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That guy was amazing.

You sound like you are being forced to read it!

That is a very good point Ru…..what is the standard for sport climbing? Or more to the point….where? Smith? That is kind of the start of it. I would not say that place has soft and easy sport climbs……a lot of what I have climbed there is ten feet between bolts.

Two words: Executive privilege

This guy should be on the 100 greatest guitar list.

How did you pitch our 23 pitches in 5 hours? That is hard to believe. We arrived at the base of pitch 19 in 5 pitches in about 2.5 hours.

I know JH personally and I do enjoy having discussions with him about controversial topics. Joseph does know how to express himself in the written word.

That must be a road side boulder? I can hear the cars.

Tiny little dogs are for girls.

According to the affidavit, the 22-year-old wrote a note demanding that money be deposited to a PayPal account, threatening that "if this account doesn't reach $50,000 in the next 7 days then a murderous rampage That sounds like a threat to me!

That rider was amazing.

Have not seen his posts as of late? maybe he is off climbing a big Alaskin Mt. Or dating Christina Applegate.

Better there than here!

Thank you!

Yeah....that sounds about right! My bad. PA's cannot authorize time loss. Ha ha.

Interesting idea....but who gets to decide what is controversial and what is not?

Yeah, thanks! I'm thinking of applying to PA school next year...... Everyone I talk to about it speaks very highly of the field, and I know that you can make a pretty penny at it too. I dated a girl who was a PA. Had been for about 5 years, worked in Vancouver, WA and made about $14.50 an hour. What do you consider a “pretty penny"?

Require that everyone on cc.com use their real name and I'll go for it. I think that would be a great idea.

Nick the Dragon Slayer once upon a time, and far, far away lived a beautiful Queen with voluptuous breasts. Nick, the Dragon Slayer, was obsessed with the Queen's breasts, but knew that the penalty for ever acting on his desire would be death. One day, Nick revealed his secret desire to Horatio, who was the King's chief Physician. Horatio, the Physician, said that he could arrange for Nick, the Dragon Slayer, to satisfy his desire, but it would cost him 1000 gold coins. Without pause, Nick, the Dragon Slayer, readily agreed to the terms. The next day, Horatio, the Physician, made a batch of itching powder and poured a little bit into the Queen's brassiere while she bathed. Soon after she dressed, the itching commenced and grew intense. Upon being summoned To the Royal Chambers to address this incident, Horatio, the Physician, informed the King and Queen that only a special saliva, if applied for four hours, would cure this type of itch, and that tests had shown that only the saliva of Nick, the Dragon Slayer, would work as the antidote to cure the itch. The King quickly summoned Nick, the Dragon Slayer. Horatio, the Physician, then slipped Nick, the Dragon Slayer, the antidote for the itching powder, which he quickly put into his mouth. For the next four hours, Nick worked passionately on the Queen's voluptuous and magnificent breasts. The Queen's itching was eventually relieved, and Nick, the Dragon Slayer, left not only satisfied, but touted as a hero. Upon returning to his chamber, Nick, the Dragon Slayer, found Horatio, the Physician, demanding his payment of 1,000 gold coins. With his obsession now satisfied, Nick, the Dragon Slayer realized that Horatio, the Physician, could never report this matter to the King, and so with a laugh, he told Horatio to take a hike. The next day, Horatio, the Physician, slipped a massive dose of the same itching powder into the King's underwear. The King immediately summoned Nick, the Dragon Slayer. The moral of the story - - - - - - - - - - - Pay your bills!

Ok....i guess I should not bitch....I have read all of JRR Tolken books......and they are for sure for kids.

Fantastic photo's.....here is a picture of a historic Portland climbers who as been the unspoken caretaker of Beacon Rock for the last 30 years.... Jim Opdyke! Jim is 63 and still leads the South East Corner and you will find him at the crap EVERY weekend. Beacon (and the gorge) is him home.

So 1989? 90?

Have I mentioned that I met David Lee Roth climbing at Joshua Tree. Was he climbing? Or just hanging out? How long ago?

Are the bolts on slab routes not the substance of the means? Even on friction pitches where the only bolts, and the only protection, come in the form of a bolted anchor (rather difficult to get any "rarer") - I don't see how one can argue that the bolts don't facilitate the climb in a way that no other means of protection could. I don't think that Online, for example, would have ever seen an ascent, much less regular traffic without the protection afforded by bolts. I'm not aware of too many people that would consider the route a sport-route, either. So here we have a bolted route, that is not a sport-route, for which bolts provided the substance of the means. Time for a new ethical criterion, methinks. This makes me question how much climbing you've really done. If you're climbing slab between bolts placed at large intervals, and if you're also climbing close to your limit, the bolts won't provide the substance of the means. They will simply catch you and hopefully prevent injuries greater than a sprained ankle. You won't be able to yard up on the bolt by your hip so that you can then clip the bolt by your shoulder, followed by special little mime sequences while your buddies yell "Send it!" as you comb your hair. You'll actually have to climb the rock, and because the bolts are spaced greatly, you'd probably better be in control. So now routes in which the bolts "will simply catch you and hopefully prevent injuries greater than a sprained ankle" and so as long as the bolts aren't close enough together to aid from one to the next, the bolts are no longer provide "the subtstance of the means." This includes the majority of sport routes. Thanks for clarifying. Oh man Pope......getting worked over eh?

Not really sure how to respond?