OlegV
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I would like to start a new discussion by making a bold and scientifically reasonable statement: sport routes destroy the mountains as they accelerate erosion.
Because sport climbing routes typically involve very closely spaced bolts, it is reasonable to assume that a single-file line of bolts created micro-fractures in the rock face.
Any pros and cons? Stay calm.
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I like a white dress in the mountians
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The mountains should not belong to the goverment!
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Molodci!!!
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Epic. Well, thanks for not spray painting all the key holds on the Gendarme. sickie
You are welcome. Are you stuck mentally in the cold war era?
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bringing whiskey definetly brings more colors to those kinds of trips
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Has dysentery set in yet?
fock no! I killed it with vodka!
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meh. them sylvan slavs' tortured souls render even the most mellow bivy a hellishly introspective horror-show - might as well put up camp on something sharp n' prickle and have reason for the hate
We have a simple reason to fight: Pravoslavie (in tranlation - Glorifying the Truth)
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Fuck that. Big walls now.
Now you like slow sex?
I bet you wanna know, Oleg, but keep reality and your fantasies apart
. I always normalize the reality with my fantasies, Nastia
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Fuck that. Big walls now.
Now you like slow sex?
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I love the look of this virgin rock
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fuck, what a life! I need a minivan too
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it's easy to sleep if you don't give a fuck about being alive
What are the hopes and plans of life at best,
But faint and trifling dreams that fade?
M. Lermontov, "Demon"
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Russians consider a man who has been beaten down to be considered a valuable one to have around for future endeavors - more so than two who have not experienced a beat-down :-)
I must be priceless then.
We should admit, we never fully recover from our little tragedies
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wow, the most broken glacier I have ever seen!
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Damn. The Russian way is not for pansies.
I still laugh when I think of Oleg turning to me in the crater of Rainier on a cold winter's day, smiling, and saying "It reminds me of Siberia!" Like that was a good thing. Since I was wearing every last bit of clothing I had with me (and wasn't warm), I was thinking that if I stop moving I'm going to die.
Hey Jason, old memories don't die
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The top of the gendarme is a much kinder bivy spot than at its base
The NR of Stuart is the most populated bivy place. It is like a city of climbers!
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Russians and Americans should all read "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" next time you're on a bivy and feel like bitching. Great TR and pics. NR of Stuart is as classic as classic gets and every TR will get lots of looks.
Hey Matt, I always wanted to read this book - will do tonight!!!
Soljenicin is always fun when it comes to describing suffer
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strong work!
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looks like a romantic outing
I am jealous like a dog.share
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Strong work, Jason. Pix look amazing!
sport climbing and erosion
in Spray
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Pat, I have a lot of bones in my head indeed. I am trying to make the point that the mountains will soon (speaking on a geological time scale) be gone as we turn them and the rest of the planet into a tourist attractions, dig ledges, carve deep trails around rock formation, not to mention the a spirit of the Hill is being lost. I know few older climbers who quit going to Smith because it was turned into a Disney Land.
People have been living in the caves for many thousands of years with very little impact on nature. Shitting and peeing in the mountains does not destroy them, technology does.
Keep our planet wild.