cracked

What? No more insult-slinging? This was cool!

How about Dan -'s dog?

Shit.

Is is really real? It seems like it could be faked pretty easily. If it isn't a hoax, then I'm scared.

Gratuitous to say the least, Lambone. I reread the post several times and failed to find the condescending tone. And having a partner lie about his/her ability is understandably frustrating. If this post is truely "the most condecending peice of garbage" you have read around here, then you have obviously not read any of the posts in Spray. What about the "speed record" thread? It sounds like you feel threatened.

As for non-normal people, I'd say each of the three 'dancers' doesn't look, or seem to be acting, normal. I don't know about Fairweather, but jja is a great guy.

They kind of look like Kurdish women..... except they're not lying dead, gassed, clutching their infant children in an alley like Saddam prefers them. They look kind of scary to me. I'd rather have bombs than that belly.

Dru, if you give each one its own post #10,000 will come a lot faster. You have WAY too much time on your hands.

Nice autosig, John.

I did a search, and it explained a lot. Among other things, Trask is a DOG (no, I am not making this up). WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"annoyed with trask? " No, just bored.

"Future Librarian"

Where you need it to be good, the rock tends to be decent. Where it's lower angled, though, watch out. I agree, Jack is decent. But the last five feet to the true summit scare me. Can you say "crackerjack"?

Damn, that looks steep. Is the face typically ice, or does snow still stick to 75 degree faces?

With no friction from the atmosphere, conservation of energy says that a bullet goes up with kinetic energy KE=1/2 mv^2 at the top of the trajectory that energy is stored as potential energy PE=mgh, and when it comes down, it has as much energy as it started out with. So when it is at the same height as it started out with (effectively the ground), it is going down as fast as it started out going up with. Now with drag, let's say terminal velocity is twice what a human body is. (It is probably a lot larger, as a bullet is denser and approximates a sphere better than a human body.) 200mph=about 100m/s. I don't want to be hit by a bullet going that fast, thanks. How much does a bullet weigh? That's quite some kinetic energy. And BTW, every year there are reports in the news about people getting killed by falling bullets. A .38 will do, no need for sexual chocolate's bazooka.

What about the (I think) glued on head-size boulder on Spiderman? That's a bit of a blemish.

I hate hiking. Ski slogging is OK because you get the run down in the end. I'll hike to climb, but I won't hike to hike. Hiking is boring.

Overrated it?

W. Face of Washington is Beckey 4th class, and I think that Dodge gives it 5.5. I think. Or maybe I misremember. Does Oregon High give it 5.6? Maybe you're right. But it isn't hard, just scary. I want to do the North Ridge when there's ice, and I really want to do the West Ridge. The dinnerplates are supposed to be the best part of it!

I want two hammers for the times I get to do some WI, but I can't bring myself to cough up $50 for a hammerhead. I suppose several stitches might provide adequate motivation though.

I thought that's what we have headlamps for...

Wasn't it Croft who onsight-soloed Zebra Seam? If it's true, it's pretty impressive.