Dave_Schuldt Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 Hey Snug, what are you doing down there? Quote
Greta Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 first ascent  If that's Concepcion (which I think it is) I bagged it two years ago . If its Maderas, Its all yours. Either way, if your interested in climbing one, the other or both, I can tell you where to find a guy that will draw you an amazingly detailed map of the route. Otherwise, you'll have to pay a guide to drag you up. BTW, they dont believe in switch-backs on Ometepe. They can be very environmentally unfriendly in those parts. Quote
DPS Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 first ascent  If that's Concepcion (which I think it is) I bagged it two years ago . They can be very environmentally unfriendly in those parts. So what you are saying is that it is not an immaculate Concepcion? (You may have to be Catholic to think that's funny.) Quote
Greta Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 Definitely not emmaculate. The ascent that you can visualize below tl is a straight uphill slog through muddy runnels, roots and vines. Quite a mess, but worth it. As Im sure you can imagine, the descent is even worse. Quote
ScottP Posted January 8, 2005 Posted January 8, 2005 "Charles Gerba, of the University of Arizona in Tucson, reported on the work of a team that checked on one of the greatest fears attending use of the disposables: that they could preserve, alive, hordes of disease-causing organisms. Certainly many live germs leave the human body via feces, but no one knew how they fared in diapers buried in landfills. Â The team exhumed more than 200 soiled diapers from landfills in New York, Florida, and Arizona. They tested fecal samples from each diaper for an array of common disease organisms, from viruses to parasites (including Giardia, a nasty little beast that lurks in some of Alaska's clear streams). They found not a single live pathogen... Â Franklin Associates, of Prairie Village, Kansas, undertook an environmental audit in which they attempted to compare all costs associated with disposable diapers against those for cloth diapers. They looked at diaper manufacturing, packaging, disposal or washing, and associated products, such as plastic overpants and pins. They tried to put good numbers on everything they could verify. Â Disposables came out, so to speak, on top. Over the course of a year of diapering one baby, disposables take about half as much energy as cloth diapers (the equivalent of 53 gallons of gasoline). They use up one-quarter as much water (still a substantial 2,570 gallons), generate half as much air pollution (16 pounds of combustion products), and produce only one-seventh of the water pollution (3 pounds)." Quote
Greta Posted January 9, 2005 Posted January 9, 2005 Well that was excellent. Im pretty certain that I wont soon find myself in a situation where I will find that little tid bit useful. Oh wait, now I see the connection . Quote
Ricardo_Montalban Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 The team exhumed more than 200 soiled diapers from landfills in New York, Florida, and Arizona. They tested fecal samples from each diaper for an array of common disease organisms, from viruses to parasites. Â Thanks ScottP!! my job seems so much better after reading that. Quote
Alpinfox Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 The team exhumed more than 200 soiled diapers from landfills in New York, Florida, and Arizona. They tested fecal samples from each diaper for an array of common disease organisms, from viruses to parasites. Â Thanks ScottP!! my job seems so much better after reading that. Â Quote
RuMR Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 the druggies? Â nah...i think she's just whispering to her friend how "well endowed" you are! Quote
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