Terminal_Gravity

top

Is free beer provided with the job??

I really do need to hire someone. As of yet, I have not gotten a single PM with a phone #. I would be happy to call anyone that has questions...I think that a phone call would be much better than trading PM's. PS I have returned every PM regarding this but I think that some did not go through, If you were hoping for a reply and did not get one, let me know.

Freshies down to 7000' last night

Should have taken the one I'm offering. Some Money More Beer More Climbing

Wet rocks in October...Ice in January...you decide.

Well! when are you coming out this way?

I can't say never, but not for a long time anyway.

Happy B-day, Jeff. Sorry I won't make it. Enjoy the beer.

Perhaps we need an employment forum, to go along with the new rock climbing forum. Sorry, Alex. I get your point. If it weren't for the fact that the climbing is a good reason for somebody to move here, I guess it would be totally inapropriate to post a job offer on this board.

"Blue Velvet" was prolly the best thang that ever heppened to PBR

Making beer is a beautiful blend of art and science. It takes passion and diligence to make it. If you don't have that, your beer will be marginal at best and the best marketing efforts won't fix it. They will only garuantee that any profits realizeable will never do anything accept line the pockets of the fucking marketeer bottom feeding slime. When I was plant engineer at Portland Brewing 10 years ago I found out that the VP of Marketing and his main assistant made more money that the entire production staff, collectively. YES, All of the hard working people that made the beer, cleaned the tanks, bottled and kegged and warehoused and busted their ass to try to acctually produce somthing made less money than a couple of marketing dicks. ( Welcome to america) I don't have to buy in. Let's see I have bought 2 banners at $90 dollars each and have donated beer to just about any worthy cause. That is the sum total of my marketing efforts in 7 years of brewing. I am the most consistently growing small brewery in Oregon. In fact I am now the 8th largest brewing company in the state. I think Portland Brewing is 5th and they produce about 35 times as much beer as I do, sell and market it all over the US, scam money out of thousands of beer enthusiast by selling worthless shares of stock. You can feel the desparate , downtroden attitude of the production staff. Guess what, Little Terminal Gravity Brewing made more profit that giant Portland brewing for the last two years...That being said, I'm sure the marketeers and upper management, personnaly made a whole hell of a lot more than I did....at the expense of the workers and the share holders. PBC is just one example, Widmer and Bridgeport are just as bad and Pyrimid is so heinous that they scammed the employees out of their savings to buy shares. I really don't aspire to be like those breweries. I like making good beer, I am thankful that people enjoy it and am really happy that I can pay rent and buy climbing gear. Corporate brewers can kiss my pimpley white ass.

No I missed it ...or I would have found you. Can you PM me his e-mail?

People don't get rich as brewers, but I pay well above the average brewer wage in rural america. I currently am paying $12/hr for a fully trained brewer plus an annual bonus. Starting wage would be lower.

I need to hire a new Brewer, Cellar man, Keg Shlepper. No experience necessary...In fact I, I don't want a "know it all" home brewer. The best would be a professional brewer or a smart, strong/healthy person, enthusiastic about work, beer and climbing. If your into climbing or the outdoors, Enterprise OR is a truly great place to live. ( That's why I opened the brewery here.) Rock, peak bagging, backpacking, alpine and water ICE! As well as great fishing, hunting and boating. Benefits...Free beer, paid vacation after a year. 25-35 hours per week, relaxed, non-corporate work environment. No fruit, no honey, no wheat and no marketing departments. Ask ?'s ( or spray) here... or send me a PM with your phone # if your interested. Thanks.

If 1+1 only = 2; then by marriage you haven't gained anything. The whole sure as hell better be greater than the sum of the parts. If it is no more than equal than I expect the marraige is based more on weakness, insecurity & need than love, growth, fullfillment & common bonds. In that case overnight outings probably would be out of the question. A good relationship should not have to be defined by things like, leagal papers, terms, restrictions or demand. It should be muatually and collectively additive and expanding. Love is not restrictive, It makes you want your partner to be happy and fill their soul, even if it makes you face your own insecurities.

Rob, I have had the same problem only if I am warm or are using coated bags. With uncoated bags and non cozy warm bags for the temps I have had really dry cloths in the AM. I Think the worst for transporting moisture is the Gore sleeping bag product ( I forget the name) Particularly below freezing.

I've experienced that, back in the college days drinking coffee pretty much non-stop during term paper/ final exam crunch. After you take in enough caffeine, I think your system finally just rebels and shuts down. Maybe a self-defense mechanism so you pass out before you can kill yourself? In children caffiene paradoxically acts as a sedative. Perhaps you were acting particularly childish that day? It is my understanding that apart from the caffiene, coffee has some trace chemicals that provide some very mild euphoric feelings and can be mentally relaxing. Furthermore, I have heard that caffine has a threshold amount below which it does not act as a stimulant. That amount is about 225 mg for a typical person...about a cup and a half of moderate strength Aribica. I can't site my reference nor do I know if this is really true, But I have done some experimenting and it seems to work. One Spanish Coffee...puts you to sleep. Two Spanish Coffees..keeps you up Four Spanish Coffees..You blow chunks!

I have a half bag and use it occasionally. It does have a draw cord and it is wind proof. I originally got it for wall nights. I would use it more often but it is a rare case that a very light bag will be enough at the same time that you need a full on parka during the day. If you don't really need a parka for the non bivy part of the trip then you are much heavier with Half-sack + parka than you would be with light full bag and a moderate insulating layer. Definately include your climbing clothes as part of your sleeping insulation.... Free weight and (if you are not using some stupid combination that won't breath or you sweat in) your clothes will dry while you sleep.

So I was belaying this guy on this route in Yos that had a low angle start, 50 ft to a big roof split by a crack, the crack above the roof narrowed to a seam on steep slab and then the angle decreased above. 3 bolts to the roof, A good cam on the roof, a small brassy above in the seam. He managed to miss a clip in the only bolt above and pealed about 40 feet above the brassy, just prior to the anchor. I was belaying, old school with the small hole of an eight. At first he controled his fall. I reeled 4 good pulls and stepped back a couple of steps. As he started tumbling I realized that I had better make it has dynamic as possible...A; he would slap hard under the roof and B; that brassy wouldn't hold much. With the running start I had created I dashed up the slab with the rope locked. As the rope got taught he pulled me (still peddaling my legs) clear to the first bolt and landed in my lap. We cliped the draw, shook our heads in disbelief that a brassy had held a 80 footer and sopped up the minor amount of blood from his rock rash. ( The above is pure fiction...but it could have happened with perfect belay technique.)

Nice TR, Ivan. I'm envious. BTW, I have a yogurt container of young spotted dear backstrap in my freezer. I resqued it from the infernal barb wire of my neighbor...It died anyway. I have to admit; choicer meat than any other.

Nice post, Dru. I think that whether or not you are a climber is a personal decision/feel, not some group definition. Muffy is clearly " a climber". My first mountaineering experience was in utero.

Barbequed Horsecock with melted Camembert...mmmmmmm.

It seems like it's the emotional challenging climbs that give us the biggest leap forward in ability after the psycholigical recovery.

I've had good luck since 9/11 putting all the stove parts in separate places in the checked luggage. ( I rinsed the pump with acetone, to help with the fuel smell). Stashed among screws, tools, crampons & hardware, I bet they don't show up up much on x-ray. After washing the bottles I put strong drink mix in the fuel bottles and filled them from a drinking fountain just before going through the security check. There is no fuel smell until the risidual has time to seep from the aluminum. So even though I had to drink a bit from each bottle there was no question from the security that they were just beverage bottles. No garuntees but it worked for me several times including international.