.54 cm/1 in)**3) (1 mL/1 cm**3) (1 L/1000 mL) = # of L per X ci If you want cubic inches per Litre, just take the reciprocal.

OK, howz this... 1 inch=2.54 cm 1 cubic cm=1 mL 1000 ml=1 L You now have all the unit conversions you need to calculate the value out to any number of decimal places you want to. You will need a calculator that can do exponents, or work out the "cubes" on paper. If you want to see the actual unit-consistent (factor label) calculation, PM me. ...sobo

First, there's no such thing as a "cubic Litre". A litre is already a volumetric unit. An easy thing to remember is that about 61 cubic inches is roughly equal to a litre. Example: A 3,000 ci pack ~ 50L. Howz that? ...sobo PS: If you'd like the actual conversion formula , PM me or see erik's hint.

Hey, Tiger beer Drank the shit outta that stuff on our trip to Vietnam in December and January-February. Buck a bottle in all the restaurants, and about $0.35 a can in the stores. Gotta make sure you stock up before Tet, as all the stores close for about a week. ...sobo

New location for all those old Florida chad-punchin' voting booths.

slow day on Spray, eh? Nice job working in all the baking puns, tho. ...sobo

waste away the day The Google search for "french military victories" (under the "MORE" section near the bottom of the page) is especially funny. Follow through with the obvious secondary search for more laffs. ...sobo

So, has everyone else been getting the business (like I have) from friends/relatives/armchair experts that don't climb, upon their reading the story about Aron? "It's so dangerous." No, it isn't. There are ways to limit the risk. "Why do leave your cell phone in the car? You never keep it with you, and it's so easy to call for help." There's never good service where I go, so it's pointless to carry it. "We never know where you are or where you go." I always tell you the area, and when I'll be back. I even sometimes write down coordinates so that if I don't come back, at least SAR knows where to begin looking. Just curious about what the rest of you cc.com'ers have been hearing from your circle. ...sobo

Does this mean ALL TYPES of climbing, or just rock climbing? Does it mean just Washington (as it was listed under WA closures), or just tribal lands (which we shouldn't be on anyway), or just National Parks? Anyone else ever hear of this? I'm aware of seasonal closures at Painted Rocks (in Yakima) and Devil's Tower, WY. Further elaboration/clarification appreciated. ...sobo

High skewl aged gym rat (sketching breathlessly on Inca Roads at Royal Columns, Tieton River a few years back) to his belayer: "Goddamn! You sure this is 5.9? It's way fuckin' harder than any of the 10s at the gym!"

If the knot squeezes through the rap rings and you have the biner backing it up (now on the other side), then you really do have two fixed ropes. chucK, Agreed. But at least you didn't get the chop when the knot pulled through (a good thing). Now you've just got some ascending to do (on a most assuredly fixed line now) to re-rig the rap and descend again and retrieve the ropes. erik, makes more sense now that you've explained that the knot and the biner are on the same side of the anchor. But another question: If the biner serves as an "autoblock" to prevent the skinny rope from feeding through the anchor if the knot passes the rap rings/chains, what purpose does feeding the fat rope through the biner serve? Just tidying things up a bit, or what? ...sobo

erik, I can't see how the knot on skinny rope side of anchor/biner on fat rope side of anchor/skinny rope threaded through biner allows one to pull the rope to retrieve both ropes. If you pull the skinny rope, the biner blocks the retrieval pull at the anchor. If you pull the fat rope, the knot is already up against the anchor (that was what blocked the rope from pulling through during the rap). Am I missing something obvious here? Secondly, what exactly is being backed up by the clove hitched biner? If the anchor fails, you're fahqed. If the knot and/or rope fails, you're still fahqed. I don't see how this is supposed to work... Any elaboration available over the'net? ...sobo

specialed, Waaaaaaaaaay cool avatar image. Love it!

Lion's Chair, or Lion's something, at Smith. Have to admit that it was about 12 years ago, tho... ...sobo