Beck

...we're looking for some CC.Com wearware and stickers, etc to offer up to the partygoers, timmy- get it cooking! logos for possible CC t-shirts light and fast- solo climb naked huts should always allow smoking i speed climb with dan teddy loves me whaddya think?

not even clear if scrambler is clear here. is it wear from the "anchor" or the "brakebar" carabiner? pause a moment, and take a good look at how these belay devices work, the cables do nothing other than keeping them on your rack.... i use a 3mm retainer cord on one of my stitch/rapell belay devices, it's not part of the belay equasion... i'd stick with the body belay, the hip, the boot axe and the munter if you aren't at all clear on how these "devices" operate by adding a bend in the ropes...

ian brings up point i was, it seems reverso can get very sharp on running edges after as little as less than one season... i was going to say Gigi, but will refrain from whispering "plaquette" anymore, very few here know what a sticht or plaquette can do for climbers...

and as long as you grow poppies for the seeds and not the opium ,you can grow poppies ( the feds have closed that loophole, but it is virtually unenforcable... look for a few types of dutch, double blooming (I'll PM you the botanical names) for some serious organic tea flowers you can grow in the back yard in the NW... whoops! cat has escaped bag...

WHO SAYS you can't belay a leader on it? it's a GIGI...... it belays, where did you guys learn how to climb, the mountaineers? don't you understand the basic operation of plate belay devices? who taught you guys? don't you understand the principle of belay devices (like the boot axe belay, for instance) bend in rope... you guys are just stupid or trolling, and i don't care. you sound like climbing dumbfucks, IMO... "you can' belay a leader with it!" ITS A PLAQUETTE! a plaquette! and i wonder, maybe the reverso MAYBE the reverso is 'half as light' but i've seen a reverso wear out from one seasons use so maybe lightness is a tradeoff in durability... a climbed guy wanted us to warranty his reverso because it had worn out so fast. and though Gigi wasn't who was important this weekend, she was a happy participant in tree climbing yesterday..

those can still make you puke, just like peyote... but i was spraying our denial of drug heritage, man...you look like a purple sausage on fire, man...woah,dude, TRACERS!!! I'm a big juicy orange!

avalanche funding, good idea. Snoqualamie at the Summit is one of the biggest sponsors for this sound tourism event, i will mention it. keep the advice coming. and not telling people climbers are there- denial is not a bargaining chip of strength in diplomacy! i will be talking to gov and industry leaders about green tourism, people. what should i tell them about climbers? Nothing??? I don't think so...

you dolts! morning glory seeds sold in seed packs are treated with an emetic to make you upchuck? Aren't any of you guys real hippies? This was common knowledge in my circles, as well as appearing in print in many locations like the last whole earth catalog... earth calling cc.com... "don't eat the brown acid"

you can come with if you're a qute climber girl as I don't have a date for the event yet. or will pictures with Paul Shell and me rubbernecking suffice? do you need to see my invitation? I'm asking for input on what positive things to tell environmentally minded development groups about climbers. there's going to be many chances to mention issues. One I'm trying to package is the Rainier permitting issue and keeping the mountains open to climbers. more input solicited from you guys and girls. if it was a knitting party, I'd tell them how much climbers like warm socks and can they make some socks up for all us climbers out there. if they were cooks, it'd be, do you know how much climbers love food? Do you want to come cook for climbers at a climbing party? so, I'm trying to figure out how and what to say about climbing issues that engage environmental conservation, etc... I'm going to try to refrain from spending any more time on this thread defending my character. here, im asking for opinions on issues. thanks!

let's not get the rest of the crowd confused about GiGi and GriGri. They are two completely different things. Mine is ten bucks worth of cheap italian alloy. Some of the crowd might not be able to differentiate GiGi, she's my only climbing partner left after Teddy Rux left me

i hear John Bachar is coming out with his version of solo aid devices soon!

