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Hello Fellow Climbers,

My Company,Summit Sealants Inc., is proud to be able to offer the 1st of an annual grant to encouarage winter exploration of the mountain ranges of the Continental US. It will be awarded as one $1,000.00 or 2 $500.00 grants. I will accept applications through Dec 31,2010. Grants must be used within 6 months.


The criteria is as follows:

1. Must be 18 years of age or older

2.Objective(s) must be in ...

The old link/video was removed due to copyright notification to YouTube. :roll:

It can now be found at the following two links;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXuzrIN_x2M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQv-o5Kgbko

How long do digital photos saved to a CD live? I recently heard that after only 5 years the quality of the photos begin to deteriorate. I do have pictures on CD that are 6.5 years old and they still seem to be ok.

There's a cute little mountain I explored yesterday. Here it is, right on the Trans-Canada Highway. Total elevation from pavement to summit is 500 meters. The other side is all forest, except for a broad ramp going half-way up, which is a great picnic-spot for teenagers on Friday night. It doesn't have a name, so I call it the "Half-Moon Rocks".

<img src="http://www.nucleus.com/~dancohen/half-moon/half-moon rocks.jpg" />

Here's a view of the top edge of one of ...

So I am thinking of trying some indoor rock climbing and build up some upper body strength to help when climbing mountains...

who here does the two?? do you feel they benefit the other?

Discuss please...Im kind of in two minds...

http://www.reelrocktour.com/
Video link in the lower right.

I maintain that Ueli Steck is some sort of robot, possibly from the future.

Since my unpolitical remarks got a thread MOVED today, I figure I could contribute my newest use for Summitpost, possibly the first real contribution to the site I ever will have made (if it catches on)....

Extreme Random Summitposting: not for the faint of heart.

STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES:
1-open summitpost.org
2-flip a coin; heads you open 'Areas and Ranges', tails you open 'Mountains and Rocks'
3-Google search 'random letter generator' and use the first letter ...

George Dunn Rainier Controversy

500 ascents of Rainier? 500 exactly?

But, 14th paragraph of this article:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html…
“He doesn’t remember for sure the year of his first climb. He figures it was in 1969, when he was a student at Renton High School.”

Not only doesn’t he remember the date (month and day), he doesn’t even remember the year. How could he start his counting of his 500 climbs ...

5.10 (fiveTen) for dot-pattern sticky rubber. What type of shoe?