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Crew Member Spotlight - Andy Pugh
April 3, 2014
Andy Pugh, shock specialist on the No. 3 Nationwide Series team, is in his second season with Richard Childress Racing. In his first season last year, Pugh helped guide the No. 3 team to a NASCAR Nationwide Series championship with driver Austin Dillon; which is Pugh's only career championship in a national NASCAR series. The 28-year-old, Geneva, Ala. native previously was the car chief for the No. 17 Camping World Truck Series team of Red Horse Racing, and a shocks/tire specialist on the No. 71 Sprint Cup Series team for current RCR crew chief, Slugger Labbe.
Pugh hails from the dirt tracks in southern Alabama working on late models with his father. He currently resides in Statesville, N.C. where he still enjoys watching dirt track action and racing Remote Control cars with his friends in the sport.
What was it like when you made the move to RCR?
"I'd say, first off, it was one of the best decisions of my life. I made the move about five races into the year, which is difficult because you're commitment level to a team is always very high. I struggled with it a little bit and it took me a little while to get adjusted, but I'm so glad I did. I was very thankful for the opportunity. I wanted to make the move, and even take a different position, just to be with Danny (Stockman)."
What's it like working on a championship-winning team?
"I've known Danny for a really long time, we've always been friends. I know he's a racer – all of these guys on this team are racers and committed to this team. That's who I wanted to be with, a group of racers."
What's your favorite memory in racing?
"Probably winning the championship last season, that's the biggest thing I've ever been a part of in racing. It's the only championship team I've earned. We came really close a couple of times in the Camping World Truck Series."
What's it like having a different driver this year?
"They're definitely different, that's for sure. Both Ty and Austin are really good kids. Austin is very outgoing in person and a methodical racer; very strategic. Ty is a very calm person and is wide open on the race track. It's cool to work with drivers that have different styles."
How long have you been racing RC cars?
"Probably for about 10 years. We race dirt ovals, we travel around Pennsylvania and race in tournaments on our off-weekends. I love it."
What do people say when you tell them you're from Alabama?
"Well they sort of give you the 'Forest Gump' reaction, and all that. But where I'm from in the southern part of the state around Mobile and Pensacola, that's some of the most competitive late model dirt car racing in the country. I'm fortunate to have grown up in that area because the racing is so competitive. It absolutely helped me get to where I am today."


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Many students wish to pursue a senior project involving substantive independent research and writing. This program is designed for students whose achievements have propelled them to intermediate or advanced levels of inquiry in the humanities or in cultural studies, and who are in their junior year or the very beginning of their senior year. By completing this program in spring quarter, students will position themselves to pursue an advanced research/writing project in the following year. Over the ten weeks of spring quarter we will read a sequence of texts in common; we will analyze them not only for content but also for methodology. We will study what kinds of sources, evidence, interpretive paradigms and arguments are demanded by humanities fields such as history, literature and philosophy, and by interdisciplinary fields such as queer studies, American studies, women's studies and cultural studies.
By better understanding what makes research publishable, students will gain a keen appreciation for the methods and rhetorical strategies that they will need to master in order to pursue their own independent studies. Students will research and write about a topic of their choice, with the goal of laying a solid foundation for a senior thesis or project. Writing assignments include: an abstract, a work plan, two response papers, an annotated bibliography, a review of a scholarly journal, description of research methods and a research prospectus.
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Civilian noninstitutional population is defined as persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, who are not inmates of institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.
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So I'm in the market for another pump gun.
I used to own a CCM T2 and although I liked it, I feel they're a bit over-hyped. It was a good shooter, but I never really got the "O" face with it. So when I was needing money for a road trip I was planning, out the door she went. I instead decided to keep my micro-phantom that, despite being technically inferior, I've had much more fun using on the field.
However, I now have a gap in my paintball arsenal of a decent OC pump which I really want to fill again.
So I've been looking around a bit and found that the MVP seems pretty nice. It's supposedly very simple and has a similar profile to my micro-phantom which I like. I've been reading a lot of bad things about it however. I'm sure a lot of it is just exaggeration and/or parroting that's typical with any internet community, but it still keeps me wary. A lot of the issues I've noticed comes down to the price of the gun, saying that it's not worth the new price of $700. But looking in the used market, I've seen some as low as $500 so maybe that would remedy that portion of the bad reviews.
Alas, no store in my area has any in stock nor do I know of anyone who owns one, so I won't be able to try before I buy.
So what I'm asking is, should I bite the bullet and experiment with something new despite the less-than-stellar reviews, or simply stick with the effective but less affectionate option?
CCM T2/S6.5 vs Bob Long MVP
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S6? I wasn't too impressed with the mvp, the pump stroke is amazing on it, but it felt really weird in my hands.
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Harold R. Lockhart
Harold R. Lockhart, 71, devoted husband and loving father, of Parkersburg, passed away on Jan. 18, 2013, at his home.
He was born March 8, 1941, in Wirt County, W.Va., the son of the late Oscar C. Lockhart and Dorcas E. (Windland) Lockhart Godbey.
He was retired from DuPont Washington Works as a supervisor with 37 years of service. He was a member of Southside Southern Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, collecting and restoring bells and spending time with his family and grandchildren. He especially enjoyed family vacations to Myrtle Beach, S.C., Spruce Knob, W.Va., and the many trips to the family farm in Wirt County with his son. Harold's family meant everything to him, and he meant the world to them.
He is survived by his caregiver and the love of his life for over of 50 years, his wife, Shirley A. Dowler Lockhart; three daughters, Beth A. Buchman and husband, Brad, of Parkersburg, Sherry L. Farnsworth and husband, Mark, of Philippi, W.Va., and Lori D. Lockhart and Jeffrey R. Buttrey of Parkersburg; and one son, H. R. Lockhart Jr. and wife, Jodi, of Parkersburg. He also had 10 grandchildren, Mitch and Natalie Buchman, Lauren, Emily, Luke, Abigail, John and Matthew Farnsworth, Marcus Whited and Allie Lockhart. He is also survived by his sister, Jean Ayers (Howard) of Rockport; three brothers, Gerald Lockhart (Kay), Roy Lee Lockhart and Larry Lockhart (Delma), all of Parkersburg; and several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Amedisys Hospice, neighbors Shirley and Fred Sullivan and Doris Davis, as well as special cousin, Sue Amos Burton.
Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his special mother-in-law, Evelyn (Amos) Dowler Starcher.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, Pike Street, south Parkersburg, with the Rev. Paul Drake officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen South Cemetery. Visitation will be 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
To the best Daddy in the world, words can not express how much we love you and how much you mean to us.
Memorial contributions may be made in Harold's honor to the Erickson All-Sports Facility, or the charity of the donor's choice.
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It's quite the read gents. If it doesn't inspire you, we apologise.
Plenty of info in there. In particular, be sure to read the under dog speech and the 'probing the enemy' sections.
It may not be the first time for some of you, but right now, you're getting double teamed!
Crazy⑧s, In Association With iSayUghh, present to you, knicksonline.com, the first playoff game thread on this glorious site in 7 years! How fitting that one Carmelo Anthony is number 7. Is that what you call 'Good Ju Ju'?
But before the madness ensues, each and every one of you MUST view, or review, this epic video created by resident ko.com genius -
And now, as our banner arises from the bowels of mediocrity once again, resident cunning linguist iSayUghh will set the wheels in motion with an underdog speech Winston Churchill would be proud of......
Soundtrack to the underdogs battle cry.
Press play NOW
A heavy burden is the weight of doubt. Adversity an obstacle as strenuous on the mind as the body. Is our battle already lost in futility? Must we look up as we're looked down upon? Is our enemy's pedestal as lofty as it seems?
If so then we have already lost.
But that is not so in this hour.
