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VERY nice vid, Sam. Now I'm going to be jealous for the next three weeks until I can get some skiing in up here. F'in finals! -Paul

Ever used an ice tool? Or placed a cam? Or climbed a mountain? No? I'd say being able to boulder V8 but not climb a 5.10 crack is pathetic. I'm not into bouldering or pulling plastic anymore, but I respect the enthusiam of those who do. To each his own. Rock on, Distel.

Distel's a nice guy, even if we don't all share his bouldering obsession. STFU, Scott.

If loggers quit cutting down trees and creating ugly clearcuts then they wouldn't need big ugly polluting trucks.

If loggers quit cutting down trees and creating ugly clearcuts then they wouldn't need big ugly polluting trucks.

I lived in OR for nearly 16 years. I moved to Seattle last year. There's no comparison. OR sucks compared to washington. Most stuff is within reasonable driving distance.

The annoying thing is that in ALL of the Sherlock Holmes stories, NOWHERE does he say this. Either "elementary" OR "my dear Watson", NEVER the two together. Now that was have the crucial bit of history cleared up, carry on.

Porn Star? I'm disappointed, I thought that was Scott in drag.

Beating a dead horse.

No ya putz. the video started out TRAD and it really wasn't trad. I don't care two shits, but it aint trad. It is sport climbing. What is the difference? Dis moi. Merde. Ummm, Scott? Crack climbing is Trad climbing, remember? Sport climbers: A. Clip Bolts B. Climb Faces and Aretes Trad Climbers: A. Climb cracks B. Clip Natural protection. End of basic climbing lesson. Nice lesson grandpa. But tell me, what is the difference between climbing sport and climbing 'trad' when all the gear is bomber and pre-placed? huh? would you call the bolted crack climbs in skaha trad? of course not. what is the difference then? According to Pope and Dwayner, it's trad if it doesn't hurt the rock. This guy is falling onto nuts and cams, it doesn't hurt the rock, it's trad. Comprende, Cheif?

Check out the chalk bucket stuck to the wall! Is that magnetic?

Gee, with an argument like that, you've sure go ME convinced. Did you take your moron pill this morning, or is it PMS?

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It's really sad how addicted he is.

I used to be a gym rat. Now I'm retired. Mountains are way cooler.

Olympus S300D. Am I right? Am I right????

About what, EPIC tents and Miox pens?

CLOWNPUNCHER!

I'm an asshole. Seriously, when I took a 40 question personality type quiz I was off the charts for type A. This is too simplified. If they gave me a click for each dichotomy it would be better. Much better.

A 'little' scream, but screaming for several seconds doesn't do anything but express frustration.

He'd send if he just screamed a bit more.

Seriously, though, I've got about 60megs max on the UW servers. Which means that at 50k per photo, Distel would run out of space in roughly 1200 photos. Which is only ten trips or so. Timmay! What's the size of the photo gallery? Must be huge.

That much tape is aid!

I recently had a nice REI experience. Monday I buy a bivy sack. The salesdude tells me I can apply my dividend to it and get 20% off. I'm stoked. I get to the cashier bitch who acts like I'm wasting her time by buying something. I ask if I can apply my dividend to the purchase. She impatiently tells me that unless I have the dividend IN MY HAND, I can't use it. I'm in a hurry, I need the bivy that evening, I plunk down the dough. After hearing from several sources that I AM allowed to use my dividend even though I don't have the paper copy, I got back to the store on Friday. I tell the customer service guy what happened, and ask if he can get me my 20% back. He claims that without a reciept, he can't do anything (I forgot it in my room). I get pissed, wait ten minutes until the other CS dude is free, hand him the bivy and tell him "I'd like to return this". I don't need a reciept or anything, he refunds me the money, I walk upstairs, grab the SAME EXACT bivy, pay for it using the dividend and walk out the door. I don't abuse their return policy as I feel it's unethical, but when I give them a reasonable offer and they refuse, I didn't mind taking advantage of them. So if anyone finds a new OR Basic Bivy at the Scratch and Dent sale, buy it, it's been on one snow bivy. New. That said, I like my dividend, I'll keep shopping there.