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chossmonkey
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wanderlustmd wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: After leaving me for dead on thursday while out MT.Biking, Rebecca entered the ranks of the n00bs today while climbing. I ropegunned her new projjj for her and she proceeded to TR it. THEN when she was all done and we had moved down the cliff and I was getting all my draws together to do a quick lap on one of my training routes I realized I was a draw short. Wouldn't you know, it was still up on the route Rebecca had been working on. She promised me she would get it on the way down. It turns out I was the one who ended up reclimbing the route and getting it.  Good thing the route was too hard for the swarms of other n00bs to climb it and booty the draw before we went back and got it. WIFEY FAIL!  I gave you an out with the training thing! Weren't you listening to the dude's story?
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chossmonkey
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wanderlustmd wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: Oh he's exhagerating on the left for dead thing. I can't believe he's still whinning about it. Did I mention it was in the first 2 min that we were riding with the other people. I would say the first two min of our ride, but we did ride our bikes to the starting point. Dude, I've told you I'm sorry. If you don't stop bitching then I'm going to tell everyone here your tendancy to wander off when out hiking and biking with me ALL THE TIME. In the end I hope YOU learned YOUR lesson about wandering off. And now that we have this understanding that you're not going to wander off anymore then I have a understanding that you'll always be around on the same trail as me. Cool? This is going to get really fun to watch, methinks
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chossmonkey
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wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: Oh he's exhagerating on the left for dead thing. I can't believe he's still whinning about it. Did I mention it was in the first 2 min that we were riding with the other people. I would say the first two min of our ride, but we did ride our bikes to the starting point. Dude, I've told you I'm sorry. If you don't stop bitching then I'm going to tell everyone here your tendancy to wander off when out hiking and biking with me ALL THE TIME. In the end I hope YOU learned YOUR lesson about wandering off. And now that we have this understanding that you're not going to wander off anymore then I have a understanding that you'll always be around on the same trail as me. Cool? I think chossy just got bitch-slapped. I don't think so. She left out the part where I was waiting and went back for her slow ass friend. The plot thickens.
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Oh, and WMD outside of teh aide you needz to learn how to rack on teh harness. Keeps the gearzling from getting in teh wai of klimbing. Lies!!! All lies!!! Unless you are climbing they WSG roof cracks. It still depends, imo, but the sling worked pretty well for me. It frees up harness clutter, for sure. Once you get used to it swinging around it is way better than harness racking in most situations. I find gear on my harness gets in the way more than on a sling. But I guess it depends on the route. At least with a sling it is easy to move.
That's just it. The sling gets in the way of things.
I have been doing the majority of leading within my climbing circle in the past 18 months and i find it much more convienent for me to just rack on my harness. Plus, the comfort level is better for me.
Again, to each thier own.
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chossmonkey
Jun 17, 2008, 5:13 PM
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wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: So we got a bunch of paver bricks for free today. I wonder how much money I saved my wife? I also made Rebecca do some manual labor. However much it was, I spent $100 of it on a bird bath/water fountain for Rebecca's garden. That was the first thing we got from our neighbors that we had to pay for. Half our backyard is stuff they didn't want anymore or had to get rid of so they could put in something else. How did you get free bricks? Sounds like you have nice neighbors. I want to build some simple bookshelves at some point, even wood is expensive.
You would think with wood growing on trees and all it would be cheaper than it is. Go check out your local lumberyards they might be cheaper than the big boxes. Especially if they move a high volume of lumber.
