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we're afraid you might hurt somebody we're afraid you might hurt yourself so we decided to get you the help you needed

7/27 - no one bit on the partner offer, so i spent a leisurely mornign w/ the little people - coffee n' bacon n' cats - went out to beacon at 3, uncertain what to do, packed for anything, and decided along the way, in honor of the olympics, to set a goal to climb as many solo laps as possible on the corner before getting back to the house for pizza n' wine w/ the wife in the evening - settled for 4 laps (bacon-flavored half dome day? BFHDD?) - could have done more i reckon, but ran into the company of Known Felons after lap 1 and that took a little bit of the wind out of my sails - did the pleasant last lap w/ denalidave, overladen w/ one beer, me ashamed to have left my gin n' juice in the rig for the celebratory drive home perfect day, weather-wise, compared to yday - overcast, cool, variable winds - stoked to see a 3-some spending a night on ground zero, complete w/ double haul-bags n' ledge(s?) (didn't see room for the 3rd, what horrid price did he have to pay i wonder?) - thought to aid-solo ground zero i had, but they skunked me, and then that bastard timetravel'n'steve took my free 4 sum backup! a pox on all their houses!

have they already contacted the us state department for assistance through their consulate in peru?

no smith/steins pillar/menagerie tr's? beacon? kkkalifornia? i like being able to see them all grouped so easily

uh...nothing? kinda why the bugs are so kewl? colchuck lakes's got a buncha great routes all from one camp, but no glacier - so too (awesome to boot!) does cathedral lake why out in the wayback of the okanagon (that ain't spelled right) - back to l-worth area, get a permit to camp on snow up in the enchantments and there's prusik and many, many other options - there just aren't really that many glaciers near decent rock in this here state, no?

congrats - hoooooooly shit am i glad to be done w/ winston-churchill lookalikes after that brief visit to the doctor!

this could definitely be taken two ways

my domestic services seem unnecessary tomorrow - anyone got time for beacon? takes fist? jensens? ground zero? complete stephenwulf? whatevers.... pm me or scream very loudly here

7/26 - cruise'n to young warriors w/ nastia - bit of a scorcher after noon, specially for the devushka clad all in black - shiiiiiity roadwork delays on 14 my services are not required for domestic work tomorrow - anyone want to climb all day? takes fist? ground zero? jensens ridge? whatever...

X2 - this route is the principal reason i decided, way back in the halcyon days of the 1st W administration, to move out here to the glorious pacific northwest

adams and hood are of course much lower, and much less extensively glaciated, than rainier

at ages 6 n' 8 though, they appear unready to weigh in on the momentous david lee roth v sammy hagar thang - the boy MIGHT like "hot for teacher" more though than anything on 5150

7/23 - 2 corner laps in a little more than an hour and done in time to get kids to the dentist, then a long walk by waterfalls (even introducing the bastardos to "5150" along the way, just for you, kev ) Surprised we missed you. was gone by 11 - ran into the phuzzy n' pcg though - who'dya climb w/?

more pix or it didn't happen! sure, stuie's n ridge is big n' cool, but if ye haven't set your eyes on slesse....

7/23 - 2 corner laps in a little more than an hour and done in time to get kids to the dentist, then a long walk by waterfalls (even introducing the bastardos to "5150" along the way, just for you, kev )

It's been done but it is dodgy. Sertac Olgun was killed there under similar conditions in 2009 when a serac fell over and landed on him. I would recommend caution or waiting until later in the year. or maybe just bring the nitro!?!

gotta love any trip w/a partner who doesn't threaten to consume your share of the booze woulda loved to see pix of the pooch handling the cavern part of the cathedral dog route!

run it out!!!

Any issues with this in the backcountry/altitute/whenever? I'm a corrective lens wearer, and for years would wear my contacts (Now the Acuve Oasys) multiple days. Few years ago found I just can't do it anymore. After a night, one of my eyes just starts to feel grainy and hurt. So now I just carry case, small solution, and glasses (back at camp). But, I dream of Lasik every day. Someday. no problems - every few years i have a dream where i'm like the untermensch again but other than that it's a total life-changer

still gotta get someone to rope'gun me up the nose though...

half the fun of climbing yosylum big walls is of course watching the gawdamn birdies - these 2 fellers were occupying the crack that so horrified ole'pat w/ its sustained wide-twat'ness [video:youtube]

in a binary world divided between spitters n' swallowers, it's real clear who ya'd rather camp w/ t-minus 72 minutes on the youtubz...

i couldn't make glasses or contacts work w/ the outdoor lifestyle and after countless years of tears, finally contracted w/ a nice socialist surgeon to cut open my glazballs and shine a real bright light in there to make'em right

hadn't thought to, but jesus, i better do it soon now 'fore someone goes and gets completely the wrong idea about its contents

yeah but if i had a buck for every gumby-bail i've had on warshington's knob i'd have like, uh, 2$? fine tr sure, but best ever's gotta have at least one pic of a w.o.b. or the most modern use of the fuck-word ever