iain

I'm not very interested in your spelunking escapades.

Boy case in point! Your "master of the fretboard" has skill but that doesn't mean the music doesn't always have a stupid polka beat, tedious interludes, and sound like some kind of pirates on the high seas soundtrack. I've been to a few of their shows and listened to more than my share of Mr. Anastasio. He sounds the same every f'ing time and it gets boring. I didn't say he was bad, I just don't see that group as the geniuses that many deem them to be, and they are certainly not worth tooling around the country for. The guys are probably pretty cool, but probably pretty full of themselves now w/ all this blind worship bullshit.

i would probably much rather climb Thermogenesis than those wacky wickwire willis wall variations...

phish - way overrated and followed by a band of clinically-obsessed individuals. fishman could go on stage and fart in the mic and phans would scream in joy at the talent, that or play that f'ing vacuum, sounds just as good.

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Fela Kuti lives and rules thru his music! ZOMBBIEEEZOMBIEE!

quote: Originally posted by mattp: impersonatator Nice work GW!

quote: Originally posted by fleblebleb: Bah, gym climbing is neither. Waddya mean, it's in a gym right?

so if you wear a helmet sport climbing do you wear it in the gym too (if you go to a gym)?

quote: Originally posted by trask: she'd have to jockey into position for that I think she would be the only one authorized to reposition his jockeys...

quote: Originally posted by Alex: BD just distributes them, Scarpa is an independent Italian bootmaker Whoops, sorry BD. Well then know Scarpa ticked off a few people by changing the fit (when they changed from eurotrash purple to black). Hope you didn't take the tib/fib Fx seriously . I'm sure I'm not the only one with bruised shins wearing invernos though. And just to maintain a BD rant, they charge too much for Scarpa products here in the states! So there!

weekend of defeat if weathered off a mountain, only to have it crystal clear on Monday!

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: I'm just wondering if Bibler's quality has decreased since they were acuired by Black Diamond. Some other products suffering from BD takeover so far: Scarpa Inverno ("new fit", extended wear will lead to removal of skin and possible tib/fib Fx) Ascension Glue (periodically glops and falls off, they seem to have fixed this and have good customer support for it) Helmet Sticker Pack (bought from Fisher Price, no longer has "my first ice screw" sticker included, for shame)

quote: Originally posted by Chode-A-Boy: I have been noticing late model sedans around my neighborhood With that outfit I would expect windowless mid-80's chevy vans and such. A primer coat would complete the picture.

quote: Originally posted by Greg W: Your horrible jokes are justified by your liberal use of smiley faces and some animation of a squirrel eating somebody's liver.

yeah and she's a dry-tooling fan

alas no, but we gave it a good look-snif.

did you see that there were 97 people logged in recently? 44 guests??

Slip of paper in ziploc, 1975, Mt. Rhodes

quote: Originally posted by allison: Not there yet with the rock, but hanging it out a bit on 4th class is not hurting. Having a hard time being patient though. I have less experience here than many, but I'm thoroughly-convinced that in the mountains, the ability to move very fast in exposed 4th class mode is one of the most valuable skills you can have, particularly when coming down. I'd take a 5.7 climber as a partner over a 5.11 climber any day if he/she is solid at exposed scrambling. (unless the route goes at 5.9 or something ) [ 08-19-2002, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

Double-posting demon strikes again! [ 08-19-2002, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

It helps to be able to sort out what kind of fear you are dealing with in given situation. Sometimes you can get plagued by that feeling of impending doom, where you can't really iron out why you are spooked. I seem to get this more often on bigger mountains around here (yeah, Hood/Rainier aren't that big, I know that you chest-beating hardmen ). Particularly places where you know people have died, even if they screwed up bigtime (top of Cooper Spur is this way for me, though it's well within my ability and comfort level). Being able to climb through this type of fear can be difficult. Then there is the fear of what might happen, but probably won't (what if the swage on that nut just rips right off, I'm dead!). Another one to ignore! Then there is the "if this ice tool pops I'm falling 300 feet" type of fear. That's the one to pay attention to! [ 08-19-2002, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: iain ]

quote: Originally posted by mattp: So my question is, what about Friday afternoons -- harder or easier when you are planning a big outing? Harder. I start thinking (esp. on those early season climbs) hours from now I'm going to be hanging out on some steep shit miles from anywhere, freezing cold, scared at times, and who knows what else, and by choice! Makes it difficult to concentrate on Fri afternoon.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: eh, if it was for the climbers sole it would be chickenhead soup... I was going to make that exact joke but managed to fight off the urge. Some of us, however, have gone clinical. -the sole chief chickenhead slinger.

I finally ruined my original Casio altimeter watch (you know that old one w/ yellow buttons) by trying to replace the battery myself. I'd send it in. Maybe they'll break it and have to give you one of the new ones so you can join the army of clones wearing that wall clock thing.

I have found smiling helps in grim spots.