cj001f Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 pot kettle black racist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Tuff Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 pot kettle black racist. Well-used cookware comparisonist haterist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 pig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Tuff Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 pig Anti-porkist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Tuff Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Neutral chromatic preferentialist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 pig Anti-porkist! Muslim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Neutral chromatic preferentialist! Dude, just because he like Ben Folds & Dave Matthews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Tuff Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Neutral chromatic preferentialist! Dude, just because he like Ben Folds & Dave Matthews... Closet bland-music apologist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Neutral chromatic preferentialist! Dude, just because he like Ben Folds & Dave Matthews... Closet bland-music apologist! Pretty little hate machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Neutral chromatic preferentialist! Dude, just because he like Ben Folds & Dave Matthews... Closet bland-music apologist! Pretty little hate machine. This looks like a downward spiral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 is pot kettle taupe better? Neutral chromatic preferentialist! Dude, just because he like Ben Folds & Dave Matthews... Closet bland-music apologist! Pretty little hate machine. This looks like a downward spiral Nope, just another halo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Don't blow your own trumpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Tuff Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Don't blow your own trumpet Solo-brass-instrumentalist preventionist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Don't blow your own trumpet I prefer others to toot my trombone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Still, with millions of young recreational climbers, Mr. Mayville said climbing would one day be recognized as a high school sport nationwide. Not all climbers love the idea. Joseph Healy, 52, of Portland, Ore., a technology consultant and a climber for three decades, views climbing as a personal pursuit that takes place in the wilderness, not a competitive indoor sport with winners and losers. "Climbing competitions, with their focus on route difficulty and ratings, impose the entirely wrong mindset and approach to something I consider sacred," Mr. Healy said. -- JosephH in the NYT. So what did you actually say J? hey einsteins did you ever stop to wonder if the increasing numbers of climbers in gyms, and decreasing number of climbers in the backcountry and on rainier, are connected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 No, but i do wonder if you wear tights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 he wears a full-body stocking, stands in front of a full-length mirror, pronounces in a German accent "und now, vee dahnce", and proceeds to make robotic motions, strutting, and with pursed lips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 i wear track pants and a rayon hawaiian shirt with dragons on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Don't blow your own trumpet I prefer others to toot my trombone. i prefer tulips on my organ to a rose on my piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 my mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I'm still holding out for the "Windsurfing" scenario - a complete collapse in the popularity of the sport. A way outside long shot at best. You guys need to eat way more twinkees to really do your part... How big has the collapse been? Kind of interesting - never heard of that happening before. Any thoughts on the reasons why? Did everyone convert to kiteboarding? If the mountains are actually getting less crowded, and there's enough of a market to support innovation, and good manufacturing - seems like the best of all possible worlds to me. Better gear, more price competition, and less folks in the way when you want to use them. Seems like old-schooler Valhala as long as the bolting is confined to Exit38esque areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 but it sux when all the routes you want to do at index or midnite or squamish are overgrown with moss cause not enough ppl climb them to keep them clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mos_Chillin Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Thread drift extrordinaire! Well, GET ON IT!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 How big has the collapse been? Kind of interesting - never heard of that happening before. Any thoughts on the reasons why? Did everyone convert to kiteboarding? If the mountains are actually getting less crowded, and there's enough of a market to support innovation, and good manufacturing - seems like the best of all possible worlds to me. Better gear, more price competition, and less folks in the way when you want to use them. Seems like old-schooler Valhala as long as the bolting is confined to Exit38esque areas. mid90s (pre kitesurfing) windsurfing really tanked. Too specialized, too bro-brah, too difficult to learn. There was a WSJ article circa 2000? about it. I'm not sure kitesurfing is really taking off.. more popular, but aside from a few special locations, not terribly popular. steep learning curve, $$$$ Climbing, and the general outdoor industry, are seeing intensification. Low user # growth, rise in user days. Same people doing more, in more places, at a higher level. The ski industry is a perfect example of this. Also see adventure tourism growth. Frankly I could give a fuck about innovation and manufacturing... you can always make shit yourself. As long as there's someone with half a brain and a milling machine you'll have climbing gear. And a hydraulic press and vaccuum pump, voila you've got skis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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