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Uhhh, sorry, no Canadians allowed to vote...move along, move along. PS, my wife does love me as I do her - for 26 years so far. But thats kind of personal don't ya think? Now move along, be a nice lad and go vote for the queen (Old Queen Victoriaorwhatserrname) eh?

MONTY: WTF HAPPENED? I think Joseph has a great take on it. My last lead harness is still being used for toproping, rapping and cleaning. It must be @10 years old and I've never been concerned....till now anyway. Might be a good idea to just toss it and use my new one.

Too much information Ivan.

Who wants to engage and re-hash the "Death Penalty" arguement now? Read the dudes rap sheet, having sex with a dead deer is at least peaceful. Sounds like if he doesn't get a lobodomy the clock is ticking until he murders some poor innocent person. What a prick.

oh oh, mutt stokage. I read about this someplace:-o

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Nice to get an update Bryon. Do we need to take up a collection and get you a digital camera? These guys need a visual to get the proper stoke on, as it's still 60 degrees and raining around here! Imagine that!

2 notes; my first post should have read the early 80's, not the 70's. 2nd) In case anyone didn't read the entire ST thread: the great Peter Haan may have done one of the very best posts I've read on this kind of sadness. It's so special I wanted to put it here too. _______________________________________________________ It says (I added the word our in parenththese at the end) verbatum: " I have to say it is rare that climbing takes one of its own. And when it does for a moment we feel more alone and weaker than ever. There is true horror in this too and we briefly fear for each other, those of us who are left, as though we might if we were all kept in a stock pen by a mythic monster that randomly devours one of us daily. There is nothing elegant in this for those of us who survive. In a climber’s death is also contained our own possible death, sometime later, when? What we do have remaining is Todd’s legacy, his family, his friends, his detractors, the rock he touched all over the world. All that which we had a week ago, you know, when he was still at it. He has given us this and he becomes truly one of(our)heros." _________________________________________________________ Between John Bachar/Anastasia/Steve K's recent car wreck issue in my mind, along with amazing greats Dwight Bishop, Dereck Hershey and Dan Osmon all dramatically checking out so much younger than me: that Peter Haan post pretty much summed it up as artistically as you could hope for: - for me. The difference in the 3 greats I just mentioned is that they all bit it big going sooooo large. Todd worked and lived at a high level, but he worked and lived at that level in a big safety zone. Dwight had soloed the N face of the Eiger, and then bit it free- soloing an enchainment of the Tetons - the 2nd time, Dereck Hershey was free-soloing Sentinal-in a rainstorm I believe, and you all know Danno's story. Those dudes were not Todd and vise versa. He'd caught crap for putting in bolts in the ffa of Wet Denin Daydream on the Tower, which I think the rest of that story is that he strained so hard that he broke his back (? - bad memory? ), wonder if he pulled a loose block on this one or what the exact story is.

LMAO Hound!

Ditto: bumped into him as far back as the 70's and was always a real decent fella. I know that some of the Index locals had issues with style, and I'm having a hard time believing the story due to the fact that his style tended to be "safer" and less "balls to the walls" than many climbers believed one should be. i.e., dropping in form the top to leave caches and set up the free Ascent of Salethe Wall, adding bolts and pins to old aid lines so he could increase the safety and free the routes - often on rap, endless toproping and rehearsals of various pitchs and etc etc. Good dude though, hope it's not true and it's just another internet rumor. In the 2 seconds it took to double check Supertopo it has been confirmed 2 times over there as true and not a hoax. Fuck

Mine filled up, but I know someone who had a 4th person bail and they need a single person to sign up and they will be rocking. 1st person to ask gets it.

Farrgo: my group got full but I'll PM an address of someone who is looking.

Well then it's not FREE then is it? Not free

Uhhh, Doggie style? Mans best friend? You might have that reversed there e- As in maybe the dog was a male and on top?

Full of piss and vinagar and always stirring up the shit: so to speak. [/url]Hmmmmm Austrian removes 'sexist' urinals By MAZIN ELFEHAID, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 19, 6:18 PM ET VIENNA, Austria - An Austrian businessman announced Thursday that he would get rid of urinals shaped like a woman's mouth from a public toilet near Vienna's national opera, after facing pressure from politicians who demanded their removal. ADVERTISEMENT The urinals, which are located in the "Opera Toilet," a lavishly decorated public restroom, feature thick, lipsticked lips, a set of teeth and a bright red tongue. "We think that it's tasteless, misogynistic and offensive," Marianne Lackner, media spokeswoman for the Vienna Department of Women's Affairs told The Associated Press. The department, headed by Social Democrat Sonja Wehsely, said it was appealing to the owner's good will, but was also exploring the possibility of legal action. Monika Vana, the Green Party's spokeswoman for women's affairs, also denounced the toilets, telling the Austria Press Agency that they are "sexist and inappropriate." "The owner thinks the idea (of the urinal) is funny," Lackner said, adding that it seemed he was not prepared for the hostile reactions. Neuhold Gerhard, owner of the toilet's operator Neuhold Gerhard Limited, said in an interview Thursday with Austrian public radio that he would remove the urinals. "If there is such outrage in Austria then it's not a problem," he said. "We will remove them in the next 14 days." Gerhard added that he thought it odd that public interest has only now been focused on the urinals, as they have been around for three years. The urinals first made a splash during recent campaigns for national elections, as they were the only facility available near Austria's National Opera. "The thing that surprises us the most," Lackner said, "is that no man has ever said anything about this." Those damn artists

Fuck, I just put on "Wish you were hear" at ubersonic bloody-earblastextrabass level on my PC with the M-audio 7.1 Card running Klipsch speakers surround sound in our spare room. Damn, unbelivable. It's great to have money for crap like this!

And if that doesn't do it: One more amazing time! What one should be doing after bagging an 5.11- A0 grade IV first ascent. Congrats again to both you and John, nice route. Great TR too.

Bryan: it's a temporary feeling you can quickly shake off by visiting this thread, looking at some increidible pics, closing your eyes and envisoning the smell of pine trees and wildflowers. AHHHHHHHHHHH life is schweet again page: Take care! Bill

That Dano video with the Metalica song "Unforgiven" makes me sad, scared, amazed and gripped all at once. Wow!

Thats funny Chuck!

Hey, what did you do to- or with Pope? pod people have replaced Pope. BTW renamed the thread.

OH!

Petzl ball lock recall CC.Com post from July Thanks again for the reminder.

"Wow": is that all you got? Bring something else to the table eh? _______________________________________________ Follows 5.11, smart, great company, and has inner beauty and inner strength too. Not to mention that she probably can out drink most of us and was the winner of her div. in the drytool comp the other day too. I see pic one is snag ledge way too early in the am! I remember that I'd slept in that day:-) Pic 3 must be the summit of monkee face. pic 4 is Chicken Pot Pies, which looks great too.