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Wowzers, up til now I thought you were a prety chill guy. Watch yer blood pressure!

Through all of this I have been wondering, where's Archie?

It's too bad your team came apart. I have to be back at work on the 8th otherwise I'd throw in with you. Are you from around here? It would suck if you are coming a long way. If you're local at least you could try again later. Best of luck to you.

I think the idea is you settle on a strap arrangement that suits you then you go forward with that. I don't think one would need to make constant changes, so after some initial fudging around you have a system that you get used to. On the other hand, different strokes for different folks.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

"Get some!" Good attitude.

Character-builder. Improves fitness. Glass is half full.

I have been a member of a credit union for many years. It is easy to join one. The larger ones are sort of bank-like but not nearly as bad as for-profit banks. You get the same services from a credit union as a bank.

heh, just wait 'til he hears that the grave is empty

green is the new black

If they get around to asking if you're a citizen, they have a non-land-use agenda.

Even without Clint Eastwood it sounds like a great movie scene. I'm going to start carying a little video camera to catch some shenanigans. There could be some sort of marketing opportunity here.

Everett goes to Baker. Beginning this year Seattle limits the enrollment to +/- 100 split into 8 or 9 small groups. No more giant Seattle Mountie crowds, although a "small group" of 12 plus instructors is certainly crowd-ish. If that photo was taken this year, it wasn't Seattle Mounties. FYI the Seattle groups finished their snow & ice stuff weeks ago. 1st step in uncaging the soul is to quit the farkin' Mounties.

The book Starting Strength, by Rippetoe and Kilgore, best cover the barbell lifts for newbie lifters. If what i_like_sun catches your eye, Starting Strength spells it all out. Also, power capacity is one of the most significant elements of Cross Fit. If you live in Seattle, this is a plug for Dave Werner and Cross Fit Seattle in Ballard. Cross Fit Eastside in the Redmond/Bellevue area and Cross Fit Rainier in Puyallup are other excellent CF gyms where you can get the kool-aid. http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/excercise.html

My introduction to simul climbing was being told we were going to do it as we roped up on the col beneath Black Peak NE Ridge. It was one of my first roped climbs. Any learning conditions more sane than that will probably be OK. Funny thing is, multiple people told me DON'T CLIMB WITH THAT GUY but I went anyway.

It's Trad Guy leading a Trad Mountaineering class. The head end is testing cell reception with the tail end. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW

I think I got away whole but it was obvious a shipload of FAIL was coming over the horizon.

...don't do business with Preferred Photo in NYC. It will be a frustrating evolution ending with a bad outcome.

A few weeks ago I lost my helmet at Index. Backcountrydog (Chris), who lives in Index, found it and contacted me. There have been a couple frustrating bumps in the road but he saw it through and returned my helmet to me despite no obligation to do so. Through the frustrations he showed he is a stand-up guy, good integrity. Probably a good guy to know in the mountains.

Can we talk about climbing now?

New extreme sport! Climbing with mis-matched shoes!

Why are you online instead of outdoors on a beautiful day like this?

…and a lot of it is their cologne. They need to seriously dial back the power level. Did you ever see This Is Spinal Tap? French men's colognes definitely go to 11. There are 3 suits from Paris in the office just now. I had to open my window.

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