Greg_W

Wow, the concept of Dru calling somebody else a smartass, that's classic. Yeah, about as strange as you saying something intelligent. Greg, your witty barbs never cease to destroy my feelings of self worth. "Self worth" comes from within, dick smoker; think about it.

Wow, the concept of Dru calling somebody else a smartass, that's classic. Yeah, about as strange as you saying something intelligent.

One of my more frequent partners this spring had that, "hey, let's do that" attitude. Plus, he led me up some harder cracks than I had been on before. Those two factors helped me get to the place where I would just go for it and feel confident moving on to harder climbs.

Don't know what your point is, Dru, but after watching that one I really don't see humor in whatever it is that you are trying to say. Josh was very fucking lucky, that is all. josh likes to make statements about what the whole point of climbing is.... its a new one for his collection Didn't know you knew him (he doesn't post on the .com).

Oops, should have consulted Webster's there. Actually, no, Matt, I think the belayer was at fault , as was the climber; the leader should have known what was up with the rope he was climbing on. Both individuals, in my view, made errors which led to the fall. I will edit my post above to replace 'mitigate'.

No hate. No different than what you did to me when I didn't show.

Nope, just done some accident investigations here and there throughout my career. Thanks for the compliment, though; I'm still not putting out.

At Exit 32 last night. "I had to work." Wah, fucking, wah...

Talking to me? No. Why?

Yeah, that's "rentonite" isn't it?

Well, RumR can speak to the specific nature of the route that this happened on (I don't remember the name), but here goes. Josh was being lowered off of a climb from fairly high on the route (don't think he made the chains, but not sure). Anyway, due to the nature of the wall (WWI Wall), he was hanging out in space beyond Launch Ledge. This pitch is 35-m+ (this is an approximation based on RumR's knowledge) and it sounds like the safest thing to do is hit an intermediate anchor and continue to lower from there. Anyway, this was not done. As Josh came close to level with the ledge, the rope ran out and ran through his belayer's GRIGRI (NOT a foolproof device, people, engage brain) and he plummeted to the forest floor below (about 30-40', as Matt said). Later it was discovered that the owner of the rope had had to cut a chunk off at some point, reducing it from it's factory length of 70-m. I could be wrong, but this rope belonged to neither Josh nor his belayer (RumR can confirm this). It was a pretty social scene until that moment which could have led to the belayer's further distraction from the main focus of getting his partner down safely. Glaring circumstances which contributed to the cause of this accident: 1. Belayer unfamiliar with the rope he is using (speculation until RumR confirms ownership of the rope). 2. Social distractions of belayer 3. Skipped threading and lowering off of intermediate anchor which would guarantee plenty of rope to reach the ledge safely. 4. No knot tied in the end of the rope to prevent accidental feed through belay device. Greg_W

I thought he was talking about his hand. Bwahahahaha!!!

Failed to show at Little Si last night. Hmmmm....Byotch!!!

Only fly at night, dipwad. Yeah, and it's "flying", not driving.

Don't know what your point is, Dru, but after watching that one I really don't see humor in whatever it is that you are trying to say. Josh was very fucking lucky, that is all.

THank you. I will be forwarding on your jobless status to the INS; I'm sure they'll be pleased to know you are in violation of your work visa. Actually, I think you said you have a green card, but green cards don't mean shit to the black helicopter crowd - nice knowing you.

I went through 3 bars of soap and two hot-water heaters full of water just to feel clean. Somehow my soul still feels tarnished (I know, the fact that I HAVE a soul is a shock to most of you). Those scrawny sportos don't have enough fat on their bodies to survive a decent mountain epic. They'll die early and I'll survive by feasting on their flesh. Josh falling put a damper on the day right from the start, but reinforced the fact that there are still dangers in "guaranteed outcome climbing" (i.e., sportclimbing). Several errors caused Josh's accident; I'm sure his belayer will NEVER make them again. Homeboy walked out under his own power, though; which shocked the shit out of me.

As long as you're not running in your underwear like that "Chariots of Fire" movie.

Texas does suck. Actually said to a friend of mine who was about to be date-raped by a drunk Texan: "This is East Texas, all we do is drink, dance, and fuck. Now come on." We put a stop to that. Said to me by a local cop when I pulled into a gas station and accidentally skidded in the gravel: "Where'd you get your license boy? Yankee-land?"

I'm weepy. That made my whole day; the granny bit was the perfect touch. You coming to 32 tonight? Bitch

Now if you could just get her to love easing the pain in your ballz. Bwahahahahaha

That no one has been told to fuck off yet today. JGowans, you win: "Fuck off motherfucker"

You've really gone full-on Liberace gay, haven't you?

Not following your fast gun slinging thinking???? Breaking it down: Fuck 'em all but six, and save those for pall bearers. Pall bearers = grave diggers/casket carriers. After all that killin', it's best to leave a few to do clean up. Got it?

Tease????? Who Me????? Shall I replay the conversation?