ivan

book came out before petraeus fell apart - would be interested in ricks take on that the phenonomen he describes seems applicable to much of the world outside the military too - tactics vs strategy - sure, we can do a thing, but is that the best thing to be done? been a few weeks w/o a book - gotta get my ass to the biblioteka - been doing too much npr listening

i've asked my congress-woman several times to ban the word vagina - i find it uncomfortable.

jesus

holy shit boy-o i know you n' yet still don't know what the fork you mean

next year.... you should trade in ur summer trip to the valley for a winter trip... sure thinking about it now more after this - always thought the valley was wicked fucked that time of year - usually can only squeeze a week out of my winter break for pure adventure and a fat fuck like me can't get up el cap in that little time, even if the weather works out perfect

There is a road not far from the base of El Cap, so why wouldn't the media jump all over it? Tommy has more than proved himself a humble badass, so why is it so hard for you to understand it... get over and go drink a Hammerhead i understand what he's saying - el cap's got a buncha free routes now that get done routinely and get zero attention - why did this one suddenly result in fuck'n libtard npr types getting all excited about it? not that anybody minds mind ye...what godfear'n climber ever can tire of seeing/hearing about el cap? jesus, i gave my weekly news quiz at school today and more than half my classes knew about it.

i'm stoked to have climbed anythign this january

did tommy n' kevin secretly rap-bolt the whole route?

tacoma: why did we steal this from the injuns again?

does tacoma got the legal weeds? i like how one of seattle's is but a short walk from the stadiums

least he didn't crash in front of cannibals

first tauntaun-less ascent!!!

fuksakes, free or aid, getting up el cap is like getting blown by 5 thai hookers at the same time while snorting a 3 inch wide, yard-long line of blow

i was actually thinking about just going and climbing it this summer - i've had a theme the past few years of proving fat people can still aid up what skinny people just freed

x2 - just a question of how many smokes i'll suck down whilst darting in n' out amongst the plentiful priuses

are you allowed to free an old aid line and make it a grade harder? see some topos for the newly freed route calling it grade VII? thought you had to be able to see penguins to get that grade?

i feel quite capable of doing both i always get a hoot out of the media covering something i have more intimate knowledge of then they, see? gives you a new perspective on what you hear from then about shit you nothing of

it'd be strange indeed to reach the top of el cap to the site of a walmart parking lot - ain't never been up there but been all alone to the sound of crickets - hopefully them hangers on were willing to hump their share'o'shit down?

indeed wierd - shit, even free climbing on el cap looks about as boring as aid when it's all over i hope some rodney dangerfield impersonator screams "hey, we're all gonna get laid!"

it's possible this person's just trying to be funny

lord knows Stone Soup would be infinitely more deserving for that there gem, given how little hauling n' jugging n' re-supplying i imagine the Talent was doing on this expedition - fucking crazy to imagine how many friends and how much rope they had to bankroll their 2 plus week stint - oughta be able to have a hell of a kegger up top though

nice to see canadian media is similarly clueless as to the definition of a "hiker"

such silent contemplation is to be saluted not sicked upon

she's doing it wrong