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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 14, 2007 - 05:18pm PT
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Hello!
I used to, and still do in fact, hang out at that perpetually dying place called rec.climbing, and now I've seen the light*.
See some old faces here.
Anyway, hello, everybody, here I am. (Oh, this is for you - where do I put the bottle?) "Here" being Cambridge MA for now, but not for long. Flying to SFO next week. Will be at South Lake Tahoe somewhere with friends next weekend, and then going to Yosemite with big but unclear plans, and no partner.
Anyone want to play? I'll be leaving all kinds of messages at Camp 4, I imagine...
Cheers
Paulina
*I think that's someone shining their headlamp into my eyes, how rude!
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scuffy b
climber
The deck above the 5
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Sep 14, 2007 - 05:20pm PT
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Welcome to the dark side, Paulina.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Sep 14, 2007 - 05:33pm PT
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Hopefully you have at least rinsed the Zauman/Bubb/Slime/MadDog detritus off you before entering the 'Taco..... welcome! (it is only those 4 over there now, isn't it?)
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 05:36pm PT
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Hi Russ,
I haven't seen any bilefest action from any of them in a while. Maybe I just killed all those threads, though. Nice people occasionally post a TR or ask a question, but it's pretty slow going.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Sep 14, 2007 - 05:37pm PT
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There IS a there, there, still?
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WoodySt
Trad climber
Riverside
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Sep 14, 2007 - 05:37pm PT
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To join this demented club my dear, you must have nerves of titanium, sharpened teeth, bad breath, a thick layer of dirt over the body and smell really bad. I hope you qualify. More of the distaff side can only help.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 05:47pm PT
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I have cooking pots of titanium, and the rest of the stuff I'm hoping to come by in the next few months via a natural process...
Jaybro: worry not, there is only here -- there or anywhere.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 05:48pm PT
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Ooh... Facelift... Yes, will be there if at all possible. Thanks for the pointer!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 14, 2007 - 05:56pm PT
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There are other forums?
Fer real?
Nobody tells me anything.
Welcome Paulina.
We are a narsty bunch.
Watch out for trolls.
Yours,
Tarbousier
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 14, 2007 - 05:57pm PT
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Yes, FaceLift. September 26th - 30th. If you want to meet a whole bunch of SuperTopians and their unindicted co-conspirators, in the flesh, come to Yellow Pines campground in the Valley on the evening of the 25th, for the BBQ. (Sushi available by arrangement with nature.) Some free camping (no triflers, please) may be available through Chicken Skinner, aka Ken.
See http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=439745&msg=447226#msg447226 for much more about the FaceLift.
I'll be in the Valley from the evening of the 21st onward, and when not helping Ken, am available for belaying duty, and perhaps to follow the gentler 5.7s.
Anders
Edit: The Hotel SuperTopia - you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Sep 14, 2007 - 06:46pm PT
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Poor old wreck. Soon it will just be Slime calling bullshit on himself.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Sep 14, 2007 - 06:58pm PT
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bwahahahaha! Good one Gary , and soooooo true.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Sep 14, 2007 - 09:00pm PT
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welcome, paulina! can't believe we've never actually climbed together. not even at a qq climbfest. will have to remedy that.
sorry i couldn't make it to your slideshow. unfortunately, movie (kinglines, at arlington) coincided.
glad to see you on board!
go
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 14, 2007 - 09:11pm PT
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wow locker, you're HOT!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 14, 2007 - 09:32pm PT
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Paulina, welcome.... did you bring the skin thickener? Oh... wait, never mind, you probably have leftovers from climb.wreck or whatever.
BTW (shameless), you like sushi?
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 14, 2007 - 09:56pm PT
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RE:
"did you bring the skin thickener?"
some days a full hazmat suit may be required.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 14, 2007 - 10:09pm PT
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Am I the only shallow cragger that wants to see a photo?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 14, 2007 - 10:12pm PT
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I am totally losing it.
All my marbles just rolled onto the floor.
Between this and the neebee thread, we have ample proof that climbers, at least the variety present here, are fully insane.
I've been reading the punchlines of these threads to Lisa,
And she agrees with me: you ain't never going to get kicks like this on a runner's forum, or anywhere else on the planet for that matter.
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 14, 2007 - 10:18pm PT
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RE:
"we have ample proof that climbers, at least the variety present here, are fully insane"
hahahahaha!!!
LMAO
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 14, 2007 - 10:23pm PT
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Ron... I was trying to be a little more subtle... you know... bait 'em out with, well, BAIT! and get Malcolm to show up with his equipment. NExt thing you know... yup, faces plastered all over the intardnet.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 11:13pm PT
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Wow, thanks for the welcoming words, everybody!
Locker, I pay _you_ $2.33 if you show up dressed like this at FaceLift. I normally pay more to see stuff like this, but I'm not gainfully employed at the moment.
Nature, I love sushi, but see above. :)
GO, here we go again (geddit?!). Maybe you should drop everything and go to Yosemite with me! I hear they have some rocks there.
Mighty Hiker: easy 5.7 sounds like an excellent plan.
Cheers!