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obsessed
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the_climber wrote: stymingersfink wrote: the_climber wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: the_climber wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: If you were sitting around hanging out waiting for the slow fucks, why no pics? um.. they're slow fuks too?  am i right? do i get the points? No, we were chugging right along when we actually were able to climb. Why didn't you muscle your way past? We considered, but I think we were both in chill out mode at that point. No reason to rush. That and it was definately the sort of thing that had we known how long it was actually going to take, we might indeed have tried to pass. This is correct. I do, now, know how to bypass a realllllly slow party at the P3 belay ledge. A bit runowt, but effiecent none-the-less. Oh, and WMD outside of teh aide you needz to learn how to rack on teh harness. Keeps the gearzling from getting in teh wai of klimbing. Seriously [here we go again] I have gotten so used to klimbing with gearz on mah harness that I forgot how much of a PITA teh gearzling iz when it flops in front of ewe. Then there's the whole flip-upside-down-and-looze-it-awl conundrum. [/going] We did wel, regardless, and it is gud to be flexable and adapt to whatever environment comes about. Meh, to each thier own. Though next time we need to bring all 5 sets of gearz. I can put a double rack on mah harness. That leaves mah gearzling open for mah two racks and your gearzling for another 1.5 racks. I think we kan overkill anything. Yeah, we should have anchored where the other guys did and scooted up the right side. It did look run out, but you could probably get some pieces out left (on Thin Air) until you reached the horizontal. That's funny; I usually do rack on the harness. I thought I'd try the gear sling just for you.  That gear sling we used adjusts, although it is a pain to do so. I actually liked having all that free space on my harness for slingz. I might use it again next time I climb. If the aid thing works out, I'm bringing an umbrella, belay seat, and bullet pack of beer.  Two words: Pony Keg.And that is exactly what I'll be packing into the CMC Valley later this summer while the others are carrying my rack, tent, rope, and food. It seems that if you are willing to carry the beer others aer willing to carry all of your stuff. Just in case you're wondering.... This: [img]http://sonnietrotter.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1375&g2_serialNumber=2[/img] is the CMC Valley. Nice. Now can you make drawing on this to show us the route you will take? Left most Buttress, named Wakonda Butress. Planned Route for first day: Iron Suspender 240m 5.8 A3 FA: Billy Davidson & G.Homer 1971 The other routes we are planning on doing are around 5.8 and are on the central butress seen in the photo. I say around because the area doesn't see that much trafic these days and the Calgary Mountain Club was well know for thier sandbagged ratings in the 70's, when most of the development was done in there. We expect a full TR. How many days are you spending there? I think we're planning on 2 and a half (limited vacation time if I want to get to the Bugs or Squamish this year). On the Aid Line I figure I can hike in, set up camp then fix the first 2 aid pitches before dark... then the rest will go fast and I can spend the rest of the time knocking off some of the other moderates. Who knows, if I'm feeling generous I'll pack in a portaledge too. I however, am in no way hauling a keg up to the base of the route... the camp sure, but the route... that's another 600feet elevation I am not going to carry that thing. Don't you mean 180M? I thought you guys were on the metric system up there.  We are on the metric system. The generation of kids comming out of school or in school now are really the first generation to have a full "Metric" influence. My better half was in school when the change occured, I was is just after, and both our parents were only schooled in imperial measurment. So for me I speek, Celcius for temp, meters for hight of cliffs/buildings/... , km for distance (though I understand miles, feet, ect. too), feet and inches for hight of people, liters/mL for volume, kg and pounds for weight except for ounces which completely throughs me off (unless it's a certain something else in ounces, oh and gold I know in ounces), and Feet for Elevation... still working on the whole meters thing for elevation, that just hasn't happened for me yet.
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chossmonkey
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obsessed wrote: Thanks a lot epok. I will never get that 5 mins of my life back. At least it explains the retarded look in your pic, but you are missing the hot chick in yours
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chossmonkey
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snoopy138 wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: Toady is supposed to be going out climbing with us tomorrow. 5:1 odds against. Second, with the additional stipulation that she eats bon-bons all day. jk Toady! Grrrr You forgot the TM Your are correct. But I really shouldn't need to TM my own words. Thats only if anyone else uses it. yore obviously unfamiliar with how trademark law works.
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chossmonkey
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: So we got a bunch of paver bricks for free today. I wonder how much money I saved my wife? I also made Rebecca do some manual labor. However much it was, I spent $100 of it on a bird bath/water fountain for Rebecca's garden. That was the first thing we got from our neighbors that we had to pay for. Half our backyard is stuff they didn't want anymore or had to get rid of so they could put in something else. Oh? maybe she can make it up to you somehow. I think you should have charged the neighbors a disposal fee, netting you an even larger balance in the "favors" department with R.
They have given us a bunch of plants and other stuff to.
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chossmonkey
Jun 17, 2008, 5:20 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote:  Edit to add the damn image tags. Durr. I'm stealin' that one. It distills my two favorites, down into one. That one is so last year. Where the hell have you been that you need to steal it now? Evidently masterbating in the bathroom. and if that's so last year... whaddaya got for this year?
