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remember class, there are no stupid questions, only stupid people

actually, it's: Usuthu!Usuthu!Usuthu!Usuthu!Usuthu!Usuthu!Usuthu!Usuthu! "the washing of the spears" - sweet book (except the godawful long chapter on the history of the anglican church in south africa

watch the movie "zulu" - you get your answer somewhere near hour 2 i think

now tvash, how can you say this pic ain't funny? i'm not thinking that pic was what got the unholy banination cast down on thee though

well, if you can climb rock, there's the whole EAST of the crest option

i'm gonna guess snowy?

i'd bet you could use a -20 bag and a bivy on mckinley and was always toasty (i'd assume you'll have down jacket too) so that would be a way to save a pound or so and some bulk

i'm not certain if the word "bad" serves as the proper adjective in this case, or that even such an instrument exists

why? its goes clean at c1 - plus, uh, isn't it like not cool to add bolts to somebody else's route? it would be nice to hammer a pin in under the roof where you do a traverse on a hook, mostly b/c the pro on the far side is a red camelot under a loose block and might very well fail if fallen on resulting in a big long swinging fall - also, it's just the kind of crack that cries out for a lost arrow to defile it - i would be nervous watchign somebody free climb that bit for sure

jake porter is...a perfect example of the corruptive influence of facefuckbook

populism brought the recall option, which republicans profited from in california when they brought in the governator of course, it also brought the referendum, which seems to produce way more retarded ideas (was the oregon "kicker" concept a referendum?) than brilliant ones.

i seem to recall after one of the high profile rescues in oregon a couple years ago a closer inspection showed the state paid way more searching for folks off picking mushrooms than on climbers

precision guided poo smart poo smart bomb

dude, your's was the only name i was gonna put on there anyway - as far as The Man is concerned, me #1 big-fan country supporter!

write your congressman and senator and ask them about foregoing their increase - i'm doing that today and am looking forward to the response

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

ya'll gonna be out there again today? i'm sans partner but figured if it was gonna be pouring out i could just go back to the rat cave - might put in an appearnace and try to figure out something to aid-solo at the 'side though too if there's some company about.

facebook makes The Man

yes - that's what the youtube video was of, eh? but my crap was EPIC, brah! at any rate, it's a route still in its infancy and is a very much needed adn valued addition to the north side during these dark closure days, so thought folks might profit by its publicity - the fact that its bone dry even in the wettest of conditions is a further plus

another beacon first for me last night - some species of bird i've not heard before - sounds very much like a child being tortured - maybe it was just a paderast up on rancho relaxo, but whatever it was, it couldn't help but bring a sick twisted smile to my face

are the links to all my pictures broken or is it just my school computer blocking them i wonder?

"celebrate?" dude, you are so coming out of the closet, aren't you?

"our antics are cheeky and funny, but his are cruel and tragic"

Trip: Beacon Rawk - The Empire Strikes Back - C1 (5.12) Date: 3/18/2009 Trip Report: been 2 months since a beacon tr! wtf? this one's for you pink! and you tvash! actually it's "seige tactics" which i reckon was originally reckoned at 5.10 a2, but at the moment is a que manifigue c1 affair (requires either a cam hook or a talon hook) - i had to rename it for myself based on my laytonesque struggle w/ a mighty-turd from the outset - after i finished the climb and miker was cleaning it, i had to sprint for the shitter whereupon i had an experience i can only liken onto "the empire strikes back" - grim and gloomy, a clear sense of their needing to be a sequel, a deep seated feeling like the good guys hadn't won i noticed this climb right aroudn the time i think it was put up last spring, when i was doing headspace right next door - later i found this clip of shane doing the fa and taking a nice little screamer [video:youtube] it's a cool chunk of beacon stone - very grippy and blocky, but wildly overhanging and rippling w/ rooves - today a continous torrent of waterfalls poured off the overhangs, but this little gem is totally protected a couple pbr's n some mostly cardboard smokes were a good beginning i didn't free climb any of it - it's still fun in moped-like aiders - hey, an excuse to place my #6! after that plenty of small aliens and nuts and a nice little hook move, some steep, funky crack climbing and then a nice set of anchors - looks like the good fa'ers are continuing the line past this and it's a wicked cool setting, but it was a definite niagra falls zone today i *heart* my ass after aborting my ass-babies while mike cleaned, i returned and he re-led it for shits'n'giggles - i chain-smoked and pbr'ed myself into oblivion while channeling bruce springstein and beowulf, then cleaned mike's shit up in the gloaming - skeeters n' hoot owls n' croaking frogs annouced that spring has sprung, and we scuttled off goddamn i miss beacon! looking forward to seeing where this climb ends up as it appears to be a rancho-relaxo directo! saw the farside crew on the drive out - holy shit you boys were packing the lot! my hedonistic twinges almost made me stop but i had to press on through Gear Notes: big nut, small nut 2 green/yellow/red aliens, .75, #1 camelots big ass #6 camelot Approach Notes: exhausting...

spray would be mighty thin after your regime came into town