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You could have bummed enough food and water off of other climbers to climb indefinitely. You might have gotten really tired of telling your Mox Peak story, though. How many camp sites are there at Hidden Valley?

Trask saw the writing on the wall. He was a visionary.

I second that. It's by far the best way.

You are just jealous you didn't get to go to Joshua Tree this year.

Where do you keep your chickens?

...the highlight was mucking out the chicken coop. On the bright side, I have many happy plants in the garden that have been fertilized.

Hi dryad! I like the Vipers.

I saw that sunset. It was awesome!

Apparently, MisterE's back repaired itself sufficiently for him to go to Joshua Tree. He looked little uncomfortable when I saw him there. Now I know why. How's the back now, MisterE?

That's a great deal.

I agree. He didn't make any attempt to conceal his past. He just told it as it was. I think that he led an exemplary life overall and one that others would do well to emulate.

Nice job, MisterE, with the RC.com wanker imitation. Now when are you going to post some Joshua Tree pictures?

Damn, Rudy, you are a hothead. And in the fullness of time, now this: insainio wrote:

Try Oregon Grape or Mountain Ash and get back to me please.

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down Letting the days go by/water flowing underground Into the blue again/after the money's gone once in a lifetime/water flowing undeground into the blue again/into the silent water once in a lifetime/water flowing underground

Also this from gsgambill, which leads one to belief this whole thing is just a troll (the original poster claimed he contacted CCH):

I thought I'd reprint this one post from mgear_pres on RC.com, lest it remain buried.

I brought an Offset Friend 1.5-2 to Joshua Tree and indeed I used it a great deal. I'm not saying that I would have been stuck without it, but it was nice to have. I realize there is a natural tendency to find a place for shiny new gear in the rock. Having said that, there was one place on the second pitch of Mike's Books that might have otherwise been a tad runout where the offset fit beautifully. There seems to be a few of these offsets still available on the market if anyone is interested.

That is true if you are applying force with a pointed object. A cord is not a pointed object.

That may be true, however, a loop of cord applies less force to a flat surface than it does to a pointed one. Your knowledge of physics appears to be rule based, Dru.

Pecan pie!

People have this expectation of an instant response these days as a result of too much time spraying on message boards. They are used to instant gratification.

Time to pull plastic, Bob!

You guys have it all wrong. The reason for smoothing out the sharp point at the back of the V is not to prevent the cord from being cut. The reason is to prevent point loading on the ice which could start a fracture. Fractures, once begun have a way of propagating onward from the point of origin. The idea is to avoid this in the first place.