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quote: Originally posted by Noway: Are you serious? Unfortunately....yes. Check your pm's.

To anybody who may have been offended by the jpeg image I had pasted to my cc.com pseudonym, I apologize, and I also wish to dispel a rumor that has been circulating. The jpeg to which I refer featured Frank Zappa picking his nose (or so I assumed). IT IS NOT A PICTURE OF ME, and it it is certainly NOT FEATURED IN MY COLLEGE ANNUAL. It was pointed out to me late last week (first by my wife, then by a concerned colleague), that Frank is not using his index finger to extract mucous egesta, but rather is extending an obscene gesture (employing his middle finger) to the cameraman. To the community of cc.com, and to anybody who may have checked in to check out this embarassing photo, I wish to say that I'm sorry, and I have replaced the jpeg with a Frank Zappa image that represents all I admire about this intelligent artist.

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: dulfersitz this 8======D Check your PMS....or at least your pm's.

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: word stefan, glad yer alright. ry... i'm with you, rapping scares the bejezus out of me sometimes, but then again, i am a big hairy... well you know Yes sir, I rapped off of Monkey Face in the dark...that's was spoooooky. You couldn't even tell how fast your were going.

quote: Originally posted by gapertimmy: curious, i saw some chick at smiffy with a prussik above her atc while on belay. does anyone out there backup their ATC with some other stopping device, i'd be interested in hearing the different methods and the pros/cons associated with each. gapertimmy For free-hanging dulfersitz raps, I'll occasionally wear my lederhosen and an extra sweater, ja.

Hiked in the Sunrise area with my wife and our daughter. She was so excited to spend the afternoon at "the big snowy mountain". In fact, when she passed gas at the picnic table, my wife admonished her, and she responded, "I'm sorry, I tooted. It was a big-snowy-mountain too-toot." [ 10-18-2002, 09:11 PM: Message edited by: pope ]

quote: Originally posted by Uncle Tricky: All I know is that I was being belayed at Leavenworth by a Vertical World employee using a gri-gri. I took a leader fall and kept falling...and falling. Finally I said something like "hey, anytime you feel like catching me, feel free." Or maybe I just screamed "FUCK!!!" Anyway, only then did she lock me off. Freaked me out, and I've been wary of being belayed with a gri-gri since. I've witnessed a similar incident. No belay device is safe in the hands of an idiot. [ 10-18-2002, 09:11 PM: Message edited by: pope ]

My issue with that show is that even the hardiest participants look as though they could NOT survive one night out on Tiger Mountain in July (not even with a Big-Lou-style expedition parka, fire starter, a Big Mac and a bottle of aspirin). Furthermore, the "human drama" of betrayal and broken alliances on Survivor is even less stimulating than a white-trash cat fight on Jerry Springer.

What? Nobody cares to reminisce?

Get fit in the City of Rocks, climb the Grande Tit in Jackson, then warm down at Devil's Tower and fly home. [ 10-18-2002, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: pope ]

I've got an MSR Firefly....'bout 20 years old now, I think. I've replaced the seals a few times and keep it clean. It's fast and reliable. It simmers as well as it melts snow in a hurry. Best thing is that it's incredibly loud, which can be an advantage when you're hanging in Squamish and the boulering groupies have their disgruntled-youth/marijuana-farmer music blaring. [ 10-18-2002, 09:10 PM: Message edited by: pope ]

Instead of renaming a route or erecting a memorial, how about naming a trail after Bill or Goran? That way, their names would come up in conversation for many, many generations, and perhaps their legends would survive. I also like the new route idea. Hey, how many times have you climbed at Index and been reminded of these guys? [ 10-18-2002, 09:08 PM: Message edited by: pope ]

And everybody said.....AMAN!

Peace out, brother Jon! You need to know that I've never had an ill feeling toward you (singular, anyway!)....No, I just want to know what Sexy CoCo knows about Neil Young.

Long live Trask!

Long live Dwayner!

In a thread entitled DWAYNER THE PROPHET, I reminded the contributors to this bulletin board that I enjoy Dwayner's brand of humor and I admonished those who have rudely ganged up on him. In reply, several members offered constructive criticism; Sexual Chocolate even offered up a prayer for peace, wisdom and understanding, and he asked us to pray for Neil Young while we were on our knees. I responded by asking, "What's up with Neil?", and when I returned this morning to read his correspondence, I was greeted with the following message from our venerable administrators: YOU ARE REQUESTING A THREAD THAT DOESN'T EXIST! Jon, you seemed a little beside yourself when you contributed to that thread, and so I'm left to conclude that you deleted it....doesn't seem rational, just the only possible explanation. In the future, I'd prefer not to piddle my time away at the keyboard if my thoughts are going to be censored. It's not that you guys shouldn't censor objectionable material, it's just that I'd like to get a better feeling for when I'm crossing the line. I mean, come on...since when is it so terrible to come to your buddy Dwayner's rescue?

