selkirk

Of course no shrink would try to treat climbers. We'd much rather spend money on shiny new cams, and ballnuts

Went through several tweaked rotator cuff's when I was playing quite a bit of volleyball. Went to the sports med folks at UW, and was told be very very nice to it for 3 weeks, and take 300mg of Naproxen (3 Aleve) twice a day. After that I just had to be very conscientious about warming up my shoulder real well before hitting. The motion of hitting with my arm extended above my head was always the culprit, and it always happened when I wasn't warmed up enough. (Though as a side note, I keep hearing that NSAIDS like Naproxen can slow soft tissue healing times, so RICE might be a better bet, with heavy on the rest). Good Luck

Me thinks that sounds like growing muscle. Wish I was getting in that much exercise

Oh, for dinner try Visconti's. A bit more upscale, but they haven't even balked when we've been in (even when we were smelly, dirty, picking ticks off at the table and broke one of their lamps )

Interesting ..... Spent yesterday cleaning Swept the floors (wonder dog is shedding like mad so they need to be swept again, and we've been gone all day ) Did some laundry, cleaned the bathroom, took wonder dog for 2 walks, one along 145th NE and she showed serious restraint and didn't even try to chase the cars! Is a very exciting development Went to REI and ordered more lenses for my shades Been jonesing for those for too damn long Today, got up took wonder dog for a walk then loaded her into the car and drove over to Leavenworth with Sprocket and one of our favorite belay slave. Was wonder dog's first hike and first climbing trip She was very well behaved too! Of course we went up to Clems Holler (which had folks at it) so we headed up to Retardant Rock and went up Seven Seas, got slightly off route on the 5.8 next door, then did Red Streak (?) to the first anchors, and finished on the 10c portion I don't think it gets climbed very often. Lichen covered handjams, with liken covered smears, not soo much my favorite thing Managed not to pitch Then up to ta-da-da the Javelin for a try. (My opinion, you might be able to pull the 2 or 3 middle bolts, but the bolt to protect the boulder move off the ground was appreciated, and at the last bolt it would be damn near unprotectable. That, and I think the main crack should only be protected with hexes, Cams behind it seem like a bad bad idea) Fun route though. Then off to whatever the 5.9+ route was downhill from there. Either i'm getting soft or that was fuckin sandbagged Of course once again, I got off route, and transitioning back on was spooky on lichen again and above to micro cams Somehow I never expected to have to pull on a sloping monodoight with marginal feet, and 3 or 4 ft reach to the next good handhold on a 5.9 Guess I must be wrong Didn't see a soul once we passed Clem's Holler. Oh, and wonder dog doesn't particularly like it when I'm out of site, but seems to be ok, if she has someone reassuring her. Other than that she ate some bees, and dug some holes in the pine needle duff, all in all quite good for her first trip. She is now well and truly passed out Good day. A little addrenalin, nothing broken, nice sunshine :tup:

Had to commute there from North Seattle for a week Never again will I commute across the freakin lake!

Not sleeping through the 4:00 alarm. Recognizing that your partner put rocks and/or blue bags in your pack before you summit. Sleeping through the snorer in the next tent. Remembering to put sunscreen up your nose and down your ear canals Defending yourself from salt deprived goats when you aren't fully awake. Remembering the CC.com fashion police are ever present, and coordinating your climbing outfit appropriately.

Woohoo, can't ever imagine moving to the city of Sin. Welcome back Of course I can't ever really imagine moving from the the Northwest either for that matter.

Butter doesn't have dimples. Are you saying I have dimples?

Isn't that Cindy Sheehan??

Wow, I've been upgraded to ropegun Unluckily no Index We got there around 9:30 and it was still awfully damp, and we weren't familiar enough yet to know if it was going to dry in reasonable time with the cloud cover Monday morning. So we headed to Leavenworth to squeeze a few pitches out of the day. Warmed up on Dog Leg, and made a quick run up Hindquarters. As Sprocket pointed out, it's a bit surreal to be warming up on your high point from a couple of seasons ago Dog Leg and Hindquarters were both a bit more burly than I remembered though Then it was down to Meat Grinder. I managed an onsight, but it was ugly as hell and involved laybacking off an arm bar, and praying my feet didn't slip as it would have resulted in lost teeth, a broken arm, or both Overhaning offwidths with no feet are just not my specialty Great climb, great gear, definitely deserves it's name Then a quick run up Be My Guest over on 8 Mile Buttress. Nice pleasant climb well bolted, some interesting face and some delicated slab which was a nice way to end the day Oh, and Mrs. Selkirk planted the garden on Saturday so we now have tomatoes, peppers, and lots of corn on the way :tup:

Not work Followed by Climbing at Index (first time there ) then possibly a hike with the new dog and/or part of a day at E38. Oh, with plenty of sleeping and beer mixed in for balance!

