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I'm more curious than anything, but how do you go about making a page of a screen resolution of 1024x786? Does it have to do with picture size (pixels)?

It opened up all the way through, this afternoon!

A complete surprise to many of us.

N'joy!

Living in the south now I can not find any peaks to climb in the winter. Looking for some snow and ice if it exists down here.

2nd ed.

This doesn't look good. The balloon is down but the boy isn't in it. :cry:

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A homemade balloon aircraft floated away from a yard in Colorado after a 6-year-old boy was seen climbing inside, setting off a frantic scramble by the military and law enforcement agencies before the balloon slowly touched down in a field.

Story.

Interesting article for the Yosemite crowd:

Public consumption version:
http://www.asmjournals.org/perlserv/?re ... MM-A-056.1

Original Journal of Mammology publication:
http://www.asmjournals.org/perlserv/?re ... MM-A-056.1

The Adventure Film Festival in Boulder is an international forum for the best and most inspiring independent films of the year. The Films featured in the Festival encompass all aspects of adventure from serious exploration and environmental heroism to gripping tales from the edge of the believable. With films from around the globe‚ adventure art‚ and powerful keynote speakers‚ the annual Adventure Film Festival in Boulder continues to inspire and awaken us all to the ...

They've been overdue since Monday. No doubt the storm has slowed them down.

http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/1673566.html

Backpackers from Road's End east to Forrester Pass or south of the Kern-Kaweah River are being urged to call investigators at (559) 565-3195.

I realy want to go to Washington and Oregon state next summer(last of june and first of july). My family and I enjoy hiking, camping and we may even try summer skiing. But I hear that it rains alot in that region... Is it worth to fly all the way from the east coast at that time of the year? Could it rain 14 days in a row? Should we concider going later in July ...

Does anybody have informations about the Aconcagua southwall? Actually conditions, climbers who wants to try it etc? Thanks!