The underdogs throughout the annals of time have questioned their mettle, and risen despite the weight of their opposition and their doubters.
We are a team. Forged by its resilience, strength and energy. A team budding with exuberance and want. A team, despite its detractors, possessed of deft skill, experience, tenacity, all of which are amplified by the underdog's flame.
We must not underrate the gravity of the task which lies before us or the temerity of the ordeal, to which we shall not be found unequal.
Our enemy fears us in its thought. It's assuredness shrouded by our unquenchable desire for supremacy.
Our potency undeniable, it raises the brows of a nation swept by enthusiasm.
The underdogs lurk.
Their senses made keen as they smell the wounds of their oppressors.
They know that the time to tear and take what is theirs is upon them.
As one, the underdogs prowl in search of former glory, forgetting not the savour of its sweetness.
Rise now! Our banner unfurls as we defy all who stand against us!
We are the underdogs! We shall not be turned back!
I thought I'd ask KO's creator, moderator and ***** devastator, Rady, to add words of inspiration to the thread that's waited 7 years. In typical Rady fashion, he was brief and to the point:
This always gets me pumped up, and to me, it's better then any inspirational words one could tell!
Do it! Press play!
And now, the moment you've all been frothing at the jowls for, the Knicks starting line 5.
@ PG, the man who once punched a horse to the ground defending his sandwich, known as Mr Big Shot, Chaunceeeeeeeeeeey Billups!
@ SG the man who once wrestled and devoured a liger to gain its sexual powers, he's half black and half white so we have to wonder what colour his nipples are: Landryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Fieeeeeeeeelllldsss.
@ SF: Many have attested to his dislike of the homeless. His wife has enormous fun bags. He's allergic to not having eye watering anal sex. Carmelooooooooooo Anthonyyyyyyyyyyy.
@ PF: The man who circumcised himself at 2 weeks old. He can open a beer bottle with his testes. He once impregnated a virgin in MSG's front row by looking at her. Amar'eeeeeeee Stouuuuuudemiiiiiireeeee.
@ Center his beard contains the soul of Shaka Zulu. He has fried adamantium for breakfast. He has converted millions from lesbianism with his mighty staff. Ronnnyyyyyyyyyyyyy Tuuuuuuuuuuriaaaaaffffffff.
Celdics Regular Season Team #s Per Game
Points Scored 96.7 ------ Points Allowed 90.8
FG% .488 ------ Opponent FG% .433
Free Throw Attempts 23 ------ Opponent FTA 24.1
Now this is interesting. Per 100 possessions, Boston rebound the ball at a lower rate than their opponents on both ends of the floor.
ORPG - 24% ------ Opponent ORPG - 27%
DRPG - 72% ----- Opponent DRPG - 77.8%
Their opponents score most prolifically in the first 15 seconds of the shot clock, accounting for almost 65% of Boston's points allowed. This is not irregular, but Boston are the best defensive team in seconds 20-24 on the clock. Second to the Bulls in 24 second violations.
Boston are in the top 10 for offensive fouls at 6th in the league.
They eclipsed opponents forced turnovers in ball handling and broken/intercepted passes by a total of 132 total TOs in the combined categories.
They are incredibly effective passers through positions 1-4, eclipsing opponent averages by 6 assists/ game, 23.9 for to 18 allowed. As a system, theirs is the antithesis of the Knicks style, with methodically run plays in which the focal is to hit the open man between seconds 10 & 15 on the clock. Rondo is the main facilitator. Stop him, and you stop Pierce and Allen from having opportunities created for in motion sets. This was recently evidenced in Boston's losses to both Chicago and Miami.
Crazy⑧s' Big Fat Facts
As we all know, hitting our shots at a high rate will be the be all and end all of our chance at getting past these leprechaun lesbians.
The Knicks are 8-29 when they shoot less than 45 percent from the field and 13-32 when they make fewer than 10 threes. How will our offence fare against the 2nd best defence in the league?
How To Compensate Against Bad Shooting & Boston's D
We MUST run more designed plays to compensate for any bad shooting spell that may occur during stages of the game(s) and get to the FT line as much as possible. STAT in particular must be given the opportunity to draw fouls on offensive bigs.
Both defensively and offensively, Shawne Williams and TD23's contributions play second fiddle only to our big 3.
Their shot making and defensive assignments are momentous for us. Williams, in particular, must get on the glass, play well in the post and contest shots. He's been called for fouls frequently in the paint over our end season streak, and we can't afford for him to be on the bench in foul trouble.
I consider him the most pivotal role player in a series in which we are under sized, and will rely heavily on his corner 3s which have been there ever since the Melo trade.
What is there to say to our 5s? If they don't bring their heads, hearts and heroism to this game, or those that follow, we're in trouble. We expect nothing more than defence and effort on the glass at both ends.
Will they answer the call?
Age: 28 > 35
Height: 6'10" < 6'11"
Weight: 240 < 253
Wingspan: 7'1" < 7'4"
We need to run some plays for Amar'e and get him to the line. He must be included in the offence to keep Boston's incredibly tight motion defence moving. Through motion, we find holes and gaps. Garnett contests jumpers well with that 7'4" wingspan and deft timing. It is beyond crucial that Amar'e gets to the FT line, and has a chance to create for others from the high post as he has all year. Fields, in particular has a chance to reap the benefits of Boston's focus on Amar'e with his size and athletic advantage over Ray Allen.
Amar'e will/should benefit from Boston's low/high block double teaming on Carmelo.
If there were ever a team in which Amar'e's defensive awareness, boxing out and rebounding were of the utmost import, it's against Boston.
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP)The New York Knicks and Boston Celtics took big gambles when they shook up their rosters less than two months ago.
Theyre about to find out which team was the winner.
Series at a Glance
Series tied 0-0
Game 1: at BOS
Sun, Apr 17 - 7:00 pm EDT
Game 2: at BOS
Tue, Apr 19 - 7:00 pm EDT
Game 3: at NYK
Fri, Apr 22 - 7:00 pm EDT
Game 4: at NYK
Sun, Apr 24 - 3:30 pm EDT
Game 5: at BOS
Tue, Apr 26 - TBA
Game 6: at NYK
Fri, Apr 29 - TBA
Game 7: at BOS
Sun, May 01 - TBA
Series Breakdown
On Feb. 22, the Carmelo Anthony(notes) soap opera ended when he and Chauncey Billups(notes) came to the Knicks from the Denver Nuggets, a trade that cost New York three regulars. Two days later, the Celtics obtained Jeff Green(notes) and Nenad Krstic(notes) from Oklahoma City and gave up starting center Kendrick Perkins(notes), a stout defender and strong physical presence.
The transitions havent been smooth for either team.
And now they face each other in Sunday nights opener of a best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series.
It was risky for both of us, Boston coach Doc Rivers said Saturday. Both teams, when they first made the trade, started winning right away and then started losing right after that. It happens all the time.
The Celtics were 41-15 at the time of the deal and 15-11 since then, finishing third in the East at 56-26. The Knicks were 28-26 before their trade and 14-14 after it, ending up at 42-40.
Boston did win its first five games with Green and Krstic and New York went 6-3 immediately after Anthony and Billups arrived.
When you first make (the trade), everyones just kind of playing, Rivers said. Then, all of a sudden, the new system starts kicking in, their old system is still in and you completely lose the rhythm. Id say both teams did that.
But now, I think, weve had some time together. These three, four days (of practice) have been tremendous for us. I think well both be ready.
The Knicks gave up three of their top four scorersRaymond Felton(notes), Danilo Gallinari(notes) and Wilson Chandler(notes). But they picked up Anthony to team with Amare Stoudemire(notes) as an imposing offensive punch.
And Billups provides the veteran savvy, playoff experience and ability to run a team and score.
