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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Oct 16, 2008 - 08:55am PT
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Bikers on footpaths suck.
So do whiner threads like this one.
IF you can wait about 30 days, the political threads will mostly die, except for Farttrad's incessant moaning and groaning about the clash of civilizations.
I said 30 days cause of course there will be a lot of bitching about who wins and loses, so just keep your pants on for thirty days.
As for why serious climbing related threads, even threads about NEW stuff or accident reports, or things that could actually help climbers climb better or safer, don't get more posts, it MUST be because people are not that intersted in them.
I'm not happy abotu that either, but that's how how thigns are.
Even though this is allegendly a climbing site, apparently climbers will talk about what they want, not what you think they should.
Better get over that.
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scuffy b
climber
On the dock in the dark
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Oct 16, 2008 - 11:07am PT
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Has anyone seen T.M. Hebert lately?
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 11:17am PT
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Hope you choose to wear a helmet when you bang your head against that particular wall, Chris.
I saw TM in The Meadows last Fall, even got his contact info.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 11:56am PT
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Wow! A $50,000 fifth wheel? Post the link to that photo - that thing must be WAY tricked out!
Coincidentally, we just bought a fifth wheel for far less than half that amount (guess ours is a pile in comparison to the 50k one). Because we spent a lot of time researching light weight fifth wheels (and purchased the smallest made - 24') we only get one to two mpg less than we do in the truck and topper. And surprisingly, in many cases, using the fifth wheel offers a savings for us. Instead of multiple short trips, we can make one trip and stay out longer. Pretty cool, eh? I agree with you about noisy generators as well - they are obnoxious. That is the main reason we don't have one and are instead installing solar panels.
You should try one, you might like it...
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 16, 2008 - 11:59am PT
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Crimpie - let it go. The dude is a nut case. :-)
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 16, 2008 - 12:05pm PT
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scruffy b
TM is supposed to be here tomorrow, from the word on the street.
Tom Herbert here now.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 12:16pm PT
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Are they going to get three generations up the West Face this time?
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Oct 16, 2008 - 12:25pm PT
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Hey those are some nice pics!!!
Looks like fun there too.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 12:26pm PT
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Oct 16, 2008 - 12:27pm PT
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Look at me !!
Sent my badass 5.2 proj >:)
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:09pm PT
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rhyang...Is that the first pitch of Royal Arches Direct? Way harder than 5.2. Nice send! Glad to see you on your feet and having fun!
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webee
Trad climber
colorado
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:16pm PT
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I think Chris2 is right on the money,but i see where people on this little clic like site might not get it.
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:22pm PT
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Thanks weebee but your post is most likely not the way to make friends here.
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:25pm PT
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And Mike…rather than the “going to a bar analogy,” a better one might be walking over to someone’s campfire, where there is an ongoing conversation and interrupt the group “spraying” about the climbs you did that day.
(ahh…as the “pirates” descend)
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:28pm PT
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I think Chris2 and Juan de Fuca should have their own little ME-off
elsewhere
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:34pm PT
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Melissa - no no, it's just a little trad line on Herring Creek Dome called The Teacher :) The pic is from Labor Day.
Thanks for the good wishes ... I was in Yosemite a few weeks ago and led Sloth Wall (5.7) and the second pitch of Munginella (5.6, we did it in three pitches that day).
Context for the OP and other such folks: I'm a recovering incomplete quadriplegic .. broke my neck in 8/2007 in a car accident, spinal cord bruise, paralysis, halo, titanium implants in my neck, wheelchair, etc. But as luck would have it I am climbing again, so you can kiss my grits ! :D
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:35pm PT
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It’s interesting typing up a post then coming back to it. Lame little insults from people like Greg (steelmonkey) and MisterE.
You know guys, there is no rule that you HAVE to type something. You aware of that?
At least Crimper had a good response defending her camper with the use of solar panels (and yes, they do work well...I own a few. It always amazes me how they draw power even when it is cloudy out).
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:37pm PT
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Oh, and your OP was soooo innocuous...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:39pm PT
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reminds me of the SNL skit with the old man...
we didn't have skis in my day, we strapped dead people to our feet.
we said, "Look at me, I'm skiing on dead people."
LOL!!!
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:44pm PT
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Fatty:
Maybe I'm goofed up from too much caffeine in my mate tea today, but I found your comment about being insulted really funny!
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 01:47pm PT
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Fat do you mean,” You seem to be the fascist for deriding peoples choice of vehicle or their joy in sharing the new experience with friends via this forum. And a fascist for attempting to limit our conversations. You must goose step very well, likely that you don't climb well,”?
