billcoe

What the Monkee said when he pissed on the cash register.

Probably a good thing. You see todays action on Celegene? Better if you'd bought Lucent (LU)

Free for all is soft at 5.11. That's it for soft IMO. Free for some is hard for 5.8. Couchmaster is hard for 5.9 Little Wing is hard at 5.8 Bluebird is hard at 10B I keep seeing 5,10a leaders take wingers on Blownout, and it seems tough to me. In fact, last trip to the Valley, I thought the Crux pitch on Serenity Crack at 10D is easier than 2nd pitch of Blownout. Etc etc, I'm getting a call and have to head, Dods is tough too.....blah blah I'm a pussy - What can you say, and since my foot is hurting and I can't climb, might as well talk about it!

Thanks Gavin, co-incidentally, thats the name of the guy who does the US outdoor store too! Appreciate the heads up, hey: is it true that CC.Com users get 10% off like PRG members?

Hey I was just kidding...... shit - you're doing all the work: if you were making minimum wage replacing all those anchors and putting in strong rap rings, well, you'd pretty much be able to retire right now with all that money. You have all of our thanks, really. Except maybe for Mike. And when he gets older he'll see it a bit differently I suspect. regards: Bill

Or my Jumars, mine are yellow.

My gear: My gear! I've found my gear! Except thats not my haul bag.

P.S. Come to think of it, " I am not a stiff tool " would undoubtably make a great addition to your line of catchy alpine apparel. OMFG! Now thats funny! You gonna buy those off of Mike and gift them to John and the rest of the rangers as a token of appreciation?

Trask you're back? WTF?

GottD posted this: Thought some of you would find it interesting. ________________________________________________________ "Quote: I'll clue you in on what happened. Trask (AKA Joe Matthews) has been ruthlessly trolling the internet for years. He has sytematically manipulated a series of avatars with no seeming connection to one another, who play people off one another until he creates enough anger and angst that people are willing to come to blows. Meanwhile, he sits back and watches the fireworks. This is done all for his own personal amusement while he strokes himself off at the keyboard. As the user Trask, he repeatedly developed topics which reflect poorly on this site, and any user who chooses to respond to them. His latest series defaming Dwayner, Jews, blacks, gays, his repetetive themes of Nazism, etc. simply paint out a picture of an angry bigot. Trask is nothing more than an obscene abusive internet personality, who hasn't gotten the message that the internet is no longer anonymous. It's anything but, and people take it personal. You have to learn, grow, and move on. Almost everyone here had to learn that lesson the hard way. Mr Matthews made the mistaken assumption that his brand of "spray" would be allowed to continue on indefinitely. On top of everything, Mr Matthews was given an exclusive section of this website with which to forment his dischord, but that wasn't enough for him. He had to allow his ego to bleed into every other section of this website, trolling on legitimate threads in legitimate forums. This has gone on until recently when his avatar PETA stepped on it's own dick and made threatening remarks. This topic caught my attention because it was unprovoked, and involved a seemingly authentic threat to people's safety while riding a mountain bike. I reported this activity to the authorities. Not the wee-tiny authorities, but the shiny fuck off kind with the big badges. This scared Mr Matthews so badly he started backpeddling behind the scenes. He tried to get all his IP's and avatars shut down because he thought the bureau wouldn't be able to track him. Ignorant ass. He sent me a PM trying to ward this off, saying how he had "banned PETA" (a forum he had no admin rights in, which sealed the deal for me investigatively), and that I should chill out. This is just ONE example of his devious-behind-the-scenes childhish BS. Trask was known to have engineered several other manipulative trolls which ended in people being banned, and angry words flying back and forth over otherwise inane topics. His trolls have been nothing short of obscene, abusive, and defaming. Mr Trask is not even a climber. Why we have tolerated his presence for so long is beyond me. Cascadeclimbers was right to ban him, and Trask finally stepped on his dick here one too many times. Preying on the same people who allow you to exist is called "biting the hand who feeds you". I think a lot of us who were banned from the other climbing website, learned some lessons from that. To an extent, as a collective or individually, some of us have been guilty of at one time or another of SOME of the same things. However, Trask is a one man show beholden only to whatever personality he decided to put on for the day. I think most of us have outgrown this typf of internet behavior, or it's just been played out ad nasuea. Besides a few occasional jabs, and some well deserved personal animosity, I think we've all moved on. I sometimes, but less frequently enjoy taking a jab at those guys over there, and I know they're not my kind of people, but I don't really harbor resentment or anger. For Trask though I do. I've never enjoyed his postings, his bigotry, and having been the target of his spineless-senseless trolling on at least three occassions. I find it two-faced and pathetic that a guy who acts like you are his internet buddy would create such angry abusive posts defaming you. If I actually had a bone to pick with anybody Mr. Matthews it would be you. Goodbye Mr Matthews. Don't come back again in any form. Oh and so you can get some sleep at night I told the feds that you're probably nothing more than a psychotic tapping away on a keyboard and not associated with PETA. PROBABLY being the key word. Sleep well asshole. " _____________________________________________________________ All I can say is...uhhh well, I'm speechless - I'm not saying anything. Shocking outting of Trask: Small note: it looks like they cleaned up the Trask posts so if you are looking for the posts that got him banned, don't bother: you won't find them. Mike actual post

