lummox

just spreading the love. baby.

but then a biner is better than a lousy hook. i have been iceclimbing with a daisy and it works pretty well for what you describe. and then i have a biner which i can use for other stuff. i am not crazy about fifi hooks. i mean --really-- something named after a poodle?

you go to 'reloading wednesday' two times a month.

exactly like a fifi hook. on the end of some 1/2 inch tubular with bungie stuffed in it. it is an old skool trick that is kina gay. just more shit if you asked me. if you need to hang it aint no big thang to throw the rope over the tool head and call for t.

peterpuget. bet you were a smarmy kid too.

in response to your ridiculus stereotype i will just write the name of one of my heroes: barry goldwater. my mutha fuka be dope.

good: not as good:

but it will cost ya. i will even shuttle your fuked up car.

there are fiscal conservatives. there are moral conservatives. there are 2nd amendment gun nut conservatives. there are hilary-hater conservatives. the list goes on and on.

and one more thing: if your quickdraws are floppy it is easy enough to just rotate the biner after you clipped it if you dont like the gate orientation. the little rubber thong thingys on a lot of sport draws prevent easy rotating of the biner though. and you should get outside more muffy. really.

the olde google trick for 'backclipping' yielded: http://www.altrec.com/published/climb/skills/backclipwhat/ complete with pictures an shit. bent gate biners are said to be more likely to have the rope open the gate and come out altogether. i have seen this demonstrated many times by smartasses at the gear shops and in the crag parking lots. personally i dont see how 99% of the falls a climber might take out generate such a weird whip against the gate even if you backclipped. and btw i used to climb with a very competent dude who preferred the 'backclipped' orientation. fukin semantics.

i am lummox hear me roar. i used to be able to do a few one arms. i am 20 pounds heavier now --muscle of course . maybe thats why i cant pull the one arms anymore. that muscledrunk strength was handy for some overhanging jug hauls but i dont encounter those routes very much. i dont reckon i will ever jump onto action directe or realization or sumpin. that one arm shit is overrated.

that hair on jane fonda: was that cool at some point or a kind of sinead oconner baldhead freaky thing?

my previous opinion of you has been dashed to atoms. you are a mere mortal?

idaho is overlooked. but it shoulnt be.

the orielly factor is an imaginary number.

moving the helper arm closer and closer to your shoulder makes it harder. eventually you will be able to do a one arm. but what is the point? i dont think it helps a huge amount in climbing better.

i call bullshit. blow drying actually helped these guys: i am sure there are many more examples like this.

more from velonews: 'Pantani was reportedly hooked on cocaine, which, when mixed with the anti-depressants, could have caused the swelling of the brain and lungs, which triggered a heart attack that was revealed in Monday's autopsy. 'Close friends of Pantani told the newspaper La Stampa that shortly before his death they had collected money to offer to the dealers to try and persuade them to stay away from the troubled cyclist. '"We organized a fund to offer to the people who sold him the stuff to stay away because we knew he was at risk," the friends said. 'Newspapers said Pantani withdrew 20,000 euros from his bank account days before his death and that very little of the cash was found in his hotel room in which he died.'

i want one of them ram v10 monster trucks from the forest service. and a smokey the bear hat to go with it.

gettin old. der.

i will wait for the consumer testing. i predict high price and high susceptibility to getting sticky --thats a lot of moving parts.

damn dude. you eat jiffy? aint that like peanut-flavored crisco or sumpin? btw. the isobutane fuel mixes burn pretty damn well without any cannister heating. if you dont believe me then try to use one of them old 'gaz' bluet fukers.

I'm sure you recall the old "Joshua Tree 5.9" systematic sandbag system. it dont matter what a climb is numbered. either it is a worthy climb or it is a sucky climb or it is something in between.

there are no sandbagged routes. only fatass climbers with excuses.