COL._Von_Spanker

Don't order shit online with foreign companies. Especially boots. If they screw ya there's nothing you can do.

True Kurt, the crawl did occur but not until later. Though the places I went have already been traveled by the likes of us. And my reporting might be a little foggy.

D and H

I've explained this to some of you, but I'll explain it again. THE GYM IS TO OUTDOOR CLIMBING AS STRIP CLUBS ARE TO REAL SEX. The Gym/strip clubs are all fine and good, enjoyable in their own way, relatively safe but doin the real thing is so much better.

It's all a tool to sell more skis. By introducing a "womens specific" ski to the market K2 is hoping to grab sales from other companies who do not sell womens specific skis.

The Dwayner is an ongoing sociology experiment. Here is a pic of him doing a little drumming experiment

FEJAS: Here is the comment that started this whole thing I agree with Jay B, who said

My personal pub crawl may be more of an expedition style rather than alpine style.

I'm just sayin' that some one will be a hole lot more knowledgable when trying some thing out of their range, if they spend the time to trust, and place some protection... Lets say your sporting a harder multi-pitch, if the person who set up the route was better than you (wich is most likly), than the bolts might be to far apart for your comfort zone... mentaly and extra placed piece would help, but if you can't place one with confidence, than you might waist preshish energy on an area that didn't require it... thats all... I'm not calling sports less of climbers... The discussion is regarding moving from gym to sport, and when I say sport I mean craggin' at places like smith or little si or 38; since that's where most gym people would go for a first outdoor climb. I don't think many sport climbers even bother with placing extra gear, cause usually extra gear is another quick draw. I think that it's better to learn to clip bolts first that way you can get used to being above gear. Then when you learn trad you and climb things below your level you don't get all sketched out.

If your goal is to only sport climb than why bother learning to trad climb. My second ever lead, which was outside, was at my limit and I took whippers on it. No biggie. You certainly wouldn't want to learn this way climbing on gear.

Coming from a climber, that's pretty weak. Near the sloop is the lockspot, take a left on 24th and there are two local dives. 21st has the place with the open sign that's connected to the chinese place, and at that point yer right by old ballard. So y'all can show if you want, that's where I'll be for a little while. If you want to go somewhere else fine, but I'm goin to the sloop.

Not true

Regarding Locators: With the exception of the variety used on hood, aren't EPIRBS are reserved for air and nautical uses, and they are actvated when a plane crashed or a boat capsizes? When they start emiting a signal all who monitor epirb signals will take notice and start looking or call it in or something. There would have to be a signicant change in the system to implement this in the backcountry world for obvious reasons. I think using those for any other purpose than air and nautical is illegal in the states, but they have something like it in canadia. I may be totally off base here, but that's what I seem to remember from some civil air patrol bs. I could also be talking out of my ass.

Tonight, Ballard, Sloop, in the PM.

That's some funny shit man.

I'm so down with this idea.

My big toes were totally numb for like two or three months this summer. I'm not sure why. It eventually went away.

I think this one is my favorite

Why is it that in seattle all NS environments are either brewpubs or alehouses, they always have typical overpriced bar food, and a gereral mood of uptightness? Is the red door smoke free?

Ok, so I was a poor sport with the transciever game; I try to avoid voluntarily subjecting myself to public ridicule when I am intoxicated. I usually manage to embarass myself enough as it is. Despite the smoke and according to icegirl, the bad layout, I think it was a smashing success. Though my gague of a good night of drinking may be directly proportional to how many pitchers I have had.

I think it was called at Al's .

I think in japanese the suffix kun is used like san and is used among friends.

It must be amber.

Tonights Pub Club Forcast: Partly crowded with a chance of news personal, moving to complaining non smokers later in the evening eventually tapering off to hard core drinkers. Tomorrows forcast is looking like a chance of sprayers, and a 50% chance of a hangover. Between 7 and 8 is a good time. Just don't show up and then leave; We will show. If you see a person with a Stihl chainsaw hat you are in the right place.

Damn