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Don't even think about doing that intentionally again. 95% of the calls I go out on are people glissading with their crampons on. There is almost no excuse to do that (although I've done it for very short stretches myself).

You had me right up until "dimpled." yeah, me too...

yeah, I took 2 huge boxes of diapers back to costco and had a shit-eat'n grin as they gave me $80 or whatever it was. I do know that for us, the second child is much easier to deal with in many ways. I fully credit that to the better parenting habits of both myself and my wife. I'm sure they both have plenty of unique differences about personality and behaviors but coddling and giving into a kids every demand (like my wife tended to do with our 1st child) is not helping the child in the long run. Sure, kids need plenty of love, reassurance and support but they also need to learn to entertain and calm themselves down too (IMHO). I agree with you on this; my wife was the same coddling way. Worked fine until they got to taking advantage of her, like they will at about 2 or 3 years old, once they figure out how things work and how to play the heartstringed instrument. Learning "no" at 3 years old is a tough duty for both kids and parents. It's awful late to be getting that education. My daughter is in Remedial No class right now. It's been tough... So how old is Miles now, Kevin? Year and a half or so? That's still working good for you - great. We'll check back in another year or so and see how well that's working for ya then, m'kay? My son never threw a tantrum until about a year ago. That put him at 4.5 years old then. He saw how well his little sister's tantrums were working with Mommy, so now he's attempting to add that weapon to his arsenal. It don't work with Daddy, tho...

That sounds an awful lot like my recipe, except I skip Habaneros all together (wife can't stand the heat) and just vary the number of Jalapenos. I'll give yours a try soon, ken!

I'm with ken4 on this one, denali. Our son (now 5) always falls asleep as soon as he hits the pillow. Been that way almost since Day 1. OTOH, our daughter (now 3) won't close her eyes until everyone else is already in bed and the lights are off. It almost seems like she's afraid she'll miss out on someting cool going on. It may be that we adopted our son at 5 months of age, and he always knew just us. We adopted our daughter at 14 months of age, so she had a somewhat different upbringing in those first crucial months of attachment/bonding. We actually think she has abandonment issues, which might be why she waits until everyone else is down for the night before her battery dies. And getting the kids out of diapers was like a $50/month raise.

You've got some pretty thin skin there, nattybump, if you take offense every time someone utters a standard internet phrase. "WTF" is not a personal attack, just so you're aware. Regarding your page layout, here's a hint: Go in to My Stuff, My Preferences, and under the heading "Total posts to show on one page when viewing a post in flat mode: (default is 25)", select 25. Then view your threads in flat mode instead of thread mode. Then you'll be in league like most of the rest of us who see 25 posts per page. It makes claiming the that much easier. Oh, and have a nice day.

CF- I'm quite familiar with Moon Rocks, but I can't picture any "impressive cliffs" across from Moon Rocks. That stuff is low angle by comparison, scrubby scree, and choss. Are you sure you aren't talking about some other venue in the Tieton?

The deceased is Mr. Eduard Burceag. His wife (the doctor) is Mariana Burceag. The friend is Daniel Vlad. Seattle Times link

Now THAT'S a substantial fall. Dare I say ginormous? And that was your first one? Sheeeeeeeeeeeit

Like marc leclerc, I had never led trad nor placed gear yet, it was a lieback section of the route, and my forearms pumped out. Unlike marc, I did not finish the route that day... It was a Coonyard #3 wired stopper, the 30-year-old ones, not the larger BD #3’s of recent vintage. I took two 30-footers within 5 minutes of each other, falling from the same spot both times. I scurried away with my tail between my legs after the second flight. Went away and trained harder, came back two weeks later and sent flawlessly. I retrieved the nut on rappel, and it has hung from the rear view mirror of every rig I’ve owned since that day in the fall of 1983. It’s hanging in my truck right now. Excellent conversation starter. Oh yeah, it was Zig, 5.9, Bridge Buttress, New River Gorge, WV from last year's "Pictures from the Wayback Machine" thread

Are you talking about Jamin? Whatever happened to him anyway? Did he survive his last outing? A check of his last post shows he was still looking for bits for his rocpecker.

12 pages? WTF?? What thread are you reading?

WTF, Bala??? No one even mentioned huge, or big, or epic, or substantial, or ginormous in this thread, except you. Just kiddin' ya, fella!

This thread has drifted so far away from the original discussion, and it is almost midnight and I have a big meeting tomorrow, that I must sign off, go home, and get to bed. Matt, Brian, anything else to say before I turn in? OK, good night, all.

Now THAT was fuckin' funny, I don't care who ya are.

Wow, they really mean it when they say that timing is everything...

dogdammit, oly!!!1

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HEY! I'm an old retired surfer d00d critiquing the current generation of visionary prophets from my armchair! Oh... nevermind...

I'd hafta say "yeah" on that.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! That was one big wave!!!1

He is neither, and I don't believe he feels himself superior to anyone. Where he is contemplating the installation of bolts does not lend itself to toproping, since it is beyond the reach of standard climbing rope lengths and the top is shit for permanent anchors. I suspect that any bolts that are needed will be put in on lead, if I know him as well as I think I do. Go rest now.

Subic Bay, Philippines. OK, so I looked that up. From what I read here, it would seem to me that giving up the base wasn't entirely voluntary on our part. As in, the USA would not confirm nor deny the presence of nukes on Philippine soil, which led directly to our involuntary ouster. See below: "In December 1991, the two governments were again in talks to extend the withdrawal of American forces for three years but this broke down as the United States refused to spell out in detail their withdrawal plans or say if nuclear weapons were kept on base; nuclear weapons were forbidden on Philippine soil. Finally, on December 27, President Corazon Aquino, who fought to delay the pullout to cushion the country's battered economy, issued a formal notice for the U.S. to leave what has been the U.S.'s largest overseas defense facility after Clark Air Base was closed, by the end of 1992." In conclusion, issuing a formal notice to leave does not sound like voluntarily turning over a base to me. So what else ya got?

you double dipped that post on purpose, didn't ya?

I don't disagree with you. I thought it was wrong in 2003 and I still think it was wrong. Saddam had nothing we were interested in except oil. We wanted control of it. Shit, I half-believe that GH Bush put his boy up to cleaning up his unfinished business. Shit, maybe Scott Harpnell is right, about "going back in". What if GH Bush had marched all the way to Baghdad instead of just chasing him out of Kuwait? Would we be where we are now? And you're also probably correct about that base. Has the USA ever voluntarily given up a military base in modern times (since WWII) anywhere? Anyone?