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Youch! Touche'

Is that book about Guy Waterman?

Ulee pwns Dru

I actually use one of these on less rigorous trips. It goes on all "car camp" trips. Yes, I am a snob... :snif:

Who said anything about schleppin' the bottle along? Put the tasty beverage in a dromedary bag. Or buy the Tefft Cellars boxed cab/merlot blend and pull the bag out of the box. As you drink it, the bag compresses. Voila! No extra volume wasted in the pack. Yeeesh, 'kirk, you really are an amateur. And I had such high hopes for you. :tsk: :tsk: :tsk:

Exactly! Any drink can go with any sport. It's all about what's good for you.

Amateur...

Yummy. I'd give alpine a go if that was the reward Every time... So what peaks did you have in mind?

Cabernet in a dromedary bag :tup: bring dark chocolate truffles...

archie's gonna love that one.

never mind...

Pussy! sorry, Keith, but you set yerself up like a bowling pin on that one... yur right. But you are a uterus. Well, not a uterus exactly, but a bag of sorts... Most people who know me refer to me as a douchebag. In a nice way.

Sorry, I've met her. Ruth is an Edmonton ex-pat. So, OW, since you've met her, can you say she's hawt? If so, you can clear my (apparently) tarnished image for thinking she has big lats. Oh, them are muffintop lats for sure, but she's lost a fair bit of weight since leaving Edmonton and she's headed in the right direction. She's plenty hawt, unless you're deeply smitten with the Kate Moss archetype. I feel vindicated. Thanx, OW.

Wasn't Reagan already dead when the CVN-76 was commissioned?

Not exactly... in this case it would be NCC 1701D.

Sorry, I've met her. Ruth is an Edmonton ex-pat. So, OW, since you've met her, can you say she's hawt? If so, you can clear my (apparently) tarnished image for thinking she has big lats.

Pussy! sorry, Keith, but you set yerself up like a bowling pin on that one...

Wow, you see the lats on that chica?

Well, yeah, sorta.

That pic, highlight box and all, is just priceless, tvash. You should send it to the Air Force, and those crazy conspiracy theory fuckers down in Roswell. They'd get a huuuuge kick out of it, I'll bet.

The other thing that I use is just knowing my partner's manner of climbing. Some go all-out fast, others are more pedantic and "cerebral" in their approach. If you're out of sight of each other, and the rope's not moving, and you both have some idea of how much rope is left (which you generally should, leading or seconding), you can make some reasonable assumptions: Lots of rope left, but moving slow? pedantic climber Not a lot of rope left? time to look for a belay Hit a tough move, but capable? give a little slack Off route, and getting sketched? be prepared for air time etc. You get the idea. YMMV Nowadays, once I've clipped the piece/bolt, I say "I'm in." Note that it also has two syllables. ==> just as in "up-rope" or "tension", you get the same result: the slack is removed.

Of course, Mistress Archenemy. Anything that you wish. :bow and scrape:

This is the way I learned it as well. It's a syllabic thing. You can't always count on understanding all of the words, but you can almost always hear all of the syllables.

Well then, shouldn't we be referring to you as "Mistress"...?