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quote: Originally posted by Rodchester: DRU: The context of the post did not mean that NO greats EVER post here, but simply that given the amount of greats in the PNW, few actually do. Sorry if you didn't pick up on that context Now from the first post Rod made: This site has become well known by many climbers in the PNW. But for some reason the greats never seem to post on this site. Does anyone know or wonder why no great climbers post on this page? He then says: Actually, Dru where is my self-contradiction? So - Rod said No Great Climbers ever post here. Then when told they did he said that he never said what he said.... But see, Rod has an agenda. He will quote from anonymous personal email sent to him to bolster his point or mention his friendship with Carlos Buhler or any other dirty tactic but not cough up and admit that his original point was made not as an honest question but rather as a sneaky lead in to his concern about the spray on this site. Oh well PS If Rachel Babkirk and Christine Boskoff came upon Dan Larson smoking a bowl with Fred Beckey in Muir Hut, how many bolts would get placed on Dan's Dreadful Direct to compensate? Answers by 4:20, class.

here is my solution - only let people post if they include a scanned image of their drivers license, credit card, and house key as an image file in their signature. no anonymous posts then! rodchester - you seem big on missing contexts lately because you keep blowing it with self-contradictory statements like "No great climbers post on cc.com" or "My anonymous friend doesn't like anonymous postings" and then not noticing the self-contradiction til someone rips you on it then trying to cover your ass. my advice to you, baby, is a) LET IT DIE!!! or b) throw in some references to Dan Larson, Muir Hut, shitting your gore-tex, the Tooth, and bolts on DDD, and the Mountaineers - that will get us to 20 pages pretty quick, and that's what you want, right? PS next time hit the "edit" key instead of posting the same message twice. [ 01-21-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

quote: Originally posted by mattp: "The Joke" is an old school test-piece at Bon Echo, in Ontario. On the first ascent attempt, the leader fell off and broke his leg. He healed, and went back for a second attempt. He fell off and broke it again. That's the joke (no joke). The ice climb "Kitty Hawk" is named cause of all the air time logged by the 1st ascencionist.... 22 stitches i think... Air BC at pet Wall (SPORT ROUTE) has a similar story behind it...

e dog has issues with the superiority of canadian beer, women, technical clothing and ice and is trying to compromise by claiming that because he is from tacoma he is some sort of honorary canadian.

uh oh... diffusion through latex... that sounds bad!

What's up with that lurking behind an alias comment anyways - is your name really "RODCHESTER" or is that some sort of nickname??? I mean c'mon what type of weak BS is that? Here is some anonymous person who doesnt even want to post to this bbs but gets you to post a message they send you, doing a pot & kettle black routine, complaining about anonymous posting ??? HELLO - ANONYMOUS POSTER - IF YOU READ THIS - WHICH YOU APPARENTLY WILL CAUSE YOU APPARENTLY LURK HERE ALL THE TIME TO SEE A THREAD THAT HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS - WHY DONT YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH????

maybe they could write notes on a pigs head and hang it off the belay on princely ambitions or whatever??

Who was TRing Pink Cadillac? ? ? ?

What I want to know is, who is the rope gun in that pairing???

Didnt Cyndi Lauper sing 99 Red Ballooons in between stints wrestling in the WWF???

Some party in the bar reported climbing Salmon Stakes even though it is as thin as I have ever seen it! Loren how do you know the party was in Marble both days if you were on Night N gale one day??? you got spies or something? [ 01-21-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

The first few issues of GRIPPED were OK but lately it has become a total toilet roll. On the up side at least I have something nasty to review for the CAJ!

If you are reslinging cams get them to sew on a double sling like the new DMMs/Trangos etc. instead of an old single sling. Or just get some Spectra/tech Cord and resling yourself if you dont mind a cluster@$#%&*! double or triple fishermans on your sling.

Zippy monkey boy.... monkeyboy... two banana has something for both of you!

What about Medicine Hat, Alberta? I still never figured thatone ut.

unless you went to columbine in which case a few rounds probably did whip by your head in 10th grade algebra....

Guiding high peaks trivializes them. Lets say you wanna do Everest these days - and you are trying to raise some $$$ for a light weight alpine style expedition to the Kangshung face... then it turns out your postman, your mayor and your dentist's wife have all been guided up the normal route and Everest is so common place that no one will fund you cause guiding Everest has made the peak BORING Actually I think guiding in general is not a good thing but there are some people that want to make money and climb and if they can find people willing to pay them to climb with them, more power. as long as they dont start offering Guided First Ascents then dragging clients up my secret projects!

Here is some name dropping - I drank with forrest_m, W, Lamebone, vegetablebelay, erik and tom-the-lurker at Mugs and Jugs on the weekend. The lurker picked up the tab! If only everybody that lurked on this site did that I would be forever!

Speaking as a Canadian, GRIPPED is a lame ass bitch rag of a magazine put out by Ontario sprt heads and exists only to glorify the latest V6 done by some wannabesponsored idiot in Halifax. GRIPPED SUCKS!!!!! If you think Gripped is what magazines should be like THINK AGAIN CAUSE GRIPPED SUCKS!!!

I got a whole rack of hexes I never use anymore... also a #5 and #7 Tri Cam... an 0.5 solid shafted Friend made from TITANIUM, circa 1980... a full set of Titons, never placed, still with the out-of-business gear store price tags on them... a rope from 1989 that still gets rappelled on when cleaning routes... Lowe RATS... Irbis 3-tooth titanium screws with pop-top hangers.... but Andy Cairns takes the prize. He was too modest to mention that he has "quick draws" made of two oval biners with a tied Supertape sling and that he uses them on 5.12 sport routes at Cheakamus and Pet Wall much to the consternation of the predominantly young crowd there.

quote: Originally posted by trask: ...this is a Canadian turd (turtlehead). They like to double-up on everything. Dru, the color and texture are very good; see you've been getting plenty of fiber. hehehe [ 01-20-2002: Message edited by: trask ] it wasnt me. im not gonna name names and say who it was. he did throw his leatherman away afterwards though, and walked bow-legged for two weeks.

What about the guy at Michelmoon Falls that said that Ice Climbers Stole His Dog?? I would carry a gun too. Lyle's beta-demo version 2.3 Ice Map shows the property line and how to hike around on public land to reach the ice.

I heard the whole film was funded by goarmy.com

to Rodchester despite his name dropping habits ("DID YOU KNOW CARLOS BUHLER CAME TO MY WEDDING?????")On the subject of who is GREAT again... we got Jim Nelson aka PMS posting here... we got Don Serl posting here... we got Beckey lurking here... Rodchester you still havent told me how come those guys arent GREAT??? I mean they are in 50 Favorite Climbs as being in the top 50 of North American climbers?? wha da fa? you complain about ppl dissing Chris Boskoff in a forum she dont even read but you are harshing on these guys by saying they arent GREAT?? what kind of respect level is that huh?

get Beckey drunk sometime and have him tell you about finding the suitcase full of cash in the plane crash wreckage on Slesse back in the 60's.