Phil K

Yeah. See PM.

Howdja like that moat at the base of the SE face? Is my stuck climbing rope still in evidence?

Verified man-dog lobster throwing record. Guess who.

And while we're on the topic of things you should already have taken care of; make sure your bike is ready! A guy that I work with admitted last week that he still needed "someone" to do a little maintenence, so sucker that I am, I volunteered. Jeez, what a junker! Now, after trueing the wheels, replacing the front deraileur, bottom bracket bearing, brake cables, and handlebar tape, plus lubeing and adjusting, he's ready to go. Oh, and one more very important bit of advice; hope that the current weather forecast is wrong. Rain and headwinds make it a whole lot less enjoyable!

Nice read, unfortunately this guy and a few million well-placed voters are about 8 months too late in waking up to the stink that the bushistas have put on the good'ol'USA. Oh wait that's right, they own the voting machines. I guess it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

Got a sammich waiting in the car. I'm not sure about the health codes, but I know what's gross. It's just a good thing we don't know most of the history of what goes into our mouths.

pale luminous eyes, cold fishy skin, stringy hair; "nassssty massster."

oxycontin

Yeah, I just checked out a Mtn. Hdware catalog; that's 9.5oz. ripstop nylon material- the actual anchors are 1 oz each. I've got four of 'em and they work great. The plastic shopping bag idea has been around for a while, I first read about it in a British "Climber's Handbook" under a section on expedition climbing written by Alan Rouse. The bio on the cover of the book (published shortly after Rouse's death) lists him as the first Brit to successfully climb K2. I always wondered about that, it seems to me that getting off the mountain alive was part of the whole success thing. Oh, and they work great too, surprisingly strong. But be sure to dig all the shredded plastic out when striking your tent.

For those of you who just can't (after all...) get enough of Terri Schiavo, I just heard that Jeb "not another" Bush is having the Fla. attorney General investigate the circumstances surrounding Teri's death. Just to show the world whiat a vindictive a-hole he is, I guess. Oh well, back to the recreational flesh rippers.

'Bailed on plans for Chimney Rock. Hiked up Carne Mtn. on Sunday for some fresh air & exercise. I'm ready for some nicer weekends someday.

'Might be the right time to try one of them scary death routes you've been eying.

I just can't stand to see those Wales suffer, they're such big, intellegent, peaceful creatures.

And disregard Dru's suggestion to dose it w/ peroxide daily. That dissolves the new skin growth.

"Least they aint no blue dress for 'em ta test no DNA on. Eh-he, eh-he."

Geneva conventions, shit. How about God's (or should I say god's) laws? These bastards have no morality at all. Showing Saddam in his tighty whities is the least of the crimes agianst justice and humanity that they have comitted. Sick fucking lying bastards.

I'd call it a bit scary; bad weather, bad snow, bad navigation, mondo packs, thrutching on the crux.... lucky to have made it?

"My other car is up my nose"

Hugh Banner Offsets: The best. OK, just an opinion, but I never pass up an opportunity to recommend these. I've used all sorts of shite, and find most of 'em about the same, but the HB's set so securely and work in funky flares like nothing else I've tried. Another thang, IMHO color coding doesn't do much for me. Maybe I'm too ADD to remember which is which. I look at the widget, look at the crevice, and nine times out of ten (or better) get it right. Too much brain power required to remember that red is 0.375 - 0.525" blue is 0.525 - 0.875" or whatever. Am I alone? (oh pleeze God, no!)

'Just got a Myo 3 'cause the past few times I had to actually find my way around in the dark, I realized that my Princeton Tech Aurora wasn't up to the task. I'll upgrade to the Lithium AA's 'cause they are both lighter and work better in the cold. The choice of LED for battery life or halogen for brightness is worth the extra weight in many cases. I'll keep the itty bitty Princeton for when I think it will be enuf.

Anyone know where I can get me some lederhosen?

I authored the original whiney post complaining about the slowpokery. Hopefully not too whiney. I know that OS is a popular choice for people who feel compelled to climb something over their heads, but I was impressed with the choice of route as a first multi-pitch outing. I don't know if the communications between the slowpokers and their neighbors was friendly or if there was any discussion of passing or not. I think they could have figgered it out for themselves, but that didn't happen. In self defense- I knew we were in for some waiting around time, and maintained a mellow attitude throughout, based on our calculation that at least we were not going to get suckered into doing the descent in the dark. Hey, and I got a kewl new nickname in the discussion that followed.

Crazy? Compared to say, ignoring the overwhelming scientific evidence that we have a bit of a problem with global warming and having our federal gummint run by a bunch of insane greedheads who consider it more important to pump every possible dollar into the hands of the super wealthy even if it requires a major war and a willfull ignorance of the facts? Hmmmm, lemmie think about it.

So here's my question; got in a few nice routes at Static Point last weekend. Online, and Offline (not quite as nice.) At some point you are 30+ feet above your last bolt. Obvioulsly, the idea is not to fall, and hey, it's only 5.8 or so. What do you do if you screw it up? Suck it up and slide, tumble and bounce, run downhill? Any ideas or suggestions, any good horror tales?

Acupuncture.