olyclimber

This is a triumph of capitalism. Supply and demand.

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Its funny how much different vertical route finding is over orienting yourself on less steep ground. I've never been lost in the backcountry, but I'm amazed how many times I get turned around when climbing with friends on vertical rock, and feel really lucky to have climbed with people with a knack for vertical route finding. Having climbed both (chestbeat, er grovelled up after Hansel on them both), I think you definitely want to head right much further at the top the first pitch of the S-B route (if that is what you did) to get on the Becky route. All the way over to the top of that chimney. If you look up that chimney you avoided at the base, you pretty much to up that, veering only very slightly left before traversing right after couple pitches up to gain the nice crack system that takes you to the notch.

liberal media.

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/obama-greece-pressconference-debtceiling/2011/07/15/id/403721 hahahhahaha....we aren't greece? wtf.

just read Krugman's blog. found the culprit! turns out it was the republicans!!!! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/opinion/15krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

nothing like the last second for dredging up the creme.

post some pics! after tearing down the wall on my house (raccoon mama and babies living behind it + it was just an ankle busting waiting to happen) I have different ideas about the next wall i'll build. i'm thinking something that is traversing rather than going really high, and definitely 45 degrees.

thanks for the new ratweasel wallpaper for my computer.

everybody join hands

Crazy! I'm thinking about signing the Ulinator up for the SBP team, but it looks like we will only be able to do the bouldering season because of BASEBALL in the spring.

Dude, you aren't even on Google+. what a loser!

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we should start a self sustaining utopia

Found this via Alpinist: http://vocr.sri.com/herson/climbing/tr/halfdome-kara.html this tempers the pride i have for my son sending the pink route at the gym, but he's only 9 so there is still hope.

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are you trying to make a color bong, hippy?

I could start a new forum for hippies. just come out of the closet with it.

Great job brah. Lets see some pics of this adventure.

get it done baller.

so there were whippets. how come nobody told me! another wasted weekend!

Was this guy there? He is a Seattle institution:

fyi, i posted that pic because it was a pleasant example of what you may find at the Rainbow Gathering. as a gentleman, i don't share the crass thoughts of Attila here, of course. Marie sounds like a very nice girl, and if I weren't married I would like to take her to the corner store and buy her a malt.