You've got a little bit of "The Shining" eyes going on.

That's what I always say right before I re-tweak my fingers

No question at all about that!

No one has the right to make the decision for her. But it should be something she considers, and likely something she did consider.

Well, the demands of bearing a child on the mother should be weighed, but shouldn't the increased risk to the fetus also be considered?

Crackmaster Lambada, out at Vantage Weird committing moves, above small shitty pro Scared myself half to death. Once was more than enough. Oh, and Fred on Air, down by Phoenix at Smith. I've been up the damn thing 2 or 3 times, and always slip at the bottom crux. It's a boulder problem, followed by slightly runnout face climbing, on obnoxiously sharp holds. I just never enjoyed any aspect of climbing it, so I stopped Oh, Oh, and whatever the hell the short "5.8" layback problem in the cave, then ends on the birdshit covered pedestal, on the back side of Smith is (betwween Asterisk and Spiderman). Hard, insecure, greasy, slimy, and just generally not very interesting

A good question might be, will a class of 20 use more or fewer routes, and cause more or less disruption than 10 groups of 2? Not that I've ever seen more than 6 or 8 other people at Royal Columns on any given day.

I completely agree. But that goes equally for GWB and company as it does for those we call the terrorists. Our man George described our campaign as a Crusade, and has used the "clash of civilizations" metaphor repeatedly. He's amped up the religious zealots on both sides (to the extent there are really just two sides). I think our pal Selkirk might argue that a good old fashioned fascist could have / would have done the same thing. And he is right. But the religious component is certainly dangerous. Some of these guys at the very top are looking for Armageddon, for gawd's sake! Any group can be mishandled. It's the nature of all good sheeples to be led. I still wouldn't say that religion is bad. Or oganized groups are bad. Charismatic whack jobs with addictive personalities, and god complexes, on the other hand are horrendously bad.

seems to me the people who translated what they say was said is who says jesus said his way was the only way If I knew what that meant I might respond. To read any religious text literally is a recipe for conflicting statements. Not to mention that they should always be taken with a grain of salt. And of course there were errors in translation. Haven't you ever played the game where you all sit in a circle and one person whispers "the black dog bit the policeman in blue" and by the time it gets back to you it's a dirty limerick? And of course books were lost, and of course sections were intentionally left out by those compiling and distributing the text to meet their own purposes. Which is why you should always go back to my first statement. Don't read any religious text literally, and always take them with a grain of salt. Ever hear of the dead sea scrolls??? There weren't any errors in copying the texts. Nice catch See the remaining points. At best our information is incomplete, at worst it's been intentionally manipulated either way reading it literally is a bad idea.

seems to me the people who translated what they say was said is who says jesus said his way was the only way If I knew what that meant I might respond. To read any religious text literally is a recipe for conflicting statements. Not to mention that they should always be taken with a grain of salt. And of course there were errors in translation. Haven't you ever played the game where you all sit in a circle and one person whispers "the black dog bit the policeman in blue" and by the time it gets back to you it's a dirty limerick? And of course books were lost, and of course sections were intentionally left out by those compiling and distributing the text to meet their own purposes. Which is why you should always go back to my first statement. Don't read any religious text literally, and always take them with a grain of salt.

Hell is other people. Religion happens to be one way they justify they're "superiority over others", but it's not like any monkey has ever really needed justification for beating another monkey, if your in a bad mood a justification can always be manufactured. It just makes people feel a little more warm and fuzzy when they can believe that they are "Good" and the person they are beating with a stick is "Evil". Power mongers, zealots, and other assorted sociopaths use any vehicle to influence people at they're disposal, but the existance of the vehicle to repeat they're message or gain power in no way generates the wacko's, it just attracts them. You would probably be more accurate in saying that all wars are caused by large groups of people with conflicting interests, and often precipitated by charismatic individuals with an agenda, which is likely not that one they espouse. In this sense there is no difference between political party's, patriotism, religion, terrorist groups, cults, herds of apes, packs of baboons, and pods of whales.

That's Right folks they do exist again in this country Just got back from a short trip to Yosemite and my wife bought me a full set for my upcoming B-day :) It's amazing that she still encourages my insanity! The long and short is that The Yosemite Mountain shop has struck some deal with the woman who made the HB Brass nuts for HB, and is now actively stocking them. Linky Linky Beers will be accepted at a later date

Damnit, I tried to be all mellow but I wanna chestbeat I got my first freakin 5.11 gear climb, and 5.11b at that! Pretty damn good considering my next hardest climb on gear is only 5.10c