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That's Merv's work....and the best thing I've read on cc.com this month. I thought I'd reproduce it here in case anybody missed it the first time.

hey kids, here's your pop idol in action

fun for the hole family

Was that from the Department of Redundancy Department?

More great stuff from Merv: Yah, man. Almost forget. WE'RE CLIMBERS! and we're wild and crazy and reckless, hard-drinking, wild-partyin', don't-mess-with-me-and-you-can-shove-your-opinion-up-your-butt-tough-talkin', hippie-van drivin', hanging out with a bone-in-the-nose girlfriend with hairy armpits, Whillians/Burgess Brothers/Vulgarian emulating, spit-in-the-face-of-the-reaper, buccaneers of the vertical frontier, matadors of the quick draw, desperados of the bouldering pad, Yee ha! and we don't care 'bout nothin cuz we're climbers! So don't even suggest that what I have to say might be weak because...I'M A CLIMBER, and I'm wild and crazy and reckless, hard-drinking, wild-partyin'.... Dude...he can tell you whatever he likes. And you can choose to consider it, follow it or leave it. "pope" ain't your dictator or puppetmaster. What a country! Once again....how's it been "pushed" on you? Take it or leave it. Have a nice day. P.S. Two drops of the "f" bomb in one post? Come on, man....really. You're better than that.

What about speed climbing? They're missing the point. One of these days they're going to dyno right past a healthy Lewisia in bloom and not even notice.

Judged events are not sport. Are they highly trained athletes? Yes! Is it competition? Yes! But not sport. Sports to me is when individuals or teams go head to head and the best one beats the others! Yeah, but I'm trying to think of a sport that doesn't have officials who make decisions about whether play is fair and who affect the game's result. And don't offer climbing, which is recreation and not sport.

Yeah, the rock is kind of shitty, but if 3rd/4th class mountaineering and glacier travel is your thing, the Olympics do NOT suck.

(Urban Climber:Alpinist)=(Game Boy News:NFL Digest). I win, right?

Wouldn't that be "Espresso----->Americano"?

I'm offended by the cc.commie who smoked the meat doobie at the Muir Hut.

Last night's controversy was unparalleled .

piles and puddles

You sound young...I think I understand your attitude. I'm only offereing advice that eventually made an enormous amount of sense to me when I heard it. I was lucky enough to have survived many ropeless climbs without paying a price. I hope you live to realize there are many experiences in life even more satisfying than high-risk climbing.

If you read carefully, you will note that my post responds to Deschristo's statement: You see, I'm not implying Dechristo is a soloist, or that bouldering has something to do with soloing, as you suggest (although any time a fall off a boulder results in a serious back injury, you have to question whether you have crossed the line from bouldering into free soloing). Decrhisto has decided that Wally's advice some how infringes on the personal freedom of a solo climber, and Decrhisto charges that Wally doesn't understand (or perhaps doesn't remember) what "climbing is all about". Decrhisto is the guy making assertions and logical leaps, and so are you.

Fairweather, if you think Dole is the real deal, why don't you write him in? Sure he was severely wounded, but we're not comparing his misfortune to our next President's. Let's continue to examine the only two possibilities instead of continually talking about Clinton's lack of combat duty or Dole's serious injuries. Furthermore, whether or not you think Dole is even remotely qualified to judge Kerry's combat record, you must admit that those who served IMMEDIATELY next to him are MOST QUALIFIED (as in the account Will pasted above). The guy I'm pretty sure you're voting for doesn't have a combat record. He has a criminal record... is that the kind of thing you admire? Kerry volunteered for combat when the frat boy you're going to vote for was probably AWOL. Why don't you just be honest and say, "George W. is a miserable excuse for a leader, probably a poorer choice than Kerry, but I'm going to vote for him because of what his party represents." That would be refreshingly honest.

Bouldering.com girl:"Senator, have you heard of Climbers for Kerry? They're a group of environmentally conscious youths who are going to climb the Captain to help you 'take back North America' this fall." Senator Kerry:Who f#cking cares? You kids certainly know how to piss into the wind.

Exactly. Fairweather's link reveals that an even more respectable vet is disgusted with the Swiftboat Vets for Deception add:

I don't know about upgrading to 5.10a on the last pitch. Sure it's a hard and sustained pitch, especially after grunting up the previous pitch (which I thought was harder) and after the long hike in. Maybe my memory is fuzzy, but I think that if the last pitch of Burgner-Stanley existed right off the ground, right next to Godzilla, it would probably be considered the easier between the two. I think the last pitch on the Burgner-Stanley has multiple 5.9 moves with adequate rests in between. For another comparison, think about classic 5.10- pitches such as Davis Holland (pitch 2) and Caboose at the Malamute.

Those people are soooo brave and inspirational. I can tell you that they have definitely affected my political orientation.

Two anonymous users are reading Pope's Confessional.

True dat. Furthermore, these days he's small-time, posting a link or two a week at best.

If I wanted to look at a turd pope I'd look in the toilet. The drivel you've posted is uglier than the last one I dropped. And you're sure you weren't looking at your reflection?