catbirdseat

If you let the clew of your jib flog for any length of time, there's a chance that the bowline can come untied. Since spinnakers often are flogged during setting and taking down, I switch from the bowline to the inside clove hitch. It never comes untied and is easy to untie. It is also strong.

I think you need to study your knots a little more CBS. You always seem to come up with bad info; like saying a clove hitch isn't very strong, etc. As an example: I drop chunks of wood that are heavier than most people on rope that is much more static than rock climbing rope, and the clove hitch is the knot of choice for a tie off knot. I've never had a c hitch fail; however from one of your posts a while back you said the knot was not very strong. Show me where I said a clove hitch is not a good not for tying in. There's nothing wrong with it (although John Long often uses figure eight loops in the photos in Climbing Anchors). They can slip some, which may in fact be a good thing.

This is proof that nobody is climbing shit this week. Help! the sky is falling!

I knew from sailing how to tie a bowline long before I ever knew how to tie a rewoven figure eight. I can tie it quickly while upside down, hanging by my toes, with a spray blasting me in the face. The figure eight is a better knot for climbing. The fact is born out by the number of people who use it.

Bowline not as strong as figure eight and does not absorb energy like an eight.

Let's see who votes for an increased gas tax. Nobody that's who. It ain't gonna happen. We're doomed and there isn't anything we have the will to do that will change it. Can we change the subject?

Okay, I answered my own question. Mites The Africanized bees may be more resistant to the mite than the European variety.

There is a mite that has pretty much wiped out the European honey bee here in Washington, except for domesticated bees that are treated with chemicals by their keepers. So, I wonder if this mite affects the africanized bee?

Well, no surprises there, but the graphics were still cool and worth watching.

My commute takes 15 minutes. You won't hear me complaining. Trask, you probably have one of those headsets so you can talk on the phone and sell your insurance and spray at the same time.

Trask, Scott actually climbs so at least he has a chance to obtain legitimate booty. The gear rack at REI is about the highest you are capable of climbing.

A five year old Pentium 1 MMX, 166 mhz. Slow, slower, slowest.

You are a thief, plain and simple. And here you are bragging about it. You suck.

Man, Dru, you are cold. COLD!

Actually, they went back up, but decided they didn't want to lug the stuff down, so they sat there and drank till it was gone. But then they were too drunk to walk so they had to bivy.

We're glad you are a girl (woman) too. Without you there would be 33% fewer women on this site, the remainder being minx and marylou. The other women don't really post enough to even count, except for maybe thelawgodess.

Sounds like every word was true!

Lummox, I for one, am glad to have you back.

You can't see the picture very well in the story line. So here you go. It's pretty bad. Dream of the Fisherman's wife Look over your shoulder before displaying this at work.

Another book of interest is Ultrasafe by George B. Allen. The author is an old guide. The artwork is a bit hokey, but there are some good tips in there.

Yeah, he would actually shift the average political center to the left.

This story is not at all clear cut. It's sad. Either way you look at it the situation is lose-lose.

Trask, you had that surgery last year. What's the deal? Does it grow every time you tell a lie?

... and the hat bellowed out- Griffindor!

Bolts. The only thing you need to think about is the climbing. Plus you can climb faster so you can get up harder routes without getting pumped. Regardless, I enjoy trad climbing more.