Retrosaurus

Make it 15 and I'm in! So is Ray.

That was yours? I feel so used.

How's bout puttin Mountin'steers warnings on the calendar?

quote: Originally posted by pope: Actually....we rotate, Dwaynella. Does that require a basket swing?

Max, I hear that all climbs have updated info in the new book. You should stay home until it comes out for your own safety. Hopefully it will be obsolete by the time it is available, then you should just stay home. One word: ADVENTURE. Been there? Can't find it in a guide book. [ 04-23-2002, 12:46 AM: Message edited by: Retrosaurus ]

Beckey is right and really all the info you need.

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quote: Originally posted by telemarker: ...I wanted to lead that bolted climb by dogleg too. without the bolts?

Not since 4-17-02, 12:35pm.

Right on, Telemarketer, Rope soloed that beetch a week or two ago. You can get pretty twisted up in that OW pod trying to figure out the right sequence. Like playing twister in a squeeze chimney with a rack on. And you think that's fun?! There could be a future for you in the alpine. You need to throw your self at Z-crack. The pro for that opening move is as good as it gets. The moves get progressively easier but until you get your feet up to the next horizontal you do not have much of a stance to place gear from. If you're up for it, I'll give you a belay after work on Tuesday. I want to lead a former TR problem over to the right.

The question is not about the history of his avatar. Who is he? Come on now. This is about FREE BEER!!!

quote: Originally posted by specialed: ...Then he sailed to Fiji and got it on with a bunch of brown women. Then all those brown women came down with "Puget Pussy". Too sad it was before pennicillin, half of them died a burning, itching, oozing death.

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: ...What I do dispute is that there is something enlightening inherent in climbing... You are in the dark. Maybe there is nothing enlightening inherent in your style of climbing. Use the force, peter. Beware the dark side. May the force be with you. And if that doesn't work, I have a 5 1/2 foot pry bar: MAY I FORCE IT WITHIN YOU. [ 04-19-2002, 11:30 AM: Message edited by: Retrosaurus ]

It's not every day that you can pull on grafittied, bucketted, vertical choss in the sunshine while clipping three bolts from the same stance and have relative solitude.

Dwayner, You are very fortunate to have had such an amazing man as a friend. I am sorry for your loss.

He talks like he's a formerly "well-respected PNW climber".

I got one. It's called a Dayton bar. And it is boss and is IN-DE-FUCKIN-STRUCTIBLE. Working now on acquiring some less macho but more effective tools. [ 04-18-2002, 11:54 PM: Message edited by: Retrosaurus ]

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: Willis Wall on Rainier. You'll find solitude. Eternal Solitude.

quote: Originally posted by erik: best thing to do with errant bolts, it to leave them be, and to stop putting others in..... That would be the best thing except for the fact that bolts beget bolts and that if errant bolts are allowed to remain it is like implied conscent.But yank a few prominent ones in a public way and maybe all will get the message. If you leave them be it does not stop, it only accellerates. The bolts on the slab at Little Bridge Creek need to go and I think the Dogleg TR does too.

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quote: Originally posted by Dave Schuldt: SO KISS MY ASS!!!! No thanks. But maybe you can find someone at the next pube club to do it.

It will help a lot to file out the notch in the crowbar to completely fit around the shank of the bolt. The route on the right edge of the slab on Little Bridge Creek Rock needs to go; it protects with normal gear. What about the 5.10 tr variation to Dogleg Crack that is now bolted? Before someone bolts it. I lead one of the 5.10 tr routes on 8-mile Rock to the right of Deception Crack a few years ago. We need the forum to protect the rock from errant bolting and unskillful bolt removal. I think we need a solid list of drilled bastardizations and a weekend where we go out as an organized group to clean them up. Everyone will learn a lot. Not the least of which is what kind of drilling will be tolerated.

quote: Originally posted by halfpint: top-ropes do not count as lesitimate ascents, as far as i'm concerned. but people do need to be able to put up new lines. Halfpint, Do you think that a route that has been top-roped for 20 years is a legitimate target for a power drill? And if it has also been lead on gear, is it still OK to bolt? And if it is not OK to bolt and somebody does, what then?

No experience, judgement or commitment required. Way cheaper than a rack!!

I'll bet if you bend over for the right ranger you might get everything your heart desires.