Bronco

JUST LOU RAWLS!

chucK is Satan (see # of posts) Erik - check your PMs

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: that's the only thing i could think of, but it didn't really make sense. it's a tough-guy thing, so in a way, it's good you don't get it.

NOT A FEATHERED FRIEND! (ironic that the lady's last name is "Wing") 'I have a hawk stuck to my arm' By Katherine Schiffner Herald Writer ARLINGTON -- When Jamie Wing drove up to an Arlington gas station Thursday and shouted, "Call 911! I have a hawk stuck to my arm," customers thought she was kidding. But it was no joke. The red-tailed hawk had bit Wing's lip, then dug its talons into her right arm and wouldn't let go. The bird had crashed into Wing's pickup on I-5 Thursday morning. She had pulled over to free the hawk's wing from her side mirror when it flew into the pickup and attacked her. "I couldn't believe it," she said. "I feel lucky it didn't chew me up more." Wing, 38, of Silvana threw a coat over the bird and tried to get it off her arm, but "every time you touched the bird, it gripped harder," she said. With the hawk still attached, she managed to drive to a gas station in Arlington and yell for help. Despite the pain, Wing, who owns two cats, two dogs and four horses, did not want the hawk killed. "There was a point where it got so painful that I was going to reach down and break its neck myself, but I love animals and I realized the bird was in shock and pain," Wing said. "It wasn't the bird's fault." Wing had a woman at the gas station call 911 and a friend knowledgeable about animals to get advice. Firefighters from Silvana and Arlington went to the scene to help. Wing said they gave her morphine to help with the pain, and she passed out after that. "I couldn't hang on any longer," she said. Wing said she regained consciousness right before two women from the Sarvey Wildlife Center in Arlington were pulling the hawk off her arm. Firefighters, who described Wing as calm throughout the ordeal, then took Wing to the hospital. Wing, who said the hawk was attached to her arm for about a half-hour, suffered puncture wounds to her right arm and said her right hand and fingers are swollen. The back of her hand and top of her thumb are swollen too, she said. The injuries made it tough for her to celebrate her son's 11th birthday Thursday. "I promised I would make it up to him," she said. The hawk was taken to the wildlife center, but both of its wings were broken and the fractures could not be repaired, said Kestrel SkyHawk, who cares for all birds of prey at the center. The bird had to be euthanized, he said. Wing said she was sad to hear the hawk hadn't lived. "At least it's not in pain anymore," Wing said.

Mary Lou?

LOU BABY! [ 09-06-2002, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: Bronco ]

at least her boyfriend looks happy.

they are just cubs! They will be back on the street in no time, youngsters always get off too easy in my opinion.

here is a pretty good comfortable one man tent. http://www.integraldesigns.com/tents-frame.htm

GB: I have a golite breeze which has held up well to abuse. I picked it up for 30 bones in a REI clearance bin. Carries pretty well, load your stuff smartly (soft stuff closest to your back) any you'll be a happy camper. One thing is you really get a sweaty back with the fabric right up against your back, but, I don't know if the packs you are looking at are like that. The packs seem lite and bomber, the clothing seems too flimsy for climbing. Free charge on advise today.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: I heard Bronka posts on this site as "Bronco" Nope, but I almost got run over by her once while she was descending the Muir Snowfeild and I was plodding/slogging up. I told her to "watch it codger!" and she pushed me into a gaping crevase. She could probably beat me up too, I hear she's a ninja.

Nice job Ray and Becky. Great picture, does anyone know the best way to clean drool out of your keyboard? How many fa's do you think Becky has? 100? 500? Just curious.

How long of a ladder would I need for that erik?

quote: Originally posted by erik: [QB]...i am going to go up there and clean it tommorow....[QB] not if I get to them first!

quote: Originally posted by Chongo: Free soloed North Norwegian Buttress 6 hours car to car after my partner said he was scairt and went home. Where is the chestbeater icon jon and/or tim? Nice job, what do you rate it free? 5.19b?

Jerry: you won't get it any lighter than a book of matches. as long as it's sub-alpine (I don't think the stove would work above sub alpine either) just build a fire and invite the neighbor kids. [ 08-16-2002, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Bronco ]

I gotta chime in on Godzilla. I followed it once and there isn't a move harder than 5.9 but, it is sustained 5.9 most of the pitch and traditionally, a rating is pumped up a bit for sustainability. I think that move out of the crack onto the face on Jap Gardens is harder than 5.9, but I am a terrible face climber so, idunno.

check these out. My dad bought some similar ones for communicating with his dockhands while he's on his boat. totally hands free and cheaper than a half rack of micro brew. may not fit under your helmet but, you can play war with them still. walkie talkie

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: quote:Originally posted by Matt: Is that why he drives the F250? Yep. Actually, he has two of them. As far as DMM cams go, the smaller ones are nice; haven't used the big ones. Greg W Actually the white whale is a 350, and yes I certainly have "little man" issues ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME!? Matt: I have no plans to climb Castletron Tower in the near future but, the #5 camalot really looks cool hangin on my rack and if I hang a #11 hex next to it, it makes for a good bear bell while bushwacking. Get Friends, E-rock, good friends are always there to buck you up when you need them.

here is a link to a cam review (subject to manufacturer sponsorship of course): http://www.climbing.com/Pages/equipment/equipment-212.html (Dru)

I have been doing some shopping for some big ones myself, and I think I settled on the WC Tech friends, they are about 2/3 the price of the Camalots and almost as good. If price were no object I'd get Camalots, but DAMN - $112.50 for a #5!! WC claims to make the largest (and smallest) cams avaiable right now as well. I haven't used the DMM's but, have heard they are prone to snaggin on stuff with the little horn shape on the end of the cam lobe and they tend to walk and rotate(especially in the larger size) because of the shorter axle.

My family and I climbed onto the fly bridge of a 40' CHB and ate fresh crab for dinner.

I wonder if Buddy Dean (BD) and Moose are named after competing gear manufacturers, hmmmmmmmmm.

"is the rope supposed to go thru this way?" Young lady top ropeing a 5.9 sport route off of a single QD with the rope twisted through the biner which is attached to a single bolt mid-pitch. Dude on the next route over, is belaying his "sick bro" (who outweighs him by 50lbs)while laying in the shade of a tree about 20' away from the base of his pitch, looks over and says to young lady "nah, it shouldn't have that twist in it" Meanwhile, his bro who is on his first lead ever, is struggling toward the last bolt. All fall silent as the Young lady calmly unclips from the QD (40' of air under her heels) takes the twist out, clips back in and says "dirt me" Right about that time the leader of the other party takes a whipper about 10' above his last bolt while his belayer is gaping at the boldnes of the young lady, he is suddenly jerked into the air while his partner plummets twoard the slab below. Belayer miraculously gets it under control, and stops his partner's rapid descent no more than 12" from the slab and certain death or at least big ass scars. The leader regained his senses and stood up on the slab, looked up at the bolt that held him (30' above) and says "Sheeeyat, now I gotta re-climb all that, man"

You might check the Boreal Ace, they are a good stiff shoe that's been around for a while. Can get them through MEC and Barrabes last time I checked.