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: PLus this time of year bring cold weather gear and be ready for wind. Good point....I think the elevation is about six or seven thousand feet. Stay clear of the Sidetrack Saloon in Burley (unless you feel like gettin' in trouble).

I particularly liked Alamo Massacre. [ 10-18-2002, 09:06 PM: Message edited by: pope ]

Jon, get a grip! You're beginning to sound like Lambone. You could find a better role model. Nobody's whining about getting picked on, and I certainly haven't criticized the hard work you do, and I don't even agree that the site has "jumped the shark". I'm just sticking up for my good buddy Dwayner, and I stand by what I said: I think it'd be pretty dull around here without him. Trask.....shut up! Since you don't know how to tie a bowline or put a nut, you're not entitled to an opinion. Go log onto NWTrailhikeringpussies.com. You enjoy what Mike has to say? It's been obvious to me for a long time: Mike Adams=Trask=anybody else who uses the word "tong" on this site. You're fooling nobody, my friend. Sexual chocolate, this is sound advice. Thank you for your wisdom this morning. What's up with Neil?

Hey buddy, "Sauna Sausage" was MY post!

In the last few months I’ve had little time to actively participate in what used to be an amusing diversion. Climbers obviously log on to the site for different reasons, but the entertainment value of cc.com has always seemed to be a greater attraction than the quality of information. Let’s face it, if you can’t get up the humble peaks in our range with the enormous amount of information offered in Beckey’s guide, you’re just a pussy. Has cc.com “jumped the shark”? Some of the evidence identified by Dwayner in an effort to support this notion is less than convincing. While the pervasive references to horsecock have never offended me, they do suggest that a number of participants haven’t yet reached their full intellectual capacity (we must assume). Displays of mental midgetry on this bulletin board have been the hallmark of our bolt-clipping brothers from the beginning, however. What I find to be far more disturbing is the insulting language recently directed toward Dwayner. Allow me to explain, ‘cause I know most of you think I’m just sticking up for my buddy (which is partially true). Dwayner’s entertaining contributions to this site are of such quality that I feel guilty not paying a subscription fee for the privilege of reading his posts every day. I happen to know a number of people who log onto this site just to read his funny stuff. Some of these guys aren’t huge fans…one of them finds Dwayner’s personality to be too “abrasive”. I’m certain many of the regulars on cc.com have had a few good laughs…..but I’m going to go one step beyond to say that Dwayner is one of the only truly funny regular contributors. Without Dwayner, what do you got? Lambone with his sad strike-out story about being stuck in the tent for three days with a couple of “frigid hotties”? DFA reminding us twice each week that he’s yo-yoed his way up a .13a bolt trail? PP’s mind-numbing attempts to deduce truth from fantasy? Gimme a break! Dwayner receives a lot of abuse for his stance on sport climbing (so did I when I had time to check in regularly). I subscribe to Dwayner’s prophecy that sport climbing (like disco and indoor soccer) will in retrospect provide for future mountaineers a history lesson in how a noble tradition can be transformed into a ridiculous aberration. That some of you are agitated by Dwayner’s position on this subject is evidenced in the way you direct an undue amount of ridicule toward him. Shame. If Dwayner finally says, “Adios!” to y’all, I suspect the participation level in the site will remain strong. However, the banter will likely be duller than a butter knife.

quote: Originally posted by Terminal Gravity: Pope, Nice little avatar image. Are you holding your nose? Did you get wind of Selters? That's my good buddy Frank Zappa. Who is Selters?

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Worst partner ever had to be the "climber" who did Cutthroat's S. Butt with me one summer. We had been soloing, and when we got up to the crux pitch, I got out the rope and asked her to step around the corner and get a belay anchor (mistake!). Within about 60 seconds I heard "Eric....Eric I'm stuck!" I looked around the corner and to my horror, there she was, half way up the crux, unable to move up or down. And, of course, she had the rack (nudge nudge, wink wink). I had no way to anchor, so I had to climb around her unroped up to a tree and lower a rope/'biner. I was terrified that she was going to lose it, but tragedy was avoided.