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Uhhhh, not on a Molenaar original. No way, dude. Um, that would be me, no? Wanna send 'em back? Cheers, Steve. I'm off now.

My son drooled all over my wife's cell phone. It stopped working. Well, maybe not completely. But she couldn't dial anyone with a 5, 7, 9, or * in their number.

Yeah, that's what Dan - does with his extras.

I doubt that a consignment store for kids goods would have that sort of specialized stuff, but I would try: Play It Again Sports, or something along that line, or a "ski swap" in your area. The NSP usually is the "sponsor/charity" that puts those things on. Call 'em and see if one is scheduled in your area.

Yeeeeeesh, another one of my harmless posts deleted. I guess I'll just stay out of this Draconian forum.

Queen of Spray? Chicken of the Sea? The Mighty Bone? Fahq, Bone, just go ahead and get the spinnaker and race her. Worry about "not being so suck" later. Some of the best times I had in club racing was when we WERE so suck. No pressure on you then. You can just get drunk and sail, and no one cares, as long as you don't cut across someone on a starboard tack (or run into the committee boat ).

Hey, Steve: You already got a set of vintage Coonyard hexes of mine... you wanker.

EXACTLY! It's what I've been on about all along. I like my ARVA, and I'm fast and good with it. I have practiced with it enough to do just what Nick pointed out.

It's how steak is done! But did you read the part about how the guy wanted his penis cut off while he was still alive!!??

That pic is the shit, Man! Righteous!

This is just sick and wrong. It's hard to believe, but apparently true. Safe for work (no graphics).

Niiiiiice. Nothing like a "Toilet Seat 30" for fun on the waves. I used to race with the Ozone with Ken Marks and John Lietzinger, before they sold it and bought an Express 37 (Kahuna). Did SIN 2002 and WIRW 2002 last eyar with the Kahuna. Adult summer camp!

Looks like an Olson 30. Is that your boat?

Speaking of Dee Molenaar and brushes with greatness, have you seen his personal copy of his book "The Challenge of Rainier"? He took the first copy off the press and for years carried it with him to any lecture or meeting were mountaineers were present. It's full of signatures of climbers like Hillary, Tenzing, Shipton, O'Dell, Bonatti, Messner and so on. I met Dee at a lecture and book signing for "Cascade Voices" by Mac Bates. To my surprise, he asked me to sign his Rainier book. In my copy of "Cascade Voices" he wrote above his picture: "To a younger generation role model, Berg Heil!" Boy, that made me feel good. Dee came to Yakivegas a few years back (his old stomping grounds, ya know) and I met him at a climber's meeting, along with Bill Mahre, and a lot of their old cronies. Dee had brought along a bunch of his paintings, and lithos/prints of same. I "wrestled" with him for a bit over an original watercolor of Rainier (the north side) that he had brought along that he had painted eons before. He wasn't keen on selling the original, but he finally relented and sold it to me for a couple Franklins. He penned a nice parting note on the back of the picture. It hangs with pride in my little corner of our living room, next to my climbing library. I bought my used Volants from Phil Mahre, Olympic gold medalist downhiller from 1984.

THought you were heading to SLC

Nice site, EricP! How do I score a gig like that where you can drive around the country for 18 months and climb anything you want?

The pic is kinda small on my screen. That's not Richard Simmons, is it? Oh, timmy, where art thou?

EXPERT'S CHOICE! That was it! Not French Kiss. That's somewhere else (I think - they all start to run together after a while...). Thanks Alex.

In a roundabout way, that was exactly my point. I think Mark Husbands might be better served by seeking intelligent input elsewhere, i.e. not on this board. I guess instead of adding the "wave", I should have inserted the "roll eyes". I was as dismayed as anyone with what the discussion descended into. The thread was moved to Spray, and rightly so, since that was what it ultimately became.

Well, here is as good a place as any to start. You'll have to skip through the early (topic relevant) stuff to get to the 5 pages of unabashed, unconsidered spray to get to what *you* want for your grad project.

I climbed there a bunch back in the mid-90s, two times per year each year. The trips were over Christmas/New Year's and President's Day/Valentine's Day holidays. I seem to remember the last time I was there, the ice was thin and we were in the middle of a Chinook cycle, but that was in mid-February. For the Christmas trips, the ice was usually quite fat and the weather was BF'ing cold. One year, I drove into Pincher Creek on Christmas Eve and parked at the hotel, only to find that my radiator had sprung a leak. Bummed rides to Waterton and back for two days, while the mechanics worked on it on Christmas and Boxing Day. Even installed a block heater. Great guys. They got a late Christmas present from me. $$$ Bottom line: Christmas ice should be great. Check your local listings.

I have. You can't go there and not do French Kiss and Quick and Dirty. Also, some of the one-pitchers in the gas fields are a lot of fun. And the multi-pitch behind the Warden's station is a nice way to "turn down the heat" before you leave (I think this one may be the 300m WI2+ you refer to in your post). Get JoJo's guidebook and you won't go wrong. Stay in Pincher Creek at the Foothills Motel. You can bargain a weekly rate with them (~$200CN/week for dbl occ.), and they have the only hot tub in town. And they let you bring in to the tub with no questions asked. Apres-climb can be had in the Ram's Head Lounge at the Waterton Hotel, but be prepared for trendy high-styled folks with good hair. I got a good story to tell about busting into the dining room one Valentine's Day after climbing. The music stopped, literally!

Went cragging with Carlos Buhler several times in between his trips to the Karakoram. What a nice guy.

"I gotta do laundry, man."