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Dru you are in a weird mood. You been again?

So who's heading to Squish for Memorial day w/e? We should have a pub club somewhere in town on Sat. night if people are interested. There may be some b-day boys in town.

So we've gotten a bit off track here... Who's going to smith this w/e? I'm trying to decide whether to head for certain sun and climbing on my not so favorite tuff wearing my sport top and shorts, or to chance the weather conditions at Squish and climb hand cracks on my favorite rock ---GRANITE! Oh hell, maybe I'll just save some gas money and head to Index to finally "nail" (figuratively boyz, so put the spray back in your pie holes) Green Drag-on.

Why not just replace them yourself with water knot tied slings?

Tim - I agree we should be focused on the people too if they were hurt. From the posts on the supertaco site written by one of the two guys at the base that were supposedly hurt, it doesn't sound like they had more than scrapes. They were lucky. And so was the dog.

You can read the "dog's" version of the events in the link on the thread in TLG's link above.

Dru -Just print out your posts from cc.com and the pile will be taller than your mags in no time.

Never heard of the drink you're using Jedi. I've had good results with 1/2 strength Cytomax. Makes the stuff affordable.

WMA is good as well. Any WFR class you take and is accredited by either WMA or WMI will give you your money's worth.

It's okay Sobo, it didn't drift too far thanfully. But I didn't want to see a cool kudos thread devolve into another one of our cyberanaylses. If someone wants to start a discussion on helmets and head injuries that's fine, but start a new thread please.

Lummox, like the new avatar image. Oh and FYI, it's good to see how much you guys laud the cool hot climbing chicks, but this is a few posts from getting shipped to spray.

To get this thread back on track... I agree with everyone else the rescuers and rangers did a great job with this and are heros regardless of the outcome. Thanks for putting it out there gang and coming through once again!

I agree with Fern. Also, what the heck is your belayer doing? If you've got no pro in you are not "on-belay". He/she should be spotting you. If you can't get pro in within the distance where a spotter would protect you, why do you think a crash pad would help?

Nope, but if the drinkers can handle just being caffinated they can descend on the new UZoka's on Blakely and surf the web at high speed... I think a little face-to-face discussion isn't a bad thing periodically.

I think it's supposed to rain, so maybe we should hit Dantes. We always seem to go there when it is raining.

Glad to see you're posting again. Maybe you've been around for awhile, but I haven't had time for spray. Thanks for posting the story. Very interesting.

We had great weather at the end of Sep a few years ago. How about 9/24-26? Then since Smith has better weather later the Smith thing can be in Oct.

Got a surprise assignment at school. Can't make it. I can't wait until summer!

It was a really fun time. I'm glad I made it and that you guys convinced me to ski yesterday. Way I just wish I knew how to ski in trees, but the hike down was fun.

Awesome TR. Thanks for sharing. That first view of the granite in the valley still gets me even though I have seen it dozens of times. The first time I saw it with snow a couple Dec ago I cried because it was so beautiful. After 6 is a great climb. Next time try swinging leads on Munginella (a fun 2 pitch 5.6) and Commitment (only a couple moves of 5.9 on the 3rd pitch, but good pro at that point). Both are on the Open Books above the trail to the base of Yosemite falls. Out in the Church Bowl there are some other really fun cragging pitches. I miss Yosemite.

The color coding quickly lets me sort my HB offsets to make sure I end up with the same number I started out with when sorting out the rack after a day of climbing. The little numbers wear off and I know what colors and how many I have. I don't like it on my metoluis nuts, but then I don't like them either so they sit in the bottom of my box of gear.

I'd prefer the Owl & Thistle to the New Orleans, but who knows if I'll make it anyways...

Sobo - You are so right. I was pretty awestruck at the number of names on the Vietnam memorial in D.C. and felt an incredible sense of sadness when I saw the graves of the POWs who were forced to work on the Thai-Burma railway during WWII when I visited the JEATH museum and cemetary. There are thousands of stories in those names and gravestones, it makes one wonder. And Glacier brought up some really cool travel experiences. One of mine is when I was traveling in Thailand in 98 when I watched a tout give his elephant a bath in the river while standing on top of the Bridge over the River Kwai. Another is the view from the shower in Kangjuma on the Everest basecamp trek. One side is glass enclosed and it looks out over the valley towards Ama Dablam and Thangboche. Amazing place to clean up.

I have learned from books and from classes (very small ones). It is unfortunate if climbing clubs believe they are any more entitled to climb somewhere. I have encountered my share of rude mounties out there, more when I was a newbie and climbing easier routes. I know a few of the intructors for the Boealps and they are nice guys and I'd hope wouldn't give off the same vibe I've encountered out there on crowded days. Have fun climbing this weekend everybody.