billcoe

"Because it's there" has been used already....hmmm, let me consider it. OK, here: "Because it must be done." Yes, thats it. "I enjoy it" was taken earlier of course:-)

I saw a bumpersticker on a large jacked up pickup truck with 2 redneck dudes inside which said (really it said this) "SHOW ME YOUR TITS". At first I though "How fucking gauche"....but then I figured, hey, what the hell, I'll play...I pulled my shirt up to my neck and when they didn't notice me I honked at em. They looked right over but surprisingly they did not appear pleased with all this, in fact the reverse, they looked annoyed or even pissed. Sadly, the light changed just as I started caressing my silky ...hot... bare skin for them boyz....... That was @ 5 years ago, now I'm heavier so these dayz I'd have more of a set to show them:-) 2 weeks ago.

You wish: the war will be over food instead, wherein you raging regressive neo-hitlerian conservatives try and finally take over the world... Sorry, I was actually trying to paraphrase JB there, but couldn't take it as far as he so easily does.

That's some great stuff! Congrats. Man, given the heat, it makes you wonder if that stuff on the Spider will even want to be sticking to the wall above Newton-Clark. You guys might keep an open mind on it, and bail off to either side if you have the slightest concerns. We did get some significantly nice late snowfall above 6-7 thousand feet, but it's July now you know:-)

Hmmm, maybe you need the Mel Gibson line wherein he rages at ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva for falling asleep before they could go to the Jacuzzi to have sex. “I should’ve woken you up and said f----- blow me bitch!” he yells. “I should’ve f----- woken you up and said blow me! You would’ve liked that better, yeah? But you need the goddamn sleep!” This was apparently a point of contention, as he yells at another point, “I deserve to be blown first! Before the f----- Jacuzzi! OK, I’ll burn the goddamn house up, but blow me first! How dare you!??!”" They looked so happy in public too. Sobo, I think she's possibly available now. She apparently likes old guys. Seen here sucking in her gut.....

Awesome sounds like a mild description of your trip!

Meh, it probably won't stand out with all the other shit that gets posted in spray.

DUDE! Poooolise!!!! You aren't going to start in describing that measuring the movements weight contest now are you?

Yer obviously cornholefuzed again - I wasn't drillin rock, I was drillin yer mom.

I guess if you'd really wanted to know you would have shown up and helped now, wouldn't ya? Guess you'll have to climb Josephs route, "Lost Warriors" at 5.11C to go see for yourself as we were on the topout for it. But you were not there so I'm not saying, go figure it out on your own. BTW, you're welcome.

Your posts are clear evidence that you were dropped on your head as an infant.

I think we owe Joseph some thanks for organizing and analy double checking all the rigging and making the officials happy in advance. Try hauling 3 ropes, bolting crap and all the other gear needed, not just up the trail, but then down solo to the top of the SE Corner top out sometime if you want to check how that feels. I could have helped with the rigging, but seriously dislike all the organizational things. So I got off lucky and all I did was shovel. The job was larger than the pics look, they are seriously forshortened, I'm thinking it may have been close to 60-70 feet down in actuality, and not the 30' or so it appears in the pics. Kenny and Hanme were great on ground spotting, critical to the enterprise and a thankless task: thanks all! Jim showed up and with Kenny, tried to get on these routes to clean the mess, but I was home nappy nap by then and missed that action. Here's what I saw, this is close to directly above Young Warriors pitch 2/3 and the SE Corner tree: Scar Before: Scar After See Hanmi down there by the tracks? Hi Hanmi! Thanks so much!!!!!!! It looks, from the big root which was left of that huge mature Doug Fir that probably measured 3-4 foot diameter across and stood on the corner of the rock, that a winter storm came in sometime when it was closed to us climbers, and ripped out that entire tree and root system and any rock that was nearby or supporting the root ball. It was F*ing huge. Our task was to get any loose shit cleaned off so as to take any potential hits in a single day: and not see it dribbled out over the year where the railroad could see rockfall all year, possibly even potential seconds from when a train full of noxious material was speeding by - or worse to us but perhaps not as deadly overall, a climbing party killed. As much as we could, the rocks and blocks were eased over to the East Face and away from the tracks. A few smacked hard and broke apart with frag's heading to the tracks anyway despite our best efforts, once taking out a RR warning wire. As you can see in these pictures, we did the job. Thankless, dirty task such as it was. Fun as well. We left 2 loose blocks, one which would not move without prybars and the other single large unattached flake which we believed could have directly hit the tracks had we trundled it. We did not feel it would move, short of another winter storm, upon it's own volition - so we left it. As JH says above, there is a lot of loose stuff still on routes, so be wary as you run out there early season. Maybe Kenny can check in with how it went for Jim and himself. They were going to rap in and down to the base and try to get the rock on the routes off of it as they went. For myself, I'd like to see someone contributing to the knowledge base of science by trying to take on or initiate a scientific study that details climber/Peregrine interactions with a closer (to the scrape) climbing zone: rather than a full closure. So it basically is left open for climbing to study interactions. Just tossing that out to everyone for further thought. Edited for speling......

