Dru

I think its unfair that there is a U-joint but nothing called a Lou-joint. It would have to be a 6 ft long carrot blunt with its own little tripod to support the other end and you would look like one of those Tibetan horn player lamas while you were toking on it. I nominate strickland to roll one with his supply of "dank nuggets" and using a copy of High Times for rolling paper.

Hey guys if there is any ice left up there that weekend it will be a fun time. 78 year old old school mountain dude is thinking of coming up that weekend too.

Oh according to the latest AAJ Puntacarpa Norte looks like it has some good rock too.

think its mainly designed as a quick piece to dog on if you are pumped, or protect you while you place a screw, in situations where it is only holding body weight, not a fall. also could be used to lower off if you want to bail but ice is too crummy to make an abalakov or place a screw.

Here is another good one. Go to donate blood. About a pint will do.Drink a pint to make up the fluid.Run five miles home through the cold rain, lightly dressed in your running clothes.Realize you left your keys in the bar.Run back, get keys, run home, all after dark in the rain.Realize you grabbed the wrong keys. too tired to run again. climb 5 stories up your apartment building on balconies, astonish your neighbours, pick your balcony lock in the dark with no headlamp.Just as you get inside after all of this the phone rings and you have to discuss your relationship INTELLIGIBLY for an hour with your girlfriend. If you can do this - alpine climbing will be no problem whatsoever.

WRONG DONNA!!!!!!! No coffee yet this morning. Im such an idiot without the black brew. Off to

it would be funny walking into a big bookstore and seeing a bunch of guidebooks in the Oprah's Book club display. PS Anybody see the latest Weekly World News headline? "CLINTON HIRES 3-BREASTED INTERN" (with retouched photo showing said intern on Bill's arm.) Sidebar says : Hillary shocked: "I thought he was a leg man"

when you forget all your rock gear at the car they work great as hand placed pieces in limestone cracks. from personal experience on Gibraltar wall.

I find they are good in dirty cracks full of moss when winter alpine climbing below treeline or dry tooling around unformed pillars at Lillooet. BTW DMM ice hook costs $20 less than Spectre at MEC. I think you have to be pretty desperate to place them in ice. But if you put them in your last pick hole at waist height and tap them wih the mammer they place real fast. putting them in a brand new placement with no starter hole, i have heard, can be a mistake.

how can you be offering donna top rope for sale when we all know donna is pope's avatar?

quote: Originally posted by pope: Prior to this, I spent so much time in the mountains, I was growing fur and horns.and a pitchfork. POPE IS SATAN!!!

Hey Will, one time I was down at Red Rocks and we went into Vegas to buy beers. On the front desk of the liquor store were some prominently displayed porn videos one of which (the name has stuck in my horrified memory ever since) was called "Toungue In Cheek VII" or some such. I didn't know you were into that stuff, I hope you make them wipe first!

chucK i should kick your ass into next week for suggesting that

I think anybody that took on "Ray Borbon" would have to be paid to use that avatar! ray!

i understand that "Ray Borbon" is available cheap! hasn't been used in a long time.

one last point. if the beginning leader is going to buy a cheap rack of mostly nuts and hexes, with only a few cams to start with, its better to work on nut and hex placements than place all your buddies cams, cause when you start leading on your own rack without the $$$ to buy cams you will be screwed and those robots and solid friends you dissed are gonna be looking mighty good.

texplorer is texploring texas on his way to el potrero and texploding holds.

yeah being argentine president sounds like a good way to spend a few hours. or is that minutes now? hopefully the chicks you meet are nicer than the ones slick willy ended up with. also hope you havent bought pesos yet as they are about to shrink to about 1/4 of their value. take US dollars down for best value I guess. you going to bariloche while you're down there?

warm temps followed by a cold hard freeze can make excellent climbing and quick approaches on rock solid snow. only the skiiers will complain.

Personally I think "two banana" is the best user name so far.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: chucK i should kick your ass into next week for suggesting that I hope chuck didnt think I was serious. just wanted to get in 1) threat of violence and 2) annoying picture. I am a peaceful warrior and i would never threaten violence against another cc.commer unless they deserved a bitch slap like capt. does. [ 01-07-2002: Message edited by: Dru ]

like the milkman shows up every time he leaves for the weekend

Alpine Club Of Canada National Club House. In Canmore Alberta. check out their web page www.alpineclubofcanada.ca

i designate capt. and erik to scrub some unclimbed 20' slab route and make an fa and name it ape index, then steal bigfoot from the espresso hut and leave him hanging off the top bolt.

Darryl - i think that in order to place good gear on a route while leading you should have experimented with making placements while on the ground so you know the diference between good and bad. the skills you mention are definitely important and cannot really be learned well on the ground but i wouldnt advise jumping onto a lead without already knowing the mechanics of what makes a good nut, cam etc. placement and what doesnt. one skill i think is often overlooked when starting gear leads is developing a racking system. coming up with a system, so when you reach a stance you know with what hand on which side of the body you need to reach for the gear you want to place, is as important to the beginner leader as knowing how to place gear and set up anchors. definitely the beginning leader should be out there with a more experienced lead climber who can a) provide the huge rack to practice with and b) critique placements made by the novice and c) lead some routes for the novice to follow (as Capt. said)