Dwayner

Hey pope:Ever hear of LANCE Armstrong? He makes most climbers look like a bunch 'o weeners. [ 02-01-2002: Message edited by: Dwayner ]

Here is a translation of the lyrics in Freshie's video:GRDouble ENLEAVES! GRDouble ENLEAVES! It's So Easy!Happy Go Lucky...We Are The World,We Did It!You! You! You! You!Us! Us! Us! Us! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta!A student just graduating!A leader of a great business!Do we ever get a lucky feelingA-with our simple leafy nakedness! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta! Oh-we will be winning the prize!We will make our nation proud!We will become a-quite-a healthy guys!Everybody say: Yatta! Japan, On Two!Demo!Tomorrow Will Be Wonderful...Who cares if everybody is unkind? (?)Why bother sleepin' in? (?)Queue! Queue! Queue! Queue!Bus! Bus! Bus! Bus!Ohio! (or Good Morning?) Yatta! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta! Nine hours a night we're sleepingAn' we jump right out of bed!Do we ever get a lucky feelingA-when we go to work fresh and fed! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta! Yatta!you change-odd-weird meworld change-revise I FEEL GREAT!!

Hey Freshies: You got your facts wrong. I viewed the film and it appears to be the opening number of the indoor international sport-climbing competition; you know, the part where all of the competitors come out and do a musical number. A silly choice of song, if you ask me, although it appears to be in French and is driving the armchair-climbers in the audience utterly wild! Is this what we've come to? From brave heroes climbing the world's highest peaks and the north faces of the Alps to sport "climbers" dancing on stage in their underwear? Do you want to see some real action? Some real "monkey magic"? Then check out this, and a prize for anyone who can sit through the whole thing: http://www-ec.njit.edu/~jxk5205/monkey.htm

Brother MTNRGR: Good luck finding your third but beware of some of those races. I was going to do one that included trail running, sea kayaking and mountain biking PLUS several "special challenges". I decided not to bother as I prefer to do things on my own and the entry fee for the team of 3 was $250. I later watched it on television and the "special challenges" were LAME: embarrassingly LAME. One of them was to get your team mates over a barrier made of a sloping plywood wall covered with plastic and Crisco. Now there's some REAL ADVENTURE! And there might have been some.....RAPPELING! Wee! Oh my! Anyway, check it out. I actually like adventure racing but some of the events are really goofy. If you do it, hit it hard and have a great time. Just beware the greasy plywood! - Dwayner

There ain't no "vote". It's in Tacoma. You got a problem wid that? Talk to my pals Alpine K, pope, mtnrgr, erik...uh...and all of those others too. Tacoma "inconvenient for YOU"? Think about it. By the way, Fred Beckey loves Tacoma.

Who wrote this?: "It was obvious to me that this experience had empowered her, made her feel strong and in control.....I just wanted to share my friend's personal triumph wid y'all." It ain't the pope I know! Dude! Turn off Oprah and quit escorting Richard Simmons to the expresso bar! sheeeshhhh! - your concerned "Alpine Buddy", Dwayner

Trask....wait your damn turn with the rest of them.

Dru: You got a cartoon "gremlin" of me 'n Caveman drinkin' a beer? I don't punch people unless I'm attacked. - Dwayne

Dudes: It's my time of month. Let me bitch!!! Give me some space to express myself! - Dwayne

This frickin' list is so dang predictable! Try something nice and it's bound to degenerate! I start this damn Alpine Buddy thing a couple of weeks ago as a genuine effort to restore some dignity and a little genuine appreciation to this list. Week 1 was the "effortlessly cool" Matt P., Week 2 was Erik. I had someone in mind for this week with whom I thought most people would really agree but someone nominated me before I had a chance to post. I didn't ask for it, didn't want it, and don't deserve it but I wasn't going to be rude and was going to let it pass quietly until next week. Then what happens: Alpine Buddies start spontaneously appearing. Get a clue: it's only special when there is one a week. I guess Brother Caveman is the new chairman of that committee. Go Cavedude. Just add it to the list...I occasionally propose Pub Clubs outside the normal venues...and it gets shot down by the loudest voice. I write smartass reports of Pub Clubs on a regular basis, and then Uncle Tricky writes one, and he's nominated as the official chronicler! Boo hoo? Damn straight. No good deed goes unpunished on cc.com. You wanna do this stuff??? Run with it, I'm a busy guy and easily annoyed. - Dwayne P.S. Nothing personal, ubiquitous Cave-dude and affable Uncle Tricky.

Hey pope! I smell trouble with your stinky bouldering pad idea. What happens when you come home from your climbing trip and your wife/girlfriend smells someone else's bouldering pad on your person? The frying pan and/or rolling pin will make a quick appearance and you are toast. It alls sounds a little too dangerous to me. I suppose that you can always try the "honest, honey! I wasn't hanging out with my weekend climbing-Betty-sidedish, I was out with the guys at a new German-themed strip club in Leavenworth!", but this only tends to work once and has its own concequences. - Dwayner

Obey, Respect and Beware the Alpine Kitty: http://www.konstruktiv.net/kitty_02.html

Tacoma, like Matt P himself, is effortlessly cool. There's a reason why it's called "The City of Destiny" and "The most wired city in America" (in terms of communications, household cable internet, etc.) Tacoma continues to improve while Seattle moulders in the manner of the eastern seaboard.

