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"perfect practice makes perfect" said to me by a former coach while a bunch of us were whining about hard the task was. followed by "why bother practicing to do it wrong?"

spent the early AM at index until it started to get a little busy, had a wretched breakfast at the index cafe, headed for l'worth, had a nap, climbed a few pitches in perfect weather at l'worth, saw some friends, had some beer, came home, the end.

jon-- ya gotta ditch the pink spandex. you're confusing folks! only you and richard simmons where that!

how stiff? index/yos comparison? don't want to scare myself

thanks everyone! sounds like tahquitz is on the list. i'll probably have 1-2 days to climb there. any more route recommendations. sounds like i'll definitely be conservative w/my choices.

ha! you can't make me jealous. i've got a 3+ week roadtrip in the works for september. the destinations will be stellar

as luck would have it, this fall i may have a couple days in which to climb in this area of CA. my original intention was to spend the time at J. Tree. Someone suggested tahquitz as an alternative. i don't know much about it. comments. opinions. thoughts?

hey! he's got a RED swingline! mine is just plain black! wait just a minute...i notice that mine is missing from my desk

i agree w/that! i do think that there's been some good points made in this thread. regardless of the merits of those arguments there are folks in trouble on the mountain and i truly hope they're OK.

Chirp, respectfully, i think that is an assanine statement. I really don't believe that climbers are more casual in their route selection or judgement of a situation b/c they're carrying cell phones. i would assume that nearly every climber who undertakes a route like lib ridge would assume that they would have no cell phone service and if they do it's just good fortune. i can't imagine that climbers are counting on cell phones to save their asses. most areas in the mountains i have no cell service. i still throw that phone in my pack just in case but by no means am i relying in any way on that phone if i need a rescue.

Paco

do they host www.asshat.org?

if you're posting personal ads, then don't you already have issues?

don't throw out the extra bits when you toss the box. it makes it sort of tough to fit them after that

if you're willing to walk a little further, head up to the playground point (?) area above mad meadows.

yes but if the "friend" is breathing she could get most of the single guys on this site. Breathing and has nice cans. C'mon, there ARE standards after all. Or regularly shearable in the winter. you shear sheep in the late spring... not the winter. you might end up with a frostbitten ewe if you sheared ewe in the winter! Sheep sheep sheep Nobody ever wants to a Goat! (actually, I just wanted to keep one of these quote pryamids going...like in the "old days") I miss the old days quit living in the past

yes but if the "friend" is breathing she could get most of the single guys on this site.

you're all a bunch of wussy boys. it's a damn pansy who feels that it's necessary to have a big truck to get anywhere. i'll take my dainty little mazda complete w/large dent anytime. (oh by the way...one of you is going to have to drive to the TH but i'll meet you at the store for carpooling and buy the beer) i miss my jeep

for no reason what so ever, when it comes to smaller stuff, if i'm feeling sketched, i grab the yellow alien.

the internet....doing what even beer can't for over a decade now

i've got a couple pairs of skis from the 80s that i would happily donate to a home. i'm moving. get them out of my hair. 185cm langes w/look bindings 175cm volkl w/look bindings.

i've got 4 studded snow tires. pirelli norsemen. 30X9.5 r15. They've got about 20K on them. Jeep was stolen so extra tires need to go. make me an offer. i just need them outta here.

WA pass was just lovely this w/e. screw the forecasts.

!sreirrab egaugnal lla ssorc sgniht emos

well don't keep me in suspens...what's the gist of it? i'm not about to zip and pic up the economist today.