I feel good, Anthony said. I feel confident in where this team is at, how far this team has come. From Day 1 when I got here up until now we came a long way. And I feel very confident about going into Boston in this series.
Stoudemire was the first piece in the Knicks improvement when they signed him as a free agent in the offseason. He averaged 25.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 78 games. Anthony averaged 26.3 points in his 27 games with New York, which lost its only matchup with the Celtics with him in the lineup, 96-86 after outplaying them for almost 45 minutes.
Any time youre involved in the playoffs, you get a chance to really assess the team, Stoudemire said. We feel like we have the right tools right now to make something special happen.
The Knicks finished with their first winning record in 10 seasons and reached the playoffs for just the second time in that span.
The Celtics won their 17th NBA championship in 2008 and lost the NBA finals last year in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers.
But Boston will be without center Shaquille ONeal(notes) on Sunday and likely longer because of a right calf injury. He tried running before practice on Saturday but stopped when it became too painful.
He missed 27 games with a sore right leg then returned on April 4 but played just 5 minutes, 29 seconds before leaving again with the calf problem. He sat out the remaining six regular season games.
You want the Big Fella to be healthy, Paul Pierce(notes) said. You want him to be out there to give us a boost, but the guys that are in uniform out there playing, thats all we can worry about right now.
Besides, ONeals teammates werent overly optimistic that hed be ready.
His absence may not be as damaging since the Knicks arent extremely physical inside. And the Celtics have Jermaine ONeal(notes) back to add bulk in the middle after he played just 24 games because of knee problems. But he sat out just two of the last eight.
Hes going to be big, Pierce said, just defensively the way he guards, being able to clog up the middle. Were going to need more than one guy to try to shut down Carmelo, Chauncey and Amare.
Combine their experience and scoring ability and theyre a tough trio for the Celtics to handle.
Thats a burden, Rivers said. Every time you get in a close game with them you know its extremely dangerous because theyve got three guys that can just make shots whether you play good defense or not.
So do the Celtics with Pierce, Kevin Garnett(notes) and Ray Allen(notes). Point guard Rajon Rondo(notes) was inconsistent after the trade but is the driving force behind their offense.
We always want to get the ball in Rondos hands and push the ball, Pierce said, try to use his speed, especially in the open court.
That should be a challenge for the Knicks, a team that allowed the third most points in the NBA, 105.7 per game. Interestingly, Denver allowed 8.1 fewer points per game after trading Anthony and Billups. The Celtics gave up the fewest in the NBA for the season, 91.1.
When we play teams that are top echelon or top in the rankings, we tend to play better defensively, Stoudemire said. Hopefully, that rubs off in the series.
Bummer that I'm gonna be on the road while the game is going so I'll have to watch from my laptop.. But either way I'm pumped! LETS GET READY TO SCHOK THE WORLD! PROVE THE NAY SAYING FAGGOTS WRONG! BEAT THE CELDICKS!
Man, its 3:00AM and i can't sleep...when's this game in 16 hrs? FK
I could have run a marathon quicker then it took me to get through that list
Word Crazy.. Epic thread. I'm kinda lucky its late here now so I get to sleep most of the hours away before the game... God I'm so excited. Believe guys. We are going to win this game, take home court and take the series. I truly believe that.
There's no way Billups Melo and Stat are gonna get beaten by an aging east coast team!
Crazy....this **** is off the mutha******* chain! ******* *******!!!(Kobe)
I can't sleep right now and to top it off I have no CPU right now so I won't be able to be on like that in the a.m , but idc leggggggooooo!!!!!! I'm pumped!
Am I the only one hoping the garden does the playoff atmosphere thing like okc last year or chi/Mia this year? I would love to see a racous garden crowd in all orange or all white!
I can't sleep either i am up and in my knicks hat @ 5:09
-------------------------------Mike D'Antoni--------------------------------Doc Rivers
New York Knicks------------Boston Celtics
Positional Matchups
Chauncey Billups------------------------Rajon Rondo
Code:Chauncey Billups Rajon Rondo Points: 16.8 10.6 Rebounds: 2.6 4.4 Assists: 5.4 11.2 Blocks: 0.2 0.2 Steals: 1.0 2.3 Turnovers: 2.5 3.4 FG%: 42.7 47.5 FT%: 91.6 56.8 3-PT%: 40.2 23.3 PER: 18.76 17.11 Minutes: 32.1 37.2
Landry Fields---------------------------Ray Allen
Code:Landry Fields Ray Allen Points: 9.6 16.5 Rebounds: 6.3 3.4 Assists: 1.9 2.7 Blocks: 0.2 0.2 Steals: 1.0 1.0 Turnovers: 1.3 1.5 FG%: 49.7 49.1 FT%: 77.1 88.1 3-PT%: 39.3 44.4 PER: 13.47 16.41 Minutes: 31.0 36.1
Carmelo Anthony----------------------Paul Pierce
Code:Carmelo Anthony Paul Pierce Points: 25.6 18.9 Rebounds: 7.3 5.4 Assists: 2.9 3.3 Blocks: 0.6 0.6 Steals: 0.9 1.0 Turnovers: 2.7 2.1 FG%: 45.5 49.7 FT%: 83.8 86.0 3-PT%: 37.8 37.4 PER: 21.79 19.75 Minutes: 35.7 34.7
Amar'e Stoudemire---------------------Kevin Garnett
Code:Amar'e Stoudemire Kevin Garnett Points: 25.4 14.9 Rebounds: 8.2 8.9 Assists: 2.6 2.4 Blocks: 1.9 0.8 Steals: 0.9 1.3 Turnovers: 3.2 1.6 FG%: 50.3 52.8 FT%: 79.3 86.2 3-PT%: 43.5 20.0 PER: 22.84 20.65 Minutes: 37.0 31.3
Ronny Turiaf-----------------------Shaquille O'Neal
Code:Ronny Turiaf Shaquille O'Neal Points: 4.1 9.2 Rebounds: 3.2 4.8 Assists: 1.4 0.7 Blocks: 1.2 1.1 Steals: 0.6 0.4 Turnovers: 0.7 1.5 FG%: 62.7 66.7 FT%: 62.2 55.7 3-PT%: N/A N/A PER: 13.37 17.43 Minutes: 17.9 20.3
Bench Matchups
Code:New York Boston Points: 26.7 26.4 Rebounds: 12.7 12.0 Assists: 5.4 4.5 Blocks: 2.0 1.4 Steals: 2.7 2.5 Turnovers: 3.5 3.9 FG%: 42.9 44.6 FT%: 72.5 74.2 3-PT%: 37.3 27.2 Minutes: 76.5 79.4
--------------------------------370-313 (.542)-------------------------------506-406 (.555)
-------------------------------Playoffs: 26-25-------------------------------Playoffs: 46-40[/QUOTE]
for anyone who doesnt believe we can win this series,
remember golden state vs. dallas and how that ended...
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!


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The Greatest Series No One Will See
Tim Lincecum. Cliff Lee. Buster Posey. Josh Hamilton (with special guest, Jesus of Nazareth).
This… spells… EPIC.
Unfortunately, only the folks in San Francisco, Dallas/Ft. Worth and the diehards (like myself) will be paying attention.
Such is a World Series without marquee cities and pinstripes galore (see 2006 for more info).
But I have an idea… a way to rope in the casual fan from Syracuse to Sandusky to Sacramento and beyond.
In between innings, give a hot chick a gun and let 'er rip:
'Cuz, THAT, dear readers, is 'Merica!!!
Yes. Yes, you can thank me later.
Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Its a must watch, see if the Giants juice is still working on the players or if Jesus is still watching over the Rangers outfield, it's riveting stuff, could turn into a reality show, well 5 or 6 episodes anyway….
Peter — Heck, might only need 4 episodes.
I'll be watching starting tonight. This should be a great series. Can't wait! Go Giants!
