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Funny, a few years back I used to think the Portland crowd was a good bunch of friendly people who hung out together and had great pub clubs & other fun, unlike the more testy crew up north.

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Like most of us self employed types, Pink has the freedom to work any 60 hours a week he chooses to. I assume you must be in the club to Ms. Mitochondria.

So, as a consensus statement, can we all agree that doing something is better than doing nothing, unless you do too much, in which case doing nothing would have been better?

Here, fixed it for you. Post it more often too, this was the winning strategy by which Peter Puget single handedly spawned the Rock Climbing Forum. A word of warning though, you might get made the moderator of the new forum.

Well, that's a bummer. They had to spew the shit via email too, because it wouldn't have been tolerated publicly here in the TR.

Blah, looks like I'll be sick instead.

Looks like this Saturday is a happening event. From the post in the Access forum:

Choada, it's unclear if you're talking about Ivan, Kevbone, or Joseph. Maybe that's intentional

That's great Mike, is Amazon the best way to get a copy now?

Hey Bill, I think that guy in the surveillance video was faking, this guy on the other hand is the real deal. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDF1K-wZlnc

Here's a different flavor. Everything old wave is New Wave again... [video:youtube]

Well, you can't really dance to it, but I just found this swell Jeffrey Lewis rendition of one of his "movies" and had to share it. [video:youtube]

Well, you've read the bible, haven't you Jay? That old testament god was a right nasty evil bastard.

Thanks for the fix Bill. I'd thought about adding a moderator threat to the end of my epistle, but thought I'd just let my Capricious Warlord title serve that purpose instead.

Thanks Will, here's a link to the relevant article.

Is that your standard for basalt these days Bill? Can't you just use a fixed pin or a crack 'n up?

What, did this site suddenly suffer from too much climbing content and I haven't been paying attention? Yeah, in your opinion, but I gotta call bullshit on this. Slacker chic is a bunch of crap: don't stick out above the herd, the only way to brag is by being humble, act as if you don't care about anything. TR's are just first person stories by people engaged in this odd hobby most of us share. I don't really care how significant an ascent is, or whether it's about a great day at your home crag or what you learned about body position and ignoring young women that finally let you send the pink and blue tape problem, I just like the diversion of a tale told well on a subject that interests me. If you don't like TR's, don't read 'em. If you think you're so uninteresting that no one could possibly enjoy sampling a slice of your climbing life, don't write 'em. Just don't be giving anyone grief over telling climbing stories.

Or send a PM to Lucky here on this site, he's a good caretaker of several climbing areas with a significant love for Vantage.

Here's a chance to pick up some new moves... [video:youtube]

Maybe I can get Porter to change this to the Bitch About Beacon forum so all that crap has a place to call home.

Bill, what part of "pictures" didn't you get?

Oh noes, the Cap'n has taken too much LSD [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ3c8_ZTNrg

succinct, and spot on!

Pre-spray is a slippery snake that frequently bites oneself, but your pre-trip thread was a ton of fun with a bunch of good photos and discussion of routes, so don't be feeling ashamed of it. So what was the fun you had at the base of El Cap instead of getting worked by Sachercracker? Left side of La Cosita? Right side of Little John? There's great stuff there you can just relax and enjoy terror-free.