Brother Jay: It's spelled "Ruple", but you got the Estes part correct. I ain't trying to get all bitchy, but it gets frustrating to try to organize something and then someone says, oh yah, I reserved that way back when and it's oh so convenient for us to walk home after drinking ourselves into a stupor. Some of us rarely have that luxury and some of us don't live near the apparent "center of the action". That's the story. So Estes my Ruple.By the way, Dr. Jay.....YOU RULE!- DwayneP.S. And whose last minute plea for babeage resulted in females actually showing up at that Latona pub thing?.....why it was Dwayner. Damn ingrates! [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Dwayner ]

Like...whatever...you clowns decide. I'm finding that some of these pub-club site nominations are a bit self-serving. Yes, I live in Tacoma, but I'm also tired of driving to Ballard or Seattle when few people make the effort to drive south. (although Chris W. and Matt P. and ehmmic are the exception and appear regularly where ever.) Erik...I did my bit...you can nominate the Tacoma site next time. I've been shot down the last couple of time and ain't gonna bother with it for awhile. And by the way...I am happy that Michelle is coming back from South America, but we ALL got stories to tell and I'm equally interested in hearing about Dan Larson's conquest of the Tooth. - Dwayne

Erik...hikerwa...MattP...Icegirl...Jules...Vegetable Belay...Chuck...ChrisW....Dr. Jay....Alpine K....Caveman....Pfffffff....pope.....Dynamite...Jon (to name just a few of the regulars - although pope ain't a regular)...TACOMA HEREBY CLAIMS THE PUB CLUB FOR NEXT WEEK AND WE EXPECT ALL OF YOU AND THE OTHERS TO SHOW UP. Matt P is so effortlessly cool that he's probably been to every one of these things and yes, he DOES has a life, a busy one. If Matt P can make it, and this week's Alpine Buddy can regularly try to make it, SO CAN YOU. We want 35 people there next week. Did you hear that? 35! So take a look at your blank appointment books and pencil it in like the big executive you think you are. - Dwayner

Mr. Good Time! With a name like yours you'd think that you would appreciate someone with good social/party skills. Give your ol' buddy Erik a cyber-handshake and say, "well done, my craggin' comrade", "keep up the good work, amigo", etc.After all, this IS the Year of Big Lou.aloha, Dwayner who just woke up and is workin' on Mickey's no.5! (One mo to go!)AND THE REST OF YOU CAN CHIME IN WITH KIND, APPRECIATIVE COMMENTS IF YOU LIKE. This is your chance to honor your Alpine Buddy; who know's maybe it will be your turn next week! [ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Dwayner ]

Here's something I found that resembles the spray on this site. http://www.konstruktiv.net/kitty_02.html

Yah. It's getting a little Desiderata-like around here: *Write a book, nay, two books; beautiful alpine books that will appear within six months in piles at Half-Price books. *Wear wool pants so you can blame the stench of the wet fabric when you pass your perpetual gas in front of the ladies you're trying to charm in your li'l gray elf-pants. *Always check your partner...for testicular tortion. *Savor the wind and snuggle with the sage...thrown in with that picnic table, that you are burning, because you are too cheap to buy firewood. *Take time to tell your climbing partner that he's special because he's climbing with you. *Rope up with care, for we are there, and do not stare, as I bare, my buttocks to the air, and relieve myself, on your Crazy Creek chair. (Ya like that last one, pope?)

1) Favorite Climb: Donna Top-Step 2) Favorite Climber: Dwayner 3) Always wanted to do that climb: Donna Top-Step's sister!

I think that Outer Space was first climbed in the winter back in the mid-60's and was reported in either Off Belay, Summit or possibly in some early primitive version of Climbing Magazine. If I find the article, I'll post it. I tried a winter ascent back around 1982. It was spooky and we fixed rope. There was a big threatening waterfall way up on the right hand side of the wall that threatened the first pitch and the traverse to Two Tree ledge. We were very nervous about the sparsely protected slabby chicken head pitch that follows the crux traverse. We didn't finish the climb. My college roommate, Will Greenough, along with an alpine wildman I haven't heard of in years: Rick Powell, climbed Orbit during January '79. It took them a couple of weekends and they left fixed ropes in between. Will told me some bold stories of using a broom to sweep off the knobs on the upper wall. It sounded horrifying. - Dwayner

A week ago, we had the opportunity to extend a big mountain high-five to our excellent pal, Matt P., who exemplifies effortless coolness. And in the spirit of the Year of Big Lou, I am pleased to announce this week's Alpine Buddy of the Week. (I am now pulling a slip of paper out of a ratty old stuff sack.) The Alpine Buddy is..............................ERIK! Congratulations, young man. You were nominated and have been selected not only for your excellent climbing skills and dedication, but also for your thoughtful and honorable efforts to continually evolve in good directions. I don't know you that well but I've read a lot of your posts, and we've shared a number of beers together, and I think this week's selection is very deserving. Thanks for the inspiration, my alpine brother, and we'll see you at the crags, if not at the pub nights.

pope! You so right on! Especially the second paragraph! No wonders you's my buddy! Those of you who be skeptics, think about what Brother Pope just stated....really....honestly....think about it. By the way: My name is "Dwayner", and I'm an unashamed trad-monkey.

Hey pope! Was the J-Tree pants-crapper that uncircumcized guy from Ellensburg? Just wonderin'. [ 01-18-2002: Message edited by: Dwayner ]

I took a buddy up "The Tooth" last summer. It was a good time and there were about a dozen Mountaineers in the vicinity. We got trapped in the rappel cluster but they were nice enough to let us slide down their rope. Anyway, there were a few of those characters behind us on the way out and they were asking each other who their Mountaineers Mentor was, a concept I found to be hilarious. I didn't get the whole story but from what I could piece together, there might be some deal where a Basic Student is paired up with an Intermediate Student or some such for the purpose of sharing alpine wisdom and guidance. Hmmmmmm.....sounds like the blind leading the blind given that many of the "instructors" of the Basic Course seem to be graduates from the previous year, and given that most of Intermediate "graduates" I've encountered have been utterly incompetent. Anybody know about a Mountaineers "mentoring" program?