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Was she fishin' with Jimmie Carter?

What didja get your butt kicked on this time? Oh, I'm pretty sure my hit rate has been somewhat higher than yours in recent years. Dude, Pope would crush you on Rainier - off the couch, with blue Asolo rentals, and a watermelon tied to his ass!

for a while the rate on Rainier was about 3-4 in <10000. It's changed the last few years. I think Rainier has not had a death in like 3 years.

closing in on "photos of Really Big house cats"...

Do you know folks who have died in the service? I know several who have died in the mountains. Every time someone I know dies, I sure do rethink the climbing thing.

"alpine climbing" seems to cover a lot. certainly there is a big difference between 'climbing' say, Sahale via Sahale Arm, climbing the Torment-Forbidden Traverse, or Liberty Ridge. Giving it all up for kids? I don't think so. Giving up some of it, yeah.

oh so Obama's in on it too? Joe Biden and W were sitting in the Oval Office playing a shoot-em-up game on the XBox... or so they thought. Cheney had substituted remote controls for 4 commercial jets which Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum crashed. B-HO can't dump Biden now and is stuck with the cover-up.

Exactly. Either agree with Raindawg and Pope, or STFU, because you are "unqualified" to participate in the "discussion" (what a misnomer). As I said before, these fanatics can not comprehend how they can clearly be so RIGHT in such a clear-cut position as theirs - one for which there is no other possible valid position to have. So, STFU, everyone, listen to what Dawg and Pope have to say (yet again), kow-tow, kiss their feet (and ass) and agree with them absolutely. That's your choice. Allah akbar! Exactly.

did you lick your lips? Dung beetles don't have lips shit-for-brains. you seem angry

Excellent. I like glaciers.

10,000 years from now. that would be some ice age!

bolts are not OK if you are a higher end face climber needing protection on a unprotectable area with runout they are OK if you are a 5.9 sporto doing 3-star routes in a guidebook. rich.

You thought? I don't think so.

Seahawks? Is that you?

Inside your skull! that would imply there was something there to begin with

did you lick your lips?

After seeing these photos, this statement takes on a new dimension. Fellow travelers, Fairweather? Should be right up your alley Prole: Workers of the World Unite!

enough with the homoerotic stuff, guys!

Is this another SpecForOp?

this homoerotic talk is really offputting to AKA have some consideration and include him in the banter...

this homoerotic talk is really offputting to AKA have some consideration

maybe, if the gods bless us, you'll catch bubonic plague from that rat of yours... wishful thinking. Tvash's odor is so horrific he repels fleas

I thought - as per the Unidawg manifesto - you must either do the route "as is", top-rope it, or "leave it alone" - not add a bolt. Really had nothing to do with ethics - it had to do with a really bad guide book rating suckering people onto one of the few 5.9s at Beacon. Again, it's about the only place at Beacon you could get suckered in that way and deck. The bolt was about folks crossing over from sport not being able to claim a route is obviously and irresponsibly dangerous compared to it's recommendation in Olson's guide in the event of an accident. No other route is so accessible, highly rated, and poorly protected [and mediocre]. Wait, so there is no uniform, inflexible position on this? Wow, I wonder what Unidawg has to say about this...

I just ran into this guy that said he'd like cc.com, but that guy Bug is just too hostile Were you kicking his ass at the time? nah, I just gave him a sip from my hip flask and we joked about cc.comers who take themselves too seriously

Kind of like a dung beetle, ne c'est pas?