catbirdseat

This is almost word for word the same exact troll you have used in the past.

Here's some more Beta: Webshots Photos of Oasis Goose Egg Mountain Photos

It would be a lot easier if, in addition to being unemployed, one were (a) young, and (b) celibate.

It is the middle of five routes on We Did Rock. It used to appear as 5.8 in an earlier guidebook, but somehow got upgraded. The other four routes are definitely harder, especially Blockhead on the far right, which I would give a 5.9+ or a 5.10a- if such a thing existed.

Damn, three years ago I had a good job. The economy was humming along. We were at peace. There was no war, no draft. The air and water were cleaner than they ever were. The arabs and Israelis were on the virge of peace. America was admired and respected around the world. How could one man fuck everything up in so short a time?

Heavy.

This is one heck of an anal-retentive thread.

Okay, you knuckleheads- the topo, courtesy of colin:

The following information is from Mark Glidden who put up one of the new routes last year.--catbird

If he had been in the lane ahead of you and needed to slow for a turn, you would have had to yield. However, he was changing lanes. A vehicle changing lanes must yield to another vehicle already in that lane. When changing lanes he should have allowed for a reasonable amount of time for you to respond before slowing for the turn. When I'm riding a bike, I usually go by the tonnage rule: everything else is bigger and can kill me so everything else get's the right of way.

Yep, it's glacier, but just because it wasn't drawn on the topo, doesn't mean it wasn't there when the topo was made.

Do a seach under "Fee Demo Wall".

Now, THAT's funny.

RURP is back in the house. Where have you been this past year? Gainful employment isn't always what it's cracked up to be.

All I'm saying is if you are planning on learning to lead trad, your going to want to have those standard ovals anyway. Wired stoppers have been known to open up wire gates and fall off. This is less likely to happen with the standards. The spine of the standards are a perfectly round section, whereas the Dovals is an asymmetric section. As a consequence of the smaller size and the sharper spine, you'll get a slower rappel with the Dovals. As Tom says, buy the Dovals and try it in your garage.

How about combining slabs, grooves and groves all in one neat package. There is a route in Darrington called Bushy Galore.

Show me a war where atrocities are not committed. War is hell. Kerry was working to get the US out of a very unpopular war. To say that telling the truth about the Vietnam War makes him "unfit to serve" as president is laughable. His recent backpedaling is a due to his understanding of the current strength of veterans and servicemen as a voting block in light of the current war. If anything, he should have the backbone to stand by what he said back then, because it was all true.

Bush and Osama are among the most dangerous persons on the planet. There is no rational argument that will disuade them and they are not afraid to die for what they believe. Although in Bush's case there are so many others who can die for him.

I thought this was one of those "prospective" trip reports.

My brother is one of these persons. He had his pastor lay some heavy-handed words on us at our father's funeral that made a number of people squirm. I decided to let it go and not mention it to him. Then, at the house I heard my aunt say something to him about it, which surprised me, because she is quite religious.

You should get four regular solid gate ovals. They are better for racking pins, nuts, and equal for anything else. After that get wiregates for slings and racking the rest of your gear. The difference in weight is 4 x (62-45) = 68 g or a little over 2 oz.

Like I said, if you can do better, have at it.

Here's to you. You forgot this emoticon

You ought to crew for Alex on his Olson 30 while you are healing. At least that way you can be competitive and use your arms hauling ropes.