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Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 3:13 pm**

Might as well use asterisks for anyone using ropes and crampons while you're at it.

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:11 pm**

I take 81 mg of acetylsalicylate every morning before an ascent.

I also take a psychoactive stimulant drug that is a xanthine alkaloid; without this drug it is hard to get moving (in several ways).

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:20 pm**

Dingus Milktoast wrote:tell me more about this alkaloid... does it mix well with cream and sugar?
DMT

It does!

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:22 pm**

Do I still get paid for a day of work if I pop 2 of these in the morning??

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:45 pm**

Strangely enough, it is OTC:
http://www.fukitol.com/

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:46 pm**

Does GU with 2x caffeine get one asterisk or two?

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:30 pm**

Catamount wrote:
Baarb wrote:Might as well use asterisks for anyone using ropes and crampons while you're at it.

No, that would be like using an asterik for a home run where a bat was used.

BTW, I use Diamox. But I've read on other boards (such as the Whitney Portal) that it is, ahem, unethical and that altitude issues should be addressed only with proper acclimitization and fitness.

What's unethical is telling others what they should and shouldn't do!

Posted: **Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:36 pm**

What's unethical is telling others what they should and shouldn't do!

Agreed. Saw a Messner film recently and he seemed to climb only for deep personal reasons, wasn't to do it better than everybody else. I kinda like that.

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