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Of course, the true message of that bumper sticker is "If you're not a Christian, you're not forgiven." Hence my fundamental problem with the Christian cult. No matter how you slice it, it's an "us versus them" philosophy.

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Yu wan flies wit dat?

Big Man Wu!

Now there's some Celtic dentition for ya.

Well, I do post TRs and participate in the ice climbing forum, if, in fact, that's damning evidence on a climbing website. And, when certain inexperienced wankers bring up my TR pics out of context with ill-informed critiques, I educate them. I also respond when ill-informed postings concerning the ACLU come up. Unlike yourself, I'm not afraid to make my positions very clear and open for debate, and that includes calling you on your frequent bullshit. As for my speaking engagements, no, the subject of climbing has never come up. My audiences do most of the talking, actually, and we tend to stay on topic. The post- talk feedback I get has been very positive, by the way. Thanks for fantasizing about it. I'm flattered.

Scree and slide alder is for pussies. Devil's Club is the preferred route on occasion. Slide cedar, gooseberries, hornets, and blackflies. Now there's a beautiful combination.

Someone needs a good schtupping again. yeah? so? i'm high maintenance. got a problem w/that??? What we have here is a target rich comeback environment.

Someone needs a good schtupping again.

Christianity is hardly unique in this respect. Islam also portrays Allah as being "always right" and perfect in every way. Islam, like Cristianity, also attracts those who have no idea how to live a life by their own construction. Islam goes so far as to say that men must wear beards, women must be veiled lest they arouse the male libido, you can't be in the same room with a dog, you can't touch a woman to whom you aren't married, and you have to wipe your ass with your left hand only. I wouldn't know, I've never read the Koran nor had any Islamic religious training. Have you?

I heart trundling.

I feel a Manifesto coming on! Will there also be an Anthem? The Left would be proud of you, JayB.

If someone doesn't mention the Pogues soon, I'll be forced to first produce me pistol, and then produce me rapier....

Blake, You can do any of the main canyons in Zion with a 75ft rap. We used two 75 ft 7mm lines for our several trips there. My favorites: The Subway. Swimming and raps required. Velociraptor fossils. Awesome. Orderville Canyon. I'm can't remember if raps are required but there's definitely a bunch of wading at the end where it dumps into the Virgin River Canyon. Don't park up top if it's gonna rain...the gumbo is a bitch to drive on! Black Pools. Got positioned at the top but didn't do it because of heavy snowfall/melt/flood danger. It's a classic, however. Virgin River. Also a classic, but we also didn't do it due to flooding. As for gear, we hiked/swam naked with thin neoprene booties and sandals, and big ole dry bag packpacks. It was late Sept. A light dry bag in a regular backpack would be more comfy and lighter. We just tossed the pack into the pool and used it for flotation. The water temperature is in the 50s, but none of the pools are very long. The exception would be the Virgin River: A wetsuit is advised due long periods in the drink. BTW, you're welcome to use my 7mils.

I hope you boys respected the Wyoming speed limits. Nice job. Looks like a bit of a stiff start on that first pitch.

Don Juan san!

I just went back and tried to look this up. I found dozens of posts where you mock the imaginary "left" but I could not locate a post where you actually stated what YOU think. Like most hipsters, JayB is WAY TOO COOL to put his opinions out there. Hey, dOOd, if you have to ask.....After all, there's so much to mock, and so little time. Even hipsters, however, can eventually come off sounding like broken records.

If anyone here can decipher this neural fibrillation, please let me know.

OH, and if you can't wait for Icicle Ridge or RAMROD, we can just do good ole Mailbox Peak anytime you like. And, you're welcome to join us for a Lillooet jaunt this weekend so you can demonstrate your rope gunning.

A 'scheduling' accomplishment? Bit of backpedaling there for such someone who came out of the starting gate chest beating about how awesome you are. I prefer longer distances, and you said you love to climb, so how about RAMROD? You do have a road bike, don't you? I you can't hack that, then you did mention trail. How about my little training route on Icicle Ridge? 34 miles and 12,000 feet of gain. I never claimed to be a great rock climber. But you did chest beat about your endurance. OK, then, we'll play on my end of the field. Tell ya what, you choose between the two. After all, you did leave it up to me. So, you climbed a sport route nearly half a year ago and then chest beat about how certain pot smoking (wrong there, actually) sportos on this site don't climb? And you're bragging about a 5.11? If you're such a hot shot, why the need to chest beat (and beat others down) at all? There are lots of good climbers on this site, and only you (and perhaps one or two others) feel the need to brag about your prowess. Tragic. Technical climbing's a game I play against myself, not anyone else. I enjoy rock climbing, but it never was my primary focus, and I never said it was, so challenge Pink if you feel the need. I climb what I enjoy. As for ice, I'm very happy with where I am after a whole year of doing it, thanks. Whether or not I'm 'better' than anyone else is irrelevant; I'm getting better every climb and having fun doing it, and that's all that matters to me. If you feel the need to slam me for lack of experience, you go girl. I couldn't give less of a shit. My original point to your original asshole's comment was that some of us, and that would not be you, are still out there on a regular basis pushing our game on a frequent basis, at whatever level that might be, while you're on the couch spraying about what posers we are like a fucking jerk. I've known a lot of climbers who are far, far more accomplished in the sport than you, and not a single one felt the need to act like such an ass towards his fellow climbers.

I speak for the ACLU at high schools all the time. We're not the Communist Party, but we present and discuss very controversial issues. There are still plenty of good teachers out there who want their students to learn how to think for themselves and weigh opposing points of view. The first tool in the anti-dissent kitbag is to make the dissenters look like clowns. This is practically the ONLY tool in Pugets and JayB's tool bag. They find the easiest targets; the angry lesbos, etc etc, and let fly. They're not too keen, however, on discussing the stupid fucking war that and stupid fucking ideas behind the war, both of which these two posters supported vigorously (before it became, um, 'unfashionable' to do so, that is) that these dissent groups are opposing. So who are the real clowns here, relatively speaking?

OMFG, you think this warrants a chestbeat? And what, you have to have Fairweather write your material for you? Um, mountain biking isn't a form of climbing. You haven't climbed jack shit in forever. And 78,000 feet, while it may sound like alot to a wanker, works out to be less than 1,000 feet a day over three months; that's less than 20 minutes a day, i.e., not very impressive. Shit, my grandma could climb more than that, and she's dead. I climb 2500 feet a day (half on bike, half on foot) on average when training for an adventure race, Pussy Little Couch Boy. My team climbed a fifth of your three month total in ONE DAY. Right now I'm just in pre-season mode, only running uphill 1,000 feet a day on average, but that's only a quarter of my total training program right now. Any more boring stories oooooof...your Glory Dayz? And tell you what, how about a RAMROD challenge this year?

I go into the mountains because I throw like a girl. I wish I had sat next to God in school; I would have done better. The idea of a being that is "always right" is uniquely Christian. The religion attracts those who have need for such a ridiculous notion as perfection, which, after all, is a completely human construct. God is 'perfect' because believers in God say so. Oh. OK. Whatever you guys say. After all, you made this shit up. As for the universe, well, a person chooses to believe that it's either perfect, imperfect, or that it just is what it is. I'm satisfied with door #3. Anything else just seems like human conceit.

shut fuk up li'w Owegon bich peepo!

Hey, Glory Dayz, I climbing 3 days on da ice las week. Pink climb now bettah dan yo bes yeah, 'bou a century ago, even wit hiz ahms and legz cut off. You even climb off yo fa' ass to get channel changeah dis week, Couch Boy?