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What if she was using an alpine bod?

The Mountaineers and the Boealpers will be descending on Icicle Canyon like flies on shit (I will be one of them). I don't know what crags or what days, but you can rest assured that we will be there, gapin up the scene. sorry folks.

So it was Dru pissing me off this weekend. Bastard.

I was in Safeway in Renton one fine afternoon when I turned a corner to see a nun standing in the cereal aisle. I had never seen a nun in Renton, and almost as a reaction, I said "Holy shit! a nun!" she just smiled and shook her head.

??Yabo?? I didn't get his name. He was a tall guy with a shaved head, glasses, Australian accent, said he lived near Mt Rainier. Really nice guy and it was cool to watch how carefully he moved.

Maybe I wasn't clear. He was 100% entitled to climb in any style he wanted. Verbally, he was very considerate. I just felt that climbing in this style was inconsiderate because if anything had happened, which is a lot more likely when climbing unroped, we would have to help him. One more thing - this was my first time around anyone who was climbing unroped. The whole thing was probably just an overreaction on my part. Thanks for your input. It has made me realize how much of a pussy I really am.

Supergo Bike shops are having decent sale right now. Clif bars are $.65 each, Accelerade is $15 for the big can (fruit punch only) and Endurox is $20 (I think) for the big can. A new Supergo shop was put in at the corner of 45th and Roosevelt (U District) in Seattle last year.

Very nice all. I didn't say anything to him about his choice. He asked to climb another route that I had a rope on and I let him, knowing how he intended to climb. I agree that his actions didn't endanger any of us. But there was no way that I could walk away if he got hurt. If you will please excuse me now, I will be free soloing El Cap nekkid so that I may grow some bigger cojones.

Proper cursing is an art that I think has been lost over the years. Anyone can say fuck and shit. NBD. It takes a master to really be able to express one's frustrated emotions eloquently with foul language. i.e. asshat Remember - nothing says intelligence like a four letter word.

I'm really happy with my modified GoLite Gust, but the mods were pretty extensive and included a framesheet and a new belt. You may not want to screw with it. The size is right, 3800-5000 (with collar extended). BTW - I have heard that the Wild Things Andinista rides on your back like a turgid sausage, but it seems like it might fit the bill.

So this weekend I was at 8 mile rock doing some TR'ing with some semi-climber friends and a guy asks if he can jump on Classic (we had it roped). I said sure, assuming he would put on a harness and ask for a belay, and he started free-soloing it. He obviously had the necessary skills and made it up without so much as a slip. I was not too pleased about his decision to climb unroped. I understand that he was taking his own risks, but who would have helped him if he fell? I just thought that it was a bit inconsiderate of him to put that on us. As I said before, he had the necessary skills, but everyone fucks up sometime. Some may say that I should have asked him not to climb unroped, or to ask him to leave, but it's not my rock. Everyone is entitled to equal usage. What do you think? Do you mind if a single climber does some free soloing nearby?

I saw plenty of mounties, but it was easy enough to avoid them with the new guide.

I just wanted to ttake this opportunity to waste some of your time with a mindless rant. -Warning- if you want to feel like you spent this time well, stop reading now. [rant] I'm pretty damn tired of all of the super-safety conscious climbers out there. I'm not talking about the majority of climbers who perform doublechecks on gear and rigging, but the people that debate over which is the best knot to tie in with, how many 'biners one should link in with ... etc. please, figure it out. Yes, two biners are safer than one. One biner is 99.99% safe. two biners are 99.999% safe. Does it really matter? jeezus!!! I was climbing today, helping a friend learn to belay. Some random guy at the crag informed her that she should ALWAYS clip her biner and device through her rappel loop, not through her leg loop and waist loop. Ummm... excuse me, did I say shit to you? Did you even introduce yourself, say hi?? No. SO SHUT THE HELL UP. He went on to tell us that the rappel loop was the strongest part of the harness and that it would be the last thing to break. Yeah, but isn't that attached to the waist loop and the leg loop? Mind your own damn business. I have heard the arguement that rigging a biner through the waist loop and leg loop can lead to tri-axial loading. I don't think that there will be enough force on the biner on my harness to make it an issue. Especially when toproping. In closing. I would like all of you safety mongering shitheads to quit worrying about how many kN your carabiners can handle, to quit worrying about whether or not a tied sling can take as much force as a sewn sling and just get over it. If you buy gear from a reputable company and learn to use it properly then you will be ok. Got it? [/rant]

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I would just like to thank BELAYTHIS for not posting the Ebay link here. You rock.

Ack! I've been steaksauce!!!

This thread sucks almost as much as the steaksauce thread. Six satans slinging

Knock knock....

Rick 'oo?

I just lost 30 miutes of my life reading the steaksauce thread. I must admit, some of the pictures that MisterE posted were pretty damn funny, but it will take an amazing event for me to stop feeling bad about having read the steaksauce post. I mean really, is steaksauce really all that funny? Is the steaksauce something that I should be concerened about? Will he/she/it do my taxes for me? There are only a few things in life that I have truly regretted doing, one of which was racing my sister to touch an electric fence, but this nodderdome is really a doozy. Consider the amount of time that has been wasted by these people. If we were to properly apply the energy and creativity and in some instances, the single minded drive to keep this thread alive, we would have the tunnel under the atlantic with a train going 800 miles an hour. In closing, I'd like to say fuck the steaksauce. Fuck the otter. Fuck steaksauce. Fuck Mrs Alden, fuck Faster than poo, fuck 'em all man. I would also like to express regret that I ever posted to this thread. Even this last post, which will surely spur on derision from the many misguided followers of the steaksauce.

I'M FENDERFOUR BITCH!

'oosdere?

MattP and to_the_top were talking about this website at the last PC. If you didn't check it out before, it's well wort the read. It's a pretty good diversion from the otters.

Do you know Trask? Is it ok if we pick up my mom? Resurrect thy own!!!

There's no I in team, but there are three in "multiple personalities".