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The Manly Wham is a fine route, well done. As for that upper part, it's a clean fall, though you might shriek just a little bit. The trick is to just go ahead and make the move rather than getting hung up on clipping as soon as you can, makes a much more stable stance than teetering on the slab with your heel in space.

Well, and its a small world 'n all. I can vouch for Keenwash, he's a young Olympia local. In fact, I think he's about to show up in my yard momentarily...

Flo, that was a damn fine bit of bike porn, a nice diversion.

For your consideration, the Maximus:

The start of the thread states "weekday afternoon" so I'm thinking PM.

Point Source, Industrial Source, whatever. Dru, I'd never have picked you as an apologist for the Black Hats, no matter what the nationality. source

Naw, you couldn't fit a bottle jack in there. Had to have been a Toyota scissors jack, yeah, that's the ticket.

Terrorist strike by the Columbia Gorge Choss Crew? Naw, I don't think so, but those guys are some busy busy beavers!

Canada gets in on the fun too! I've heard that the Alberta Tar Sands project is the single largest CO2 point source on the planet.

Silly boy, I'm not the least bit hurt, but this is a pretty weak defense of why you think implying someone is female is an insult.

No, no, no Gene! Never concede a point to Dru, it just encourages him! The rock is more solid at Squamish due to the action of a mysterious fifth force centered there that draws things tightly together, a strong attraction similar to gravity but operating under different rules. Scientists have named this force "The Suck." It's entirely possible that surges in this force sucked that block right off, drawing it towards Squamish. Unfortunately, Canadian Immigration refused it entry at the border due to a felony indictment in 1873 and had it deported back to Index, where it was found dejected and slumped on the ground just the other day.

Gay bashing now? I don't think most people consider being gay an epithet anymore. Fag. I don't know if you noticed Rob, but the "sandy vagina" comment he's used in other threads on you and me suggest he may not think all that highly of women either. You know, like it's insulting to suggest you might be one? Add in the disdain for the mentally handicapped he mentioned in this thread and Nitrox looks like a real winner, a broad spectrum full service sort of bigot.

Alpine starts rule for the popular routes. I did Nutcracker last May, first time back on it since my first route in the Valley 34 years ago. It was worth getting up early to be the first party of the day. That route has seen a lot of traffic and is pretty slippery, I personally wouldn't solo it but YMMV. Use a similar strategy for routes on Middle, there's often a little party inflicted rockfall on that formation, and being first is best. Bishop's Terrace is at Punchbowl, not Sunnyside Bench, but well worth doing on a cragging day. Do it in one pitch, double rope rap. If you do Royal Arches, keep going and do Crest Jewel above on North Dome, include the direct start (10d) for full value and a little less hiking between the routes.

So, do I understand that they not only endangered themselves but they've increased risk for all users of the highway until your next round of avalanche control?

Cliff is looking quite dry, upcoming weather looks good, I think we're starting the regular thing for real this Wednesday.

Thanks for taking a moment to confirm my assessment of you Its sort of funny that you're so desperate to claim that immigration issues aren't about race. You must have learned your history in Texas.

Nitrox, you're calling the Florida Firearms Network "lowbrow"?? Talk about your danger sports... I didn't find much to confirm that photo was real either, aside from a few folks like yourself who readily accept the veracity because it confirms their preconceptions.

I think most of that has slipped my notice, but its been pointed out to me lately by another that I've been lax in castigating racist pricks of all stripes. I'm none too fond of any white boy use of that term, I don't think it's hip or charming in the least. I also don't think too much of people who say "gay" when they mean "stupid." Hell, I'm not even all that fond of myself when I call someone a racist prick, but that doesn't necessarily make me incorrect.

Hey, check out what passionate gun owners have to say about that photo: link "Bitch looks pretty hot, and she speaks English or at least writes in English so I say we run a train on that hoe and stick it in her pooper. Woot. Every time she swallows we let one more Mex in at a time... " So, if all brown people of unknown citizenship are cop killers looking for a free ride, then it only follows that all gun owners are violent rapists. Yep, sure enough, if that photo is sufficient to indict all them damned brown people, clearly this sort of sentiment is also a typical example. In fact, I think we need a new law based on that precedent in Arizona. Look, 99.8% of all rapes are committed by men. So, if you want to stop rape in this country, the police need the authority to detain any male they think looks sketchy until a DNA test proves that they're not wanted for rape somewhere. Oh, they could be released if they have a new enhanced DNA linked drivers license that corresponds to the RFID chip implanted in their bodies, but we have to take serious measures to enforce the laws already on the books. I don't know anyone who's been shot by an illegal hispanic immigrant, but I know a number of women who've been raped, and probably know a lot more that I'm not aware of.

Arch, why does it sound dirty when you say it? for the record: in·tar·si·a –noun an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, esp. of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.

Sorry pal, but me, I have a job. I'll write an epistle for the clueless and unconvincible when I get a moment, but if Nitrox can't see the inherent racism in the content of the faked photo he posted, the fictional narrative which suggests that Hispanics, both citizens and illegal immigrants alike, feel entitled to a free ride for everything they want, then I don't know how any essay I could write would free him from his poor white middle class oppressed guy identity.

What, not like Lei-Clerk? Huh, whodathunkit? Thanks for the Canuckistani elocution education. Oh yeah, and clearly, the kids are alright.

Nitrox, he's totally right, you're a complete racist prick troll, no one would miss you if you'd just go away.

Minx, if you'd just take up climbing you'd be hotter than spit on a griddle.