Greg_W

True that; Trask is scaring me. I think he's been without inflated love for too long. Dude!!! The mental image of Trask (whom I've met) with a Brazilian bikini wax is TOO MUCH!!! I'm glad it's not close to lunch time.

I'm not jealous, Erik. It's great to see you taking advantage of the years of your youth. In many ways I feel like a father to you; in a sort of Darth Vader - Luke Skywalker way. hehehe

You're right Necro. So gargle butt-gravy, asswad.

now isn't THAT special! And if he's poor, don't tell him where you live. He'll want to crash there for a "few weeks" until his next road trip.

You'll be lucky if one of these guys doesn't spank your ass and call you Nancy by the time Pub Club is over.

Liquor? I don't even know her!!! Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

minx - lick me Whose taking bets that minx does not respond, "trask, shut up and lick me."??? Bwahahahahaha

minx - child is at daycare. I'm "working" today.

Thanks for the advice, Erik.

I don't have a problem admitting I don't have a problem, Trask.

Absolutely not. My cardinal drinking rule is thus: "It's noon in Kowloon."

Depends on whether you're debating said ethical differences with yourself or somebody else. Do imaginary friends and my daughters stuffed dogs count?

Are you new to the world as a whole, or just the climbing sub-culture?

...when I start to debate the ethical differences between drinking Jose Cuervo in the middle of the day as opposed to Black Velvet?

Uh, Ali couldn't find the stadium let alone the ring, Bronco.

Not the spring-loaded kind (i.e., Lowe Ballnuts), but the old ones which consisted of two tapers (nuts) on one sling; a picture can be seen in Chapter 5 of John Long's Climbing Anchors book.

Anybody still have any Slider Nuts?

This seems to be indicative of the recent malaise that has stricken most of the posters on this board. I remember watching the stellar fights over wear pub club would be. These would last several days; it was invigorating. Where has the spark gone?

In your dreams big guy! We would've been doing good to get half way up the couloir before dark! Not once the horsecock afterburner kicked in. I didn't tell you guys that I brought nitro for avy control; that would have solved all our problems on the route.

Take them up the Blue Lake trail and see how far you can launch off the Liberty Bell-Concord col onto the East side.

Has anyone heard how much snow is up on WA Pass? Any ideas on the timing of the pass opening? Earlier than last year? Feel free to discuss.

We've beaten this to death many times. REI went mainstream, that is all. This is seen as a deviation from a climber-focus since the climbing subculture is decidedly not mainstream. REI has turned into Target, but, as others have said, REI was always a general mountaineering supplier. And they still are. However, they have surpassed that and shunted their climbing roots into the corner in lieu of Chukar Cherries and organic cotton walking shorts. It used to be (according to Jim Whittaker in his book) that the Board was made up of climbers; that changed somewhere down the line about the time Jim jumped ship. It is what it is, but I choose not to support it.

You must have had an interesting childhood.

Absolutely not. In fact if you want to meet and compete with a bunch of other idiots you've come to the right place. Truer words were never written.