we are at such a state against nature with the continued lack of species diversity and propagation, i feel this explains some of the massive, contagious maladies seen being spread from animal to man like Ebola, SARS, etc. with an incredible loss in diversity of species and loss of natural environment acting as buffers against disease, these fatal illnesses now crop up in a host population, then jump to man as we are the dominant species with the bigggest species footprint on the planet. The death of the songbirds, the decline of fish population, the deforestation of the world, species extinction and reduction of habitat are all stressing the planet out to try to stomp us humans. my 2 cents. and don't bring fido out in the mountains. do the wilderness a favor.

thanks greg. I believe the access fund would generally disagree and many in the mountain guides and adventure travel industry would as well. many organizations understand the value of promoting conservation. i want to continue to link climbers into the green model, from the nonclimbers perspective. this is nothing new or original on my part.

it's called...gear test. i can foot lock too kurt and know how to tie a monkey's paw for a throw line , but I'm happy not to be where you're at, kurt you can chestbeat about you "being a real tree climber" all you want, Alpine K, i don't really care, you already have my respect for being an arborist. i was talking about friendship, a fun day in town and not being able to lose a boomerang. and Gigi. Gigi is hot! she's cheap, and she's easy. plus, she can do you many ways.

Didn't Susan Butcher and a beau take a dogsled team up top of Denali back in eighties?

Arrrhsenic!

Opinions being solicited for lobbying opportunity about climbing and access issues aside from the Fee Demo Project. What are some of the other main issues facing climbers here in the Northwest? How can we portray our image to get more funding thrown our way on climber friendly issues in the future? Looking for responses that generally will encourage non climbing public to think of us as green, presentable, and worthy of being considered when they spend tourism forecasting dollars, etc.... just checking to see what people have to say... I got invited to some PR thing in a couple of weeks, so figured i'd ask everyone. late in september i go for an afternoon tour aboard a 175' motor yacht with Sound Tourism and the Sound Environmental Project to go press the flesh and listen to Paul Shell talk about promoting tourism and the environment at the same time.two hour networking food fest or something as well will let me tell a lot of rather influential people about climbers in a good light. anything constructive would be appreciated.

what's a girl pirate's favorite spice?

actually, the pirate's least favorite of the military is the Coast Garrrrrd!

a pirate's favorite fish? pirates have two: the G-arrrrrr, and the Goldfish.

what's a pirate's favorite fish?

just got back from taking GiGi out tree climbing this morning to recover a stuck boomerang. I am happy to report she climbs well, she can do a great belay. she also lowers out of autolock by wiggling the "brake" biner nice and easy, inch at a time without extra gear... but I wouldn't take her to be my belay slave!! better get grandma or the rocker....

heya! Mountaineers Books has their headquarters right by the Cement Plant and there are some very accomplished women that work there, Kurt! UPDATE: Boomerang recovered. Big stick brought home as well. Took GiGi to tree climb this morning, Kurt. She climbs well, lets off easy, but I wouldn't use her as a belay slave!!! and as to my friend I was with yesterday, a boomerang is like compassion- you really can't lose it, it just comes back at you- thanks, it really was a fun time. Beck

they are two completely different garanimals.... TRS device versus lightweight plaquette that is inexpensive as well. I'm not too confused

actually, the bible provides many good stories and parables. there is also great wisdom in the bible and it is a basis for much of western cultural archetypes that trancend time to the present day. thus, do not miss taking a look at guideon's bible if you are stranded by a snowstorm at the motel six in moab for 3 days and all you've got in the room travellers' copy of the good book. and.... and... notes from the forward of Rene Daumal's "A Night of Serious Drinking" "I refuse to accept that a clear thought can ever be inexpressible. However, appearances are against me. For just as there is a level of pain at which the body ceases to feel because...so there is a level of thought where words have no part to play. Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named. What is clearest is unutterable... If we fail to make ourselves understood clearly, we should not blame the tool we use. " and it continues. one of the best book forwards I have ever read.