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picture needed...

my fav of late

i doubt you'll get many arguments 'round here - rocky butt sucks and is ignored for a # of reasons, including the bizarr-o bolt police who stalk it - moss, junkies, fundies, whores, traffic roar, syringes, used rubbers, dirt, chopped bolts, yadda, yadda you can't argue w/ crazy folks though, and it's far easier to chop a bolt than keep it placed, no?

one of those evil bastards bite you?

mt index never fails to provide adventure - after 2 days doing the traverse, joshk and i took a whole day getting off from the main summit when everything below the summit turned into cloud soup

didn't see ya bone, whazzup? no free fir sum? ripped 3 pins in a row out on pipeline headwall today and gave meself a neat rope burn over my wrist somehow

famous george carlin xmas card: piece!

never been to the top of that mountain and NOT felt like several sides of fried dogshit

where can i get me one of them hard-core clamber'n gurlz?

sounds like plenty enough for david carradine

i for one am abhorred at the sullying of the fine name of the saviors of middle earth

X2

nice - glad we weren't the only ones epicing on the descent

is it light enough you can tear it in half in front of a bewildered rei customer service rep? i've managed to make one of those stupid cheap n' light rei day packs last for 2 years now - thing weighs nothing but holds the minimal shit you need for a multi-pitch climb - musta been fishing 30 butts a day out of the bottom of it on tangerine trip 35$ i think it is? and it comes in a pleasing variety of colors

don't forget to bring the soundtrack to the protest [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8vei3L0L8

i heard from jeff thomas there was a memorial out there today. it sounds like this tragedy could have been prevented by the old standby of not unclipping your daisy from the anchor until after you've weighted and stressed your rap device. sucks that omitting such a simple thing can have such dire consequences

found this pic - don't think i had the pleasure of making his acquaintance, a shame as he looked like a cool guy - i hate rappelling accidents and was damn lucky to have walked away from hopefully my last one

there's also a very large thread about fucking cats and the dos n' don'ts of the muir hut...

what species of animal doesn't occasionally go crazy and start killing its own? maybe marmots? course, sleeping for half the year helps...

do you have a photo of him you could post here? i've run into so many people at beacon over the years and i never can remember a damn name. nothing to say at such times, so i'll go w/ my standard: "wise king, do not grieve. it is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. for everyone of us, living in this world means waiting for our end. let he who can achieve glory before death. when a warrior is gone that will be his best and only bulwark."

for those like myself who were ignorant of current events. http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/jul/24/portland-climber-dies-after-falling-beacon-rock/

they had to close the trail to count slugs?

why?