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chossmonkey
Jun 17, 2008, 5:22 PM
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Ooops. That's very 80's
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chossmonkey
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How about this?
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Oh, and WMD outside of teh aide you needz to learn how to rack on teh harness. Keeps the gearzling from getting in teh wai of klimbing. Lies!!! All lies!!! Unless you are climbing they WSG roof cracks. It still depends, imo, but the sling worked pretty well for me. It frees up harness clutter, for sure. Once you get used to it swinging around it is way better than harness racking in most situations. I find gear on my harness gets in the way more than on a sling. But I guess it depends on the route. At least with a sling it is easy to move.
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chossmonkey
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the_climber wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: Oh he's exhagerating on the left for dead thing. I can't believe he's still whinning about it. Did I mention it was in the first 2 min that we were riding with the other people. I would say the first two min of our ride, but we did ride our bikes to the starting point. Dude, I've told you I'm sorry. If you don't stop bitching then I'm going to tell everyone here your tendancy to wander off when out hiking and biking with me ALL THE TIME. In the end I hope YOU learned YOUR lesson about wandering off. And now that we have this understanding that you're not going to wander off anymore then I have a understanding that you'll always be around on the same trail as me. Cool? This could be good. Who has the popcorn? 
Since you are coming in late you pay more for beer with it.
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obsessed wrote: granite_grrl wrote: So I'm on afternoon shift here at work all week. Today I hit the floor running, literaly. Got called to help at a machine before I could even tie up my safety shoes. After three hours of that I'm now trying to catch up with emails. I'm currently trying to figure out how to say that some vender's design sounds okay, but I don't fully understand what the design is for without sounding like an idiot/bitch. I forgot you were on afternoons. Forgot to tell you guys I didn't make it home til way after 10 on Fri night. Drove straight into that huge storm. You should have seen the lightening coming off the lake! It was wild. no hail though. People don't know how to drive in blinding rain either. They all slowed down to a snail pace and threw on their hazzard lights. Even in the "fast" lane, so I couldn't get by them.
You think you're all tough in that big gas guzzling truck don't you?
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: stymingersfink wrote: obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: In other news, it's supposed to be rainy all week. Makes me not feel so bad about the shoulder. Hows it feeling wmd? That really sucks if you start your trip off that way. Is this a chronic thing? Probably more attributable to the lack of chronic. That shitz and analgesic you know. It's not chronic...or it wasn't. I've had two subluxations prior to this, which is when the joint pushes against the muscle, etc. holding it into place. It feels like it's out, but according to my doctor, it doesn't actually come out all the way. The stretching action makes it more likely to come out in the future; this was the third time, and the first time it has come out through movement alone. The previous two times, I had fallen on the arm and wrenched it. So, while I have to be careful, it doesn't limit me at all (knock on wood). It was disconcerning to have it come out like that...I was in an awkward stance and turned just the right way. Two weeks rest, then I will start gently with some shoulder specific exercises designed to help strengthen the muscles. Every so often I have a very slight twinge, but it already feels normal, with full motion, etc. I can to pullups/pushups no problem. Still have to be careful, though. Is there not a point in a run out route where you have essentially gone beyond the probable protection of your last piece and are essentially soloing?
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obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: We are on the metric system. The generation of kids comming out of school or in school now are really the first generation to have a full "Metric" influence. My better half was in school when the change occured, I was is just after, and both our parents were only schooled in imperial measurment. So for me I speek, Celcius for temp, meters for hight of cliffs/buildings/... , km for distance (though I understand miles, feet, ect. too), feet and inches for hight of people, liters/mL for volume, kg and pounds for weight except for ounces which completely throughs me off (unless it's a certain something else in ounces, oh and gold I know in ounces), and Feet for Elevation... still working on the whole meters thing for elevation, that just hasn't happened for me yet. I totally relate. I was in school when the change to metric came in. I only speak in metric temps and mileage. As for everything else, I'm still old skool. My kids don't know anything about imperial measurements. Its hard to discuss things with them when we speak different languages
I could be wrong, but Standard (a.k.a. Imperial to british wannbes) is going to be around in Canada for a long time still. At least in the construction sector. Industrial uses metric but Canada supplies too much stuff to the US for residential that it really doesn't make sense to go to metric. Standard works much better for construction anyway.
