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Posts posted by gavastik
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People are going to Index after work
That should be: people are going to Exit 38 after work. D'uh!
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Oh, I see now. That's kinda out of my league for a day-trip: isn't the approach something like 10 miles? Well, anyway, good luck finding partners or see you at the pub club.
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Ooh, I can climb tomorrow! Am I Kellie's friend? People are going to Index after work, but I can go in the morning... I'm PMing you.
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Hey, it's totally a tadpole!
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Wow, okay, so there's climbing and drinking at Index AND there's drinking at the Owl and Thistle! I probably won't be able to make it to Index tonight, so what time do the good people of CC gather at the pub?
This is what we're talking about, right? http://www.owlnthistle.com/
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Newbie showing promise. I mean: I promise there'll be a newbie (to the PNW) showing up. The question is where?
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I'd love to join the CC crowd this Wednesday. Where/how do you meet exactly? Any carpooling going on from Redmond?
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I carry WC technical friends, which is mostly a historical accident or several. I like them. Most of my partners have BD camalots, and I like them too.
I have a #5 friend that's handy for clubbing baby seals (and occasional offwidth).
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Bizarre PMs
in Spray
er... the picture you posted: isn't it a scene from Brazil (the movie)?
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Bizarre PMs
in Spray
best movie evah!*
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There's a Mt Washington in Washington State?
Sorry, can't help you - and it's raining on east side's Mt Washington of course...
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Bizarre PMs
in Spray
Haven't you learned - climbing girls from Boston don't really exist!!!<disappears in a puff of logic>
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Feel free to speak up if you think you’ve done something similar or something bigger.
So what's the biggest thing you've done then? A hippo? A gorilla? Or do you just hump your big pillow at night?
Read this, oh mighty one, and learn from your betters: story time
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So you know her rating? Which guidebook is that in?
My mom is pretty easy to piss off, that's for sure.
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For knotzen
in Spray
The Japanese eat little fat and have less heart disease than the British and the Americans.
The French eat lots of fat and have less heart disease than the British and the American.
The Japanese drink little wine and have less heart disease than the British and the Americans.
The French drink lots of wine and have less heart disease than the British and the Americans.
Conclusion: eat and drink whatever you want, all your problems come from the English language.
<ducks> I swear I read it somewhere!
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BTW: HERE is an older thread about sandbags.
Wow, 9+ pages of sandbags. <shudder>
Okay, how about easy routes for the grade, hm? Obvious climbing, good protection, clean falls, nice solid rock... They must exist, no?
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An old partner from days of yore once opined, "Sobo, you can't buy Friends." It is true in more ways than one...
Oh yeah?!? Well, I bought mine, and at a discount too!!!
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I still don't understand why people still use daisy chain???
Er... aid climbing?
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aliens do in fact rule.
otherwise, i use friends - the utterly non-original , flexible kind. they are shiny and colorful... and they're my friends.
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Oh bullcrap
Er... what exactly are you calling bullcrap on?
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I'm not from around here so don't know about any specific local etiquette. With that in mind: waiting until the leader below you is either at a belay or at a spot where they can tell you they're safe is common courtesy, IMO. Beware of just yelling 'rope!' without looking for feedback. I was once leading a traversing route, when a rope fell from above and whacked my ropes behind me, pulling down on me. Thankfully I was at a pretty good stance, so no biggie, but kind of scary. When the guys rapped down they swore they yelled 'rope!' but I sure didn't hear them.
Anyway, just to say: play nice, kids!
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Hypothermia could just as easily have destroyed my chances of success. A cardiac surgeon and English Channel swimmer once warned me that it was impossible to swim for any length of time in water that is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. "A normal person will be disabled within seconds," he said, "and dead within two or three minutes."
http://www.yukonman.com/cold_water.asp
It turns out that a normal person can survive for a while in ice-cold water (with a couple provisos) -- watch that first video!
Not that I'd want to do that, of course... brrr...
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furries on skis... aaaahhhhhh!!!!!
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And all this time I thought it was "pompom". Learn something new everyday!
Merriam-Webster has both pom-pom and pompon FWIW.
Kurt injured?
in Climber's Board
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Ugh. Kurt/AlpineK I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you at pub club -- surgery for head injuries is a good excuse
Wishing you a speedy and full recovery. Hoping to meet you yet (soon).