Me too, Jane! Though I don't really have an allegiance to one team or the other. Just looking forward to some excellent ball!
If the hot chick uses a Cody Ross mannequin as a target, I may consider tuning in.😉
Thanks Jeff. I'm a diehard, too, and I've been watching. I'll watch right up until the end.
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|"Sleeping Dogs"
|ENT, Episode 1x14
Production number: 015
First aired: 30 January 2002
|14th of 97 produced in ENT
|13th of 97 released in ENT
|641st of 728 released in all
| Written By
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Directed By
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While exploring a gas giant, the Enterprise finds the wreck of a Klingon scoutship sinking into the atmosphere.
Summary Edit
Hoshi Sato is performing combat training with Malcolm Reed in the armory. She's having trouble adjusting to the new phase pistol, which doesn't need to be compensated for particle drift as the older EM-33 does. Her practice is interrupted as the ship drops out of warp to survey a class 9 gas giant.
Act I Edit
After launching a probe, Enterprise detects siren sounds and other radiation. They also discover a damaged ship sinking into the atmosphere with some bio-signs on board.
Malcolm, one of the members selected to investigate the vessel, visits Phlox to see about some kind of treatment for a cold he has picked up. In the meantime, Sato visits Captain Archer to request to be added to the team. She gives several arguments as to why she should be added. Archer agrees that they are valid reasons, and says that T'Pol had already requested that Sato be added to the team.
After suiting up and taking a shuttle, Sato, Reed, and T'Pol enter the atmosphere. Due to the rate at which the ship is descending, they will only have an hour to investigate the vessel. After detecting a breathable atmosphere, the crew removes their helmets. Sato remarks that Reed is lucky to have a cold and be unable to smell the stench in the vessel. They soon discover that this is a Klingon ship, a class never encountered by Humans before.
They find the crew unconscious. There is a debate about whether they should rescue the crew or not. Reed argues that they shouldn't let them die, but T'Pol explains that dying at their posts is exactly what they would want – and that they would kill the Humans if they found them on board. The team signals Enterprise and details the situation. The crew has been incapacitated due to some kind of airborne neurotoxin.
While this is happening, a Klingon female approaches the bridge and spies the away team. She moves quickly away from them, with Reed pursuing. She surprises him and knocks him down, then dives into the airlock and takes the shuttlepod just as T'Pol and Sato arrive. The away team is now stuck on a damaged Klingon vessel, surrounded by potentially dangerous enemies, and sinking into the core of the gas giant.
Act II Edit
Back on board Enterprise, they are surprised as the shuttlepod flies past them into open space. The Klingon starts sending out a com signal which they are able to translate as a signal for any available warships to come and attack Enterprise, who the female believes has attacked. After grappling the shuttlepod back into their docking bay, they subdue the Klingon with their phase pistols. Archer makes the decision to take Enterprise into the atmosphere to rescue the away team.
Back on the Klingon vessel, the away team has the problem of decrypting the control panels and discovering a way of piloting the ship out of the gas giant. Sato manages to translate some of the consoles, including the weapons panel (which includes photon torpedoes, something Reed has never heard of).
Enterprise contacts the away team to inform them that they are attempting a rescue. The attempt is very quickly aborted, as a probe launched by Enterprise's is destroyed by a wave of pressure which begins to affect Enterprise itself, pushing its hull plating past the maximum pressure it can sustain. Archer informs the away team that they will attempt another rescue later.
Act III Edit
In the medical bay, Phlox briefs the captain on the situation. The reason the Klingon female has survived is because she hid in a low-temperature environment, slowing the effects of the toxin. If untreated, it will kill her. Archer tries to talk to the Klingon, but is rebuffed.
After researching the Vulcan database, Travis Mayweather determines that the Klingon vessel is a Raptor-class scout vessel. It is very well designed, with a tough hull, and coherent molecular alloy reinforcement. Trip Tucker suggests a possible way to reinforce a shuttlepod to allow them to reach the vessel.
Sato, Reed, and T'Pol discover the crew logs, which reveal that after a raid on a Xarantine outpost, the crew had fallen ill. They also discover what's wrong with the Klingon ship's engines. They go down to the engine room to find the port fusion injector, which is malfunctioning.
On Enterprise, Archer discusses the situation with Tucker. He feels he's made a tactical error in talking with the Klingon woman by asking for her help. He felt she saw it as a sign of weakness. They discuss why the Klingons are always so determined to destroy the Humans when they meet them.
On board the Klingon vessel, Reed complains that he feels light-headed. T'Pol remarks that he is dehydrated, and suggests he drink some water. Sato and T'Pol set out for the galley in blue sector. When they get to it, they find it to be very different from what they were expecting. Sato is disturbed by the food, notably the gagh and live targs that the Klingons keep as food. T'Pol notes that the Klingons prefer freshly slaughtered food. Sato has a minor anxiety attack, and T'Pol walks her through a Vulcan meditation exercise to deal with it. She promises to teach Sato how to do it by herself once they are back on Enterprise. Just as she finishes saying this, the vessel begins to experience hull integrity failure.
Act IV Edit
With the away team assembled in engineering, Reed explains a new plan. He intends to use the weapons systems to help get them up and out of the atmosphere.
Tucker updates Archer on the status of the modifications to the shuttlepod. Archer updates Tucker on his research into the Klingon society. He returns to the medical bay to talk to the Klingon. Phlox has developed a cure for the toxin. Archer explains the situation to the female, notably that the toxin comes from Xarantine ale. The female reveals that they had indeed attacked an outpost and consumed the ale they captured. Using the threat of dishonorable deaths for the crew, Archer convinces her to help in the rescue.
On the Klingon vessel, the away team has begun firing photon torpedoes into the atmosphere to raise their altitude. They manage to raise the vessel enough to allow the Enterprise shuttlepod, carrying Archer and the Klingon, to dock.
Act V Edit
After the two enter through the airlock, Archer introduces the Klingon as officer Bu'kaH. He hails Enterprise from the Somraw just as two more Klingon vessels come into sensor range. As Archer retakes his command chair from Tucker, the Somraw hails them again and demands that Enterprise surrender. Archer calls the captain's bluff and demands that the Klingon vessel stand down or be destroyed. Archer orders the ship away before the reinforcements arrive.
In the decon chamber, the away team takes a much-needed break, relaxing in the warmth of the UV radiation. When Phlox tells them that they are ready to leave the chamber, they ask to be scanned again, just to make sure they didn't pick anything up. Reluctantly agreeing, Phlox closes the com channel. Sato and Reed both comments about how enjoyable the chamber is. T'Pol agrees, remarking that the chamber is pleasant.
Extended scene Edit
For this episode, there is an extended scene that can be found on the ENT Season 1 DVD.
Scene 43, 44 Edit
As in the aired version of the episode, Archer and Tucker talk while they do some welding inside a shuttlepod. Archer admits that he may have made an error asking Bu'kaH for assistance and decides to appeal to her Klingon way of thinking. This version of the scene ends with Doctor Phlox contacting Archer with news that he has discovered a cure for Bu'kaH, although there is also an "interesting wrinkle" that he would like to discuss with the captain.
Memorable quotes Edit
"You know, I read if they sense a leader's weak they'll try to kill him and take command."
- - Trip Tucker, offering advice to Archer on how to deal with their Klingon captive
"Remind me to stop trying to help people."
- - Archer, to Tucker, after a futile attempt at negotiation
"Ah, the one time we need our chief engineer is the one time we leave him behind."
- - Reed, lamenting Tucker's omission from the away team
"It's called gagh. It's a Klingon delicacy, but only when they're alive."
"They look like worms."
"They are worms."
- - T'Pol and Sato, searching the galley of the Klingon ship
"You're in a dangerous situation in an alien environment. Your anxiety is understandable."
