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Dang; almost met Gangolf. See the photo discussion below :D :

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.p ... 263#360263

I hate to start another one of those "analyze this anchor" threads because they seem to drag on and on, on some other forums. This was posted as a repelling anchor. I found it while browsing another site and was wondering if it is a safe practice / or is the risk acceptable? Seems like a neat way to retrieve all your gear.

What's the easiest quickest way to do it for large amounts of photos?

So I came across this image on the Site. Someone really bridging with both legs and arms maxed out. Then I realised it's not the same for me, as I seemingly have an inordinate arm span compared to my height.

Some years ago I discussed this with some buddies of mine. No matter who I measured, the most I've seen is +2" over height. However, my arm span is 6' 2", with a height of ...

I'm talking about mountain lion scat, please!

Occasionally I find large turds, made principally of hair, in areas where I know there are lions. However, coyotes leave very similar turds when their diets are mostly rabbits and rodents.

Do I have to break apart the turds to tell? The coyote turds have lots of small bones. I'm guessing those would be absent in the lion turds?

I've looked at books on the subject, and the ...

May be the post is more interesting for European members, but I updated my Grading Hiking Routes article with the more and more popular and adopted Swiss (SAC) Scale. Would like to hear your opinion if something like it can become a standard on SP.

Nice!

Has anyone read Jon Krakauer's new book, Where Men Win Glory? What did you think? I think it's excellent. I just posted a short review here.

Hey There!

We're taking a bunch of young-ins (8-10yrs olds) out for an overnight in a couple of months. I'm in charge of, you guessed it, campfire entertainment.

Do you have any good campfire stories, or songs? Would you be willing to share it? I've used up the two I know.

THANKS