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sungam
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kind of like...?
this ptftw?
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sungam
Jul 16, 2008, 3:47 PM
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sungam wrote: kind of like...? this ptftw?
???? protekshons?
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stymingersfink
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sungam wrote: sungam wrote: kind of like...? this ptftw? ???? protekshons?
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sungam
Jul 16, 2008, 4:00 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: sungam wrote: sungam wrote: kind of like...? this ptftw? ???? protekshons? huh.
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chossmonkey
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Gum is pink.
And it gets stuck to the bottom of peoples shoes and then gets tracked all around.
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chossmonkey
Jul 16, 2008, 4:02 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: huh?
Gum in our hair..
Stop talking to the gum on your shoe.
We don't need any more gum in anyones hair.
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sungam
Jul 16, 2008, 4:08 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: Gum is pink. And it gets stuck to the bottom of peoples shoes and then gets tracked all around.
Lets be fair, at least I don't post like this:
" THE EGO IS...A 10,000 HEADED DRAGONMad I SUGGEST YOU FIND YOURS AND... SLICE ITS HEAD~OFF.... GOOD-DAY! SUB~GUMCrazy "
right?
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artm
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dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine?
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granite_grrl
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artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was
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chossmonkey
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granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital).
Without a doubt WMD has done more driving.
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artm
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granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital).
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artm
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chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital). I think Doc had visited more areas and climbed more. Without a doubt WMD has done more driving.
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chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital). I think Doc had visited more areas and climbed more. Without a doubt WMD has done more driving.
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chossmonkey
Jul 16, 2008, 8:46 PM
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artm wrote: granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital). Maybe we should start a pool?
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artm
Jul 16, 2008, 9:20 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital). Maybe we should start a pool? Maybe we could just use L'habitant's?
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dr_feelgood
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artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: granite_grrl wrote: artm wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish? Fuckin' eh!!! That guy is going to burn through his whole gas budget and only hit three places. All before the month is up. it's gonna be one short road trip. Correct. Shorter than mine? That would suck if it was Actually, even if WMD fell on a boyscout's path today I think he trip has already been longer than Docs (unless you count Doc's time in the hospital). Maybe we should start a pool? Maybe we could just use L'habitant's? Didn't you pee in her pool?
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wanderlustmd
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granite_grrl wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: The valley didn't really work out, Serves you right for not listening. it was hot. hey, that's why I'm flexible, right? I had to go, though, I'd wanted to see it for a while. The routes that I did do were fun. Valley granite is polished as hell, though. Still getting used to it, Sqaumish may be a good buffer I think. Sounds like an awful lot of driving. You make me sick with all the stuff you just drove right by. If you would have taken your time you could have rolled into Yos. when it was cooling down. [image]http://www.climbeasterncanada.com/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif[/image] I'm traveling alone, remember, so lots of good places might not have a lot of people around. That's why I wanted to stick to the larger destinations. Plus, everything out here is a new place for me; you can't do it all on one trip. So what does it matter if you have to sit around one day if you can't find someone to climb with. You don't have to be a huge area to find people. You also should have invested in a soloist or silent partner, or borrowed one. Or go masturbate in a whore house bouldering. I went bouldering, it was fun but seems like a good way to get injured. I might get a silent partner, but climbing with people is better. I PM'd Voytek for Squamish, hopefully he can climb and or hook me up in parnters. It's prime season there anyway. He might be able to help. There's also a lot of people in the Canada forum that seem to be out climbing in Squamish. I also know a girl that's supossed to be out there right now long term. If you get there, see a cute girl with long (natural) blond hair who seems to be in love with everything see if she remembers Rebecca. I met her down in Hueco, and climbed with her again in Red Rocks over 4 years ago. She's been back and forth to China a lot and I've only really been facestalking her for the last long while. Oh, Clamhead will also be out there in August...but they'll be on their honeymoon. I think that biner96 was also trying to get out there for a while too.
The place is full right now, I'm having a blast. Everyone here is so nice, it's great. And it's just climbers. Squamish rock beats the valley so far, imo. better friction.
I think Voytek and I are climbing this weekend, possibly with another guy. I'm drowning in partners.