"Don't you mean 'for a Human' ?"
"You can't deny your nature."
- - T'Pol and Sato
"I decided to take your advice about thinking like a Klingon. The Vulcan database has about 900 pages on them."
"Learn anything?"
"Plenty. They're driven by a warrior mentality. They tend to view anyone they meet as a potential enemy."
"That may explain why our guest is so irritable."
- - Archer to Tucker
"This was your plan? To grope around in the darkness and hope to stumble upon my ship?"
"That's how we found it the first time."
- - Bu'kaH to Archer
"I kept your seat warm for you."
- - Tucker, to Archer, on his return to the bridge
"You wouldn't last ten seconds in a battle with us. You've got multiple hull breaches, your shields are down, and from what I'm told, you're fresh out of torpedoes. If I were you, I'd take what little honor I had left and go home. Fire one shot, and I'll blast you right back to where we found you."
- - Archer to the Klingon captain
"Oh, it certainly feels nice to be clean again."
"It is...pleasant."
- - Reed and T'Pol, enjoying their extended stay in decon
"Do you smell that?"
"I don't smell anything."
- - Sato and T'Pol
Background information Edit
- The episode title comes from the expression, "let sleeping dogs lie."
- This is the only episode of the series to be directed by regular Star Trek director Les Landau.
- This is the only appearance of the Klingon Raptor-class scout vessel. Tucker describes the Klingon vessel as a "tough little ship." This is a phrase used by William T. Riker and Thomas Riker, both referring to the USS Defiant, in Star Trek: First Contact and DS9: "Defiant" respectively.
- In this episode, Hoshi Sato has gotten over her fear of going on away missions, as seen in "Fight or Flight".
- Chronologically, this is the first time that photon torpedoes, Star Trek's staple weaponry, are mentioned.
- Chronologically, this is the first time that gagh, a Klingon delicacy, is mentioned and shown.
- This is the first appearance of the entirely computer-generated Targ.
- Vaughn Armstrong, who also plays Admiral Maxwell Forrest, was the second choice to play the Klingon captain. He filled in for an unknown actor, who was unable either to complete his work or do the re-shots. (Vaughn Armstrong ENT Season 1 DVD)
- The lining of the EV suit worn by Dominic Keating as Malcolm Reed was auctioned off in the It's A Wrap! sale and auction. [1]
- In "Judgment" Captain Archer's advocate Kolos turns the Klingon court's attention to how Archer had assisted the Empire in the past, referring to events in this episode.
- Archer says that this is the third time Enterprise has run into the Klingons. This confirms that the only other canon appearances by the Klingons up until this episode were seen in "Broken Bow" and "Unexpected"; there were no encounters "off-screen."
Video and DVD releases Edit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 1.7, 5 August 2002.
- As part of the ENT Season 1 DVD collection.
- As part of the ENT Season 1 Blu-ray collection.
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
- Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer
- John Billingsley as Doctor Phlox
- Jolene Blalock as Subcommander T'Pol
- Dominic Keating as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed
- Anthony Montgomery as Ensign Travis Mayweather
- Linda Park as Ensign Hoshi Sato
- Connor Trinneer as Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III
Guest stars Edit
Uncredited Co-Stars Edit
- Richard Bishop as Klingon engineer
- Michael Braveheart as Klingon bridge officer
- Amy Kate Connolly as a science division crewman
- Ken Gruz as Klingon engineer
- Jack Guzman as a science division crewman
- Aldric Horton as an operations division crewman
- John Jurgens as a command division crewman
- Pablo Soriano as Klingon bridge officer
- Mark Watson as an operations division crewman
References Edit
alcohol; class 9 gas giant; common cold; disruptor array (disruptors); duratanium; Earth; EM interference; EM 33; environmental suit; escape pod; fusion injector; gagh; galley; gas giant; grappler; GSC; helium; Kamaraazite flu; Klingons; Klingon Bird-of-Prey (22nd century); Klingonese; Mexico; neurotoxin; photon torpedo; polarized hull plating; Q'tahL-class planet; pineal gland; psychology; Raptor-class; shuttlepod (22nd century); Shuttlepod 1; siren calls; Somraw, IKS; tactical sensor; targ; universal translator; Vulcan database; Xarantines; Xarantine ale; Xarantine ship
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By Kevin Wilson: Freedom Newspapers
The sounds of one of the world's most famous Broadway shows is on its way to Roswell.
A benefit concert for the Roswell Symphony Orchestra is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Pearson Auditorium, located on the campus of New Mexico Military Institute.
The concert features pianist and organist Kirill Gliadkovsky, who will perform classical favorites for the first half of the show and selections from The Phantom of the Opera for the second half.
"He's been here several times," said Lee Cook, director of marketing for the orchestra. "He's been very popular."
Tickets to the show are $20, with tickets available at the door and in advance at the RSO office at 1717 W. Second St., Suite 112 in Roswell.
According to a release from the RSO, Gliadkovsky attended the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Gliadkovsky also earned both his Master's and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Southern California.
With Gliadkovsky coming, local musicians are looking forward to the opportunity to present the music from The Phantom of the Opera.
"It's the most famous musical," said Brent Luck, a Roswell-based opera singer who was born in Portales in 1962 while his father attended Eastern New Mexico University. "It appeals from teenagers all the way up to the elderly. The music can reach everybody on a level.
"There aren't too many musicals that have taken over like Phantom of the Opera has."
Luck is one of several performers that will join Gliadkovsky for the concert, one of two benefit events the RSO plans to do.
Pearson Hall has good features for a show such as this, Cook felt.
"They have a huge organ in the orchestra pit," Cook said of the concert. "It's going to rise out of the pit with all of the smoke and the haze."
In any case, Luck is sure the concert is something the audience and the participants will enjoy.
"We have a chance to work with selections from The Phantom of the Opera with an internationally renowned piano organist," Luck said. "It brings the level of the show way up."


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From black ice to frost, Wednesday morning's commute proved that winter is coming sooner than many expected.
From downtown Spokane to Post Falls thick fog filled the roadways which, combined with black ice along area roadways made things quite dicey during the morning commute.
"It's the season, the weather is changing, we are going to have these bad road conditions," Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Craig Chamberlin said.
On the Idaho roadways there were 11 accidents between state line to Post Falls. I-90 at Exit 2 was closed for about an hour so crews could clear up the accidents.
In Spokane County deputies responded to about two dozen slideoffs. In one incident, a single car rollover near Campbell Road and Watson Lane in Otis Orchards happened when the driver hit a patch of black ice.
"I don't think people realized what they were up against, they didn't realize that the fog can play a huge role in nasty road conditions when it's below freezing," Chamberlin said.
In a matter of weeks, the roads will be covered in snow making for even more dangerous driving conditions.
"You need to become way more of a defensive driver, meaning that one or two car lengths between you and the vehicle in the morning, you need to extend that by the following distance," Chamberlin said.
"In a perfect world, folks learned their lesson today so next time it rains and we have freezing weather the next morning hopefully this was our learning lesson this morning," he added.
Of course the best way to avoid a crash is to slow down and leave plenty of distance between yourself and the car in front of you.


