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I see JayB behind Colin's fro and there's a draining the keg just out of the frame.

Is that an inversion or what? 10k freezing levels and 45 degrees at the passes?

eric8 and I took our gear for a hike up Guye Peak on Sunday. We were expecting much more snow and ice and about 15 degrees colder, so we had too much crap in our packs. Slippery snow on the trail down was annoying and more challenging than the climbing. Saturday was a low-value day at Index. I belayed and jumared City Park and climbed Blockbuster. Nice weather if you're going to be belaying for an eternity, though.

There is a sweet 5' handcrack on the South Rib of Guye Peak near the summit. Pro to 2.5".

There are some freaks out there with my avatar and way too much bad literary criticism of the book from which the name is taken. But then there's Slothrop the ladies' man:

I, too, didn't reach functional mental awareness until about 1pm today. The dark stuff was too tasty. Thank goodness my girlfriend dragged me home before I could finish my third.

Good times. Polish Bob had some sick slides and the new Darrington guide looks excellent. It was good to see some familiar faces and meet some new folks, too. Nice work, Jon .

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Aw, sorry, my mind must have been playin' tricks on me.

I think I've seen this one airbrushed on a few t-shirts.

For next summer on the DC route, those will probably be just fine. The important thing is that they fit and keep your feet warm, both of which are subjective judgments, but feature-wise those boots fit the bill.

Is that Michael Irvin on the left?

REMF = Rear Echelon Motherfuckers "In the rear with the gear"

I'm sorry to hear the bad news, Lambone. Post some stories! It'd be a good way to celebrate his life. Did you two do El Cap together?

I'm a large, but maybe you should send me the XL so I can sell it to cracked for an exorbitant sum.

What is the advantage of using removable bolts? They're a very specialized piece of gear to buy -- the routes mentioned above are the only ones around here I've heard of that use them. But there are real bolts on the same pitches that call for rebolts. Why? Are bolt holes somehow supposed to last longer than bolts? It seems like weathering and repeated falls can wear out a bolt hole just like they can wear out a bolt, so there's no apparent advantage in lifetime. If you are going to drill a hole on a crag route, you might as well make it safer and more accessible by using a real bolt. I don't see any appreciate difference in the impact of a real bolt vs. a rebolt, either. Both are artificial holes, and you can always camouflage a bolt hanger with paint. Maybe the placements are such that a bolt hanger close to the rock is less safe than a rebolt, which hangs further out of the rock? But I can't imagine not being able to find a bolt-friendly piece of rock within a reasonable distance of a rebolt-friendly placement.

I remember reading somewhere that they were originally called Alien Sex Toys or something like that.

What's a rebolt? A removable bolt? I've never seen those in a gear shop.

Pope, you're hilarious. What a bunch of shit.

http://www.bdel.com/gear/rock/protection.php#hexes

I twitch my damn mouse arm enough during the day. Just upload it to the photo gallery and link it from there, sucka.

She's 25 and goes to Bastyr... it's a fundraiser for her third-year trip to China. Chuck, where is that???

Exit 38, overlooking I-90

Ran around in the woods Friday night scaring little kids, belligerent teenagers, and drunken adults at the Haunted Trails fundraiser for my girlfriend's school. Took a header over a log while running back to my hiding place in the dark. Good times! Saturday: Stone Gardens, then work Sunday I went climbing at Exit 38 with a bunch of newbies. Lots of fun, except for a couple ridiculous overgraded overbolted 20' climbs.

An asshole is an asshole, Canadian or American. What's a "certified" copy anyway? Notarized? And exactly how hard is it for a Canadian to get into the US? If they don't allow you back in, do you have to live in Blaine the rest of your life? Is that why that town exists?