Kimmo

anything that makes you feel better/good will potentially help you climb better. whether it's meditation, prayer, chanting, drugs, helping your neighbor, etc. although i don't think jesus will make you do a damn thing, since he's kinda dead and stuff, i think.

and if donald aka dwayner was anything besides a whiner, he'd go remove the horrible terrible offensive bolts himself. but he's not, so he won't. but for all i know, he just trolls and doesn't give a damn about bolts and such anyways.

i think the comment towards marc was more about his ethics, and those have nothing to do with one's climbing abilities. not that i really care about ib one way or another. sounds like garfield's got plenty of adventure left on her flanks. oo lala

we are cuurently working on more important issues. check IB thread.

i think it was you who brought up gandhi? about how the means are never justified by the ends? so if one's attempts to "change" things are fueled by anger, then the changes are tainted.... btw, i don't think conditions now are comparable to the 30's....

ah a big boi. i'll make sure those bolts are 1/2" stainless.

what the hell are you talking about, man? your middle-aged gut has gone to your head, bro, cuz you ain't making sense. bolt anything.... sheesh. onto lighter topics haha, 170.25 at the gym yesterday, 169.5 today. yes!160 by the end of feb, 155 in march!

The policies "how we got here" are being continued by Barry. And Americans see that. which policies exactly?

and we all know how similar it is too (not to mention important. because i'm quite sure my world would come to an end if this happened. and that is how i measure importance).

thank you for clearing my eyes of the mist that kept me from seeing the importance of the debate.

being a full-blooded finn, drying out for a month on occasion strikes me as a pretty good idea.

good lord people, he wants to climb 5.10 alpine style (which he is already capable of doing); he's not training for the cross-fit olympics! a couple of hours a week or less would keep him in shape for doing this, without the mad suffering the above indicates....

hmmm i had the feeling haston was serious about his 800/day diet, but i think my strategy's gonna be eating light and mainly raw foods (including raw fish and some kitfo mmmmmm), drinking only fresh juices on some days every week, and eating some whey protein powder in fresh juice before and after workouts. mebbe 500 cal one day, 1500 the next, depending on activity level. oh, and no beer, starting feb 1st. fukinay. crazy dorky shit all this i say!

Wrong 'bout that, Bill. They've been singing his praises here for some time now. Liar. What I said was that agrarian reform and getting rid of the oligarchy was a good idea but I was leery of Chavez's Bonapartism. As for that BBC article, it's hardly objective. inflation has been high in Ven for decades now and I seriously doubt their GDP is very much outside the trend found in latin Amrica. no, he no lying. i was singing his praises at one point, as were a few others. but, my praises were simply aimed at specific aspects of his behaviour and personality, not the entire package. hell, i admire certain aspects of george bush junior!

and while GGK is knobbin' you, maybe you'd like to tell me whether you think corporations shuld have rights enjoyed by real live 'merican humanoids.

my thinking is that if you take the immersion test once, it'll give you a starting point that gives you accurate weight to body fat % targets to shoot for, ones that won't change much unless you really put on muscle fast, take steroids, or lose muscle fast. when i get to 155, i'll probably take another immersion test just for fun, but i'm already pretty sure i'll be around 6%.

wayyyyy off. the above formula pegged me at 23%. seemed suspect at the get-go. i've heard the 6 point caliper test is pretty accurate, and that one came within 2% of the immersion test.

How about "money equals speech"? i don't quite understand your reply, but an interesting news-bit (didn't see context, form of questions, etc): 57% of americans support a corporation's right to spend as they like inre elections.

anyone care to posit on Move to Amend's charge above?

i'm sure scalia's constructionism and originalism indicate that the founding fathers were profoundly in favor of granting corporations person-hood.

ummm, does anyone here think that corporations should be granted individual rights protected by the constitution? fairweather, kkk, anyone?

dude, it's a good birth control method, better than the pill. plus we already had a kid, hah. we aren't into big litters, like those outta control east-siders.

yeah being cold comes with the territory, but being a sporto wimp, i'll be clad in two down coats and a propane heater nearby (in july). i'm 6'1" btw, with a smallish to medium frame. i consistently weighed in the mid 150's through my early 30's, dropping to 146 (yikes) for a short period. yeah i was pretty lean, but compare to some others: ondra 130 and 6', sharma what 155 and 6', local kid who's 6' and around 130....but i think it mainly comes down to body fat % as to how healthily one can exist at a particular weight, with ~3% being minimum or so i read.

well i'm 173 now at 13.6. that's what, 23 pounds of fat. it's said(?) that you lose closer to 1.5 pounds of weight for every pound of fat you lose, cuz of interstitial water loss associated with fat storage. so dropping 9% of my body fat would drop my weight what, approximately 22 pounds or so? leaving me a little under 5%. yeah that's kinda low, but i'm interested enough to work towards it.... i don't know how long haston was on his low cal diet. i would imagine there would be days of that.... march or april is when i'd like to hit it, so i have some time, and i know i can hit 170 in two days, leaving me 15 pounds to go (i think 155 is a realistic goal).

49 bucks at downtown 24 hour fitness. you'll have to call about when holmes comes back (i think he's there first week of every month). yeah kinda interesting to find out i could safely lose 20 pounds.