Dr_Flash_Amazing

But he's positively dreamy on the dance floor! *swoon*

This raises the question which was raised in 'Ghost Dog', which was from some anecdote about Lao Tzu or some such person. To wit: do you live as if you might die tomorrow, or as if you might never die?

But sir, what about ... the ..?

... or WILL you?

Quoted from the above site: "If you think you see what looks like a 10 ft. by 20 ft. drive-in theatre movie screen pop-up a few feet above the bushes, wobbles around until it "focuses on you," and then disappears... hide, leave if it doesn't disappear. I think those are ground probes used when they're on foot so the can see you through the forest as they approach."

"One has to question why the majority of the republican party is so fucking obsessed with what gay people are doing. For a party who's aim is supposed to be keeping government out of our lives, they sure seem to like to meddle in others people's business." Why do you care what I do in my bedroom? Why do you wanna know how I screw? It seems to me, you've got nothin' better to do! - NOFX, "Vanilla Sex"

SPRING THING! This thread deserves a *BOOST*!

Attention, please ... Please, could DFA have everyone's attention for a moment ... Please, please quiet down there in the back ... You there, if you could just turn off that cell ph -- thanks, thank you ... Ah, OK, now that the Doctor has your attention, let's get started ... Thank you, thank you ... OK: This Saturday is the day for the annual Spring Thing clean-up/trail-building/general service day at Smith Rock. Anyone who has been to this gig before can attest to what a huge help it is for the Park. Basically, every stair, every erosion control terrace, Bonanza-style fence, shortcut-trail-coverup, etc. that you see at Smith was done by climbers at the Spring Thing events. The positive impacts are huge; many popular access trails and areas at the base of routes suffer greatly unless erosion-control measures are taken. Witness the Great Wall of Morning Glory. The entire base area near 5-Gallon Buckets was eroding badly; with the new steps and rock walls, it's flat and stable. Other areas, like the base of The Peanut and the trail up to Shipwreck have also been greatly helped by Spring Thing projects. It also demonstrates to the Park management and to the public that climbers care, and are willing to get involved and take action and responsibility for their impact. Aside from the benefits to the Park, Spring Thing is good for YOU, too. For starters, it's a lot of fun. You get to swing hammers, dig in the dirt, move rocks around, throw stuff, and some lucky folks even get to wield power tools! The event is graciously sponsored as well; in previous years, volunteers got free coffee, Clif Bars, chalk, PowerAde, parking for the day, and assorted stickers 'n' stuff. There's also the free dinner and slideshow afterwards, and a raffle and auction that hooks a lot of people up with a lot of cool shit, and benefits more maintenance projects. Plus, it just feels good to help the place out, and gives you a sense of ownership in the Park, which contributes to looking out for it a little bit more than you used to in general. Bottom line is that climbers and hikers have a huge impact on Smith, and if you've climbed there much, that means YOU. The Spring Thing is an excellent opportunity to give a hell of a lot back, have a good time, and make the Park a better place for everyone. Dr. Flash Amazing and everyone here at AmazingCo, Inc. urge you to take part, for the betterment of Smith Rock, the climbing community, and yourself. Here again is a link to the Spring Thing info page at www.smithrock.com, and a link to the list of this year's projects. See you at Smith Rock!

^^^^ The fuck is this "snugtop" thingus s'posed to mean?

Would you shut up already? The pic is for the glue-ins, you don't have to turn every picture into an analysis of anchor set up. You done got dissed, 'birdseat! And anyway, sometimes if there's not enough room in the hangers (like those small-diameter-opening glue-ins that are fairly common at Red Rox, as pictured), it's easier to clip other draws or your clip-in runners or whatever to the biners you already got in there.

Hey, Mr. Gluebolts question guy - You might try heading over to http://www.smithrock.com and finding Ryan Lawson's e-mail address, or maybe just posting the question over there. If not Lawson, there's a couple other folks on that board who have put up routes and probably have glue-in experience. So where's this new secret sport crag?

See also: http://www.punkvoter.com/home/home.php (Scroll down about half way, or a little past, to the Thursday, April 15 update.)

"then you start thrashing like never before stagediving, headwalking like mad doing your thing all over the floor the best time that you've ever had you're hurt all over but can't feel a thing not until the next day, then you wake up, stiff as a board and the pain won't go awayyyyyyy!"

Time for a little edutainment, folks. Hangar (large building, you can put your airplanes, dirigibles, and the like in it): Hanger (climbing variety, small metal thingus, you can clip your safety snap-links to it): Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please take note, as there will be a midterm coming up soon.

Bring it, punk. The Doctor'll hit you with the Fatal Flying Quickdraw Guillotine, Shaolin style.

It's TRUE! Bah!

Listen, mister, how you say ... "ass hat"? For the refreshment of your obviously poor memory, the hard climbing starts about one DFA wingspan off the boulder (long cross off tweaker mono), and continues to the last bolt, where one gets a "rest" in a funky-ass two finger pocket and a sloping 2.5 finger pocket, with a few tensiony and powerful moves to go to get to the large flake at the top, at which point the footholds run out (again). Friggin' big-mouth hard-spraying Napoleon complex punter. Just 'cause you climb all hard you think you can talk shit ...

Weekend was HOT, and Oxygen is a cruel and abusive mistress. Too technical! Too sustained! Footholds?!

Priceless sarcasm!

Just figured out what your title means, Strickland. Funny!

There are also some unverified reports that she's a hangdogging stick-clipper, too, as well as at least one solid report of chipping on a scale unseen since the unholy reign of Bosch-happy lunatic Joe Brooks. Yeesh!

Can it, you lowercase, lower-class, painter's pants-and-flannel-wearing, cowbell hex-carrying, offwidth-wrestling, hypocritically-bolt-clipping, Bachar wannabe, pseudo-old-school-trad-hardman, never-be-a-Stonemaster, suhhthurn-drawwlin', horsecock-slobbering, sixteen-rolls-of-tape-a-year, primadonnapansynancyboysissywimplosersheepshagger.

Dr. Flash Amazing will be holding it down and keeping it real with shovel and work gloves, diggin', buildin', schleppin', etc. Good cause, good time!

Hey, Mayor McCheese, the link was added simply to underscore the source, and help people poke around if they wanted to. DFA bought the mag, and assumed that if other people did so, they'd comment. You can either be a whiny cheapskate and be shut out of this grand thread, or pony up six bucks for a choice ish of the RandI. Or, shit, go down to your local big box bookseller and lurk in an uncomfortable chair while you read it for free. For an alpinista, you're not very resourceful. Shit.

Edited for your edutainment. Checkit.