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chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: We are on the metric system. The generation of kids comming out of school or in school now are really the first generation to have a full "Metric" influence. My better half was in school when the change occured, I was is just after, and both our parents were only schooled in imperial measurment. So for me I speek, Celcius for temp, meters for hight of cliffs/buildings/... , km for distance (though I understand miles, feet, ect. too), feet and inches for hight of people, liters/mL for volume, kg and pounds for weight except for ounces which completely throughs me off (unless it's a certain something else in ounces, oh and gold I know in ounces), and Feet for Elevation... still working on the whole meters thing for elevation, that just hasn't happened for me yet. I totally relate. I was in school when the change to metric came in. I only speak in metric temps and mileage. As for everything else, I'm still old skool. My kids don't know anything about imperial measurements. Its hard to discuss things with them when we speak different languages You just date stamped yourself. I could be wrong, but Standard (a.k.a. Imperial to british wannbes) is going to be around in Canada for a long time still. At least in the construction sector. Industrial uses metric but Canada supplies too much stuff to the US for residential that it really doesn't make sense to go to metric. Standard works much better for construction anyway.
Hahahahaaa! You must be careful to not date stamp yourself here!! I'm not sure when the metric system started in Canadia but in Aus it was about 67 or 69. I certainly wasn't even born then.... although I did see Nirvana in concert at college, if that's a date stamp at all. 
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kachoong wrote: chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: the_climber wrote: We are on the metric system. The generation of kids comming out of school or in school now are really the first generation to have a full "Metric" influence. My better half was in school when the change occured, I was is just after, and both our parents were only schooled in imperial measurment. So for me I speek, Celcius for temp, meters for hight of cliffs/buildings/... , km for distance (though I understand miles, feet, ect. too), feet and inches for hight of people, liters/mL for volume, kg and pounds for weight except for ounces which completely throughs me off (unless it's a certain something else in ounces, oh and gold I know in ounces), and Feet for Elevation... still working on the whole meters thing for elevation, that just hasn't happened for me yet. I totally relate. I was in school when the change to metric came in. I only speak in metric temps and mileage. As for everything else, I'm still old skool. My kids don't know anything about imperial measurements. Its hard to discuss things with them when we speak different languages You just date stamped yourself. I could be wrong, but Standard (a.k.a. Imperial to british wannbes) is going to be around in Canada for a long time still. At least in the construction sector. Industrial uses metric but Canada supplies too much stuff to the US for residential that it really doesn't make sense to go to metric. Standard works much better for construction anyway. Hahahahaaa! You must be careful to not date stamp yourself here!! I'm not sure when the metric system started in Canadia but in Aus it was about 67 or 69. I certainly wasn't even born then.... although I did see Nirvana in concert at college, if that's a date stamp at all.
It just never caught on, just like the dollar coin.
I guess that is the difference between living in a Democracy and a Constitutional Monarchy.
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Alright. All mu uncensored games are officially out the window. C has joined the forums and might be sucked into posting hear a bit. So aside from the Chossmart/GG online banter there's going to be another couple. Though I can only hope that it is as mildly entertaining to you as GG and chossy have been for me.
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epoch wrote: epoch wrote: Alright. All my uncensored games are officially out the window. C has joined the forums and might be sucked into posting hear a bit. So aside from the Chossmart/GG online banter there's going to be another couple. Though I can only hope that it is as mildly entertaining to you as GG and chossy have been for me. Cna't slepl...
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chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: granite_grrl wrote: So I'm on afternoon shift here at work all week. Today I hit the floor running, literaly. Got called to help at a machine before I could even tie up my safety shoes. After three hours of that I'm now trying to catch up with emails. I'm currently trying to figure out how to say that some vender's design sounds okay, but I don't fully understand what the design is for without sounding like an idiot/bitch. I forgot you were on afternoons. Forgot to tell you guys I didn't make it home til way after 10 on Fri night. Drove straight into that huge storm. You should have seen the lightening coming off the lake! It was wild. no hail though. People don't know how to drive in blinding rain either. They all slowed down to a snail pace and threw on their hazzard lights. Even in the "fast" lane, so I couldn't get by them. You think you're all tough in that big gas guzzling truck don't you?
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