Dr_Flash_Amazing

quote: Originally posted by Winter: Huh .. interesting. I can send a v4 which is like .11+ (I thought) but haven't been able to get close to .10d trad, although I guess I haven't tried either. Maybe I'm just a trad pussy. Guess it looks like I'm just cut out for sport climbing and bouldering. Hey DFA, wanna go climbin'? Excellent, Winter! Trad climbing is slow, complicated, and boring. Let the Doctor know when you've traded in your trad gear for some sport acoutrements, and DFA will see you at the base of Churning for some hang-doggery and beta hollering.

quote: Originally posted by salbrecher: quote:Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: Hmmm ... - Red tape route on the lead wall - Blue tape route on the RadWall - Green & white tape boulder problem on the 45 - Black tape boulder problem back by the cave - One-arm campusing up and down smallest rungs Failures: - Blew the on-sight at the last bolt - Put hole in best tights when they snagged on a nubbin at Smith - Broke copy of 'Rampage' due to excessive rewinding Hey DFA I was reading climbing magazine the other day (it may have been an old issue) and there was an article on suposidly the second person to be able to do one arm campusing! Maybe your the third Caution: some items on the DFA Tick/Fail List may have been embellished somewhat to impress sponsors.

Huh? Jizz Day, you say? A celebration is in order!

"Its amusing to see the responce from the limp dicks out there. If anyone grinds into their agenda they squeal like little piggies." Such withering criticisms you levy against the bleeding hearts! Thank goodness none of your beloved right-wing brethren are squealing reactionaries! How embarrassing it would be if you, too, lost your shit every time some hack poked a rhetorical stick in the all-seeing eye of your great politickal deity!

Hmmm ... - Red tape route on the lead wall - Blue tape route on the RadWall - Green & white tape boulder problem on the 45 - Black tape boulder problem back by the cave - One-arm campusing up and down smallest rungs Failures: - Blew the on-sight at the last bolt - Put hole in best tights when they snagged on a nubbin at Smith - Broke copy of 'Rampage' due to excessive rewinding

SoC/Trask, you're as amusing as a box of rocks, and almost as smart. Go back to the main ward, it's time for your meds!

quote: Originally posted by Off White: DFA, I think it does have to be an alpine route. Smith does have some seriously hard sport stuff, but its not quintessential NW, which historically speaking must involve more fear and suffering. OK ... Vicious Fish. In July, midday, in an 8000 meter suit, wool mittens, a swim cap, snowshoes, and only pitons for pro, belayed by the first available tourist from the parking lot. That should up the fear and suffering quotient to acceptable levels, yes?

Just Do It

Dr. Flash Amazing will second the recommendations for rest, and add to that ice after your workout. The stuff is great for keeping aggravating inflammation in check. OTC anti-inflammatories like Vitamin I (that's ibuprofen, e.g. Advil) or naproxen sodium (e.g. Aleve) also help. And work those antagonist muscles. As you noted, reverse curls were helpful; perhaps some presses or other pushing-type exercises would be additionally useful, especially if it's a muscle imbalance thing. Oh, and drink lots of water to keep that blood flowing and keep those tendons nice and supple.

Really, now? And who's calling who "cowboy," hoss?

Of course you have all seen the eXXXtreeeeeme hardcore adventure action epic movie 'XXX' (Triple-X), and most of you are, naturally, great fans of the inimitable Vin Diesel. Now is your chance to own Vin's Arc'teryx bibs! Don't miss out!

Bwa ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa! You'll never know, will you?

quote: Originally posted by mattp: My friend Chris pushed a flake off a climb at Darrington two months ago, and the thing was over 12 feet high. It skipped down to the next belay ledge, shot out into space, and then exploded on impacting the apron 250 feet below. The shrapnel then flew up and came back down staccato style, sounding like machine gun fire. The whole basin below the west face of Exfoliation Dome filled with dust and smelled like smoke. But the thing only took out a couple of relatively small maple trees, so no strike. Due to the overall coolness, maybe a spare? Spare, nothing! Hell, that's more like dropping a bomb on the bowling alley than rollin' three-eyed rocks! Destruction of that magnitude far surpasses any mere strike or spare.

Blast! Hell of a time to have no speakers or headphones. Is Dwayner on guit, skins, or vox? Can he use a litter box?

True that. Can't beat the Brits when it comes to the ha-has.

A laugh riot as usual, Iain. Have you ever considered farming out your peerless mastery of the hilarious to Saturday Night Live or some such mainstream humor outlet? Surely they could use a jokesmith of your caliber, and would doubtless pay you handsomely. Hmm, perhaps the reclusive imorris will weigh in on this one with some comedic quippery as well. One can only hope for such a blessing!

Head down to the nearest Nature's, seek out six pack of Anderson Valley's winter beer (Solstice Ale, if DFA recalls correctly), head home, pop your favorite climbing vid in the VCR or grab your favorite printed climbing media or reference material, and plunk yourself down on the couch with a cap opener, the beer, and your climbing input of choice, and savor the warm, fuzzy feeling of passing into oblivion ... ahh.

quote: Originally posted by Peter Puget: Yeow How can you guys remember all those details. I have climbed Godzilla a bunch but don't remember as much as you all. here is an idea for this mighty climb. A topo should be posted with as much detail as humanly possible the ULTIMATE supertopo for a one pitch route! There was a chap by the name of Martin (and a few other names, depending on your opinion of Martin, and opinions varied wildly) who worked at the PRG for a while who had drawn up a beta map of The Quickening at Smith. Had all the holds on there and the moves and sequences. It was in a binder at the front desk, as DFA recalls, and one could, were one so inclined, take it and get a photocopy of it. Kind of the zenith of route beta, at least for sport routes.

quote: Originally posted by jkrueger: Just so happens that member #1335 is Trask. To say that he has a corrupted profile is a bit of an understatement! Coincidence? It's Trask's member number?! So are we to assume that Trask's corruption has overflowed and is ruining other peoples' profiles? Is this somehow analagous to that sewage back-up story Necronomicon posted earlier?

quote: Originally posted by yaya: DFA DOOD!!! your nose is sooo brown Hey! Keep it quiet, there! The Doctor is trying to get this thing fixed by being very nice.

Don't really have any practical alpine experience with any shells, but in the helpful advice vein, Rock & Ice gave the Arc'Teryx Sirrus SL the Editor's Choice award for lightweight shells. It's in their latest issue, and it may be ontheir website

Cripes! Yes please, Mr. Jon, sir. Please fix the box where the PMs go. Thank you wholeheartedly! Best wishes to you and yours this holiday season!

quote: Originally posted by Jim: It's not all about money. Hell yeah! Preach on, brother!

quote: Originally posted by ScottP: quote:Originally posted by Dr Flash Amazing: quote:Originally posted by Off White: DFA, I think it does have to be an alpine route. Smith does have some seriously hard sport stuff, but its not quintessential NW, which historically speaking must involve more fear and suffering. OK ... Vicious Fish. In July, midday, in an 8000 meter suit, wool mittens, a swim cap, snowshoes, and only pitons for pro, belayed by the first available tourist from the parking lot. or the inverse...the Index peaks traverse wearing lycra, a muscle tee and bouldering slippers with only draws and a 9.5 for pro while being belayed by your non-climbing girlfriend during a raging late winter squall.