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Every climber, especially those just starting out who don't have gear racks yet, should own at least 2. They should be issued with the new chalkbags on the 1st day they go climbing. It's nice to have backup battery power anyway. Thank you for your contribution Don. Back at ya. ....sheese, I get sucked into the Raindawg sideshow too easily. I was trying to resist his troll over here: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1024250/1 I don't really believe that stuff I wrote about beginners owning 2 drills and all. How did the tool repair work out?

Wow. Closer to home. Paul Allen and Charter Communications investment loses. Wow! Hard to say how much he lost, but $ 7 billion is quoted here but it could be much higher. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008683150_charter29.html "How do you lose $7 billion? That's a question for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who has seen his massive investment in cable-TV operator Charter Communications all but vanish. Charter was Allen's biggest investment after he left Microsoft in 1983. He is Charter's chairman and holds a 51 percent stake in the company, the nation's fourth-largest cable operator, with 5.5 million customers in 27 states. But the stock is now 8 cents a share, down from an all-time high of $27.75 reached a few days after its initial public offering in 1999. The St. Louis-based cable company faces bankruptcy, analysts said. Allen wouldn't comment, and neither would Charter, other than a statement from Chief Executive Neil Smit, who said the company is continuing to negotiate with its bondholders. Analysts said Charter is likely to try rolling over its debt into new loans payable later, or swapping its debt for equity in the company. Charter has been skirting insolvency for years, but this time it faces a brutal combination of tight credit and billions of debt coming due."

That's a Rad story Rad, thanks for putting out there so well. For myself, I think the more we can keep the government out of the mission and leave it to SAR volunteers, the better will be all of our lives and we will have less government restrictions to deal with and thus more freedom.

Next time take your own honey badger over, and when Yohan gets all FUBAR (not the bar you reference, that's an acronym for Fuc*ed Up Beyond All Recognition) let the badger loose on his passed out tired mean ass. LOL Seriously a worthy read and a great TR. Thanks!

YOU MIGHT BE SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT THIS IS A CLIMBING WEB SITE THAT HAS SOME OTHER CONTENT LIKE POLITICS AND RELIGION SHARED AMONGST CLIMBERS, WHO HAVE, IN THE PAST, HAD FAIRLY TIGHT BONDS, AND NOT THE REVERSE. Shock. OK, now you can name call, hand wave and resort to your ineffectual posting where at least you feel like you are changing the world! LOL

Thanks for peeing on the campfire. You rule dude.

Saw this on Dave Macleods web site. 7 pieces for the belay and a piece right off it. (the piece on the left is under an unattached block) Must be real soft rock.

...and a new sport is born.....

YEAH BABY!!!!!! WOOT! Steven, that vertical above you in the warmth of the sun looks like if you put@ 140.5 lbs or more on it you'd be off for a Nantucket Sleigh ride of sorts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket_sleighride The entry doesn't describe the many rides that ended poorly for the fragile wooden boats and the men in them in the big seas. The week before cleaning and climbing: b4: (rope piling up on vegetation) After: Chad went back and got off some of the dirt I missed:-)An extra #1 Camalot (or 2) for those bomber hand jams would have been nice:-)

Madrone is a myth. Last time by (I was driving past all the time to you know where -ie, the former secret place named Cathedral) there were do not trespass signs there...and I think that they meant it. If you wait a few more weeks, grab some extra quick draws and head to Madrone, it's it's closed, keep heading up that road and do some bolted climbs on some seriously fun rock. shitloads of quickdraws and a single 60 meter rope is all you need. This is your kind of climbing Kev. Ben Priestly and Scott Peterson topping out on the Old Witch route overview Some routes you can cheat, swing off and hit the rap point (any rap point will go to another rap point with a single 60 meter rope) but some are longer. Jeff's route, Lava Tube, has 21 bolts in a full rope length of solid and fun 5.7. You'd dig the heck out of it.