Paulina, whose skin has been toughened by years of growing up with her mother around
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 14, 2007 - 11:16pm PT
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supertopo suit
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Sep 15, 2007 - 12:20am PT
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Is that Harvey Carter?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 15, 2007 - 12:21am PT
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So rec.climbing still exists? And Slime and Mad Dog still live there? Man, that's weird. I lived there for years. Lotta years. It was pretty much home, but then I went away for a couple of years, and when I came back the whole usenet thing seemed to have been replaced by forums, which mostly sucked. This one ain't bad, and a lot of the old r.c crew is here so I just assumed the old homestead had been paved over or something.
D
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Sep 15, 2007 - 12:21am PT
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I think it is Ron Paul, sans foil, but protected none the less...
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 15, 2007 - 12:41am PT
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I think I'm hiding behind the tinfoil with Ron
Nature, I love sushi, but see above. :)
I missed something. Oh well... Locker..... the bait is still on the hook if you are interested.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Sep 15, 2007 - 12:44am PT
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Does this mean Locker is no longer black listed. Have locker and nature kissed an made up?
I am
going to cry! Schnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrr
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 15, 2007 - 12:47am PT
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We kissed but we didn't exactly make up.
and he was never OFFICIALLY blacklisted.
he's just a n00b that needs to STFU
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Sep 15, 2007 - 10:07am PT
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Well so far this is pretty civilized as Taco-welcomes-to-newcomers go. When Paulina first posted I thought uh-oh. But then she's survived just fine for years on the wreck, no stranger to online oddities at all.
I sometimes miss the place, it had its own charms. For one thing the absence of pictures meant that TRs were all text, and a fair number of them were carefully written not just typed. Resulted in some classics.
cheers!
L
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jstan
climber
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Sep 15, 2007 - 01:22pm PT
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Have you noticed the internet is entirely different from third grade? In third grade the guys flinging spitballs and stealing inkwells were all sitting in the back row. On the internet they are all in the front row.
For a short time I tried to use the wrec, but I could not find a second row. This place has quite few rows and a lot of really good stuff, toward the back.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2007 - 02:44pm PT
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Don't know about that. I think you make the rows you want to hang out in (unlike in third grade).
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2007 - 02:47pm PT
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Re: Nature, I love sushi, but see above. :)
I missed something. Oh well...
I was referring to my not gainfully employed status.
Actually, I'm not entirely sure if I'm supposed to somehow sign up in advance for the cleaning duty, the camping, the slideshows, the whatever else is going on, or if I can just come to the right place around the right time and find something to do and some people to hang out with. Sounds like the latter, hopefully...
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 15, 2007 - 03:10pm PT
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Ah yes... the old no money cop-out.
Let's see... which Sushi event might be be talking about here....
Yosemite
JTree
Cochise
I'm only running three in the next four months so the confusion is palatable on my end.
There will be a BBQ along with sushi on Tuesday the 25th in Yosemite (Yellow Pines). Scrape your change together and waddle on up to the sushibar. Or just bring a side of bear meat and grill it. (Poor #46 won't approve).
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Sep 15, 2007 - 04:04pm PT
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Hey, Paulina,
My ability to get away is pretty poor right now, but if you're passing through Berkeley and want a meal or a place to crash let me know. It would be nice to meet you.
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2007 - 04:43pm PT
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Tin foil? Aluminum? Ron Paul? Vote? Huh? ;-P
I'll hang around and learn your ways...
Melissa, it would be great to meet you too. Thank you!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sep 15, 2007 - 09:55pm PT
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I remember Paulina from Rec.climbing. You don't have to warn her about Trolls and Flames. Rec.climbing was no kindergarten. They invented that stuff. Even Juan is better behaved here than he was there.
Welcome Paulina
Karl
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 15, 2007 - 11:21pm PT
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"Actually, I'm not entirely sure if I'm supposed to somehow sign up in advance for the cleaning duty, the camping, the slideshows, the whatever else is going on, or if I can just come to the right place around the right time and find something to do and some people to hang out with. Sounds like the latter, hopefully..."
Please have a look at the FaceLift threads, referred to above. You could also look at www.yosemiteclimbing.org for current event details.
Most things about the FaceLift are free, and fairly informal. The exceptions:
1. If you want free camping, you have to contact Ken NOW, and see if there's any left. (Volunteering = free camping.)
2. If you want sushi on September 25th, arrange it with nature (Doug), before or there. $30. Otherwise, simply show up, bring something to BBQ and typical food and drink things, and away we go.
3. All evening social events are free - to volunteers. Except Friday and Saturday, where a $10 donation is requested.
4. Dinner and draw prizes (Sunday) also free - to volunteers. You get one draw prize ticket for each day you help.
You sign up each morning at the Visitor Centre - 9:00 AM. (Bring a friend!) There's no shortage of things to do. If you want to help some days, but not all five, that can probably be worked out. Or perhaps part of each day. The volunteer work need not be onerous, and can even involve hiking or climbing for a day, but doing a thorough cleanup of the area while there.
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Sep 15, 2007 - 11:24pm PT
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Are you the same Paulina that used to hang with a Paramedic from Bishop?
Chez
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2007 - 12:15pm PT
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Karl, DMT, others from olden r.c. days: hi!
Chez: 'Fraid not. Unless there's serious blackouts in my memory. I'm from the East side (as in, Boston).
Mighty Hiker: Thanks for the info! I checked out the threads and emailed Ken.
My plane to SFO is tomorrow morning. Hurray!
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Looney
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Sep 19, 2007 - 12:39pm PT
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Welcome Paulina. Just found this thread today. Look forward to meeting you as well...
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