pope

Send it!

Back in the rough-and-tumble 1970's. Do you think your average sport climber knows how to have that much fun? "Oh, we're having a splendid time clipping these bolts and pretending we're Alan Watts, getting ready to send. What? Climb a sign atop the cowboy bar? Is it 5.14? Has Chris Sharma's girlfriend climbed it in her prAna top? No? Uh....sorry, we're not interested. And we don't drink beer. We prefer wheat-grass smoothies in between sessions on the campus boards."

Hey you big prick! This is a serious discussion already. How dare you precipitate its degeneration into another bolting discussion? Moderator! Move this thread to SPRAY at once!

Timeless wisdom.

That just makes me blush. Try buying an add in the Stranger's classified pages.

Dear god and pope this is still true There are many Annapurnas in the life of Muffy. I think you need a diversion. Climbing is a bad habbit that can distract you from what's important in life. Try climbing onto a bar stool instead (just make sure that four sport climbers didn't leave it inverted).

Old Snow Cap: New Snow Cap: New packaging. Is the product the same? My first impression is that it is not. I'm trying to find as much of the old formula as I can get my hands on.

Yoga apparel? Gee, that's a new one on me. And the purchase price of $34E6...that's impressive. Ain't prAna the outfit that makes them hemp chalk bags and alternative stretch jog bras that's popular with the unshaven boulder-hoppin' gurlz?

Bivouac. That's French for "mistake". Big Lou said it. I believe it.

Go the night before. Biv-wack in the John at Narada Falls. Heat, running water and benches for crashing are provided by Uncle Sam. What a country!

As long as the confessional is open, let's hear from the "climbers" who have been rap bolting in wilderness areas.

I heard Johnny Thunders on KEXP last week. Where else are you going to find that?

The quality spray is absent because the quality sprayers are banned (and because I've outgrown this juvenile bullshit). Anyway, bring back Dwayner. Bring back the fun.

milk dudz

Look for him to reappear.....in disguise.

There's about 3" of slush at Mowich Lake which is about 4900 ft.

Dwayner, Caveman, Willstrickland, Trask...where did all the cool cats go? Guess I'm the last one.

And the cutting edge of bouldering is......... ....the tandem sit-start. Won't you join us?

One could argue that American applications of bolt trails are motivated by a far more ridiculous obsession.

Right!!! Safety, increased access, more traffic, cleaner rock, no more pin scars....virtually every lame pro-bolting argument completely supports (with no modification) the via ferrata. And if you object to these things, just remember not to be so small-minded: more destructive activities (ski areas, logging, etc.) justify low-impact activities like sport climbing and constructing the via ferrata.

TomTom? Sounds like a name you might read in the stall down at the Rebar.

How did I miss this one? Splendid stuff from a post on Ascensionist titled "INDEX IN THE YEAR 2020":

Your ethos Your pathos Your Porthos Your Aramis Your Brut Cologne You're writing home You are hopeless Your hopelessness Is rising around you, rising around you You like it It gives you something to do In the day time Hey buddy, you need a hobby You are tired of moving forward You think of the future And secretly you piddle your pants The puddle of piddle Which used to be little Is rising around you, rising around you You like it It gives you something to do In the night time Oh well, you travel to bars You also go to Winchell's Doughnuts And hang out with the Highway Patrol Sometimes you'll go to a pizza place You go to Shakey's to get that American kind of pizza That has the ugly, waxey, fake yellow Kind of cheese on the top... Maybe you'll go to Straw Hat Pizza, To get all those artificial ingredients That never belonged on a pizza in the first place (But the white people really like it...) Oh well, you'll go anyplace, you'll do anything Oh you'll give me your underpants I hope these aren't yours, buddy... They're very nice, though You go to Santa Monica Boulevard, You go to the Blue Parrot No problem, you'll go anyplace You'll do anything Just so you can hang out with the others The others just like you Afraid of the future (Death Valley Days straight ahead) The future is scary (Yes it sure is) Well, the puddle is rising It smells like the ocean A body of water to isolate England And also Reseda The oil in patches All over Atlantis, Atlantis You remember Atlantis Donovan, the guy with the brocade coat Used to sing to you about Atlantis You loved it, you were so involved then That's back in the days when you used to Smoke a banana You would scrape the stuff off the middle You would bake it You would smoke it You even thought you was getting ripped from it No problem Woop! Atlantis, they could really get down there The plankton, the krill The giant underwater pyramid, the squid decor Excuse me, Todd The big ol' giant underwater door The dome, the bubbles, the blue light Light, light, light, light Light, light, light, light Blue light blue light The seepage, the sewage, the rubbers, the napkins Your ethos, your Porthos, Your flag pole, your port hole Your language You're frightened The future Your lang... You can't even speak your own fucking language You can't read it anymore You can't write it anymore Your language The future of your language Your meat loaf Don't let your meat loaf Heh, heh, heh Your Micro-Nanette Heh Your Brut Cologne

Discuss.