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OMG!!!! Good stuff, how many days did you do it in? I'd been thinking of this one for sometime in the future to get away from the crowds but your words about the 9 circles from hell may have dissuaded me.

Thanks for sharing that Ási, it's a nice video. I notice that you have American music and Yosemite decimal ratings on climbs (10.d), is that common? The climber looks very skillful, is it you or the Tomas fella?

And the guard bear, Buddy Bear, down in the man room hittin' on the bong again and trying not to cough... I've used my 2 favorites in the last month.

Cool! What did she think of the book? bada bing

YO! st's ober, game back on

LOL! I thought the late Jim Anglin said it similar and best when after witnessing one of the endless Beacon debates on here he said; (I'm parphrasing here) "What you guys need is to get out more, I'd recommend a ROAD TRIP!!!!!" "get out to Yosemite, Index, Squamish or Smith......" Still words of wisdom. Vios con dios Jim! Soon, all too soon, our time too will be here.....as merv said:

OMG thats so creative and funny!!!

Bags are $25 but have a lot of stems, seeds and shake in them at that price. ps, I think Feather Friends or Western Mountaineering bags are the way to go. Much higher quality down.

Righteous bro, love climbing shit in spray.

Did you also catch Rich Goldstones report of the FA of the Eye of the Needle? OMG! Setting the standard for Badass in 1964. The only downer here is that it makes me feel like a pussy even after a nice accomplishment. 1964. Think what these dudes did with Kronhoffers or Civetta shoes, not even EBs and piton(s). KICK ASSED TR!

Hey there !!! LOL

U should photo shop him out of that picture, he just doesn't fit.

Mark D's route?

uhhh,...can I get back to you with this info, my mapquest is down...jus' sayin'........

The hardest 5.8 anywhere? Riiiight. Let me guess, the opening moves on Nine Gallon makes it the hardest 5.9 anywhere, right? A grade is a grade is a grade.... Nope, I know where the hardest 5.5 in the state is....but I'm not sayin'.....

The Leap is fantastic. Love that place. I think Corrugation Corner is better than the Line, better even than Travelers Buttress which is a 50 classics of North America selection, and is perhaps one of the better 5.7's on the planet. Better than anything around here including Beacon and Smith IMO.

AWESOME! Did you guys free the 10d crack pitch on top? Steve Strauch has a great story of putting in the belay bolts on one of those pitches on the FA. I think it may be the one with the good ledge. He was clipped in and was clipped in a tad short when he stood up, pulling both bolts straight out of the rock. (2ea 1-1/4" compression bolts, we use to call them "Rawl Bolts". I asked him "OMG!, What did you do?" "Put them right back in and used them", he replied. LOL!

Sounds like a great thing to do for, and with, your kids. Bravo!

Shit, that's not what I heard. I heard you were a bonifide bad ass. My sources may have been high though. Hmmmmm

Thanks! ps, you may already be aware, I learned late in life that a wire brush is NOT the thing to use to scrub as it slickens the rock.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-22/marilyn-minters-dirty-world/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsL3#gallery=881;page=1 Art photos of Pam Anderson.

actually i really can't remember who i voted for - i woke up that morning after with an intense memory of haziness, a wooden dildo, coated in maple syrup in one hand, a rolled up copy of forbes, soaked in a substance suspiciously smelling like nouc nam in 'tother - my ballot was gone, plus a whole book of stamps and the better part of a costco jar of peanut butter - what i memory i do wish i could stamp out was the incessant shrieking of my half-irish/half-italian mother-in-law, undiminished after by then near a full 24 hrs of bourbon-pounding LOL! Who says Hunter Thomson died?! Thanks Ivan. ________________________________________________________ JB, appreciate the articles as sad as it is for I use to live in Paonia. One of the more amazing places on the planet for sure. One more thing to add to the list and of interest to this story is that scientists have recently discovered that having wolf herds helps the Aspen as well in that they keep the Elk from congregating and staying in Aspen stands. They were seeing some die outs in areas reversed after they'd reintroduced wolves. The wolves constant prowling helps keep the herds on the move, and not trampling and eating the shoots. I'd attach a link, but I heard this directly from a Fish and Wildlife scientist. See there Lars, and you thought all they did was kill sheep.

Great, can you sum it up for Kevbone, he say's it's too many words for him. PS, send him the bill you are mentioning. LOL! pss, yesterday: "we came, we climbed". Again! You should have been there ya lazy puss. Last of the great summer weather and it was clear and sunny all day! Suppose to be raining all day today....although looking out the window, I can see some weatherfolks have miss called that again. _________________________________________________________________ Phil Tatman.....hmmm, is that your real name or a clever, well thought out screenname/avatar Phil?

Yeah, not just cold though Steve, it was frozen solid. Everything had ice on it. The ground, the rock, the road. They barely made it out to Beacon in their car without sliding off the road and dieing. If you ever run into either of those guys, ask them about this one or the FA of Amphetamine Grip in Smith. But do the Grip route first so you have an appreciation of the story. They'd have welcomed Ivan right into the fold for sure LOL!

Nice observation. Danny and Steve did the FA during a 2 day silver thaw ice storm in a bitterly cold January, wherein the even the road got closed.