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yeah - way fun route. nice pics Did either of you guys happen to notice what D-tail looked like - thinking of serpentine and backbone, dry, wet, snow ? thanks.

How about the grivel index finger rest? I've only played with it in the store, but it looks almost universal if you can get the wrap around band that goes around the shaft to fit ?? I've also met someone up in lillooet that had modified their bd viper with an index finger thing by drilling a hole through the shaft at the appropriate spot and then bolting on an emt (electical conduit) clamp (the kind designed to hold the tubing secure to a wall). He added a whole lot of skate board tape and voila !! looked kinda ghetto, but he said it worked just fine. .. and drilling a hole in the shaft can't be too big a deal - after all the quarks already come that way for the stud part of the clippy leashless system.

yeah, but it's a sloper

heh. great tr I'll be sure to bring extra tp the next time we climb

I've got those little clippy things on my quarks and I''d never take those things in the alpine - I'm gumby enough w/o the extra gear headaches. btw, I don't want to spary on your great tr dru, but did we really need to see your nostril hair

That would be so freakin' cool - better than skis even.

One popular treat we got from one of our guys' aunt was a box of chocolates filled with liquor. mmmh - normally alchy wouldn't make it through the mail, being against the rules and all. One thought on books - send good ones. Just cause you're in the middle of east bum fuck doesn't mean you want to read a harlequin romance novel or dum western. Being deployed can put in you a philosophical mood, I remember reading plato for the first time .. good stuff. Support the troops, thanks guys

This lazy fat american is awake also, waiting for my partner to show - where you at JayB ??? Thank you for allow capitalist to post.

I noticed that too. I'm sure the inmates get very little, but the prison charges full rates and takes a huge cut to administer the program.

no, no, no it's all about having the latest toys !!

yep your wrong. a clip encompasses the rounds in a little metal thingy. think of an m1 garand with an 8 round clip. the clip is an integral part of the round package that fits into the reciever, when the 8 rounds are done the clip comes flying out making a clanging sound. Also think stripper clip like how any of the old timey military rifles were loaded like an enfield or an sks. teh rim of the round engages a little metal strip that allows a bunch of rounds to be convienently loaded into the reciever's magazine. Interestingly 5.56 military ball ammo comes on stripper clips from the box, you can seat the end of the stripper clip into the top of an m16 mag and just push the rounds off into the mag. so, a clip and a magazine are for sure different things. If you're interested in this sort of thing a discussion on clips and magazines can be found here in context of an enfield #4

Can you follow 5.6?

cool, thanks a bunch btw, the looong day comment was about all the driving. hope to give this route a go this summer for sure.

way to go guys sounds like a looong day! since the e but slut hisself is here now, how bout some beta for a mere mortal like myself. what's the best strategy for this thing? If I don't intend to free the bolt ladders (don't think I can make the moves) do I need aiders? or are the bolts close enough that french free will work? once the snow melts how long is the walk from the base of the s.arete to the base of the route? - don't want to carry shoes and packs up the climb if i dont' have to. tanks

cool, I'll be there around 7:30 or so .. I'll be the one with the mullet. hehe.

Is the food any good at ths place? ... JayB / Paco you still going?

This is so goin' to spray

WTF? duh, he's saying he doesn't care if she doesn't know html - while at the same time calling you a dork.

yeah great pics, looks like it was fun .. but pics are slow for me too.

An interesting read on why college costs so much can be found here. For those that cringe on navigating to the National Review here's an excerpt.

except if we do it that late it's more likely to rain like it did last fall.

oh btw, Thad - you left your 1999 Mt Bachelor sweatshirt in Craig's suburu - I've got it, lemme know how to get it back to you.