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chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: stymingersfink wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: cheesetitery! ...and not just on the quoting either. Fekkin moneybags there obviously don't give a shit how high gas prices are, damn the torpedos full steam ahead!   cheesetits on driving straight through to the Valley, not stopping at the places that are actually IN SEASON along the way, regardless if whether you had partners set up or not. See... way it works is, you go to the places where people will actually BE climbing, it's easy enough from there to find someone to climb with. Not so easy to find partners when a place is too hot to climb, so all the smart ones are climbing where it's cool. Did yous momma raze any chillins who lived? Did you check Tuolumne at least? I'd bet that's where all the climbers were, instead of down on the floor of the HotBox. Should'a stopped in Maple Canyon, Utah. It's at 7,000 or so feet and is full of climbers right now. Then when it cools a bit you either head to Smith or Squamish. As the season turns head south again stopping at Smith then work your way to Vegas as the temps drop. Also, anything above 12,000 feet doesn't get much warmer than 70. My partner for Whitney was on a road trip last year this time. He left Maine in June and did the above. I think he finally worked his way down to Owens River Gorge sometime in September. Either plan on heading north or to higher elevation. There's a reason we can climb year-round in the Sierras. When there's snow on the ground we head to lower elevation. When it's 120 out we head up in the mountains. When looking at the weather, too, ( as it is vastly different from out East) take into consideration that for every 2,000 feet in elevation you gain, the temps will be - on average - 10 degrees cooler. I hope you guys enjoyed the finger exercise, cause he doesn't listen.
Don't hate. i know everything you guys said, what's the point of doing a road trip if you don't do what you want to do.
I had friends to see near the valley, so why not? I knew it'd be hot, but I would have stayed if there had been more climbers. Spending the summer would have been fun, but Squamish is absolutely great, so who cares.
sheesh...
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granite_grrl wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: There's a 96% chance I'll be in Reno the last week of August. And by the phraise "I'll be in Reno," I mean it is a good base of operations for other areas nearby... Donner Teh Leap Touloumne High Sierras Etc. Sounds good, I'll be back in the area by then. Maybe we can hook up, ..... Are you looking for a threesome or something? No, but I'll be looking for you this December for some ice climbing in Onterrible! "Not that there's anything wrong with that." Idle threats. And why would you come here when you could go someplace good? We probably won't even have climbable ice in Dec. I'm going to be in the area for a wedding. In Canada? You do realize that Canada is a very big country? Rochester, NY, which is close to you guys, I think. Two hours. There is some rad ice in WNY, when it coems in. let's meet in the dacks That's not WNY. You want us to pick you up along the way?
I know, but there will be ice there.
If if works out, sure.
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: There's a 96% chance I'll be in Reno the last week of August. And by the phraise "I'll be in Reno," I mean it is a good base of operations for other areas nearby... Donner Teh Leap Touloumne High Sierras Etc. Sounds good, I'll be back in the area by then. Maybe we can hook up, ..... Are you looking for a threesome or something? No, but I'll be looking for you this December for some ice climbing in Onterrible! "Not that there's anything wrong with that." Idle threats. And why would you come here when you could go someplace good? We probably won't even have climbable ice in Dec. I'm going to be in the area for a wedding. In Canada? You do realize that Canada is a very big country? Rochester, NY, which is close to you guys, I think. Two hours. There is some rad ice in WNY, when it coems in. let's meet in the dacks That's a long way.
you are still a young man.
Or I could meet you in Quebec.
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: I went bouldering, it was fun but seems like a good way to get injured. I might get a silent partner, but climbing with people is better. I PM'd Voytek for Squamish, hopefully he can climb and or hook me up in parnters. It's prime season there anyway. Do you have a pad? It can be a good way to get hurt. But it can be good practice. Pretend that you are soloing. A partner might be better, but with a silent partner they never talk back. And you can climb with out a partner and not be completely soloing. Voytek has three day weekends, or did. He wanted to change jobs. He can be an odd guy sometimes. He doesn't always click with everyone. I think there was a time when he really didn't like me at all.  cheesetitery! He seems ok on PM It's primetime up there now, hopefully I can make friends in anycase. rope soloing is indeed fun, but I'd like do it on stuff I know. Not to say I wouldn't, but I haven't done much of it on multipitch. Getting that system down in conjunction with a new area might be stressful. Meh, who knows. You start off on easy stuff you won't fall off of. Falling while rope soloing is still generally a bad idea. Once you get your system down you can push it closer to the point where you will risk falls, but hopefully not take them. If you get a SP get a small backpack to carry the rope in. I have a largish Camelbak pack that I use. It is the perfect size for a 10mmx 60m rope. Otherwise you have to hang loops from your harness and have a huge clusterfuck. If you want more info just ask. I'm not going to write it all now because you won't get one and I'll just waste my time. 
thanks, I'll let you know. I've seen the backpack rig before; that makes more sense than having all those loops like the manual instructs (I found the PDF online).
