tvashtarkatena

Enceladus is cool if you like that greeny blue schmeg you see at Jellystone, but Europa's got 3 times more liquid water than Earth. Could give ice fishing a whole new direction. Bring extra line and lots more whiskey.

Its a gar. They've pretty much opted out of the whole evolution thing. Jesus, why do I even fucking know that....

Blowdry your coiff upward Erasorhead style and you coulda been a modern Rebuffat in that sucker.

If it's a Catholic trip, invite a priest, tie a line to him, and tell him there's a group of lost altar boys on the other side in need of rescue. You'll be across in a few minutes.

You might want to consult with Alex on that.

Do you see, Otzi? Do you see what happens when you don't carry the 10 essentials?

Outfitted by the Ice Man.

And their star graduate was CBS Later vintage. Mine was early 80s. I got lucky. My roommates, co-oworkers, and fellow students were all into it. The mountains were neither crowded nor Cblocked by permit systems. It was a great time to explore the mountains. The organizations that got me into the mountains - first the Scouts, then the Mounties, have their issues, as most organizations do, but I have nothing but gratitude and love for them, personally. As always, YMMV. Back to the original topic - MMW - nothing against the store itself, but that location blew goats at 10 cents a herd.

Video is in order

Everett was good times. 15 people in a smoked out snow cave for winter bivvy. The rules were somewhat...relaxed up there. And some of the instructors were actually good climbers - even if they weren't club members per se.

Apparently, if you left these critters alone for too long, they'd emerge driving lizard cars n shit: Anolis evolution in the Bahamas The rate of evolution among viruses, bacteria and insects leave these guys in the beach sand.

Bennett

Jack and Connie ran the basic/intermediate courses when I was taking them

5) Everett

Sweet looking chap. I hope you find him.

Doesn't seem like too big a deal - plenty of pilgrims do it. You've got a top cable to clip tightish to, and that big fat heavy cable's not gonna sway too much. Walking = better pics. Particularly if you biff and winding up straddling that action. Wear sensible shoes.

You can take whipper after whipper on biners clipped to tiny stopper cables and bolts. A body weighted fatty cable is benign in comparison. I wouldn't even bother with the glove, personally. Just clip some borrowed biners on that thing and start pulling.

Cut a couple of fingers from an old leather glove, slip em on your biners, tack em in place with a bit o the Gorilla, Tyrollon, my brother. Your biners won't even notice.

I've had great luck finding good partners here - still do. I've known a number of beginners who share that opinion, so that experience doesn't seem to be limited by level of expertise. Necessarily anecdotal data, perhaps, but blanket implications that seeking partners/mentors/tuan tuans is a waste of time seem counterproductive on a forum that is expressly designed to make such connections happen. In contrast, a Partners forum seems like less fertile ground for stoking an argument. Just stoking seems like a more natural fit here.

Review: I've had flexor tendinitis (trigger finger) in my ring finger of both hands for just over a year now. It was pretty bad early this fall when I was remodeling. It is hugely better now. My observations and experimentation so far: Partial immobilization: Coindidentally, I had a common wart on the proximal (affected) joint of my right ring finger - so I froze it and wrapped it in 3/4" wide Gorilla tape, as you do. I accidentally discovered that this was the most effective method for immobilizing the joint enough to prevent triggering without losing use of the hand for typing, climbing etc. Both affected joints are wrapped this way now. Accessorize with black fingernail polish when clubbing is on the agenda. Joint Support Supplements: The science is mixed, but I began NOW's chondroiton, glucosamine, and MSM joint support supplements about 2 months ago (iHerb.com seems to be the cheapest source). Both hands got much better. Activities: Having said that, I also finished the remodel about the same time as I started taking the supplements. Strangely, rock climbing doesn't seem to exacerbate the condition, but full grip activities (power tools, etc) certainly does. I've put most of my current home projects on hold until this thing's resolved. Steroid injection: I got one in the left hand only, which remained worse than the right, a week ago. Hard to tease out causality because I'm doing so many things at once, but that hand is now on par with the right. That is all.

Remember the good ole days when you had to go to a church to find a preacher?

It's a Dog > eDog world out there.

Thanks for showing us the way, Joe.

If I'm actually in the thread I think I'm in I call that victory, buddy. For you fellow coots out there, I switched from tely to AT at 52 - self taught telier without much downhill skiing experience save watching others and a few downhill turns on corn - the transition turned out to be surprisingly quick and easy. Goodbye tely - wish I could say I hardly knew ye! Will Rogers nailed it: When you're done learning, you're done.

Littler, anyway.