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Get back to work.

Unless you make a bunch of money and then disagree with the president.

My big ol' blacktail! Nice!

If you never used gear and rope means you didn't climb anything hard which means you aint all that strong and fast -wanker.

That Czech shit happened when we were there too. It was pretty entertaining. The Czech's girlfriend called in a rescue from 17,000 I think, even though they only 100' from the top of the messner. The lama dumped them off at basecamp and the Rangers had a plane waiting to take them back to Talkeetna, but they refused to get on it, because all their gear was still up there The Ranger was like my pilot risked his life to save your ass now get on the fucking plane or I'll have you arrested and drag you on forceably. But the Czech wouldn't budge. They stood there and yelled at eachother for five minutes. It was like high drama on the Kahiltna and shit. Finally the Czech gave in but he was pissed. What a retard.

Just start drytooling and climbing ice. Stiff mountain boots are as good as a cast. Your foot will be healed in no time.

Sorry we missed y'all in the country. We took off cause it was getting dark and shit. Did you and Tim end up getting on that route by Orc Tower?

No shit! Those fuckers were all over the place when we were there. Kept tellin us to quiet down and shit when we were straight chillin on the Kahiltna. My bro Freddie, from New Hamshire, would get pissed and stand in the background when they were filming and pull his cock and balls out and wave 'em around. Always took the cameraman a couple ten seconds to notice before he'd have to stop filming and chase Freddie off. Must have wasted minute and minutes of film on Freddie's unit.

This is by FAR the stupidest fucking thread ever.

As of last weekend.

That kid probably got extra points for sending in the wheelchair though.

Well then how many points do I have on MY 8a.nu scorecard?

What the fuck is the 10 000 border?

Saw lots of smears on Argonaut and Sherpa last weekend. Also looked like a climbeable ice line on the east side of Colchuck.

Wall of Attrition - Sqish; numerous pitchs in Ruth Gorge; Bridge Creek Wall - Icicle Canyon; Drip Buttress - Blodgett, Montana.

So that's why you've been trying to make so many special "friends" in the mountain climbing community.

You should just do it. It will be an interesting learning experience, and the court system relies on "piers" like you to make eveything work. Plus, I hear you get a $5.00 per day stipend for lunch!

You might not live in Tacoma, but you'll still be "Livin' Tacoma"

Re-read her email. Your answer is in there. What I don't know is bigger than what I do but when my girls see other people doing things, they want to get involved "because everybody else is doing it". They own several Barbies apiece. Makeup and sexy clothes are in high demand (they are 5 and 7). So if you think I am going to discourage them from fawning over Tori, I have to doubt that you have any idea what it's like to raise girls today. But you are still entitled to your opinion regardless of what it is based on. You're prejudiced because you have little girls. Your saying you'd rather have your kids idolizing Tori Allen rather than Britney Spears. Still doesn't make her acceptable to the rest of the climbing community who don't have the same issues you do. But you used to climb in the Bitterroot, so your cool as far as I'm concerned!

Lynn Hill wrote a book. Dean Potter does magazine covers and Patagonia ads. Don't think Dean has an agent, homes.

Hype is out there all over everything. She is probably mostly climbing and letting her agent handle the hype. Why not let it be for something like climbing? What is the "bad" that is going to come out of it? I am confused about where the anger is coming from. I ain't angry, just expressing an opinion. I think the contrarians here feel that one of the attractive facets of climbing is that it falls outside the lines of mainstream sports. The vast majority of people who participate in it don't do it to compete with anyone but maybe themselves. And even the best climbers are usually normal people who you see at the crag and drink beer with after. The whole notion of competitions and agents runs contrary to what I enjoy about the sport/activity/lifestyle of climbing. As far as sports go climbing is a more ascetic one. If Tori wants to be a rich and famous athlete, I wish she would have chosen a different sport like gymnastics or bowling. You don't see Deen Potter, Peter Croft, or Lynn Hill marketing themselves or garnering more attention to their activities than they need to get by. If they wanted to be flashy they might have taken up another activity. I don't really care what Tori Allen does, though, I just think she's silly.

wank.

Kids are sometimes the best role-models for climbers, cause they climb for the pure joy of climbing and don't concern themselves with all the bullshit we do. However, Tori Allen's purposefully knee-deep in the bullshit, so she doesn't get to join the "I'm just a little girl trying to have fun and have a good attitute" club.