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I just want to fill you in. I've been waiting for her most recent check up to give a complete update. Since I last posted here, my supplements vis SNS went from sometimes 8-5 oz in 24 hrs to 5 oz to 5-3 oz to 3-2 oz to 2 oz to 1 oz to none. I stopped having to supplement with formula 2.5 weeks ago and EBF for a week and a half. Her wet diapers were good and she was seeming to be satisfied. I am convinced that taking the pressure off myself to not supplement was what helped. Coupled with a willingness to nurse from my LO due to stopping the bottles. However, her diaper count started decreasing to 4 wet diapers but the ped said it was ok. Last Saturday was low (only three heavily soaked wet diapers) I posted about this in the breast feeding you infant section b/c I was baffled since I could see her get milk and hear gulping. Then after Saturday they picked back up to 4-5 wet diapers. Now I've started work and I've been taking her with me so that's been kind of stressful for both of us. On Monday I had a hard day at work so I was pretty stressed. Yesterday was her appt. and I was really disappointed to see she had lost 4 oz. She grew and they said she looked good which was good. The Dr. wasn't worried about the weight loss they were mostly a little concerned that she hadn't doubled her birth weight . They think her weight loss has to do with all the changes she's going through. My working, she's wanting to crawl recently but is nowhere near doing it...They suggested I up her solids to 3 x's a day from twice a day and to supplement with a teaspoon of flax seed oil and cod liver oil. They didn't think I needed to supplement with EBM or formula. Anyways, I really think that this coupled with stressing out about how to manage work and her at the same time is affecting my milk supply. She's been fussy at the breast today and I don't think see as much drinking as I did in the past. Today she woke up fussy so I actually gave her 3 oz from the SNS which she drank slowly, but she was still fussy. I'm not sure what to do. This appointment made me lose confidence in my supply. Not to mention she's being fussy. Maybe a growth spurt? I was so much happier when I had no expectations. Now that I decreased the supplement my expectations increased and I wish they hadn't. I'm not sure where to go from here. I don't want stress to mess with my supply. I don't know why I'm worried about her when the Dr. isn't. Besides her recent fussiness, she has a lot of energy and is meeting milestones. Thanks for reading!


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Eat Fat, Get Thin?
I recently received an e-mail from a high school science department head who is teaching a unit on nutritional science. He asked for my opinion of a YouTube video of a lecture advocating a high saturated fat diet. The speaker is Donald W. Miller, Jr., M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon at my alma mater, the University of Washington. My correspondent commented, "I have a feeling that there is room for some skepticism." I agree: there's a whole lot of room for skepticism.
An article based on that video lecture is available on Dr. Miller's website. It's entitled "Enjoy Saturated Fats, They're Good for You!" If you want to judge for yourselves, I recommend the article over the video, as he is a poor public speaker.
Dr. Miller's website contains a lot of disturbing material. He appears to be a contrarian who disagrees with the consensus of scientific experts on a wide variety of topics, for instance:
- Health Benefits of a Low-Carbohydrate, High-Saturated Fat Diet
- Fighting Fluoride [fluoride is poison!]
- Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Donald Miller Tells Dr. Dean Ornish to Take a Hike
- Avoid Flu Shot, Take Vitamin D [flu is a Vitamin D deficiency disease?]
- Questioning HIV/AIDS, Human-Caused Global Warming, and other Orthodoxies in the Biomedical Sciences
- A User-Friendly Vaccination Schedule [no vaccinations before age 2, no live vaccines, etc.]
He refers to questionable sources of information like the Weston Price Foundation and the notorious AIDS denialist Peter Duesberg. (more…)
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The Cardinals, who won 12 of their final 16 regular-season games, clinched the second NL wild card spot Tuesday and will face the Braves in Atlanta on Friday.
Cincinnati, which has won four of seven, takes on NL West champion San Francisco in an NL division series beginning Saturday.
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The Rocky Mountain Rescue Group has just published a study in the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Journal on 14 years of rock climbing accidents in Boulder County, Colorado.
By the numbers, Boulder County is one of the busiest areas of the country for climbing rescues and we wanted to get the lessons learned into the hands of the climbing community.
The paper covers 14 years (1998 - 2011), 345 search and rescue incidents and 428 climbers within Boulder County.
We also put together a second report that will be more interesting for local Boulder County climbers by including comparisons to Eldorado Canyon specifically.
All of the information can be accessed here:
We hope that the lessons learned from the last 14 years will help prevent future accidents.
Some summary points include:
- Climbing anchors rarely fail (2.5% of total climbing accidents involved failed anchors), and when they do it is because of inexperience in setup.
- 20% of all climbing accidents could have been prevented by better belay practices such as tying a knot in the end of the rope, or wearing belay gloves.
- Rock fall causes a small number of accidents (4.5% of total), and seems linked to the freeze thaw cycles of spring. In early spring climbing checking the rock youre about to climb on for security is a prudent preventative measure.
- Prior knowledge of climb rappel anchors and walk offs, and taking a headlamp, will prevent a lot of rescues (up to 45% of total).
- The common injuries sustained are to the legs/ankles (30%) and to the head and spine (30%). Knowledge of how to improvise splinting and how to assess spinal injuries might be a great addition to a climbers toolkit.
- 20% of climbers rescued were involved in accidents where the belayer or rappeller lost control of the lowering or ran out of rope before reaching the ground.
- Un-roped climbers made up one third of climbers rescued and almost 40% of those fatally injured.
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From Boulder, CO
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This is great info, Dan -- thanks very much for posting.
Joined Sep 5, 2009
0 points
Jul 2, 2012
The 20% from belay error is astonishing.
So how strongly do you recommend belay gloves? Or are the majority due to rope length (not tying a knot). I guess I'll have to read the report.
Joined Nov 30, 2009
33 points
Jul 2, 2012
"Notable anchor failures include:...the failure of an anchor built from webbing spliced together using masking tape".
Fascinating read....thanks for posting the link.
From Denver
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0 points
Jul 3, 2012
Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the publication! Very well done!
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Rick Blair
Jul 3, 2012
Point 1, are you including protection in the anchor stats (vs just belay anchors)? Is there a breakdown between fixed and placed pro?
Point 2, Is there a breakdown between lowering someone off the end of a rope and losing control of a belay? Why the gloves? Are people losing control/lowering too fast when they see they are about to lower someone off the rope then trying to grab it?
Rick Blair
From Denver
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Jul 3, 2012
^^DOUCHE!--------------they're just tryin to help
From Boulder
Joined Jul 29, 2010
113 points
Jul 3, 2012
JLP wrote:
Okay, don't free solo and learn how to belay. Check. Falling while leading is dangrous. Check. Got it. Who would have thunk?
Well, that's exactly the problem. Who would have thunk, indeed? Humans, and their brains. Imperfect human attention is the common factor in, it appears, well over 90% of accidents.
Concluding that this is obvious and that you know better is perhaps the worst and most dangerous message to take home here. You, too, are human. The very word 'human' is synonymous with infallibility and error.
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Rick Blair
Jul 3, 2012
The last 2 posters completely miss the point. They probably have a lot of useful data but all I read here is:
-Free soloing is dangerous if you fall.
-Don't get lost or caught in the dark without a headlamp.
The part about common injury is useful.
And he is correct, the sign in Eldo contradicts point #1 about anchors. It appears they are combining all types of anchors together like fixed pro, rappel/belay anchors, that tells you nothing about trad anchor failure either at belay or during a pitch.
I could sum up their report as "Rock climbing is dangerous."
And by the way, they asked for feedback.
Rick Blair
From Denver
Joined Oct 16, 2007
376 points
Jul 3, 2012
OMG I had to CLICK A LINK TO FIND
That was so much work I guess I'll just have to deem the entire study worthless and proclaim I know everything.
JLP, is it tough being an internet hardman?
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Jul 3, 2012
Rick Blair wrote:
Dan, Point 1, are you including protection in the anchor stats (vs just belay anchors)? Is there a breakdown between fixed and placed pro? Point 2, Is there a breakdown between lowering someone off the end of a rope and losing control of a belay? Why the gloves? Are people losing control/lowering too fast when they see they are about to lower someone off the rope then trying to grab it?
Rick and others, thanks for the questions and comments.
