Choada_Boy

AWESOME!!! POST OF THE YEAR???

Here's another clue, troll, after looking at your email address: When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then I will be confident.

My guess is that your sudden appearance here asking dumb questions and being indignant about the responses can be linked to the sudden appearance of another poster asking dumb questions and being indignant about the responses. Just a guess...

I am trying to research the skills required to be an astronaut so that I can build a spaceship and go to the moon. Any advice that I can ignore?

Marmot Prince will be using the "Climb High, Die on the Summit" strategy.

If only someone would invent a piece of climbing equipment that behaved like an infinite number of microscopic screamers connected together that dynamically absorbed the force of a falling climber. Is it even possible?

I wonder if Dawg would like to comment on the Egyptian police state. Do they accept bribes?

Please give me that fine handmade guitar.

You NEED double opposed locking biners on the Gri Gri for this system to work.

There's a prefab building and a funny smell Around the hill outside of town Every now and then we wonder But we shrug our shoulders And get back to work There's a railroad there and trains go by And there's people locked in cattle cars And have you noticed The french fries at the A&W Taste a little strange? I drive down to the disco Pompadour and pink lamme I bow and blow the doorman He parts the chain, says join the game A quick line in the girls room To the bar for the electrodes A coin into the right slits Tape my temple watch me go Now I want your perfect Barbie-doll lips And I want your perfect Barbie-doll eyes Slip my fingers down your Barbie-doll dress Up and down your spandex ass If I lit a match for you You'd melt before my eyes C'mere my pretty glow-worm You look so fine to dance with me The fly-eye lights are throbbin' I'm burning up the floor Whirling twirling Close my eyes No faces judging me But I want your perfect Barbie-doll lips And I want your perfect Barbie-doll eyes Slip my fingers down your Barbie-doll dress Up and down your spandex ass A Hitler youth in jogging suit Smiling face banded 'round his arm Says, 'Line up, you've got work to do We need dog food for the poor' A scream bleats out, we're herded into lines Customized vans wait outside I'm getting scared of my new home To Auschwitz condominiums we go Oh no Now I want your perfect Barbie-doll lips And I want your perfect Barbie-doll eyes Let my fingers down your dress One more time

I don't know too much about ol' Santorum. . except that he's pretty conservative(aren't they all?). Bigot? Here's some background info: Rick Santorum

Way to tell the Interwebs how you'd stand up to the MAN, Dawg! You Rulz!!

This is the best answer here. Other than that, listen to the guys who understand physics, freebody diagrams, and applied forces in a pulley system. Marmot Prince doesn't need no Physics! He climbed some 14ers!!

Crossroads would get you to "Blues Jam Master", but is that enough? Another one I've been working on, a bit off from the "complete guitarist" concept but still fun to play: [video:youtube]

Good suggestions. I was thinking something along the lines of this one. It seems to have a bit of everything. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvEMPyZFRj0&feature=related Also: Does anyone know anything about powered speakers?

New Question: If you were going to learn one song, in it's entirety, for the electric guitar, that would make you as close to a "complete" guitar player as possible, what would it be?

My condolences to friends and family.

The most non-obvious danger will be your own ignorance and inexperience.

I'd start out with a latent death wish, a healthy dose of narcissistic hubris, or pure ignorance leading to overconfidence. You seem to have at least two of the three. You'll be fine. Relationship problems help as well. So does a shitty plastic shovel, or better yet, an empty Big Gulp cup, for digging emergency snow shelters. But you know all this already, you're just asking your questions to see what other people think. Another key to success is using up vacation time at work and scheduling a time frame within which you come from out of state and MUST complete the climb, regardless of the weather or route conditions. We've seen people have great success with that strategy recently. A poorly charged cell hone, PLB, and Tauntaun will add to your chances of success. The basic problem with your essential question as I understand it is that it is actually a "koan". A person asking what it takes to solo Rainier is not a person ready to ask what it takes to solo Rainier. A person able to solo Rainier does not ask what it takes to solo Rainier. Get it?

Perhaps you should have stayed awake during the glacier travel course and read the beginner's guide. Maybe that's your problem right there.

You're fun! But here goes: "Huh?" Wha??? Rangers are asking you, on an application for a permit to solo Rainier, how you'd protect and rescue yourself from a crevasse fall? This seems shocking, with all your experience on 14ers (which doesn't really count for shit)? "What do the Rangers want to hear?" My guess it that they are trying to figure out how many hours it will be after you depart before they have to start risking their own lives to either try to save your dumb ass or try and find your dead body. This allows them to plan on getting to Muir in time to smoke enough pot in the hut. But again: Go For It!! You've got what it takes! The people on this board don't know shit, and they most certainly have never seen posts like yours from a person like you. You might even get your ascent published in next years AINAM.

Not to mention getting stuck behind the Conga Line.

MP: You come off like a real douche bag. Perhaps this is why you're planning a solo attempt? No one can stand your company? Regarding your "planned ascent": Go for it! You clearly have all the experience you need and are only asking your seriously dumb ass questions for the fun of it. I'm sure you'll have no problems cruising from Muir to the top in less than 2 hours and sleeping on the summit. I would suggest, though, that you do SAR a favor and sew six webbing loops onto the sides of your sleeping bag so that they may more easily drag your corpse off the mountain. Best wishes!!

I'll be sure to leave some trash on the summit to mark my important ascent.

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