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carolyn I hope you spent your special day drinking whole milk 1000 tiny seahorses

I did 3 shots of jagermeister and the scarface rope-swing at Smith ... maybe not in that order though

just so its clear iain, your post was removed accidentally because it was sandwiched in some nonsense that was drifting an otherwise good thread off-track. Thank you for your contributions

blakej asked:

catbirdseat said:

Iain said:

are you talking to me scott? I don't display anybodys sig lines or avatar pictures. change it to "Fern Webb is a huge fucking ugly fat cunt" for all I care

you can go into your personal preferences and choose not to display it

happy birthday lilwini whoever you are

buy a few handfuls of small washers from the hardware store and use them to build up 'spacers' to any size you like.

mortal stuff up high on the Icefields Parkway comes in earlyish: Bow Falls area, Murchison, there is a report there of Shades of Beauty being in. There is a days worth of easy playing at the far left of the Stanley Headwall too.

is this the "new math" option 1: buy at $150, sell at $0 = lose $150 option 2: buy at $400, sell at $200 = lose $200 !

After watching enough people (snoboy) crawl around in the muddy snow under trucks I am contemplating pre-installing chains onto 2 spares and reducing the chain installation procedure to a bit of jacking and undoing of wheel nuts

poor easy soft rappel

I think 11mm is probably overkill. Get it wet and iced and good luck loading it into most modern belay devices. I rapped synchronicity on two fat singles like that and I had to run face down psuedo-aussie style to get the frozen ropes through my device. Have crampons and tools REALLY been demonstrated to cut ropes in a catastrophic sense, in a practical scenario? I.e. Spearing the rope with a pick or front point leads to the rope parting then and there? Most likely scenario to me is that you accidentally pierce the rope with a tool, it doesn't break though at worst gets a core shot or bad sheath damage, so you just chop that section off. If damage is from tools then it is necessarily close to your tie-in. Wasn't there a UIAA test recently (last 2 yrs) where they stomped all over ropes and crampons and determined that the ropes were not damaged to any level requiring immediate retirement? edit to add link: ACC safety articles following my own logic I conclude that the best choice is a longish single skinnyish rope.

just imagine the heady days of 1985 when that foreground bush was verdant and lush. "Yes! this is the perfect walking rock! If our footing is unsure and we fail to accurately land the hop to the small rock our fall will be broken by the bush!" ... and now so many years, so many tumbles later ... it is the bush itself that is broken

why is it a pain in the ass? For mail ordering MEC brand clothing isn't it just the same as any other online mail order outfit? they have restrictions on mail order of stuff like climbing hardware, but I don't think these restrictions apply to the clothing

the list is up now

link I wish I could find it online, but the old print La Sportiva catalog said something about the Mega Drus looking swank enough to wear out clubbing after a day on the wall

Total Soul on 3 O'Clock Rock

dru is that current? thats plinth?

so far this thread is all light. where is the fast?