Mtguide Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 wayne1112 said: I am waiting for : World Peace, My personal flying car(Those comics promised!), The real Nicole Simpson killer, and the new Smith Rock Guide. The new Smith Rock Guide,Sasquatch, and Weapons of Mass Destruction were last seen traveling arm in arm with Dorothy,Toto,and Osama bin Laden in search of 5.17,weightless pro,termination of FeeDemo,nationalized Universal Climbing Support,and ice in the Columbia Gorge. Quote
Dru Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 I didn't get my copy from Mr. E I got it at that climbing store in Renton on my way to the granite dome! Quote
layton Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 Funny that the new smith guide included those routes in Renton. Quote
Dru Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 No, silly, I bought it there cause it was the first place I saw it! I only stopped in cause they had the 75% off sale, and of course the guidebook wasn't on sale - but I wanted to see if Light on the Path was upgraded to 10a or not... Quote
iain Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 the bolted monstrosity over on the first pitch of white satin is in there. so is the fixed nut on the fourth pitch of zebra-zion Quote
layton Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 There's actually an update sheet you can buy from Redpoint based on the NEW guide! Already people are putting sweet routes up. It's pretty detailed, kinda like a supertopo. The fixed nut is gone from p.4 and the update printout you can buy has this indicated! Watts has been quite busy, Quote
EWolfe Posted May 5, 2004 Author Posted May 5, 2004 I was perusing the latest issue of Rolf & Lice yesterday, and in the article on sport climbing, they said Alan just finished the new guide Soon, the rest of you gapers will see what DFA, Dru and I have been enjoying for months! Quote
layton Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 I was perusing the latest issue of Rolf & Lice yesterday, and in the article on sport climbing, they said Alan just finished the new guide Soon, the rest of you gapers will see what DFA, Dru and I have been enjoying for months! It already out. I got mine at USOutdoor Store in Portland a month ago. It is awesome! Quote
gapertimmy Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 i bought mine online last night at http://www.cafeshops.com/alpinist Quote
iain Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 I got a second copy at US Outdoor too last week. They said they are now sold out so you will have to wait for another shipment. Nice to not have to flip through the lawson supplement thingy. That photo on the cover is sick! Quote
rbw1966 Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 Yeah--who woulda thought that blueblocker guy could send something that hard? Quote
Dru Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 seriously though, mec had four or five copies left when i was talking to the climbing counter dude over lunch. it's selling pretty fast. Quote
iain Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 I call TILT on the photo of him in the dihedrals. Look at the safari cap - the suspicious angle of the neck shade gives it away. Regardless, the admiring rabble at the base of the route IS impressive. A sea of beige shirts and polypro demanding the send, pens at the ready to get their FOTH books 'graphed by the legend once the chains are clipped in victory and the margaritas flow freely from the hand-cranked blender. Quote
Alex Posted May 6, 2004 Posted May 6, 2004 Awesome, I can't wait to see it! Dr_Flash_Amazing said: Fuckis wrong with Falcon? Nothing. Jason Martin and I also considered Falcon if the deal with Mountaineers Books didnt work out. The reality is, as an author, you are psyched when any publisher is interested in taking your project, let alone the publisher of your choice. Publishers know enough to know that most guidebooks do not make (much) money. Never going to be a best-seller. So always a risk. True, Smith Guide will sell more copies of something obscure, like, say Washington Ice: A Climbers Guide, but be happy Falcon took the project and you don't have to deal with copies from .JPGs off some Internet site or something. Alex Quote
texplorer Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 You guidebook whores! Throwing away your older, dirty, and scribbled to hell guidebooks. Just because you want to put a little check by the new 10 gallon bucket entry into your "new" guidebook is sad. It was bad enough when you scrounged for that red thing with Lawson crap in it. Oh, and that "Wherever I may roam" is a disgrace to the metallica song. Classic my ass, its a medoicre climb of the gumbic proportions. Quote
thrutch Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 You guidebook whores! Throwing away your older, dirty, and scribbled to hell guidebooks. Just because you want to put a little check by the new 10 gallon bucket entry into your "new" guidebook is sad. It was bad enough when you scrounged for that red thing with Lawson crap in it. Oh, and that "Wherever I may roam" is a disgrace to the metallica song. Classic my ass, its a medoicre climb of the gumbic proportions. Now this statement is sooo true from the first word to the last period. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 Now this statement is sooo true from the first word to the last period. Except for the stuff in between, which sounds like a bunch of hex-humping trad BS. In order to be true, it would need to be emended to read thusly: "You." Quote
iain Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 sounds like a bunch of hex-humping trad BS the doc scribbles out a prescription of full-strength ass whipping! Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 the doc scribbles out a prescription of full-strength ass whipping! Quote
texplorer Posted May 8, 2004 Posted May 8, 2004 DFA, I don't use hexes. Ian, Shouldn't you be skiing. Micky Layton, at least my shoulder works properly. OH, and see you bolt-clippin homos at the spring thing tomorrow. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted May 8, 2004 Posted May 8, 2004 OH, and I'll try and scam a TR from you bolt-clippin heroes at the spring thing tomorrow. See you there, Hexplorer! Where you gonna be climbing on Sunday? Quote
texplorer Posted May 8, 2004 Posted May 8, 2004 I'm going to be climbing on Sat too. I have relatives coming down from tacoma so I hope the spring flingers will be ok with a half day or so from texplorer. I figure its better to give a half day than none at all. Yes, I'll be climbin on Sunday too. Maybe I'll get on crossfire again or sunshine di if I'm feelin endowed in the juevos. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted May 8, 2004 Posted May 8, 2004 I'm going to be climbing on Sat too. I have relatives coming down from tacoma so I hope the spring flingers will be ok with a half day or so from texplorer. I figure its better to give a half day than none at all. Yes, I'll be climbin on Sunday too. Maybe I'll get on crossfire again or sunshine di if I'm feelin endowed in the juevos. Cool, we'll stop by and give a shoutout if we see ya. Quote
EWolfe Posted June 13, 2004 Author Posted June 13, 2004 Here Ya go, I finally got around to copying the cover: Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.