minx

nice... and you can wear it to the catwalk on saturday nights too

75* and sunny yesterday

They make calves look shapely!!! trask thinks this is a shapely calf

can't say i wear mine but i put one on my son when he skis.

aaahhhh cripes people!!! now you've gone and done it! i agree w/dru on this one. damn it! tasteless you morons. on a happier note. maybe we could thumbtack this thread for quick reference when we need some humor?

i'm leading similar grades for bolts and cracks and actually slightly harder grades for cracks. i just seem to relax and feel more confident with cracks than i do bolts. yeah, my technique in general sucks...don't think it matters if we're talking about cracks or not.

ehmmic and i were climbing lizard one fine afternoon. she was leading the 3rd pitch, the pitch after the OW. i saw her give the roof crack a funny look and move along rather quickly. when i got there, while looking for a slighty more secure hold than i had i peered up in the crack. there was a bat, and it was starting to move. i committed to that first traverse move really quickly after that! i'm not sure if i'm glad she didn't tell me about the bat or not!

indeed! i guess it's just subconscience disdain that i choose to misspell that word repeatedly. GDI

yup! definitely sour grapes! i'm super bitter about not joining a soriety. nothing says fun like like living with 50 barbies....oh wait! i'm not a guy...sorry, that might be fun

thanks for you feigned concern, but i was not involved in these activities. i would not join a soriety. she really means, no soriety would pledge her - nerds not allowed and of course i was crushed that an organization that spends that much time on the body fat % of it's members wouldn't have me oh wait.... i never bothered to waste my time w/rush week and all the blah blah blah

to lead bolts or on gear as i try and get my head back into leading, i've had a lot of patient partners and others offer up useful advice. one of the most common has been to climb lots of bolted stuff. logically this makes sense. in that situation i don't have to worry if there is good pro, bolts are usually pretty bomber, won't be as pumped etc etc. BUT mentally, i'm more comfortable leading on gear. particularly moderate routes. i can put in a piece whenever i want (mostly) it may not be a good piece but it's something. i can sew that baby up if i'm sketchy (damn it, one of those pieces will hold) i know this isn't logical, but am i the only one out there more comfortable leading with gear than bolts? *** please do not start a bolt/don't bolt thing here***

thanks for you feigned concern, but i was not involved in these activities. i would not join a soriety.

nice list dru i love taking my shoes off after a trip alpenglow i love my partners with whom things go smoothly when we can't hear i love the sound of gear at the crag, you know the clinging of someone's rack the smell of dirt after it rains the smell of damp rock a cool breeze blowing down a crack on you on a hot day. my partners that make me laugh when i'm sketched or the day has gone awry. my partners who help make the day cold beer while sitting on the tailgate after a long day perfect handcracks stiff breeze on a summit

one of the sorieties at my college, for part of initiation crap for pledges, used to line the girls up in the alley behind the house dressed in nothing but their panties. the older chicks used to get to go along the line and insult their appearance. one year the members of the frat next door joined in the fun

you're all a buncha posers and it's just too hard to pick one this month

None of it was snow up there, eh? Too bad... no! super bloody warm up here hey, e-mail me those pics from smiffy eh?

smart arse! ....maybe some anais nin

my basement flooded and the effed up the cable trenching the road . now i can't be a mindless vegetable in front of the TV. we're going to have to play monopoly again or have a conversation or some such nonsense

i think one or two people lambasted erik. but it seems that while many of us think erik is an asshole, not so many of us disagree with his view. maybe he's being less tactful than others by stating it but it's obvious he's not the only one thinking it. i prefer that when an accident is close to home (ie. the recent death's at l'worth) that people slow down on their analysis of the details b/c there's a good chance someone "here" might know the deceased. but outside of that, i see nothing wrong w/assessing the situation. haven't we all made stupid mistakes in life when a little more attention to detail would've spared a lot of grief? when climbing, i'm far more concerned with the consequence of my actions resulting in my injury or death than i am some freak act of dog/nature. if you disagree w/erik, explain why. don't post some juvenille innuendo.

yes. you came out of the closet long ago. could you possibly be a little more creative? just b/c you can't keep your mind out of the closet doesn't mean you've gotta find something lame to nitpik out of decent post. now go hold the closet door for someone else i think this is a good topic. i've often felt the same way that erik has expressed here. death is a delicate subject and it's interesting to hear how people handle the discussions surrounding it.

white trash

scott- little cracked couldn't push my buttons if i put his finger right on them. it's like watching little puppies frolic, it's cute until they pee on the carpet; then you have to rub their noses in it. he'll pee down his leg soon enough.

this is just a test to see if you're smart enough to find you're way through a bureaucratic maze. we wouldn't want practical, sensible people working in hospitals filled w/"policies" and redtape now would we?

nope! i hope he'll "out" himself! but in the mean time i'll handle the slams via PM. he's crazy if he thinks he can avoid that