Kimmo

in vino veritas, says the cabballah

that was my point. bragging about flying a 747 is like bragging about driving a taxi. although it's actually much harder to fly a taxi under a mountain.

i personally enjoy watching people who might struggle a bit at first with something-often because of a lack of confidence-come to learn about perseverance and confidence while they develop proficiency and skill at what it is they are doing. it's especially rewarding when they surpass the arrogant ones who think they are somehow better and more "special" than those who they deem not to be "naturals". i guess it's your arrogance (insecurity) that has kept you in the same boat as dwayner all these years?

if your dad was saying that about peeps flying 747s, then i guess it goes hand in hand with your elitism regarding your 5.12 "test-pieces". like father like son.

that was obviously rehearsed. only one thing to do: BOOOOOOO.

they have told me they will not answer you until you have spilled the beans about what the sharma video taught you.

i'm gonna come to dwayner's defense here for a sec. he does say "no skill and no balls to place", and for the most part, i think that's true with sport climbing. clip and go. i don't care about his "respect" though, and i think very few do, but i gotta say i like the 12,000 pound test bolts he talks about! but regardless, we've all hashed this out before, and it's kinda fun every time. everyone gets to make fun of each other, and hey, without that it'd be pretty boring around here. popy pants gets everyone riled up, and cabalah man works his one note flute pretty well too. i doubt in the end that they take it all that seriously either, but get a good laugh about it all, as i do. btw, i remember climbing with popy pants at uw rock way back in the 80's or early 90's, and he was pretty good! he could clamber up a few of the classics down there. nothing as hard as what i was doing, but he did pretty good for an old man! but cabalah man? not so much. he was always a bit too hefty to try anything harder than the easy entry problems.

after two it's "boo boo boo". boooo.

booo. boo. booooooo. boo booo booo. boo.

Booooooo.

"Boo. Booooo. Booooooooo." "wtf, are you trying to scare me?" "No, I am booing you because you are hanging on the rope. Booo. Boooo." "Oh. Carry on then." "ok. Booo. Boooooooo."

i hope you don't teach class when drunk....

i would actually amend the above to say that the state executing individuals is actually more barbaric than one individual's depravities in committing the crime being "punished", because the state's actions ostensibly represent the conscious, mediated, reflective, and higher position of the many, versus the ignorant, impulsive, and animalistic actions of the single individual.

the death penalty is a sad remnant of human barbarity outlawed in almost every "civilized" nation, performed here in the US under secrecy and during the dead of night (to hide it from the public). it's beyond disgusting, entirely as offensive as any crime it serves as a penalty for.

Seattle Hand Clinic might be a good place to start. no personal experience there, but they have been recommended to others by a reputable local doc active with a local pro sports team.

and when you're up there fiddling around with that last piece, then going for the moves, think about dave moroles soloing the thing.

it is true that i play leonard cohen while training alone. mainly dear heather. it is true that i also play the wipers. calexico is pretty good. meshuggah too. how about a little bach played too fast by gould perhaps?

all i can say is that offwhite should really really be ashamed of himself for this level of bullying. grave-robbers are much more sensitive than commonly believed. in fact, they are seemingly about the most sensitive individuals on the planet. or at cc.com at least. but, i digress. what we were really talking about was the kabbalah. or is it cabbala? no one seems to have come up with a definitive spelling. it has something to do with the old testament though. and care bears.

That youtube video... Burdo says something like that about the filter pitches. maybe it used to be X, before he added bolts.... when we climbed it, i'd say there was a bit of PG type 5.9 runout up high on the route, approaching the big roof. everything else seemed well protected, either with gear or bolts.

where'd ya hear about 5.11 x pitches?

climbed it maybe 5 years ago? really good route. yeah and Full Tilt (crux pitch of tempest) was given straight up 5.12, and other feed-back seems to confirm.

ok ok i read your original post and it didn't have anything to do with what you learned, only stating that someone might learn something.... my bad. just a case of miscommunication, that's all! wires crossed. misunderstandings.

i do believe a walnut is bigger than an almond. how's the count-down going?

BS.... no man, i know i've flung poo, but i was curious about your learning. i couldn't figure out what it was, so i asked. like, was it that you learned what kinda shoes he wears, or that he tries hella hard, or he keeps truckin, or yells a lot, or what. or that the euros shout a lot of encouragement and speak european. i don't know what it is, and you are playing coy. i am simply curious, sincerely.

yes, right in front of my very eyes, many times, and still wanting to know what you learned from the vid. i'm not testing you here, just genuinely interested. i wouldn't be asking if you hadn't mentioned it.