For someone that seems to pride themselves on the understanding of politics and political definitions your post didn’t make sense.
and Mike,if I was to say what climbs I have done of recent, would that not be the antithesis of what this post is about?!
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webee
Trad climber
colorado
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:22pm PT
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Hey all thanks for any responce.I rarely get any. So i can be a little negative.Nothing persanle
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:27pm PT
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Damn Fat, being compared to Mussolini over one climbing post. Seems to be a bit of a stretch, don’t you think?
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:29pm PT
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thought I'd throw a look at me photo in here just cause I want to.
Look at me skinning up some sweet corn below Matterhorn Peak.
My legs are so freakin' strong it's not even funny. You wish you had my quads.
And Crimpie and Daves RV rocks by the way.
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:39pm PT
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I skied that very portion of Matterhorn Peak. A little frightening. Just to the left of your photo there had been a recent slide.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:43pm PT
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Hahaha! Mate through the nose, courtesy of Micronut and his quads!
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:43pm PT
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Look at ME!!!!!!!! Somewhat similar shot from a MUCH better snow year. Note - no trees visible:
By the way Micronut, you can call me "Quadrasaurus Rex, the Shredi Knight"
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:44pm PT
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My partner took a photo of me yesterday but for some reason I look like a dork.
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:50pm PT
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Lee NH, were you at Whitehorse, Cathedral?
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:51pm PT
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On Round Top's summit after climbing the Crescent Moon Couloir this past April -
SP readers will recognize the pose ;)
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:54pm PT
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Chris2:
Lee NH, were you at Whitehorse, Cathedral?
Whitehorse, for a stellar day of midweek climbing (see my photo on Joe the Plumber thread
for the view up towards our route, Atlantis).
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Oct 16, 2008 - 02:59pm PT
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Look at ME, commiting a crime of fashion, BITD when men were men and bouldering maxi pads had not been invented.....
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Oct 16, 2008 - 03:03pm PT
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Look at ME!!!
It was a spiritual journey. I drove my Prius to the crag.
I'm Old Too!
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 03:06pm PT
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Nice job' that climb is hard to protect, and climb at the same time. Yea...long approach from your Prius!
Sad that someone died on it not too long ago.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Oct 16, 2008 - 03:10pm PT
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Just to be clear, no one died on this route. Unfortunately, however, someone I knew commited suicide by jumping (diving) off the top of the route.
R.C. RIP
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 03:40pm PT
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Sorry to hear that. From where did they jump? The route finishes off at two bolts.
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 03:47pm PT
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Jesus, Dave. those tights are just awful!
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 05:36pm PT
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No kidding Fat. It really did take a strange turn. Why not get things on track with some of your ignorant comments. You know you have it in you!
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Oct 16, 2008 - 05:39pm PT
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Uh chris2, you really need to get a clue. The route is Leave It To Beaver, it's to right of Clean & Jerk. It does not end at a two bolt anchor. The person who "died" on that route ran and jumped off the top.
You might want to change your Location from The Gunks to the idiot pile.
For the rest, please continue to post your self interested "Look At Me" photos, there cool.
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 05:46pm PT
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HEY!!!
I was trying to rile BrassNuts up, but he's regular Baba today!
;-}
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 06:07pm PT
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Rile him up? You were looking at HIM and that makes him happy. You were looking at his butt, weren't you? *snicker*
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Chris2
Trad climber
The Gunks to Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2008 - 06:10pm PT
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Could be my bad...I was thinking Spider Line
Hope we can meet sometime, rlf.
Crimper I see you are still perusing. I am just a bit RV unfriendly I suppose. I watched a good portion of Joshua Tree being paved to accommodate 5th wheels and RV’s, and then came the fees to camp.
Bye kids...off for the rest of the day.
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 06:27pm PT
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Back to the derision, please!
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 06:28pm PT
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Chris2 - I spend an embarrassing amount of time here when I'm not out playing/climbing/biking. (It used to be worse, trust me!)
It's perfectly okay if we disagree on the RV thing. I'm sure we have far more in common than not. I will say that The Cougar is a great 'piece of climbing gear' for some locations and types of trips we take. And for those trips we'll use it happily. For others, we sleep on the ground (see, for example, our recent poorly selected train-track-side bivy in Utah), we car camp in my Matrix (e.g., see our recent trip to Sagehen Summit, or the many, many trips to Kentucky and Tennessee), tent camp (e.g., see our recent trip to City of Rocks and Yosemite) or we use the Pop-up camper (e.g., see our last trip to Indian Creek, Courtright Reservoir, the Needles and Tuolumne).