So far, partners aren't an issue, but the SP would be a good tool to have.
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the_climber wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: The valley didn't really work out, Serves you right for not listening. it was hot. hey, that's why I'm flexible, right? I had to go, though, I'd wanted to see it for a while. The routes that I did do were fun. Valley granite is polished as hell, though. Still getting used to it, Sqaumish may be a good buffer I think. Sounds like an awful lot of driving. You make me sick with all the stuff you just drove right by. If you would have taken your time you could have rolled into Yos. when it was cooling down. [image]http://www.climbeasterncanada.com/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif[/image] I'm traveling alone, remember, so lots of good places might not have a lot of people around. That's why I wanted to stick to the larger destinations. Plus, everything out here is a new place for me; you can't do it all on one trip. So what does it matter if you have to sit around one day if you can't find someone to climb with. You don't have to be a huge area to find people. You also should have invested in a soloist or silent partner, or borrowed one. Or go masturbate in a whore house bouldering. I went bouldering, it was fun but seems like a good way to get injured. I might get a silent partner, but climbing with people is better. I PM'd Voytek for Squamish, hopefully he can climb and or hook me up in parnters. It's prime season there anyway. I second the buying of a gri gri for some soloing The GriGri is great for roped solo I'm not a huge fan of the death modified GriGri, or using a chest harnes to hold it up right to feed better, but have used both. I've also taken a good meatbomb due to the GriGri not feeding. YMMV. Con't go wrong with it for aid though. That said I've done more roped solo free climbing with a clove-hitch around a couple lockers that with any other device/way of roped solo. DO NOT get the Wren Soloist I hear the Edelrid Eddy is good for Roped solo as well. healyJe uses it a lot for that. Emailed a few Euros that are using it too, but a lot was lost in the translations in those emails, I did understand the "kick ass" and "I make solo rope climb on free very well with device Eddy" and "recomend over GriGri". I think the couple Euros I was emailing were using online translators... Likely the same ones I was using (explains some of the loset in translation), but we got enough out of it. I have one on order right now. It's supposed to feed better than the GriGri too.
That's what I've always done, but I've only aided. Not so great for free climbing.
I hear the Eddy is good, too, but part of me wants something designed for it....it makes my head happy. But if it works, it works.
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: stymingersfink wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: cheesetitery! ...and not just on the quoting either. Fekkin moneybags there obviously don't give a shit how high gas prices are, damn the torpedos full steam ahead! cheesetits on driving straight through to the Valley, not stopping at the places that are actually IN SEASON along the way, regardless if whether you had partners set up or not. See... way it works is, you go to the places where people will actually BE climbing, it's easy enough from there to find someone to climb with. Not so easy to find partners when a place is too hot to climb, so all the smart ones are climbing where it's cool. Did yous momma raze any chillins who lived? Did you check Tuolumne at least? I'd bet that's where all the climbers were, instead of down on the floor of the HotBox. Should'a stopped in Maple Canyon, Utah. It's at 7,000 or so feet and is full of climbers right now. Then when it cools a bit you either head to Smith or Squamish. As the season turns head south again stopping at Smith then work your way to Vegas as the temps drop. Also, anything above 12,000 feet doesn't get much warmer than 70. My partner for Whitney was on a road trip last year this time. He left Maine in June and did the above. I think he finally worked his way down to Owens River Gorge sometime in September. Either plan on heading north or to higher elevation. There's a reason we can climb year-round in the Sierras. When there's snow on the ground we head to lower elevation. When it's 120 out we head up in the mountains. When looking at the weather, too, ( as it is vastly different from out East) take into consideration that for every 2,000 feet in elevation you gain, the temps will be - on average - 10 degrees cooler. I hope you guys enjoyed the finger exercise, cause he doesn't listen. if/when he ever shows his face around here, I'll try to beat some sense into his thick skull with a couple of these #6's that seem to have no other use.
Serrator still kickin's yer arse, huh?
I do listen (and really appreciate the advice, especially on dirtbag stuff....I haven't paid for camping yet. :) ), but sometimes you gotta do it your way.
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artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: WMD is now in the land of "eh." WMD is climbing well (so far) and is enjoying the land of "eh" immensely. Squamish?
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chossmonkey wrote: In other news..... Rebecca was cranking this past weekend sending both of her projects. Well resending one from last year and finishing up another that was started last fall. Both in the same day. I did hang the draws for her.
Sweet! Good job!
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