Nice of you to display the brilliance and self-centered whiteness which claims that Native Americans are not discriminated against. They'll be happy to hear that they are getting a fair shake in the white mans court room, finally. Bigot. http://www.vpc.org/studies/blackhomicide10.pdf As far as the black thing goes, no one has explained why their murder rates are so much higher than whites. Is that that we prosecute them but not white people? No.

I quit calling it Gothic, as no one else was calling it that. I still call it Cathedral forgetting the new name which I actually like better. I saw JT the other day, he was all ecstatic on "Coethedral". Cracks me up. I was out there yesterday with 2 fine gentlemen and they started looking at and talking about the upper pitches to your route: I explained that you had both claimed the FA of that route, and that although I'd told you then that it was first come first served please stay off it so you can do it:-) Almost in harmony their eyes started drifting up the hill to the Steeple. Thanks for the heads up on the dates, are you up in Washington doing real climbing or is that all PDX? I'll PM you some ideas but of course you can climb and camp there. Lets coordinate it so no one gets killed. ps, update: the Dragons Spine top was ticked for the first time yesterday and the Salathe Highway also saw it's 4th ascent with 2 new #2 cam placements dug out and discovered. I missed the Highway climb, having rapped down and hiked out. I was back in the car nappy nap about then. Got a shot or 2 with the camera I can post later. I've finished digging the driveway here and at some point the procrastination needs to end here and I need to go pour some cement so Jasmine is happy when she gets back....shit, some rest day, 18 60lb sacs of cement to mix and put down. Send me the dates you are here, looking forward to it.

Good on you for resisting the temptation and not draining it in the sink when you didn't see a urinal! 5 or 6 beers in ya could have been a different story altogether. Whew! Nice trick they have going there. This is as disconcerting as the first time trying a unisex bathroom. This is not where the sign on the door has both a picture of a man and a woman and whomever gets there gets to lock the door behind them. No, I'm talking a larger bathroom which multiple stalls and no door lock. It doesn't matter what sex you are, this is the bathroom to be shared equally by all, at the same time. I use to live in a large older complex downtown where this was policy. The disconcerting feeling of dropping a major deuce and a half: that is, one which is undoubtedly already breaking the waterline and you know will need 2 perhaps 3 flushes (and the accompanying aroma and loud noises) as you watch a pretty pair of hot looking ankles over feet wearing some sweet lookin black F*-me pumps click by under the stall door and head next to you is not to be fully given justice by mere words. Needless to say, once you've used one a few times you get use to it pretty quick and it feels as normal as men and women only bathrooms. Sort of like going to nude beaches. Once you do it it quickly seems normal.

...uhhh, sure....and Palestine has excepted the country of Israel and the Lion has laid down with the Lamb too....

All of us view life through strange colored lenses based on our own personal life's experiences. For most of us, we believe that a jury would have looked carefully at all the evidence and come to the correct and final decision. Yet for other citizens, we are left with this to carefully consider: "“We’ve been suffering police brutality for generations,” said Lesley Phillips, a longtime Oakland resident. “We want it to end.” " I'm not justifying idiots breaking innocent shopkeepers windows, I'm just sayin'...

I already have too many biners. Some of these in fact or I'd get some for sure. Talked to Benny BTW, thanks!

http://www.climbmaxmountaineering.com/dealoftheday.html The Climbmax "Deal of the day", jump on it, this is a fantastic deal.

Don't you have better things to do Don? I'll admit that it was nice when you were not running around this site moralizing all the time......PS, congrats on the new book. The last one I read was very well done.

Let Mr. courageous there lead it the first time without any pro.

Clarifying the new Iranian haircut standards: Acceptable, especially if ranting on the Jews. In original format as the 3 stooges, unanacceptable all for 3 as they were: Jews! OMG! In this photo format (Barak/McCain/Hillary): all 3 get stoned anyway for being apostates, Hillary (as Larry)would get stoned twice.....just because. Kevbone, Lash and I. The hair is fine, but as 3 more unbelieving Apostates we get stoned with the stones laying around from the 3 Stooges stonefest. Hope that helps out.

Ditto on the congrats...well, I'm sure it's getting to be a bit bittersweet at your age.. Time to toss the t-shirt I'd imagine: Take care

Cool John. If anyone missed this one but is still looking, Fish has a refurb Deluxe for $99. http://fishproductsblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/refurb-haul-bag-for-sale.html opps, sorry...sold....

Loved this comment: Fortunately the Hood climber looks to be fine with a little mending, so jokes like this seem easier to laugh at. For folks unfamiliar with Portland area, Mt Tabor is in the heart of the city (although it is a real volcano) and is a very popular and accessible park.