Thanks. Yesterday I was granted a temporary immunity from the working on the house thing to go the community organized 6/7 mile neighborhood bike ride tour with the family and some great neighbors (and 20,000 other people). When I got home I didn't feel like working so I popped up Steep and Cheep and there were Blurr climbing pants in my sons size. Scored the kid 2 pairs. Next time (he's talking West Face variation next) he'll have no excuse. Unable to tie that into the theme of Greeks bearing gifts....

She's a "spinner" boyz.... [video:yahoo]http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201106/tired-jump-shark-how-about-shark-jumps-surfer Got to love those Go Pro helmet cams.

Outfrigganstanding! These memories will dog you till you are an old man and the nightmares of Yohan will most likely always be with you! LOL!

LOL, so true! Only slightly healthier than stuffing a cigar into your mouth I'd bet. He mentioned something similar about the punishment of the route and commented on the 3 pairs of kneepads we'd left at home still in the basement. I replied something about it being his idea, an easy route within his abilities, and I didn't tell him to wear the shorts. I don't see the actual blood here, but his bare knee (maybe both) is on rock in the lower picture:-) He mentioned it when we got down. I'd gone over what to expect, had him read the guidebook and gear our rack up for the route, and suggested he google others experiences. I've seen him walk out in freezing snow with shorts and flip flops many times and nothing I've ever said would dissuade him. I just roll my eyes, that's how he rolls. The best lessons are often learned via actual experience.

LOL! Not to denigrate anyone else's choices, but I can't see that occurring sooner than (Hungarian born financer) George Soro's becomes the President. I think that their recruiting standards have risen to the point where I'd be a marginal recruit but in either case I'm pretty sure at my age they most likely would not let me in even if I begged.

Sorry to hear that, I'd suggest posting on Smith Rock.com, and also emailing the ranger. ps, I was there Saturday with my son, seen here dicking around in slow motion. We were 2-1/2 hours on route/up and down. Want to see the worlds slowest rap? LOL! I videoed the 4+ min (including time to chat with some folks on route at the 1/2 way point) rappel off:-) Good times spending the day with the lad and climbing too! Woot!!

Don't forget Jim, MUST start post out with a personal attack when you can't refute shit. So, PERSONAL ATTACK, followed by opinionated blotavated hand wringing, self righteous, opinion with the occasional witticism tossed in (in Pats case jb doesn't know humor). TA DA! Generally that is the resident oppressive viewpoint described (not Joseph who generally competes dead on with jayb on fact presentation skills and has enough smarts to bring the facts and thus leave the personal attacks behind). .....and to think YOU started out as a lib:-) Have a good ski trip. Took my kid up Monkey Face yesterday so he could see how much aid climbing sucks. Need to work on the house today or risk a divorce , rather be on skis and out with you:-)

LOL, fixed the quote. We certainly see that right here on CC.com from our own home grown nasty progressives oppressives who don't seem to be able to not personally attack anyone who doesn't agree with their (often invalid and poorly formed) opinion. Hey bitches: smoke on this:-) ...anyway....be nice to see prices come down so that said bitches can learn that the supply/demand curve is a real thing:-) LOL!

Fine, can we take a break on the fine asses symposium to answer the first question? They have jobs. Now. Later. They will still have jobs when they get back home, see they are in the military and once they come back here their paychecks will be spent at home, not in ashtrashcaniskan. Anyone remember when it was the "Defense Department"? What do they call it now? Offense Dept? Attack Dept? Foreign intrusion Dept? Seriously, I welcome them all back as soon as they can get back. We got the pipeline built that those nasty taliban said no too so we should be good to go. We can bring the boys back with the oil and the plunder. Mission accomplished! Woot, bring them all home now! Is that the next presidential yacht? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7866782707

Doesn't matter to everyone but you apparently. OK, fine, I went and googled it for you. Here's the link. http://www.ontheissues.org/house/michele_bachmann.htm Short version, she "supports the sanctity of life". Which means shes still pissed on SCOTUS Roe Vs Wade not considering a Fetus that has NO lungs, brains, liver, heart etc etc not being a "life" and wants to control your choice on this issue and although I didn't see the votes I suspect that she most likely doesn't consider foreigners "life" so it's open season on them if you want to toss a few bombs here or there. Plug in whomever you want to see their positions, a little dated perhaps. Have fun.

