SuSE 8.2 and kernel 2.4.22

Is it possible to just use the vanilla 2.4.22 kernel with SuSE 8.2? I discovered the SuSE experimental RPM for 2.4.21 made by Mantell or Mandell. I have been using that. I was just wondering if when you want to upgrade the kernel do you just grab the latest. I come from Gentoo and Slackware so building a kernel is not a problem for me. Sean