Doug

Fred walks in to a bar. He spots George W., Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell at a table near the back. He asks the bartender to verify his sighting, and the bartender says "yup that's them". So Fred walks back there and says "Wow, I can't believe it, what are you guys doing here?" George W. says "We're plannin' World War 3, sparky!" Fred says "what are you guys planning on?" Rumsfeld says "We're gonna kill 25 million Iraqi's and a French bicycle repairman". "Holy Shit!" says Fred "You'r gonna kill a French bicycle repairman?" George W. punches Powell on the shoulder and says "see, I told you no one would give a shit about killing 25 million Iraqi's."

quote: Originally posted by Dru: Why is Budweiser like sex in a canoe? Cause it's fuckin' near water. For god sake, this was used in another thread recently.

I think the list shows an erroneous date of death for McLean Stevenson. I believe his date of demise coincided precisely with the date he left the cast of M*A*S*H!

I hear federal prisons are like country clubs.

Trial and experience can be the best way to learn. I've seen folks take anything from a NOLS or Outward bound class to the Mountaineers basic climbing class and be book smart, but painfully lame in the hills. Your best bet is to find an experienced partner and learn from the school of hard knocks. But hey, if you've gor $4k to spend, and think you'll have enough for gear afterwards, go for it! P.S., if you are doing the trial and experience if you run in to any of the regular poster on this site, be prepared to be publicly humiliated!

1. Mt. Stuart 2. Willi Unsoeld 3. Anything I haven't done yet

1. Mt. Stuart 2. Willi Unsoeld 3. Anything I haven't done yet

If there were a non-bolted (or even bolted)crag anywhere in that state I'd be all over it. So far, most of my business on the new job is not near j-tree, yosemite, or any decent climbing. On the upside, the beach running in Florida was nice, along with the 80 degree weather.

Just returned from bidness trip to Melbourne Florida. Whenever I go on one of these trips I always look for a climbing gym in the city I'm traveling to. I didn't find any on the web, but on the way to my bidness appt. Tuesday, I tumbled across this place. http://www.ontheedge-fla.com Nice folks.

quote: Originally posted by Charlie: THAT'S IT! I'M SICK OF YOU, YOU DIRTY REVEREND! YOU JUST NAME THE TIME AND PLACE AND I'LL BE THERE TO KICK YOU'RE HOLY ASS! Remember Charlie, kick a reverend's ass and you'll end up smoking a turd in purgatory with Blakely (Blow up Mary Magdalene thing) Rumor has it that someone was going to the Rev's confessional one day to confess cunnilingus. Being rather nervous about his pentence, he asked an altar boy what the reverend gives for oral sex. 2 candy bars and a coke was the reply.

This has probably been mentioned already, but if you do take a WFR course and you want to keep the certification current, check the organization's policy. Some schools will only allow you to re-cert through them. That , for some has proven to be a logistical nightmare. Also, I believe that in this state to get an EMT, you need a sponsoring agency to finish the requirements (some hours of OJT). MOFA is essentially American Red Cross 1st Aid & CPR and a few hours of how to treat wounds in an alpine environment (Ice Axe & trekking pole splints, sucking chest wounds caused by ice axes, etc.)

Phil, What was that picture? Some sort of Rorsach test?

FWIW, I tend to stay away from TNF clothes because I don't agree with the mass market saturation that they do. I almost bought a Nuptse down jacket over the holidays at the TNF outlet store in Bend ($92.00). I think I couldn't pull the trigger because I just don't like their marketing appeal. Either that or I couldn't talk my wife into letting me. It looked to be a fine garment. I've worn Moonstone stuff for years now. While making an inquiry to them about local dealers, I was informed that they now send some of their seconds to the Pacific Trail outlet store in North Bend. I called out there and they had some pretty damned good prices. Pacific Trail is Moonstones current parent company.

Wow Jim, you are almost at 300 post! You are like a mounted on the dashboard plastic spray jesus!

I am in total awe!

Didn't these guys go out of business once before in Lynnwood? Then they moved to Sultan. Hmmmm, mybe they'll re-surface again in INDEX?!?!?!?!?

Have you looked at the LED Bulb that goes in the Petzl Zoom? It's 3 LED arrangement that replaces the regular bulb. I tried to find one at the downtown REI this past Sunday. I was told that you can gat one at the repair counter, which naturally wasn't open Sunday.

Sheesh Charlie, this ain't that kind of internet site, or at least it wasn't while you were out of town. How was J-Tree?

I always thought the term was "vegetation belay", not vegetablebelay. Funniest climbing term? How about SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!

Best and worst of 2001? Tough call . So many good and not so good things happened in this electronic community. I got a real kick out of Beck's adventures with Teddy Ruxpin. The response to Scott's complaint about dope smokers in the Flatulence Hilton was quite entertaining as well. The Dan's Dreadful Direct fiasco was interesting. It was good to see that there are so many differing opinions out there, even better to see what some will do to back up their beliefs, but kinda sucky to see how seriously some can take themselves. I got some good beta off of the boards, and was seriously entertained by the majority of what I read. The instant graemlins are great , and one of these days, now that my daughter is a year old, I'll make it to a pubclub to meet those that I don't know and maybe get to see some that I do. Oh yeah, from a sheer statistical standpoint Cavey & Dru, you guys ROCK!!!!!

Hey! He'd fit right in in Index or the public hut @ Camp Muir

It's got all that and more! Last night it had a screamin' 1 year old going around Greenlake in it for the 1st time!

I understand that not only does "Lou's Spire" have some brush on the approach, it also has a couple of mammoth bouldering problems to be encountered..

Bad Luck? Luck is a victim position. I think Joe Simpson is a shit magnet. Somehow he has attracted all of this shit to him. Of course he has mad a pretty damned good living at it......

It's so big, it doesn't return Speilberg's phone calls. It's so big it has it's own zip code. It's so big, it merits it's own thread on cascadeclimbers.com!!!