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Well there you have it. We should start blasting away all those ugly monoliths out there. Maybe we can start in the valley?

I've heard they were blasted as a mining project but that's about all I've heard. Not sure what they were planning on mining though. Bet Joseph knows a bit about the subject.

Great photos Steph, thanks!

So, just for curiosity's sake, aprox. what would a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk or a 6 pack cost there in US dollars?

Looks awesome. Sorry you got rained out though...

Glad to hear it Bill...

Ivan uses ropes now?

If I were king, I'd mandate all convicted racists take a DNA test and make them confront the reality that we are all mutts, at one level or another.

You can send it to Ivan's second home - Beacon Rawke, 2nd tunnel. I think Jim lives in the first tunnel.

Maybe that's what happened to the guy that dropped the one above us that first came floating by us on Steppenwolf, then it was blown over within inches of Ivan's reach a few columns over. Thought for sure he was gonna catch the "beta from heavan". But then the wind blew it the other way. Jim sure seemed appreciative when I gave him my extra copy. Guess he needed some TP, rolling papers or sumpin? I was not here when the politically heyday at Beacon was going on, so I'm not going to get worked up over someone making a map. Looks nice on my wall anyway.

I always wonder how these nutjob racists would feel if they were to get their own DNA tested, only to find out the have the same genes/race history as the people/races they hate so much. After all, we are all mutts in big picture.

Hey Ivan, just go to Mr Piton Liny and for $5 you will have 2 maps in your mailbox, probably the next day. Or, you can just wait for another one to come falling out of the sky and hope you catch it this time... that was pretty funny.

Did the same thing, hung them on the wall in my home office. However, I need to get them in a frame or two. Was looking around my house for some frames that will work.

Can't we all just get along?

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PM sent.

2nd that, USAA has always gone above and beyond for me. Things like covering a tow on an expired vehicle several days AFTER I canceled the policy, extremely fast payment on claims... When I did shop around for car insurance, the other companies would ask who I was currently with, when I told them USAA, they said not to bother shopping cause I am getting the best possible deal.

Ditto, thanks.

Where was this vital information during the campaign? No wonder McCain lost.

Yeah, kinda wished I would have save my state of the art, puffy workout pants too. They were pretty sweet with all these pink an black squiglies. Would be fun to break them out at a costume party or sumpin...

When he was not climbing, Wendell was pretty much a regular at DRS when I lived in Vegas. I think I noticed you mentioned Joanne in a few of your TRs, is that the famous Joanne Urioste, who put up some of the many classics back in the 70s-80s? If so, cool to hear she is still hard at it. I'm going through her old, tattered original guide book for RR right now. Funny, I only gave 1 star to Dream of Wild Turkeys, now I remember it as one of my all time favorites. Probably to cold for the Velvet Wall in Feb though. Must have done that one about a dozen times. But I digress...

Denali, we've gotten mixed weather there in Feb. February RR trip report. I think the key may be to allow enough time for both good and bad, so you're not completely washed out if it's cold or wet for a couple days. I'm sure we'll try again this Feb, though, so let's cross fingers for the best! Would be cool to catch you there! I'll only be there in Feb to be in a buddies wedding. I used to live there in the early 90's and we were able to climb quite a bit in Feb, but ya never know. I'm hoping to get on some of the sunny classics. I'll be hunting for partners a few weeks ahead. I've also been trying to track down some old partners from back in the day too. Pretty sure Wendell, "The Dean", is still climbing. He must be in his early 70's now, but last time I saw him around 2000, he said his goal was to lead 5.13 by his 65th birthday. I think he was 64 then.

Stupid insecure rednecks with a small penis complex. LOL Never bring a bat to a gun fight.

More like one of the many misstep his campaign took. They seemed pretty desperate the further along it went.