In response to your points:
1) When we were breaking the results into the various categories we chose to define an anchor as a piece of protection that was intentionally loaded (top rope anchor, slung rock, trad anchor etc.). We assumed that a single piece of pro placed in the middle of a lead climb is not usually intended to be loaded. This might not always be the case but for the analysis we had to draw a line. Cams that pulled after a lead fall were not included as an anchor. There was one situation where a climber was using a single cam as an anchor for an extended rest and the rock surrounding the cam broke.
2) The belay breakdown is: 21 of 51 climbers were either lowered off or rappelled off the rope while 8 of 51 lost control of the belay. In most of these Lost Control situations the belayer (or person on rappel) could not generate enough friction and let go of the rope due to the rope burns. The cause of losing control was by fast lowering, and energetic falls that were not caught.
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Jake Jones
Jul 3, 2012
Although I don't particularly agree with JLP's flair for ultra-poignant delivery of his point, he does make a good point nonetheless. Making these distinctions, especially concerning lead falls, is important. If you have 500 (arbitrary number) people take whippers and get injured WITH their last piece holding, then leading could be construed to be almost as dangerous as soloing. However, if you take the same number of people, and say that 80% of them that got injured because one or more of their pieces ripped, then it becomes a totally different story- one where emphasis is placed on competent leading and gear placing skills. One data point makes the difference between "chances are you'll get injured if you lead gear routes" to "if you don't know what the hell you're doing, there is potential for injury". That's a pretty big difference.
This was somewhat covered in the section that explained data collection and subtly offered a disclaimer of sorts. Maybe it was overlooked, and maybe it was so hodge-podge or potentially inaccurate that it was omitted on purpose.
Personally, I don't think that the study was a complete waste. I would never have guessed that rappelling holds such a sizeable percentage of incidents. If knowing that makes me or others pay more attention to detail and become a little more diligent, then it's hard to chalk it up as pointless.
Some work was clearly put into collecting and analyzing this data, and for your efforts, thank you.
Jake Jones
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Rick Blair
Jul 3, 2012
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group wrote:
2) The belay breakdown is: 21 of 51 climbers were either lowered off or rappelled off the rope while 8 of 51 lost control of the belay. In most of these Lost Control situations the belayer (or person on rappel) could not generate enough friction and let go of the rope due to the rope burns. The cause of losing control was by fast lowering, and energetic falls that were not caught.
Thanks for the quick response!
What I am reading is that belay gloves are important for situations where lowering is common ( Top rope, single pitch trad and sport )
Are we specifically talking about belaying while lowering?
Rick Blair
From Denver
Joined Oct 16, 2007
376 points
Crag Dweller
Jul 3, 2012
JLP wrote:
... A breakdown of the lead falls - kind of gear that failed, routes, etc - would have been infinitely more useful in itself than the sum of all other information in your links.
How would you benefit by knowing, for instance, that nuts failed more frequently than cams or hexes?
JLP wrote:
There is more useful and better quality information on the accident interpretive sign near the bathroom in Eldo. One example - the ANAM tables and the Eldo sign clearly indicate that gear pulling out of the rock (or no gear) during those lead falls is by far the biggest cause of injury in all of rock climbing (ie, technical, rope, no snow/ice, etc). Your reports absolutely miss that.
So, there was either no gear or gear was placed and pulled out. You think that's more valuable to the climbing community than a reminder about the importance of knowing the descent route or rap locations before getting on a climb?
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James Arnold
Jul 3, 2012
I appreciate your efforts and have looked at and used your site in the past for incident analysis and my own learning as well as to teach others "what not to do"...
I would be interested in a breakdown of "loss of control"/-use gloves! of plate/friction(atc) devices vs. assisted belay devices like the gri-gri in the future.
Also, though it would be hard to track, what are your "guesstimate" thoughts using 80m ropes possibly mitigating lowering accidents?
Keep up the great work
James Arnold
From Chattanooga
Joined Dec 21, 2008
71 points
Marc H
Jul 3, 2012
RMRG wrote:
- Un-roped climbers made up one third of climbers rescued and almost 40% of those fatally injured.
Does this stat include those folks that have little to no technical climbing experience and not even the most basic climbing gear (i.e. climbing/approach/sticky rubber shoes) and find themselves on technical (4th - 5th class) terrain when they have their accident? Or does it just include those folks that have at least some technical climbing experience and at least sticky rubber on their feet?
Marc H
From Lafayette, CO
Joined May 10, 2007
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Buff Johnson
Jul 3, 2012
JLP wrote:
O One example - the ANAM tables and the Eldo sign clearly indicate that gear pulling out of the rock (or no gear) during those lead falls is by far the biggest cause of injury in all of rock climbing (ie, technical, rope, no snow/ice, etc). Your reports absolutely miss that.
I would to some extent not conclude this as the biggest cause, but rather a problem in situational awareness. As well, perhaps the information submitted in the ANAM and Eldo needs a better look to the reporting parties submitting info that seem to do it with a bias to promote a message, or quite frankly to mask personal responsibility in the accident. Similar to every news report of a chest injury on a ski slope due to whether or not a person wore a helmet or an avy beacon; which may not relate, but the intent was to put out a message about getting education & safety equipment. Grain of salt.
A loss of situational awareness due to some rational cognitive decision made in the process results in an accident in most every case. Which is surely attributable to rescuer accidents just as much as recreationalists. This would seem counter-intuitive as being in this type of terrain, you have, or should have, an intense focus on the situation at hand. Why does this occur and continue to occur?
Complacency of the experienced & educated possibly just as much as the lack of talent or knowledge by the inexperienced. Maybe also seek things like: do we have acceptable use of equipment that still ends in an accident (or misuse, for that matter)? Falling when its not an option? Partners not on the same page and/or mis-communicating? Do we have abnormal psychology disorder/medical concern? An unforeseen (or foreseeable) objective hazard from the terrain? Just pure egotistical arrogance? I think the data submitted here seeks to address some of this better, which I believe also mirrors what the NPS has collected and reported.
Overdue Hiking/Search is still, by far, the biggest occurrence of SAR in needing to utilize resources. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with getting out into the mountains whether climbing, hiking, or gang-banging the local tavern queen. Shit happens sometimes; the mountains will never be the sanitized forum of soccer-mom safety no matter how good the pro and anchors are. But, I think having the extensive data history presented in this type of report offers a better understanding.
Buff Johnson
Joined Dec 19, 2005
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Jul 3, 2012
Dan, etal -
The belay/rappel info in the document gives reasonable summary of cause for the accidents, and is good to see. The breakdown for 'off the end of the rope' accidents vs other loss of control accidents was interesting.
It would be good to have a similar breakdown on the cause of lead climbing injuries - R/X routes, vs. gear pulling, etc.
And too bad the data does not distinguish between solo rock climber and hiker scrambling. That also would have been a good distinction, including any reason for the solo climber accident.
Overall, the usual reason to read a report like this is for self-education and improvement. As indicated above, the belay section is useful, and the other two are less useful for this purpose. Some more information that is useful to climbers for self improvement would be greatly appreciated.
From Superior, CO
Joined Jul 5, 2007
17 points
Eric Krantz
Jul 3, 2012
JLP wrote:
O A breakdown of the lead falls - kind of gear that failed, routes,
For reliable statistics, you'd need to know the ratio of "kind of gear" failed to "kind of gear" fell on. I guess no one had the fell-on-gear stats to make a useful comparison.
Routes? What if I said 3 people were hurt climbing Route ABC? What if only 3 people attempted that route in 11 years? What if 498 parties had successfully summited?
JLP wrote:
One example - the ANAM tables and the Eldo sign clearly indicate that gear pulling out of the rock (or no gear) during those lead falls is by far the biggest cause of injury in all of rock climbing
"Gear (or no gear)"... That's the most useful sign I've seen yet. Except for this one:
gear pulling out (or no gear) is dangerous
It's pretty cool - and for some people almost necessary - to take a huge mass (mess?) of incoherent data, arrange it, define categories and boundaries, sort, classify, sieve out the useful info, and turn it into stats. However, it requires that one knows what _can't_ be reported due to data limitations, of which you, amongst you're sniveling adolescent retort, have just pointed out 2 perfect examples.