If you ever see us out at one of the many places we are lucky enough to get to go to and spend a lot of time, come by and join us for a margarita happy hour in the Cougar. I promise not to blow any of my drink through my nose. :)
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Oct 16, 2008 - 06:32pm PT
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For jaysus effing sake. You people have no f*cking clue. I do, and I am feeling generous. So here it is: it was Colonel Mustard, in the Ballroom, with the Candlestick.
Hell, even a five-year-old could have seen that. Climbers are dumb. Of course, how many climbers there are on the Taco Stand is a different matter.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 16, 2008 - 07:08pm PT
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Hey loooky at me, hee, hee
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 16, 2008 - 07:16pm PT
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Geezuz Werner... eat a sandwich! :-)))
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nature
climber
Santa Fe, NM
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Oct 16, 2008 - 07:19pm PT
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For the record.....
I was practicing yoga one morning when along came Jingy with a camera. He started to shoot me practicing. Should I have stopped practicing? Asked him to get lost? Please advise.
Later that day happie came along and shot some more shots of me. Should I have mooned her to get her to scatter?
Fast forward to after we all got home from Yosemite. Jingy sent me the images. He asked if I'd post them as he couldn't. Others requested that I post his shots. I did.
Yoga might be a deeply personal thing to you but to me it's something I want to share with others - in particular I want to share yoga with them on the mat. A number of folks that morning said how they were inspired to see me practiced and voiced that they to should do some yoga.
But alas... by not telling them to get lost and by then later fulfilling the request to post the images I'm nothing but a spray lord. But that's ok... Oh and just one more thing....
LOOK AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CAN TOUCH MY FEET!!!
EDIT: by the way.... it was really cool to see the photos for my person edification. There are subtleties in my practice that I'd never notice unless I saw the shots Jingy took. My elbows elevate when doing Viprita Chakrasana which isn't good alignment.
Double Edit: Crimpie and Dave's fifthwheel KicksAss™
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Oct 16, 2008 - 07:25pm PT
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Way to go Nature. I knew you weren't hyping yourself. And I agree, photos can help you see things in your postures that you wouldn't otherwise.
Not that I can do any of those poses, but Eric..AKA Nanook started teaching yoga in Wawona this summer and it is really helping my back and strengthening my leg.
Keep up the good work.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 16, 2008 - 07:36pm PT
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I dig ALL the photos people share. Climbing, bikes, vans, pets - and even yoga - I like all of it. I suppose to some people who haven't gotten to 'know' the characters here, some things could appear to be very 'look at me me me'. Hanging around a while presents a very different picture.
Supertopo is a great place. :)
BTW Nature, I notice that in the following pose that your elbows were relaxed. I believe you have this posture perfected!
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nature
climber
Santa Fe, NM
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Oct 16, 2008 - 07:48pm PT
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LOL! That's a good Look At Me ™ photo.
That was pretty funny.... Aldude wouldn't sit in my massage chair. I guess he had something against artificial stimulation. Good thing he's not a woman.
My elbows might be down but my shoulders are rolling forward and my shoulder blades are coming off my back. Bad Bad alignment. No shoulder loop and too much kidney loop.
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nature
climber
Santa Fe, NM
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Oct 16, 2008 - 08:05pm PT
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no problem on the wig...
let me ponder the leotard for a bit....
thanks...
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nature
climber
Santa Fe, NM
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Oct 16, 2008 - 08:20pm PT
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The press handstand was impressive.
The hanging Hanumanasana was nice too.
thanks for the link...
spray boy!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 16, 2008 - 09:54pm PT
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That's it!!!
I'm madd as hell and just can't take anymore.
Chiloe: You're such a dork.
Brass Nuts: faggot, faggot, faggot.
Looking Sketchy: ha!!! NO WAY you lead the Beav. ...wet dreams only bro.
Crimpster: Up yours (nose) g-friend.
Sheesh what a great thread.
Hasn't been any good fun around here lately.
Too many misfits altogether tho: we'll NEVER get along so fugitaboutit!!!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Oct 16, 2008 - 10:34pm PT
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Ahhhhhh, Now I understand the Tar Buster moniker..... : )) Lynnie
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Oct 16, 2008 - 10:56pm PT
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Gesundheit Institute 1998. Patch Adams on the right. I gave the Institute 1-1/2 years of my life. Spot the MisterE:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 16, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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Neato!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 16, 2008 - 11:16pm PT
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i JUST LOVE this place.
I can be myself here, all day & all night.
mememememememememe.
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