News of General Discussion

Hello everybody,

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but quite recently my school has been considering building a climbing wall. I would personally love this, as I could now walk literally 50 feet, rope up and climb after classes, in the evenings, etc... however the dean of athletics is quite against this due to liability reasons. I've talked to a number of other climbers here, and we've decided to compile a letter explaining ...

maybe this is a weird question...

were going to be flying soon and i wonder if it will be a problem to pack in my backpack (3500 ci, but won't be that full) and take it as carry on ? the external pockets and straps and cinches won't be problem will they ?

LINK:

http://www.nwcn.com/news/Climber-dies-a ... 77274.html

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/France-to-raise-retirement-apf-2224969549.html?x=0&.v=4

Two weekends ago I had only my second climbing experience on routes that have been rated. Prior to that, all of my ascents have been free climbs on backcounty Adk slides which I merely assumed topped off at Class 4. Based on the rated routes I recently climbed, I now realize that some of these slide pitches have been low to mid Class 5. I also realize there is a big difference between a 5.4 ...

A fuel cell that fits in the palm of your hand, and has the capacity of 1000 AA batteries...and it's $100 (they claim it will drop to 30). So many uses...eg. powering FRS radios/cell phones/recharging cameras on climbs. Or on expeditions powering a laptop.
Its cold-weather performance is unknown though, as are effects from altitude (given that oxygen is probably a factor)

http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/store/minipak.htm

http://www.gizmag.com/at-last-an-afford ... ...

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1. Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes, vol. 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass, 2nd ed, 1987, Beckey, $10. ...

Not that I condone this guy's approach, but the guy's got nuts to be a white guy tromping around the Peshwar Province with a pistol and a sword:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100616/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_bin_laden_hunter

whoo hoo! Finally they did it!

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/14/google-earth-hiker/

Is this rap method actually legit? Any of you soldiers know if this method is taught?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndguard/4703334618