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There is more, sigh, make me out to be a hypocrite, turns out I have a price and it's $94 bucks. A 70 meter 9.4 rope though! I ordered one...sigh....Damn thats a deal there.

HECK YEAH SOL!!! We all sure do. However, the last crack I did named Kiddy Litter was like 30 feet long and 5.5....hrmphhhh.... jus sayin.... For long hard granite cracks, being able to toss your hands in fast and get a good locks, and not have to slowly reposition each hand each time to get the softest/bestest and avoid painful little nasty rugosites in the crack is invaluable for good time. Or if you are just old and heavy like me......

Yup! Thank God for call identification, few are dumb enough to answer a call titled: "GRIM REAPER CALLING". Side note: If I screw up and answer that call Saturday: I want my buddies to sort through and grab a single piece each as a memory during my wake. Wake involves beer and tales. Then the gear gets ebayed.

To anyone not living in a cave. John Bachar passed away, and there is a series of benefits for his son. One is Phil Bards beautiful prints with 100% of the funds going to Ty Bachar. The thing is starting to sell out and they've raised over $8000 for the kid. Now's the time before this wraps up and goes away to get one if you had been thinking of it but spaced it out. http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=905509 Order them here: http://cirrus-digital.com/bachar.html This one has sold out already:

LOL -nice find.

Yes, LOL you see I have pull with important people:-) Nah, you know that Jim's always up for a civic project to make your life better. There were 6 nearby tree/vines treated in a similar manner. No other hornets. Actually, I did see the one at the Ozone. In fact, the next year after you guys had sawed it off, pulled it down and hauled it off with a log truck or however: it regrew into a nice little bush with about 30 stalks and I went out and sprayed it. If you go out there and re-look at it though, you will be disappointed at it's a significantly smaller size than you believe it to be. No honey, I swear it's 6 inches...huh?! NO, I ain't getting no damn tape measure.

Bring your monster Poison Oak here: here is one from last night. The smaller of the 2 you see here is a Poison Oak vine heading up a Douglas Fir tree. Scott Peterson, Jim Opdycke the poison oak master and I (with nitrile gloves which didn't prevent getting it) last night doing some civic service at Rocky Butte as it rained during the day and the normal spots were wet. Jim is ripping some young vines out with his bare hands while I hold the big mamma. He has never gotten it, and I've seen him pull it out barehanded an amazingly high amount of times. This trick, however, was truncated by the hornets nest we disturbed as one of the vines growing perpendicular eventually started to pull the vegetation by the underground hornets nest. Score was Hornets 1 (got Jim on the chin and drew blood), us 0. I will fix the bastards up soon though. The interesting part about this one, is that it is a short hop away from a set of chains at the most popular part of a climbing crag located within the city limits (Rocky Butte). This was unseen by many thousands of climbers for many many years as the leaves were so high up it was not visible. I topped out the other day soloing and noticed a leaf by my foot. Then I started seeing a bunch of them. Red and on the ground. The Oak and only the oak is turning red and falling off the vines now. Further investigation revealed that this was like the mother alien, propagating lots of little bushes that people had been spraying for years. But it kept coming back.

pfft: and your knowledge of literature is clearly minimal. Wigan Pier was a coal terminal.

Just kidding on the arete there. Nah, there is a great crack for gear in the back of the corner right there. The pins are classic and toss in a small yellow alien for strength, plus there is a bolt early on the next pitch. Better to get the arete first.

That entire arete to the left of Blownout is bereft of bolts.

Looks like it goes right near the Road to Wigans pier then? Maybe a couple of billion more can push it all the way there where it can terminate?

I was thinking another bodily function. Seymour, 83, visits his doctor's office for a checkup and takes his wife along as he's hard of hearing. The doctor says, "I'll need a stool sample, a urine sample and a blood sample." "Hah? Wuzat?" Seymour asks And his wife says, "Give him your underpants." Badda bing (insert rimshot emoticon here)

I'm strictly talking about my mother after my father died of a brain tumor. With my brothers and mother - I've been to lots of National Parks and campgrounds when were were...cough* cough* between homes. My wife refers to it as a homeless period, yet we were not homeless as long as we were self-sufficient, had each other, and had that canvas roof to keep us dry. If you are not paying rent and living in the woods, the gas price, although not to be ignored, is negligible. I have met plenty of others in similar circumstances as well. If you want to pay extra, nothing is stopping you. You're rich, flip them a $50. I believe, like you say in your last paragraph, that our taxes should be covering the bulk of the cost. As far as "histrionics", I can only say that the ME FIRST or ME ONLY attitude I see exibited by Debra and other places, is very very disturbing and troubling to me as a citizen and I see that attitude increasing as time goes on. It portends bad for the country and our children's heritage I am afraid.

