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is this slavic slang for your body's-weight worth of vodka?

the sun was long gone even before jim left - saw one of the cooler things i've beheld at beacon while sitting up at the tree ledge savoring the sogginess - a giant rainbow just a few hundred yards to the east formed by the setting sun hitting the pregnant pouring rain-drops - lingered for about 10 minutes while jim was rapping off the first pitch - most tranquil

money pitch = slab pitch (pitch 2, from the snag ledge to tree ledge) it may be a term of my own devising, i can't remember - it's the most enjoyable pitch imho

will come off in the next year.....if you ask me. I quit using it about a year ago. no doubt - it'll be a different pitch when i'm 60 - kinda adds to the allure

i believe all the authors of our fair nation's constitution were criminals, in that they had engaged in activities deemed illegal by the law of their time is there something in my nature that makes you fear that i would allow my private life to interfere w/ my public one? do i strike you as so foolish that from my bully pulpit i would encourage drug use or prattle on about my own habits? Yes. Are your students somehow blocked from viewing your exploits on this very website? ummm...avatar? i've no interest in their myspace pages, so why would i discuss how i use my private internet time?

i believe all the authors of our fair nation's constitution were criminals, in that they had engaged in activities deemed illegal by the law of their time is there something in my nature that makes you fear that i would allow my private life to interfere w/ my public one? do i strike you as so foolish that from my bully pulpit i would encourage drug use or prattle on about my own habits?

on the contrary, i found the experience reassuring - the big foot broke but i weighted onto the big handhold and didn't fall - probably woulda needed a new pair of panties if i had been solo at the time though odd - perhaps the lack of water contributed to the hold's flakiness? it was one of the only pieces of rock on the route that wasn't pulsing w/ h2o

seriously? what grade, and where? i thought this had changed. sophmores in affluent, honky-white suburbia - it was more like 60% when i was teaching seniors last year like most human beings they're "not really into politics" reality is insignificant when you got a nice ipod and a benz

sounds like the script for an entire "curb your enthusiasm" episode

according to 90% of the students i teach, because saddam attacked us on 9/11

climbed the corner w/ ken 2day - very sporty conditions - sopping wet and raining towards evening - we did it mostly as aid - broke a big foothold just below the crux of the money pitch - seeing jim n' jon completed the gonzo-style of the ascent

where's sky's bag of potato chips?

i think about pete and iain when i go to the bathroom

oh, oh, is this where i can bitch about hating karate crack?!?

i forget - when's the ban back on? man, i'd love to get out this sunday...

#3 doesn't even look real didn't see my recent saturn fav - was in national geo lately - really bright, well-defined planent w/ clear shadows of the moons playing out through the rings bet the beauty would get old if you were stuck there for more than a year

for 5$ i can take magical substances that allow me to see the same things i do applaude the spirit of discovery and exploration these photos represetn though - we do, afterall, need to find new worlds to trash after we've turned this one entirely into wal-marts and McLitter

had meself a winter crap under the stairs at the timberline lodge - that'll show 'em to lock up the bathrooms at night!

ah yes, i remember you - a fun day in oregon for sure - the change that's come to the pearly gates has deprived newbies of a more aesthetic finish to the hill i reckon

iceaxe - was that you who followed me w/ the 'board on your back?

nice job - looked down on you from the summit - was on that side of the mountain the day before for a shot at the spur but it was crazy windy - thought that the n face routes were totally buried, but still a fine accomplishment in the frigid conditions

i thought hindus were vegetarians?

my grandfather did the same thing re: not wanting a funeral - i think it's a bad call b/c its harder on the living - deprives them of a chance to move on - a lot of those old guys were really self-less though, so it makes sense he'd want it that way, and it's commendable thanks for giving me the ammunition for denali dreams, hombre!

"Surrender Koli" sounds more like a frenchman's name than an indian

holy shit - thought i was the only person in the whole world who remembered that hAAgfY_NHzw show off!