sobo

Well, in answer to your question... Anyone who shares living space with a female (human) would immediately notice the increased consumption of TP upon shackin' up, if indeed she was inclined to consume inordinate amounts of the cellulose substance. And secondly, I have participated in several conversations over the years with guys bitchin' about their wife/gf/SO using "so goddamn much toilet paper" that I think it is more of a fundamental characteristic than an individual one. That's just my take. I recall vividly the ramblings of a construction worker on a large project several years ago, who lamented the fact that his wife used so much TP that they went through a roll a day. He described, in great detail, how his wife would weave a "shit mitt", as he termed it, of toilet paper around her hand, consuming several feet of TP at a time, wipe only once with the construction, then discard. She would then repeat the procedure until no brown remained. He claimed that she was responsible for the decimation of the South American rain forests with her TP habit.

Ah! Of course. Poor Baby Jesus... time to cowboy up!

Whatiwannaknow is, why do wimmin use so goddamn much TP in the course of a shit? Before I got married, I could make a roll last for a week to 10 days. With a woman in the house, it's a roll every other day or some shizz. What up wit dat?

And you would know this... how?

Second what Off White said. Ipecac syrup should be a part of any home first aid kit. You should, of course, know when to induce vomiting and when not to induce vomiting. Some things are better off left in the stomach and vastly diluted with milk, water or other liquids. They may do more harm than good coming back up the esophageal passages. BTW, what didja eat?

Classic, Rob!

Classic, lummox, classic! Seriously, erik is correct about the release. Flip-flop just started, so there won't be any river wadin' to Royal Columns until next summer. And those damn river rafter groups are scarfin' up campsites and parking spaces for the next several weeks.

Hey, Billygoat, is that little punker free-soloing? You go, Boy!

Hey RobBob, I just came back from my 25th, and I had a fuckin' blast! Yeah, sure, there were some goofballs there, but on the whole, I danced with my wife for about the first time since we got married, got a little buzzed, and generally had a great time. And all those goofballs saw how I had hit the jackpot with the hottest woman there! It's been the only reunion I've been to, and I was apprehensive about going, but in the end, I'm glad I did. Don't knock it until you've tried it.

This is the same guy that summitted Shasta this past Memorial Day with Pete Rieke, who was the first paraplegic climber to ascend Mt. Rainier under his own power (in June 2000) using a similar device. Reilly's is a tired vehicle, while Rieke's is a tracked vehicle. Both use arm-powered bicycle gearing components, and both frames are made of titanium. Good on ya, Reilly!

Didn't Richard Feynman like crack climbing at the strip bar? Like I said, It's all about having fun!

Sounds like the same story I got years ago. Nothing's changed, then. Can't climb there, no rule says so, just them. Oh well. So where have you been putting up new stuff? Goose Egg? Or not in the Tieton?

I understood the question to be "what is your favorite kind of climbing", not "what kind of climbing excites you the most". There is a subtle difference. To be sure, being scared while climbing is certainly exciting. And to always climb within your comfort zone would, indeed, over time, get to be quite boring. Why even go, for that matter, one would ask? OTOH, why would one want to continually climb above their level of competence or threshold of serious fear? That, to me at least, doesn't seem like it would be much fun over time, either. Why place yourself into a "do or die" situation every time out? Seems to me like that would become oppressive over time as well. So, to answer the question, as I understood it, is to climb at a level that is just below the threshold of serious fear (remember the previous comment about thrutching up something and being scared shitless? >> not fun to be doing every time you go out climbing, I dare say), yet something that is within one's grasp that will allow one to have continuous and significant fun all along the route. After all, isn't that what climbing's all about, having fun? QED.

For me, it's multi-pitch 5.9-10-ish slabs, multi-pitch 5.8-5.9-ish trad, and multi-pitch WI-3+/4 water ice. Shite, anything multi-pitch gives me a hard-on... I like the time spent on a single route during the day, morning to dusk (the occasional bivy); finding and constructing belay stations; and the fact that at these grades, I'm really having a lot more fun really climbing, instead of thrutching up something a grade harder and being scared shitless. The Fright Factor is distinctly lower, and the Fun Factor is inversely proportional to the Fright Factor. QED. But what the hell, it's all good at one time or another. My $0.02

Anybody seen this shizz?

I just look at the pictures. BTW, "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. The times that coffee spurted out of my nose or I laughed out loud are too numerous to count. Simply fuckin' hilarious book!

Hi Paul, I've always been told that climbing along Tim Pond wall was "strictly verbotten" even without the falcon closure. Got that some time ago from John, the resource manager there at Oak Creek Game Station (it's been a number of years, like 10 or so.... things change...?). He couldn't ever give me a real reason why, and I gave up befoire I pissed him off so that he'd go easy on me later during the falcon closures. You planning on doing something up there? huh? ...sobo PS: My bank statement sez that you haven't cashed my check for the FCCC yet. Didja get it?

Rescuing some clown(s) an Mt. Adams. Just got the call-out a few minutes ago; leaving in a coupla hours. And so begins my last holiday weekend of the summer...

I'm still here. Grant application deadline is Friday, and I've got eleven applications to write.

I have taken, and keep a current certification, in the WFA course offered by NOLS. It is a 3-day course, but they compress it to 2 days at my club's request. Certification is good for 2 years, and I require it in order to keep current in my mountain rescue unit, although I originally signed up for the same reasons as you, b-rock. It is a good starter course, and, unless you are going to become part of a guide service or be out for extended periods, should do you just fine in the "typical" backcountry accident. Others have said many accidents require evac, and they're right. If you aren't prepared for an evac, either by training or in manpower, the guy's pretty much toast anyway, even if you know why. I could list several times it's come in handy, but three biggies were when I reduced a dislocated shoulder, closed a nice knife slice into the inside of a guy's leg (whittling injury), and readied an anaphylactic shock (bees) victim for evac. I know, nothing real tragic, but it was handy to be the one to know what to do AND how to do it. Skip the Red Cross class; it's just about CPR and calling 911 (unless you don't know CPR, then at least learn that). Go here instead and see if this is more of what you're looking for. Good luck, and good on you for thinking ahead.

Don't know if this shizz has already been posted, but Christ! what was this guy thinking (or not)?

mascot Now ban me, I guess...

And VA Tech also uses The Fighting Gobblers as the official school mascot, but everyone who's anyone calls them Hokies! yah yah yah, I know what you're all gonna say, "WTF is a Hokie anyway?"

Yeah, I've pissed on my fair share of toothbrushes, but those days are way behind me. You never know. Maybe we know each other. Maybe I have been to a bunch of your parties I shudder at the thought...

Note to self: Never invite bird over to the house for a visit.