AlpineK

I'm pro forrest fires unless someone wants to pay me to thin.

I think 3/4s of Americans don't even know where England is.

Can we please get back on subject.

It's probably a good thing that they're going to reduce sulfer in off road diesel, but I'm kind of sad. I love the smell of off road diesel; I'll miss it.

I just want to say after watching the Merv Griffin show a few times as a young sprout. You suck Merv

Would that be the Feltcher special???

I'm still waiting for my firewood powered VW Beetle.

I think it's silly to be so anti, "sport," climbing like Pope is. I remember a time when places like Castle Rock were a zoo on the weekends and today there are way more climbers then there were in the late 70s. Sure if all the, "sport," climbs got chopped some climbers would quit, but like Dick said there would be giant line ups on a lot of, "trad," routes. Furthermore Pope's whole reasoning breaks down when you start looking at old bolt ladders like Town Crier or the EB of SEWS. If we're chopping bolts shouldn't we chop those routes an teach that, "murderer of the possible," Fred a lesson? On the other hand there has been a lot of abuse by some route setters. I recently did a route on Duty Dome that had at least 5 bolts placed right next to cracks that anyone with a reasonable rack and experience could easily protect. For me it boils down to this. I don't give a shit whether a bolt is placed on lead or rappel. I like Solid bolts that are placed to provide a decent amout of protection for a route and where the clips are at natural spots for someone climbing the route. I dislike Bolts next to cracks Excessive bolting Bolts placed at unnatural spots on a climb Shitty drilling and placement Bolted routes that are obvious squeeze jobs. I think we as climbers should try and practice minimal impact but not zero impact. Possibly if this WCC gets going they could come out with guidlines for new routes and possibly some kind of approval process for new routes.

Fuck the metric system.

Just remember that it was Reagan that eliminated the U. S. Metric Board and cancelled its funding which likely prevented mainstream America ever going metric. Well that's one thing to praise Reagan for.

Somebody is going to have to explain the phone to him over and over. Also his driving is really going to go to hell now.

I'm putting $5 on Donini.

I avoid tree work on Saturdays. I'll be jackhammering concrete at my place tomorrow.

You have a very poor attitude Josh. Extreeeemo rules.

Wrong. Moderators and Admins (this includes you btw) ban people for being complete assholes, and one of them happened to be your friend. Get over it already, sheesh. Don't you have a super secret bannerators forum for discussing this kinda stuff? Why yes we do. Icegirl likes to whine in public though. We also have a super secret forum on steaksauce and otters.

Beware advice from this man: I overheard him tell a 12 year old that his head would explode if he ate too many Chips Ahoy. Dude that's a little known scientific fact.

I can't really tell from the photo, but if it looks like a rattler without the rattle then it's probably a king snake. Edit: It could be a bull snake too. I hear they're agressive but can't poison you.

I know a thing or two about tree sap. Rub it in butter or oil. That'll get the sap off, but then you'll have to wash it.

Anyone who breaks into my house is going to get 2 potatoes in the gut.

I really don't think that ALPS gives a rats ass about beating adventure out of anything. From my understanding they are one of those groups that want to restrict all access to the wilderness. Like Dick said they want all of us to stay home.

So you thought because guys were climbing they would be so focused on the routes that they wouldn't notice women in revealing outfits. Your either blissfully ignorant or the queen of da'Nile. See you at Smith.

It takes fuel to start a fire.