Eric Krantz
From Black Hills
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469 points
Eric Krantz
Jul 3, 2012
Rick Blair wrote:
The last 2 posters completely miss the point.... And he is correct, the sign in Eldo contradicts point #1 about anchors.
Yeah, GREAT sign at Eldo!! "Failed gear during lead fall (or no gear) is the leading cause of injury"".
It's like, crashing while drunk driving (or walking) is the leading cause of injury to drinkers.
Eric Krantz
From Black Hills
Joined Feb 21, 2004
469 points
Jul 4, 2012
Bump, particularly for the 20% of belay failure accidents. What can the climbing community collectively do to reduce this ________ (tragic? appalling? alarming?) number?
Also with respect to ANAM & the Eldo sign: Those are looking at / based on a different set of accidents/ data. Interesting to compare and contrast those with the RMRG report. Not surprising there are differences in the tallies.
Climb safe. Teach the newbies to tie knots in the end of the rope and or have the belayer tie in as a habit.
From Louisville, CO
Joined Feb 19, 2006
68 points
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group
Jul 4, 2012
To address a few more of the comments brought up:
Not surprisingly, this community is looking for as much information as possible to inform decision making. Pointing out the "would have been nice to have" areas is very helpful for us as we continue to collect data. It informs our future data collection methods. So, thanks.
RMRGs priority is performing and training for rescues, so some data gaps inevitably creep into the records. Particularly insightful data that we are now collecting is for the types of belay devices used, helmet use and climb grade. The type of gear that failed (or didn't) in a lead fall is also on the list. Marc H also points out one data gap that will be improved. Because of a lack of detail collected on un-roped climbers, this category included free-soloers (i.e. experienced with sticky rubber on their feet) and inexperienced scramblers. We did find that there were very few un-roped climbing accidents in Eldorado Canyon compared to all of Boulder County.
We should note that for some accidents much of this data does exist but for this type of write up, the 'unknown' category can't makeup a large % of the total, so that's where we use a coarser category such as 'un-roped climbing'.
As far as 80 meter ropes go it seems as though most 'lower off', or 'rappel off' accidents were because of 50m or 60m ropes being used on anchors that were set up for 60m or 70m ropes respectively, or where there was enough rope but it wasn't confirmed by the climber that it reached the ground. Control of both ends of the ropes (e.g. knots in the ends) would be the first line of defense for these incidents. Having the guidebook in your hands (or on your phone!) would be another good choice. 80m ropes couldnt hurt.
The point about ANAM is a good one, yet tricky. ANAM is mostly self reporting by climbers and can miss a lot of incidents. Some of the RMRG data that went into this paper was reported in ANAM but it was a small fraction, so consistency of data reporting is also important to figuring out some of the real trends.
Climb Safe!
Dan Lack
Rocky Mountain Rescue Group
From Boulder, CO
Joined Jul 26, 2007
5 points
Princess Mia
Jul 5, 2012
Great study with lots of info. Being involved in research myself I realize a line has to be drawn at some point. There simply is never enough time or money to answer all questions.
The point is, any additional an new info is better than none. Keep up the good work and hopefully we will be able to answer additional questions in the future.
Princess Mia
From Vail
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505 points
Rick Blair
Jul 5, 2012
Eric Krantz wrote:
Yeah, GREAT sign at Eldo!! "Failed gear during lead fall (or no gear) is the leading cause of injury"". It's like, crashing while drunk driving (or walking) is the leading cause of injury to drinkers.
Or maybe a little more like a sign that reads "Are you sure your gear placements are good? Most accident here happen due to blown gear." I think that's a pretty useful sign.
Rick Blair
From Denver
Joined Oct 16, 2007
376 points
Martin le Roux
Jul 5, 2012
Just curious if anyone keeps tabs on the number of climber visits to Eldo each year. It would interesting to know the overall accident/fatality rate per climber-day.
There was a thread about this a couple of months ago and someone threw out an estimate of 100,000 climber visits p.a., but that seems way too high in relation to the number of parking spots in Eldo.
The RMRG paper refers a British gov't agency website that mentions a fatality rate of 1 in 320,000 climber-days. But that website doesn't say where that statistic came from.
Martin le Roux
From Superior, CO
Joined Jul 16, 2003
271 points
Jul 5, 2012
As I said above, the weakest link in climbing is the climber. Thus - the best thing the climbing community can do to reduce accidents is to focus on the climbers, not the relative difference in cams pulling versus nuts pulling.
Here's an idea: checklists.
The use of checklists is well ingrained in flights, and has made a big difference in health care -- for instance in reducing infections acquired during a hospital stay. Surgeons do a "timeout" to verify patient identity and the surgical plan immediately before surgery.
We climbers use already use a checklist: we check buckles, check the lock on a belay caribiner, and we have the verbal "on belay?" exchange. This checklist undoubtedly reduces accidents from incorrect tie-ins and from "well I thought I was on belay ..."
Given the distribution of accidents, which is heavily weighted towards errors during belayed descent, we should add one word to this pre-flight check: "Descent". What is the descent plan? Have we verified the length of the descent (is a 70m required)?
"Locked? Tied in? On belay? Descent?"
This won't prevent all errors or solve every situation -- nothing will -- but the simple act of calling deliberate attention to the issues of descent could make a big difference.
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SOA Drives Value
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SOA Contest in China!!
SOASOA 060000JRQN Tags:  china soa 2 Comments 2,130 Views
China is a fabulous place -- actually one of my favorite places to visit due to the energy and excitement in the Chinese people. I would recommend several very key spots like Xian where the terra cotta soldiers are -- check it out this one !!
Because of the explosive growth in China, we designed a contest for China university students. We asked them to build an SOA application using a virtual customer that is facing application integration problem with two legacy ERP and CRM systems, and want to improve the operation process and increasing business flexibility. 5 students can form a team, act as a SI and design a SOA solution for the customer. The whole contest is to simulate a full selling cycle of an IT project: the first stage is collecting proposal, the second is to have the top solutions (in this program, top 15 teams) to do presentation and bidding, and the top 5 solution will enter last phase -- system implementation.
We have already over 410 teams from 70 universities. Teams in the IBM China SOA Contest established over 350 blogs such Leading team . They're the #1 team in the first phase of the contest. The blog's in chinese, but here's a basic transation of the blog from Google: China Blog
What do you think? I am looking forward to announcing the winner in November while I am in China![Read More]
SOA for Dummies Free Offer
Many thanks for the notes and pings on our SOA for Dummies -- the IBM edition! If you want a copy, please send me your address in a note to email@example.com!!
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Fireworks in NYC!
SOASOA 060000JRQN Tags:  wow_on_top_of_the_roof 1 Comment 1,318 Views
Happy Late 4th of July!!! Take a look at this exciting fireworks video that I shot in New York.
Also note the electronic version of the July edition of Certification Magazine contains an article on our SOA Certification. It hits the news on June 25.
Are you SOA certified??
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Snokeling for the first time with a 5 year old!
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Hey! I just arrived back from St Thomas and had a wonderful time! I took my daughter to Cokki Beach and Trunk Bay for some awesome snorkeling!!! It was her first time and the excitement in seeing those fish was amazing! She of course laughed and leaked in a lot of water. Too funny but the energy and amazement made me realize there is more to life than SOA!!
Thanks for the great response on the SOA for dummies book! Keep the emails and requests coming in!
More exciting news on SOA later this week!
Here's to vacations, sand, and turquoise waters!
Cheers![Read More]


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