Yes, what Debra is saying is that we should let a poor mother of 3, who's husband died due to an inoperable brain tumor, and yet she will not take welfare because she is too proud, lets make that bitch pay the same to get into the park as the wealthy guy with the offshore corporations he doesn't pay tax on as he drives his 2 month old Jaguar up to the Awahanee. Fu*k the poor. Fu*k em all. Let them move back to where ever they came from. Our country should be for the wealthy and for those who can pay their way. Way to go Debra! Proud words. not. Ya come off like an elitist Bitch Debra. God forbid some bad thing befalls you and you have to pay the same as the rich dude. I can totally imagine your same self-serving howls of protest then as your broke, downtrodden, self-serving, self-centered ass argues the other side of the issue. For myself, I can pay any fee they come up with no trouble. I will continue to just fly to Paris and hang out if I want to get away- any fee increase is not an issue to me except I will see less widowed mothers with children to disturb MY solitude, but your ME FIRST ME FIRST ME FIRST ME FIRST f*uck everyone else attitude is disturbing as hell to me as you think everyone has the same resources which you obviously do. Show some humanity and think of others! Bitch.

Wonder what the true story is. ps, don't mean to sound crazy here, but based on the title "Shemale exposed", I was thinking pictures would be involved. At least you trolled Ivan in first:-)

Oh, I just realized this probably received no answers as it was not in the Oregon forum so it sat here untouched for a full month. Must be Dustin and Martins route "Beyond the Glory"?

You nailed it jb. Todays news from Fox. "While the advertising boycott has generated substantial media coverage, Fox News said it has not impacted the network’s revenues or Beck’s audience. "The advertisers referenced have all moved their spots from Beck to other programs on the network so there has been no revenue lost," a spokeswoman said." The article was Glenn Beck trying to attack one of the Colorofchange founders. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/08/glenn-beck-ignores-ad-boycott.html You were right you were right you were right! There. ..and thank you for the informative information. Kind of pisses me off though how the slight of hand is operated there.

You totally nailed it earlier on the Fox news/Glen Beck protest thing, I'm heading over there to that thread now to copy your post and put it next to today's news which you already said/predicted a week ago. Nice call JB, but I wanted to thank you for giving me some knowledge which I might not have noticed had you not pointed out that the emperor had no clothes.

Wowza for sure....thanks for the pics and as a side note, I fully expect the plated steel Powers 5 piece (aka Rawl 5 piece) bolts to be failing in a similar manner for our children...if not sooner. They rust at a place it isn't visible to the eye, where the thread starts and meets the bolt body. It ain't gonna be pretty I expect when it starts, and you can't remove them like folks think, because they are rusted in there tight. They start this within a short time and are not removable without snapping the bolt. Then the placement is screwed. Better just to plug in the stainless first IMO. The cost is like $3 bucks for a 1/2" diameter SS wedge anchor vs what? Not a lot less for a steel 5 piece. Fortunately, we don't see many hangers fail, in fact, I don't remember a 3/8" hanger failing - especially a commercially made one (some of the old various 1/4 did) At least there aren't many Kong hangers in the field.....one more thing to keep an eye out for. Glad you survived it....

Deeper into the dark misty fog of confusion...slowly...ever so slowly. Holding the breath, afraid of death as the slow agonizing fear crept up form the dark abyss unknown underneath.....the ground the daylight and sanity and all but distant confusing dreams..... The horror....the horror....

Shhh, STFU and stop waving your damn hands all around, you're attracting attention. Don't consider this an invitation to start ranting on Brittany and how that Kevin dude screwed her. We all know where kids come from and she was yesterdays last weeks last months last years old news. ps, but here's some pics for you so you calm down, just stop with the hand waving.... See? They go over the hill fast. MJ was 113 lbs 5'.10" and bald the coroner said. Who wants to see pics of that? Sheese.

Yah? I don't think anyone is inventive enough to make this shit up....if true, pretty much makes me speechless, and hoping that the free market works once more so that normal folks flee, and encourage others to do the same. Maybe he can get a job doing real work: http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/lbg/1070196636.html Says: "Yard work (Hunts Point) Date: 2009-03-11, 9:30AM PDT Reply to: gigs-ywccq-1070196636@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] I need someone to work around my yard for a day. I have ten yards of gravel to shovel and wheelbarrow about 150'. That should take about 2 hours. After that, one of the wings on my house needs to be re-roofed. It is only about 20' x 30'. By the time that is done, it should be about perfect for you to prepare me a delicious lunch. After I eat my lunch, I would like you to pleasure me. When I am done, back to work you go! I have four large fir trees that I would like taken down, and cut and chopped into fire wood. I have a hatchet for you to use to turn the branches into mulch. After that, you can go home. I am sick and tired of people charging me too much, and doing too little. Minimum wage is $3.35, so I will pay you $35.00 for the day, assuming you get it all done. We will figure out what you owe me for anything that doesn't get done. * Location: Hunts Point * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests * Compensation: no pay " Perfect boss for the dude.

Classic as always. BTW, the offer for free jewelweed is open to you or anyone who is suffering from the oak from hell as well.

Sean, I have full on forest of "Touch me nots", Jewelweed, growing in the backyard. Wife and I are at odds with it cause it wants to take over the little patch off to the side which I started with. Swing by anytime and help yourself. Everyone pretty much seems to know where I live or I can email you the address. If you don't dig natural remedies, get some Zanfel (or the Walgreens store equivalent for a slightly less exorbitant price of $22 for an ounce) , but follow the instructions. Don't wait for the stuff to go systemic, it can make you sick. Ask Ivan. Thanks for the topo!

Late to the party, this news was already broke. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/902125/gonew/1/Obama_hates_white_people#UNREAD