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This horrible horrible shit just happened to my good friends Andy, Greg, and Solin. I had just left those guys in Golden when this shit happened. http://www.csac.org/Incidents/2001-02/20020318-Canada.html

Ya gotta sign up and enter all the info about yourself. My name is Juan Valdez, I make 300,000 in the inport/export business and I occasionally read the NYTImes.

Well atleast its not addictive. I've been smoking for eight years and I'm not addicted.

quote: Originally posted by willstrickland: I bought it after I almost soiled my drawers on Kor-Ingalls when I liebacked the OW section and almost pitched trying to get back in the squeeze chimney. Didn't want to fall on that shaky green alien ten feet below? That OW on Kor-Ingalls is a right of passage for climbers bro. Its funny if you do the east chimneys route on Castleton one of the belays is directly across from that crux section on Kor-Ingalls and while your belaying you can listen through the rock to people cuss, freak out, and shit their pants as they go through that OW

quote: Originally posted by MysticNacho: Dude! Big Wall Betty and RURP are a match made in heaven! Don't believe the hype. They're the same person.

I got a joke for ya: The Mountaineers

I think its unrealistic to expect outdoor retail salespeople to know everything about every product and have experience with it. Why would you rely on someone who is getting paid to sell you something for unbiased advice on a product anyway? Unless you're a gumby you should be able to figure out what you want to buy by doing your own research, using common sense, and asking climber friends, etc. I worked in outdoor retail for 1.5 years and I'd say about 95% of everyting I told customers was bullshit that they either wanted to hear or could have figured out themselves. The internet has made retail obsolete for lots of climbing gear anyway.

Adult Gu Products: Glo-in-the-dark GuRibbed for her pleasure GuVibrating GuBlow-up GuExtra sensitive Gu and my fav: Gu-Lube

Icegirl I feel your loss. I like rock shoes more than Imelda Marcos likes Ferregamos. I'd be fuckin pissed if my rock shoes got stolen. But atleast they didn't make off with any super expensive hardwear or anything.

Cathedral Spires / Half Dome - all in shade. Not enough? try the friggin Toulumne Meadows jack. Or go the eastside and climb mad alpine granite like Mt. Whitney. Go son go.

quote: Originally posted by rayborbon: Fred Beckey is\was a mountaineer so shut up Whatever. He probably started the friggin mountaineers and now regrets it.

The only burn I got was from falling over drunk into the campfire when a certain camper returned from an innocent run to "Der Safeway" with inordinate amounts of alcoholic beverages. Instead of turning in early in preperation for some serious L-worth cranking our happy little campfire turned into full-blown monster-truck rally WWF smackdown craziness. Surfey was burned at the stake and buried at sea. Bridge Creek campground was rockin'! Needless to say, all failed redpoint attempts on Sunday can be attributed to the previous nights debaucheries and/or the distinct higher gravity levels in the area that day.

Do they serve Mickey's??

10d 10d 10d 10d, or 5.9+

Shouldn't you be on your way to Smith?

Erik I know you stole my shoes.

What's the word on Tieton bird closures? worth going out there this time of year with Royal Collumns being closed?

Don't you need a secret handshake to get in the clubhouse?

quote: Originally posted by Anna: Broaden my horizons Dru! I am from Montana, so you all will need to show me what this beautiful area has to offer! Go back to Montana, take a left. Stop when you get to the sign that says Canadian Rockies.

Anyone who complains about mountaineers cluttering up their crag are climbing in the wrong place. I wouldn't climb anywhere the mtneers would and they wouldn't climb anywhere I would. In my experience organized climbing groups like the mtneers do more bullshitting about climbing than actually climbing. They sit around talking about their bylaws and meeting minutes and shit instead of doing anything productive. But if they don't bother me, I don't bother them. So I don't really care what they do.

All that shit at Saskatchewan crossing was shut down for the season. We stayed at the Canadian Alpine CLub hostel in LAke Louise. It was like 16 US / night. It was pretty fat with a good kitchen, etc. but they jacked the heat in those rooms up so damn high at night I felt like I was in Death Valley in August!! EGhe! But there was a couple hostels up the icefields parkway we didn't check out, but I heard they're ghetto. Oh yeah, the local bar in GOlden hosts a new stripper every Monday. Its a big deal in Golden, I suggest attending if you want to check out the local culture.

I'm sure in the great vortex of lost goods my shoes are hanging out with Erik's book. Chuck, if you went to look for them I would be eternally grateful. And yes we should have packed before we packed, I've got an issue with leaving my 43, not 34 shoes, at the crag - this isn't the first time.

It seems I had a senior moment last weekent at Vantage and left a pair of size 34 LaSPortiva CObras at the Middle-east wall around the base of Jihad. If anyone is going out there in the next couple days and wouldn't mind looking for them and bringing them back to Seattle or E-burg they will be duly rewarded with atleast a 6-pack of fine ales. They're probably gone by now, but its worth a shot.

It seems I had a senior moment last weekent at Vantage and left a pair of size 34 LaSPortiva CObras at the Middle-east wall around the base of Jihad. If anyone is going out there in the next couple days and wouldn't mind looking for them and bringing them back to Seattle or E-burg they will be duly rewarded with atleast a 6-pack of fine ales. They're probably gone by now, but its worth a shot.

quote: Originally posted by moonchild: PS. You mean there are actually other climbers down south here!?!?!? Yes, when they're not in jail or getting busted on COPS. Dwayner, is it true you're booking Britney Spears for a celebrity cameo appearance at Pub CLub next week, ala Fred Beckey?