JosephH

I dont think it is up for an aurguement that it does or does not prevent tooth decay. The question is should the government force it on you? Last time I checked it's called 'public health'. Hell, let's abolish the CDC while we're at it as they're clearly evil. Sigh, fighting ignorance - who knew the Internet would make it that much harder, not easier.

Good to know...

#7 HB alloy nut and a #1 Mastercam, both way in the back; neither are the worlds best placements, but suffice.

What do you consider the crux?

Two billion in gitmo costs and counting - all for maybe a dozen guys who were ever worth holding, and then only for long enough to try them in civilian courts and send them to your local neighborhood supermax. It's all part of the enduring W clusterfuck we are still stuck with thanks to moronic republicans. And let's not even get into us holding prisoners there on China's behalf...

Go down to PDX Saturday market when it's happening and he should be there in a stall. Usually on the river side of the street.

Just about. The main beams and cross bars have been torched back to relatively straight, but it still needs to be re-decked and re-railed. They're working as fast as they can with the resources available.

More times than I care to remember - goldline wasn't particularly kind either and it's especially no fun on free-hanging rappels. You learned fast to go slow.

Still a rightwing / libertarian chicken little 'the sky is falling' deal:

Yes, so you have an early one. Nice.

Is that hammer numbered? The bolt bag is probably as much in demand as the hammer to collectors.

Sobo, dude! You'll be carrying out last soldier out of there on your back at this rate. And are you also now transitioning those bases over to the Taliban and coordinating with their facilities staff instead of closing them? I mean, now that we're partnered up with them and all...

Yes, that would likely be the result.

I have in the past posted we ought to institute a 'National Cam-free Day'...

If ice climbers now had to wear mid-70's clothing there'd be a whole lot fewer ice climbers today - that shit sucked.

Sounds like we've been slow to upgrade the fleet with software fixes and that the Iranian kids have just GPS-spoofed a second drone - way, way weak if not completely stupid on our part. Fool me once...

Oh, and with regard to the trail bridge being out and needing repair. A couple of alternatives were proposed - pull the beam and replace it (big job) or weld a section of L-beam onto it to beef it up and re-level it (pain in the ass). But as it turns out, Karl was put in touch with this old guy who fixes bridges after they've been hit by trucks. Turns out this guy says steel wants to go back to it's manufactured state and, if you know how to manipulate heat and cold right, you can put it back in to it's previous shape. So they're getting a bid on doing just that and will use a prison work crew to haul six big torches and a day's worth of gas up there to do it. Sounds like voodoo to me, but then I don't know shit about steel fab and welding.

It's definitely the same stretch of rock. Leave the old p1 anchor and head either straight up, or slightly left through slightly rougher terrain, or slightly right to the small ledge and then step left across. They all put you into the small, angling dihedral which takes you directly to the p2 anchor with the left hand variation placing you in it slightly higher than the start of it.

i did this pitch before jim and ken did the B.H. pitch! i can't tell you how much i hate it being called the butthole pitch but it is what it is is there still a stud there? I also hate it being referred to as that. Yes, the stud is still there on the left of the three variations - left, center, and right. I'd led both left and center before it was all thoroughly chiseled out and brought down a full grade. It was obvious whoever did it did so with the clear intent of retrobolting it on top of the now way more than adequate pro they chopped out during the blatant chiselfest. It was an existing leadable variation that didn't require any bolts or excavation before and sure as hell doesn't need any bolts in it's newly manufactured state. Could just be me, but this episode completely fails the 'keeping it real' test (unless of course, that mantra is more for bumperstickers, than rocks).

Our best drones are so stupid that clever Iranians kids could just tell one to land in Iran instead of Pakistan. Kind of embarrassing.

Wow, nice shots. Glad to see you're back at it...

I know I would - total drag and currently running a severe deficit in yardage.

My old partner and I tried going straight up through the East Face roofs directly opposite where the trail takes it's first hard left at the big tree back in '87. Barely escaped that venture alive. The blocks up there were all fractured like pages in a book, very similar to what's exposed in the arena. I've stared up at that for hours in the past to see if it wasn't possible to do a direct start to 'Silver Crow', but I couldn't see any really plausible line which was protectable. It's all too loose and you're basically gonna deck and roll when you come off.

probably not a great idea for a clydesdale.... Hell, that's not a great idea for a stigmatic chihuahua.

Malcolm and Trango have been consistent in expressing a strong opinion folks not rope solo with the Cinch.