Lucky Larry

Heard it can be very cold there, even if it's not winter. Can anyone validate this rumor?

bingo, Thank you.

put 'boots' in query boxes and nothing comes up in results. what am I doing wrong? I posted this again because my last post did not take.

zounds, well there isn't any swelling at this time, I guess I am just going to play wait and see

Fixed it fer ya. this would cause panic in my pants

holy doo-doo

start up to lake ann thur am. single, couple, or clan. Let's mob the thing just for the hello of it and a misplaced sense of safety in numbers, or not. 503.577.8762

Trip: Smith Rock -Detour - many Date: 9/16/2010 Trip Report: 9.16 late arrival w/lostcam K, rain, beer. 9.17 rain, beer, climbing movies. 9.18 rain, hike, otters spotted in crooked river, beer and burgers by Next Adventure; raffle, climbing movies 9.19 cloudy, breakfast by climbers for Christ, raffle, people leave and sun comes out, climb w/Yoder. 9.20 brilliant sunrise, climb w/Yoder then Lostcam, beer 9.21 climb w/lostcam, beer. Say goodbye to Josh and Darrin from climbmax, donate a case of beer for the cause/hospitality. Short version: families, children, babies, friends, food, raffles, movies, comps, DJ, Reps, good times for all even in the warm rain. Be there next year; it will be even better: I've been told. Somewhere, I lost a day of climbing and my smokes but won four raffles. Gear Notes: sport or trad Approach Notes: crawl from tent

I ate half a flat box of Cinnamon rolls from slaveway and 500mm of coffee before we did SEWS. The sugar and caffeine kicked in as i was still waking up, the karbs and fat kept me going until I ate some more munchies later. Eat everything you can get down and forget the die-yet. If it doesn't make you happy while your eating it then it is psyching you out, not up, for the climbing.

I always ended up w/injured fingers from the gym the few times I went. A much better rock climber then myself just used the door jamb at home. The latest scare is communicable skin diseases of which there are many and some are passed on by sweat. And some are very bad, as in , antibiotic resistant flesh eating kind. I would recommend not climbing gym plastic w/any open wound. To each his/her own.

if you ain't plaid you ain't bad

anyone know someone that has reasonable price (whats reasonable?)in Salem or Portland Oregon? I have a gold crown that is zinging me.

you too?

all the above. Skyridge has a spicy run out start; do the second pitch traverse as it is easy and the exposure is not to be missed.

I wish I had said it

nice, the traverse was not completely covered w/snow when I was up there sept 2 and looked too sketchy so I bailed.

technically speaking: what is the top of, and the bottom of, a band of clouds called?

I like the guide that has down time idea: completely reasonable; they can always say no. I like the idea so much I may use it myself, primarily because I usually don't know when I will be "in" or 'out' of recovery and do not like to bail on people. However, I am on a couple of peoples list as the last person to call- I think I will use this in my next post for a partner. Plenty of people looking for work below their usual rate doesn't make them cheap or you the bad guy. Just a guy that doesn't have a lot of cash helping someone that needs some.

any movement this way would mean a blood bath. anyway, it will all implode by it's own motion. gawd save the Queen

let me throw a wrench into it: me thinks the biggest problem is motivation. The direction of societies motivation toward the "elite class". If the masses can't have it they will strive for it even if it means living vicariously, even minimally, through green lawns, cars, internet, porno, music, TV, movies, cheetoes, climbing, fishing, vacations, fast food etc. Even the poorest of poor have TV. Remember the depression; people still went to the movies to escape reality. It is all an escape from reality and totally useless behavoir. Food, water, shelter; sound familiar? That's all we really need but it's too F'in boring. Get some grunt to do the nasty work and some hack to fix me when I'm broken and leave me alone to waste my life as I see fit in a totally useless manner(one definition of privacy). 8 billion people-now fix it? I am a simpleton and old enough to know it. Every original thought I have had has not been original. My own personalized solution is????Geez, I forgot. Where was I? Oh ya, everything is fucked up because of all the fucked motivation. Some climbers are funny, they never admit to being selfish or arrogant or addicts. We're fucking hunters hunting for life threatening trashy cheap thrills. Now rationalize that. I'm sure someone can. Does that bug me. Sure, they make more money than me. So should we give up? Probably be better for the planet. Do third world people believe in the green revolution? If it puts food on the plate. Other than that I think it's all BS, feel good, buy, bye, by, y. If you made it this far check out 'privacy' on wikipedia. 70% of all new hires are based on histories that have been screened with the internet search engines. Old fucks like me will be living in cars or worse after I post this history of my negativity. Geez.

Geez, what got against the guy, he can't hear you anyway; they crucified him, remember?

So the alcoholic says, ' I'm not pulling any punches w/you, I'm an alcoholic.' I says, 'everyone has problems, what's the big deal? At least we can still buy a beer.'

Arr Billy, have ya ever been to sea? Jeeezzz, I must still be in Kansas, and tired.

I'm not a name drop-eererrr.. but Wayne said he liked Tahoe. Years ago Opdyke and me-self stopped there to crash on the way to red rocks and Wayne let us crash on the dorm floor, mostly I think Jim wanted to catch up w/Wayne , Jim being his mentor, anyway, all I remember is that it was a floor. Wayne was working, skiing and probably climbing there. So Wayne recently told me that he would consider it a good place to live- and I'm pretty sure Wayne does everything climbing related. Woah, good question Larry. I am impressed that you are looking to move for a bit. A couple of places have that, but are expensive and red. Jackson WY, and boulder, Co are neat. I like Bishop , Ca too. Second on the list is Vegas, Tahoe, Bozeman, Mazama, and Bellingham. I have a few friends that I have talked this out with as I too am considering new places to explore, Good luck, Wayne So let me know how it goes, I am ready for something cheep near the steep myself. Heard anything about Bozeman?

well I guess I am out of gas right now, w/the rain starting I'm thinking maybe time to go elsewhere.