iain

These kinds of stories will become increasingly common as the election approaches. Some may have a grain of truth to them, but I bet most can be attributed to a common tactic in the technology business of spreading "fear, uncertaintly, and doubt" (FUD). Whenever a rival comes out with a new product, the competitor slips out these little stories, almost impossible to verify, which spread FUD about the product. Such is the case here. (Man that guy just beat me up for wearing a Kerry sticker....all I was doing was "borrowing" his car and he comes up...)

I love that "I'm training for the alpine" shit I hear from people climbing at smith, or any crag. "I'm not here to have fun, I'm training...training for the hardman alpine fast-n-light stuff."

What does the sticker accomplish? Do you think bumper stickers have any bearing on peoples' voting decisions? Have fun trying to peel that sucker off in a month.

Yeah that sounds like a realistic story. Maybe the fact the guy was cut off and the guy belongs in an anger management program was conveniently left off the story. It would take a truly dedicated road rager to stop everyone with bush/cheney stickers on their cars. P.S. A gun will not stop someone running you over.

Which article are you referring to? The "mixed messages" one about sport mixed climbing's impact on alpine climbing. More a collection of emails than an article. Some from washingtonians who have posted here! But this is off topic I suppose...

Not according to some pretty good climbers, according to the latest AAC journal...

minnesota sux

I find climbing is most fun when I bring along a TI-85 to calculate the forces after each piece I place. Well, almost as fun as when I bring along my range finder to determine the precise distance to my last piece to determine how much pain I will be in when I fall.

I think I saw those hounds instigating drum circles at the grasslands too!!! PoS dogs! PS that is really sad to hear.

two guys on the far right in the above picture: Ahoy, double-mega-mullet!

what in god's name is that guy wearing in the foreground?

Dammit, quality heckling was my go-to move. Why are women so complicated?

and again!

way to give it a bump!

The new funniest thing about this eruption was the anchorwoman who accidently said "volcanic ass".

yeah but how do you misspell "I"

hmm.

nope, the Rose and Thistle on Broadway up here in Portland.

Rose and Thistle. The scotch egg is to die for....if you don't die from eating it.

spelling remains a steady 4th class however

golly, I didn't think about that!

pfft Earth First doesn't mess around with syrup and sugar and whatnot. They just set the thing on fire!

I sleep in the outhouse and lock the door. There's always room for iain at the grasslands!

then throw a match in the crooked river and set it on fire

The best are the 9 dog dirt tornadoes that form periodically.