LOL! Quoted full text for longevity. "Date: 2011-06-21, 10:54PM PDT Reply to: job-bya6n-2455138277@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Hello. If you build a stable wormhole and prove it by just transmitting light/energy though it for only a few seconds, I will pay you up to $25 million dollars. All you have to do to prove you've been successful is send a message through the wormhole to me, in binary or any acceptable information code that I can understand, with the winning lottery numbers for any upcoming draw. Please identify the numbers, date of draw and name of Canadian lottery. (Canadian for legal residency reasons.) I will then split the winnings with you 50/50. Your Winnings: I can either put them aside in a high interest compounding savings account to be claimed in the future (your present) OR I can award it to your past (to you) self now, or to a designated relative. Your Great Grandmother perhaps? This would allow you (or your relative) to use the funds for researching into this branch of physics. While I'm fully aware this possibly creates a time-travel paradox; however as long as it works -- who cares! This offer is only available to the first success transmission. While gravitoelectromagnetic control devices with a quantum foam stabilizer may be as common for you in your timeline as an app for iPhones is in ours, I do not expect the current rules allowing using time travel to predict the winning numbers to last. SO ACT NOW! Look forward to hearing from you. P.S. If this ad is unacceptable to any temporal law enforcement agency, then I'll be happy to not to place it. Send the request to have me not to post it before I do, and I won't. It's that straightforward."

On a solo day. Still glistening and warm. The more interesting sequence went this way. I'm going solo out to a secret place and stopped on the trail to pee. Next day there is bear shit in that exact location. Come back a couple of weeks later and there is cougar shit almost on top of the (now desicated and dry) bear shit.

Thank the good lord for fixed tri cams eh? Make a note for folks not to toss their ropes out too far all casual like when they rap in case the first train by runs over them. Still, I don't know if you want to be posting stuff like this in public Cluck. It's really a short distance till you go from happy go lucky half crazed explorer to being locked up in a loonie bin. That's right man, I'll say it right here. I've seen stuff you've posted. Your Rabbit ears trip report, for instance, and stepped back in awe...silenced to see one so crazed...but this....dude....I was thinking that you make a mistake and did Rabbit Ears accidentally, but this HAD to be intentional..... it's so ugly....and you saw it early with plenty of time to go elsewhere...it's madness. Madness I say. I'd rather not see stuff like this ever online. Honestly though, I'd like to meet you at some point. I'd tie in with you though...you can lead of course. Damn dude. What you be smokin? Do you ever get out to new places to scrape moss and do FA's? They are cleaner and safer than this. More fun too, the spirit of adventure and the force is strong in this one Obewan...yes, the force is strong with this one... We need to redirect that energy away from the dark side is all....no joke. It can be a positive force for good. I will help you. Not this weekend. The next. Contact me.

False title. Try these headers. "Peace with honor" "Obama announces reverse surge for the win!" "Advance to the rear" "We've never been at war with Oceana". He ramped up the war and stuffed the country full of US troops, he has announced that 10,000 of the many more than that are coming home. He's announced 10,000 are coming back and the article notes this: "In total, Obama will announce the withdrawal of 33,000 troops. That's the 30,000 he announced he was sending in an address in December 2009, plus an extra 3,000 he authorized Defense Secretary Robert Gates to employ to support the effort." ..probably going off to Libya....sheese...

Like to thank Jayb and Prole for an excellent debate. Good points on both sides of the discussion, yet at the end of the day, I'm in agreement with Jayb, and Pat too: I agree, on the obesity discussion, (as in many things now) it's a choice we can make. In the old days, even our parents depression era although certainly if you go back further, they were often lucky to get enough to survive. Pat I thought you knew how spray operated...? I'm concerned for you. Did something environmental take out some of your brain cells and you forgot? The CC.com Spray brain trust picture below should tip you off: