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I may have be outcast from the group, but at least i have my 40oz to keep me company.

nice! where's the lower gorge crew shot????

what were you loading?

I read the same thing about getting t-slotted ice axes or pickets back via a prussick. Hmmmm.. option #1 (the more likely option)=it doesn't work and you gotta jug option #2 = it does work and you have heavy sharp things falling towards you at 9.8 meters/second. pretty sweet!

I kept having flashbacks to this climb after i kept hearing that phrase: "The quality of Snake Rock deteriorates quickly as you walk uphill along the base of the bulging north face. The only route of any consequence ascends an ominous flare splitting the wall. Among the most physical climbs of the grade at Smith, this wildly-overhanging bombay chimney asks more of you than the typical 5.9"

Isn't that me belaying Ivan? Next time ask for a model release form, please.

And conservatives are conservationists? Or do they just like jam products? No, that would be a preservationist. Dude you are like a cold shower

THAT is a fantastic idea, Dru!

what? a roadside ditch isn't good enough for you? rent a damn hotel room at the 4 seasons mr. fancy french man.

yeah! and have FUN you motherfucker

i had it come on wednessday with a splitting headache, it went away for a couple days, and came on STRONG last night with a totally suffed up head, and some really nice lung fish specimens. feel awful! has anyone gotten this and how long did it go on for!!

I asked Ivan, the Spoon Genie to please turn Erik's broken kitty into a hot little number: "Hey baby, wanna go campin'," I asked "Sure thing ultra hot person," she replied "She's mine!" replied the mean guy across the table Ivan and I had to get Terminal Gravity to dispose of both their bodies We hid out in the lower gorge And we all sat around while the canadian womens climbing team put the ropes up for us

and we rocked it in the lower gorge with constant yells of "take" and "go get help"

I made two fresh venison leg kabobs for the crew

I had lots of fun climbing with y'all down in the gorge, thanks. good campfire too! why was it so mellow compared to the last 2 years though? thanks for coming down from canada canadians, MN Carolyn, and Issacraw Knotzen (sorry you had to split...i got a raging head cold too and felt like shit both days too). much was climbed, more was sprayed, and even more was drunk. i hurt.

not worth a long drive, but fun if nearby

I just realised we are giving Dru directions to smith, crap! Dru, uh....take I-5 south to redmond CALIFORNIA, yeah, that's it. smith is now outside of redmont, ca..not redmond, or.

No it's exit 16 i think follow signs to woodenville. either way take burnside east until it turns into 26

Dude, WTF is your problem with I-5!!!??? I-5 is the most bestest road ever, constant enjoyment. i don't even listen to the stereo on I-5, i'm so enamored being in "the moment"

8 hours on the dot

We gave it that grade to MAKE SURE people would bitch about it, and it worked. ha ha ha ha ha! no i've never done a canadian rockies 5.9 A2, but our route was 5.9 PLUS A2 MINUS I just wrote a TR b/c i love to write about climbing. I didn't expect it to get 10 billion views and be in the paper. The real grade will be in the new beckey guide. slaphappy had a very good point, but i think erik is on "defense" and forgot the reason we gave it such a stupid rating.

I have a titanium leashless 7-11 "shovel straw" for slurpee conditions.

Work for the "fish" in ouray, that would be fun.

You live at the end of the rainbow? He said girls, not gay men.