willstrickland

I have a Giant OCR-1, from 2001, a couple of years before that one. Basically the same bike with a little higher component set. They hadn't put shaped seatstays on them at that point, the ride is more harsh. Forks are straight-blade carbons, Shimano 105 flightdeck throughout. Ditto on the mtn-bike pedals. I ride road pedals and shoes on mine, but I put my Time ATAC mtn pedals on there for a while and it's much better if you're running errands or going to class or something. Here's the bike:

ha! I totally blow your theory...i'm shorter than anything, finnish and live in seattle and don't drive a truck...hahahaha Yah, but the Fins aren't really Scandanavians now are they? I was told by my Swedish secretary that the Norwegians, Swedes, and Danes were scandanavian but the Fins were not. I really don't know , I'm just spreading rumours...pun definitey intended, and innuendo.

This shit is great Keep it up dudes

First thought: Damn, nice touch showing a little ass for the camera, looks like they even rolled them up a bit just to get that little peek. Second thought: Damn, Beth is gettin' quite the rack on her, was she mentored by Bobbi, or is that just the camera angle? Third thought: Hmm, didn't know Beth was into freesoloing crack routes. Fourth thought: WTF is up with those shoe laces? Fifth thought: Who is the jackass that wrote this article? Sixth thought: Do I have to saw off half a finger to land me one of these? All jokes aside, the Caldwells are really friendly people

Not at all. I think your replies effectively rebuffed my armchair speculation on potential problems

Mounties Basic Course III - Field proctology "Four-finger Frank demonstrates proper hand position for the exam"

"Don't do it Jan! Don't jump! You have so much to live for!!"

"Yep, your ass DOES smell like a dead skunk."

Ummm....yeah.

Alright son, I want you to kick that ball through those uprights! In a second here Gaper Ann will give you the wind speed reading and Big Stu will give you the bearing. Bob behind me here says it's a 26 yard attempt...now KICK THAT FIELD-GOAL SON!

I once saw some XC shoes that were essentially a trail runner that would accept spikes. It would be like having spike receptacles in a pair of New Balance 800 series, or Adidad Trail Response or something. The midsole was a thin poly to give the spikes a base and to give you some support and protect from pointy rocks underfoot. It's been 8 or 10 years ago, so I don't even remember who made them. I've considered using track spike several times. You can pick up a pair new for about $25. The things that have kept me from doing it: 1. The shoes have no spike receptacles in the heel area. 2. They tend to be very very thin nylon and would get trashed and leak like a sieve (although g-tex socks could work I suppose) 3. The soles tend to be really stiff, but the shoes don't really give much arch or torsional/lateral support. I don't think it would cost you more than a couple of minutes to stop and scerw in the spikes when you needed them vs. strapping on the sole thing, and it would be lighter. Baseball/football shoes meant for artificial turf, that use screw-ins might be the ticket. The turf shoes are made more like a running/tennis shoe with less stiffness in the forefoot than a grass shoe. You could use regular long track style spikes on them and have a good compromise...assuming you could find a brand with spike compatability. Edited to say: Javeline shoes huh? Spikes in the heel you say? Beefier too....hmmmm, interestink, vedddy interestink.

Might be a litte sooner cjf: "A third source, an official who works under ISI's director, Lieutenant General Ehsan ul-Haq, informed tnr that the Pakistanis "have been told at every level that apprehension or killing of HVTs before [the] election is [an] absolute must." What's more, this source claims that Bush administration officials have told their Pakistani counterparts they have a date in mind for announcing this achievement: "The last ten days of July deadline has been given repeatedly by visitors to Islamabad and during [ul-Haq's] meetings in Washington." Says McCormack: "I'm aware of no such comment." But according to this ISI official, a White House aide told ul-Haq last spring that "it would be best if the arrest or killing of [any] HVT were announced on twenty-six, twenty-seven, or twenty-eight July"--the first three days of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The entire article is worth a read. Source: The New Republic Link to the article: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040719&s=aaj071904

There once was a man named Blair fucking his chick on the stairs the bannister broke, he doubled his stroke and finished her off in mid air There was a young lad from Kent Who's dick was so long that it bent To handle the trouble He folded it double And instead of coming he went. A peruvian gaucho name Bruno said sex in the one thing I do know women are fine, and sheep are divine but llamas are numero uno

There's enough of 'em here to field an offense, defense, and special teams. BLUE 42! BLUE 42! Gort, gort!

Quit bashin' the Mounties bro. They teach valuable skills, like Rock-CPR: They also teach football basics. You've heard of the I-formation and the wishbone? Behold the "z formation" as well as the classic gortaiters uniform:

Maybe that's why he became a fat-ass drunk and killed himself.

Flight is booked Slap, how do you expect me to brain one of them goats for a Snow Creek barbeque without the Johnny B Good stick? Tex knows what's up, he will attest that I'm a SICK climber...literally.

Jealous!

Probably arrest Barry Bonds next, gotta stop that national crisis of steriod use in baseball! After Ashcroft retires he's got quite a future as a Las Vegas lounge singer! That scene in the Moore flick was precious..."ahhh where the eagle SOOOAAARRSSSS...yeah! I'll be here all week folks" it was almost as funny as the Wolfowitz combing his hair scene.

STFU n00b.

Any of you out there who've worn both Adidas trail runners and Montrail...could you give me a fit comparison? i.e. adidas is narrower and shorter, montral heel is wider...whatever. I would "just go try 'em on" but I live in interior AK where nobody sells Montrail. I've gone through about 6 pairs of Adidas trail response, and notice that they fit a little on the small side...or so it seems to me. I'm looking to replace them with some Montrail D-7s for approaches etc. Thanks in advance.

Speed climber - da liar Slogged peaks like his ass was on fire I am the best! He claimed without jest At 4:20 he didn't get higher

Damn.

I'm looking to fly down to Seattle and do some chill classics that I never got around to when I lived in the PNW. What I have in mind are things like an OuterSpace/Orbit day, maybe N. Ridge Stu, a day at Index, something slabby like Dreamer or On-line....you get the idea....cruising on easy .10 and under, super classics. Weekday partners would be extra good! I am open to suggestions for routes, but a SnowCreek Wall day is high on the priority list. Partners who can swing leads are preferred, but I'm also willing to do the bulk (or all) of the leading if need be. I am safe and experienced, can give you refs from other people on this site that I've climbed with. And for once, I don't have any fucked up finger tendons...knock on wood. Send me a PM if interested (prefer a PM over e-mail). I want to book a flight soon, but won't book until I know I have some partnering possibilites, so step on up.

Just to be the voice of dissent: I've taken maybe 7 or 8 women, that I was not already dating, climbing (and climbed with quite a few I partnered with randomly in Yos, Josh, etc). Only once did I consider it a "date". In that case I asked her out, then suggested climbing. I think the more common scenario goes something like this: ClimberGuy meets HottiePants and finds out she climbs too. Finding Ms.HottiePants attractive, ClimberGuy asks her to go climbing, hoping that some mutual attraction might develop. The day of climbing goes well and Ms.HottiePants is stoked on the fun day, but not necessarily attracted to ClimberGuy. Meanwhile, ClimberGuy with all the signal reading ability of a blind motorist, interprets Ms.HottiePants's climbing stoke to be attraction to him. Part wish, part delusion, part hormones, ClimberGuy makes fatal mistake of acting as if it were a date. I think it's fairly easy to sort this out: If you want it to be a date, ask them out first and then suggest climbing, don't just ask them to go climbing and then assume it's a date. Or not...leaves more single lady climber hottiepants in the "available" pool for the rest of us single dudes.