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5 speed? Mine was 3 speed, which (need I say?) is way cooler than 5. And mine had rear coaster brakes for that extra bit of posh. Hand brakes are tacky in comparison, of course.

I used to have a sting ray, but it was red. Which is cooler than orange.

It's pretty obvious that the problem lies in not enough fences and railings in our national parks. I expect a couple of $10 million lawsuits pretty soon.

It was surprisingly easy to get banned from minnesotaclimbing.com. Say what you will about them, Chaps & Co. don't enable internet adddiction.

That was my conclusion too. Admittedly my sampling strategy was unscientific, though.

I wouldn't trust you with a kitten, arch. Not after I heard about what you did to that snaffle.

Some of you are going to be serial killers when you grow up, I'm afraid.

Is there some kind of analogy here? Like... living in New Orleans = free soloing while drunk living in Des Moines, Iowa = toproping !!!

Nice pictures!

We have lingered on the board of cc.com With sprayers wreathed with horsecock red & brown Til our employers voices wake us, and we're fired.

I do not think that they will sing to me.

I thought this was going to be about the teaches of Peaches...

Yeah, the L.O. railroad cut probably would be drier. I can be there by 6:00, I think.

Sheepdog Standing in the rain Bullfrog Doing it again Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles What makes you think you're something special when you smile? Child-like No one understands, Jack knife In your sweaty hands, Some kind of innocence is measured out in years You don't know what it's like to listen to your fears. You can talk to me You can talk to me You can talk to me If you're lonely you can talk to me

Last fall when I hiked up to Rooster Rock the "register" was a notebook floating in a tupperware container half full of rainwater.

OK, who's up for some climbing at the Butte tonight?

And in THIS instance, the guy neither made a mistake (unless you consider soloing 4th class a "mistake", I don't), nor did he turn it into a big media adventure story (he ain't gettin' rich from that summitpost trip report). Points for reading comprehension. The 15 minutes of fame thing is a bit odd in our culture. A relative gave me the Ralson book and I did read it. Seems like it was an endless tale of reckless and poorly planned trips that became "adventures". Though the he did keep his head about him once his arm got stuck. Was it Nanson who said "If it turns out to be an adventure it wasn't planned well". Upon return to his ship from the south pole Admunsen basically said things went as planned, it was a little cold, but no big deal. And then there is Scott. If he survived which one would have a book deal? Or an internet site? It is amazing how every accident or wrong turn in the mountains that turns into an epic has to be displayed on the internet. 15 minutes of fame indeed. Several years ago a friend of mine went backpacking solo in the late fall in northern Minnesota. An early snowstorm hit, and he got lost. He did almost everything wrong - left his tent and sleeping bag to try to find his way back, ended up not being able to find them again, and spent a couple days in a rotten log. When rescuers found him, he had suffered frostbite on his feet and I think he ended up losing all his toes. A few weeks later he was on the "Today" show talking about his miraculous rescue. The fact that he survived was pretty amazing, considering the foolish decisions he'd made, which included not only not letting anyone know where he was going to be and when he'd be back, but actually (intentionally) misleading his folks into thinking he was going somewhere else. And as far as losing his way in the first place...that might have been on purpose too (with the snowstorm helping). Before he left, he said he wanted to "have an adventure, to get lost." This friend of mine was a dumbass, for sure, maybe like Ralston or the guy in Krakauer's "Into the Wild." And I think it was kind of complicated for his family to really forgive him, once everything came out. But in a way I sort of understand that need to "get lost" (maybe not literally). I've been in lots of situations that could have turned out badly, and my friends probably would have called me a dumbass if they had. Still, I think I would have turned down the "Today" show...

...and now have we come full circle? Hurricane Rockage

You'd think he'd get twice the dates?

I thought it was from your-mom's-bed to your-mom's-bed...?

It was homage.

Hot pursuit, Flash. Hot pursuit!

I think there was an article about this in Entrepreneur magazine.