Sherri

Warm weather=more beer. What's not to love?

I love it when you get all butch. Unfortunately, Shugga may be sweet, but she ain't insulated enough for that forecast, Hunnypie. Lows in the 20's and 30's! Sure the Westie will be warm, but eventually I'd have to come out to climb, right? WTF happened to fall? This is madness. I'm jumping ship next week and going down to Red Rock to warm up. Now THIS is a climbing forecast! You should come, too!

That's because I have been holding out for a better forecast. It's just too damn cold. I'm delicate. I'm bummed I'm going to miss cuddling with you and Minx.

Oh, those scrapes from Cat Burglar were nuthin. You know, just a little exfoliation to keep the scar fresh. No, I missed it. Please tell me again. I'm kinda late on doling out the appreciation for today; so consider this a headstart on tomorrow's wuv: :kisss: :kisss: how's that?

WTF? It took three days for my appreciation thread to amass 25 posts, and you're at 24 in only a day? What do you have that I don't?

Hey Babe, my shins can take whatever you dish out. (long as you're not wielding a chainsaw) I think everyone should have an appreciation thread. I think we should start a forum just for that very purpose, in fact. I think we should rename cc.com, Climber Appreciation Forum. I bet it would be a big hit. Celebrate your inner narcissist, I say! Sobo, have I told you today that I appreciate you? :kisss:

I was always partial to the Muppets. Especially the Swedish chef. "Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue. Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! Bork! Bork!"

We brought one of ours last year(it was a necessary evil). She kept a pretty low profile around the campfire until she discovered that these strange people with lights on their heads had a propensity for dropping FOOD everywhere. Clearly concerned for the environment, she went on an all-out mission to clean up the site.

I'm sure he'd appreciate(and get a chuckle out of) your story and sentiment, Malcolm. You're right on about Kevin's friendliness and helpfulness. A kind soul, indeed. He introduced me to his playground(the Elwha) last winter and was nothing but patient and encouraging at the end of the rope as I repeatedly flailed on his fave routes. (He didn't tell me there were "easy" ones ) His ability to send those burlies so effortlessly was almost uncanny. I don't know the details of the accident, other than what's been posted over on the supertopo.com thread: He fell this weekend in Eldorado, CO ;his wife witnessed the fall; he has two broken ankles and back injuries; went in for surgery on the worst ankle tonight. He always said he'd rather die in a fall than end up busted up for the rest of his life. This is going to be a hard pill to swallow. Hopefully, his love for climbing and support of his wonderful wife will pull him through and see him back out there sending at the Elwha someday soon, showing the rest of us how it's done.

Pears aren't bad. I'm more of a star fruit.

The only one that lets my feet reach the ground--Sportser. She's a 1990 pearly white beauty.

Good point.

But weatherman says it's going to be C-O-L-D! I'm not built for alpine

Kevin keeps a pretty low profile around here and isn't one for much fuss, but for those of you who know him or have climbed with him, you know he's a salt-of-the-earth kinda guy who puts his heart into his climbing. I'm sure he and his wife could use your good thoughts and wishes right now. Supertopo thread about Kevin's fall this weekend

Glad to hear that everyone was ok! Sounds like you had an awesome day, Sobo. Good to see you racking some mileage and and gettin' all core for next season. Found me a ropegun! Wooot!

Aw shucks, Sobo. That's quite an inspiring endorsement. Thank you for your kind words. I'd climb with you any day, too.

It's nice to be appreciated. When are you going to come back and ropegun for me again? I haven't been up Z-crack since that photo! (Could be a Harley ride in it for ya..... ) Sure isn't the same without you around here. Don't be a stranger!

Ok. We're good. :kisss: My L'worth plans got rained out today. I'm staying home to pick blackberries for your RU cobbler.

OMG, it all makes sense now!

I'm jealous.

Buttlips IS killer.

Crap, that SUCKS. Next thing you know packs will start disappearing from the bases there, like what just happened to Wakaranai at Cumberland this weekend. Nothing's sacred anymore. Thanks for letting us know what to look out for. If they try and sell it on here, they'll be sorry.

If it's not cold and rainy, I'll be there with bells on. Don't worry about including me in the head count, though; I don't do beer or weenies. And I'm not sitting next to Rob.

If Rob's coming, it's gonna rain for sure. Now we're ALL jinxed.

Dire circumstances call for emergency spooning. I call dibs on Sobo.