Is that stuff legal? Man I have to get me a hamster. I have the knife, a most exellent Sykes-Fairburn WW2 dagger Wayne 1112 sold to me in Yosemite 20-25 years ago for 5 bucks ! Thanks Wayne! That fucker still cuts cheese like nobodys business!

Over40, there is a 5.4-5.5 just west of Cruisemaster called the 1st pitch of S.E Corner. Note that for many people most grades at Beacon are under what they would be at Yos.- with a few exceptions. Think of it as bailing off of a 5.8 for instance. I once had to haul a guy up like a haul bag who, despite multiple hangs and takes, could not follow me on that pitch with regular tension despite calling himself a 5.10A leader. So don't sweat that eh? Next time, you might consider heading over to the easier SE Corner route, and as you traverse East on P2 and wind up exactly at a rap point after the traverse which is the top of Cruisemaster, just drop down off that anchor and fetch your stuff (or your friends stuff in this case). Unless you want to keep supporting Ivan getting more gear that is! Course you could always bribe him with gear to go lead you up the thing! Cut out the middleman in effect. Regards: Bill PS, NOLSE says his shoe is lost right there somewhere. Did ya see a smelly shoe by any chance?

Speak for yourself, some of us are just bastards.

You guys sure about getting all agro? If Ascentionist sends a contingent to do this cage match thing, and the poll is running that way currently that you will have a cage match, my moneys on them. Unless it's 20 to 2......... AND you all bring weapons AND they don't. And even then........too close to call PS, My middle name is Gandi. So despite the fact that I most likely won't head up this year, let me know in advance so I can find me a boulder to hide under in case I do. Use to love to fight as a pup, then I matured and grew up.

Nice job dudes! Find it interesting that people who are in charge of buldozing in new roads, putting in new toilets and facilities would say shit about a person whacking 4 devils club bushes with a machete. Sounds to me like somebody has too much time on their hands and needs to go get a real job. 2 guys went and did a climb. End of story. Nice job guys.

Nice pic lucky, thanks for sharing!

You have to pay extra for all of that and does it come with a "happy finish" Mike?

Well, my 5 year old used to have the same problem, he was able to fix it when I taught him how to tie his shoes. John, next time we get together, I can show you too. __________________________________________________________________ (Speaking slowly with my hands cupped to my mouth) There are laces on the top, and i-f y-o-u t-i-e t-h-e-m i-n a b-o-w t-i-e, t-h-e s-h-o-e-s w-i-l-l s-t-a-y o-n t-h-e f-e-e-t. I'd like to go to Beacon next Sun and will look around, I don't think I'll be climbing so I'll keep my eyes peeled.

I have shoulder tweakeage and foot smuchage so will bow out. I would love to climb with you all, and had wanted to go. Levenworth rules the planet! The beer is almost enough to co-erce me up. Meantime, I'll stay back and work on my Gri Gri history article....... HERE---> Penis gourd pics here

You lost one of them at Hosethief and one of them at Beacon? You do get around. I know somebody with a golden lab - the dawg could smell it from the parking lot or even from Skamania Lodge further on I'm sure. I'll keep my nose to the ground looking for it.........them...........it.

ChrisT 1 word, 1 word for the graduate: PLASTICS

Nice call. Things change all the time out there. At one time, Milwaukie Cordless were the schizel, then Ryiobi for the reciprocating saws. I have replaced 3 batteries for my Milwaukie. They cost $85 each. I'm into batteries for $255. That might make buying the Ridged an easier choice. The Chinese quality is getting much better, and if a reputable company like Home Depot is willing to stand behind it for eternity, you gotta go for it.

twice

If it's records sold that define the best: all of them have been mentioned. If it's not records sold, then how could they be the best? Would that imply stupidity on the listeners part? Would not Elvis be on the list if Jimmy gets on it? How about Paul Simon and or Simon and Garfunkle? Were they even rock? Local groups: Seafood Mama rocked till they went off for fame and the money dudes destroyed the group. Fynal Note: I'd like to thank everyone for not bringing Wyld Stallions and Spinal Tap into the debate.