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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2015 - 06:01am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2015 - 10:23am PT
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From this morning.
Have a good one, please.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2015 - 03:40pm PT
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I moose wake up!
Been fallin' asleep at the desk.
Energy level's...danger zone.
Want some garuda blend.
All I have is powdered 3-in-1 SE Asian mud.
Doggone it!
Happy National Dog Day!
Brought to you by Hebrew National and Nathan's.
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zBrown
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Aug 26, 2015 - 06:38pm PT
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wake up, woof woof, eat well, do what your momma said, it's a grind, woof woof
Coulda been a Beatles song - A Day in the Merced Life
It could be worse, you may have been a street girl (or a sailor?)
I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Aug 27, 2015 - 06:37am PT
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Well back a ways, you inspired - and two T-bones,steaks, with broccoli and sweet patatoe fries, were the result.
The menu for the second day of High-school's dinner. At grass fed organic blah blah, I baulked, but the gryle,( NJ, Accent ) insisted.
The smell of raw meat and the the wafting smoke from the un-used broiler, sent the dog into hiding. The prep, was a simple sear, with a hint of salt & pepper.
Thank you for posting the picture, um that was like forty pictures back but hey. . .
Also we had a heron fly at eye level along with us as we drove along the reservoir ,the second day without a camera. Um that was some forty days ago.
Today's go go thing trips me up, some random gym rat has two pairs of shoes, a two hours drive away.
Then a week must pass for the budget to be lived, if anything can be it is put to the causes chosen ; They are Camera, and rubber that fits.
I need shoes from this decade, that fit
I have a pair of lace up boots from 09'? They are two sizes to big but do not crush the toes, they even have room for an orthotic.
So on the on line garage sale, I see the two pairs at sizes 40.5 for Scarpa 'topa da line'
Techno x , and a lesser and less stiff La Sportiva, Nago s size 39.5. Some where in those two sizes I should be. . . .
Days of not quite getting the right beta and then the kids 1st day of School in the way .
now past, and with some free time to do the drive I check, and the seller says he only has the Nagos and the board says so too, he edited out the better shoe.
Now that is a bit low so I'm not as psyched to know this cat, but if the shoes fit? . .
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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Aug 27, 2015 - 07:50am PT
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I give up, I made six changes then lost four yo some gremlin, in some system. Pictures and commentary lost. . . .
Things I said were as to the nature of the post and a Geezer rating based on a grading system that was squewed,- 1,2,8, 8, 8,8, 8, 8, 8, 9, Donnini- but it went poof, also I took aim at the frog, whom it seems has no knowledge of F R O G, RAY OLSON,
THE From Ray Olson's Garage! FROG.
Said with wit instead of derision, sorry if you read this frog. I may try again or not. . . ???
shot.
From the 70 year old thread:
jogill
climber
Colorado
Aug 1, 2015 - 12:39pm PT
78.5 now and I climbed up until shoulder arthritis and questionable inner-ear balance made climbing (all solo) too risky - age 74. I chose not to continue if it meant being put on a top rope and jollied along by youngsters. But then I had a fall-back in bodyweight exercises that I have done since my days as a gymnast 60 years ago. Puttering Around
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
Aug 3, 2015 - 08:19pm PT
I am 71 and by now have a shoulder that needs to be replaced, so the docs tell me, but from what I hear those replacements are not so good and the recovery time is very long
I ruined my shoulders 55 years ago working the still rings but it only caught up to me about 10 years ago. The surgeon presented three options: shoulder replacement (no more gymnastics stuff at all, ever - including difficult climbing), resurfacing (he said sometimes the person is left with a lingering ache - I declined), and doing nothing. I chose the last.
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johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 2, 2015 - 03:14pm PT
Thanks Brad. When are the Women going to report in? Yeti: Herman is one of the 3 hero's of mine I mentioned in my original post. Got a buddy who has an airplane and we are headed to the East Side of the Sierra tomorrow morning for 2 days of climbing. With his new plane it will take us all of 45 minutes to get from Sacramento to Bishop. Life is good. When I was in France a year ago, I met a fellow that said his dad was in his 70's and climbing something like 8b or 8c. Does anyone know who he is? He was either French or Spanish.
MP
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
Aug 2, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
You all are so inspiring, thanks.
frog (the real frog)
Trad climber
San Diego
Aug 2, 2015 - 08:14pm PT
73 in September ... mostly gym climbing 2 -3 nights a week at Mesa Rim ... great gym in San Diego with 53 foot walls (and another about to open) ... will get to try some easy stuff again at Facelift this year ... always use Jam Crack and Lazy Bum as bench marks ... didn't start climbing till my 50th year, so got a lot of catching up to do ...
frog
hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
Aug 2, 2015 - 11:50pm PT
73
Placed 9 bolts [hammer drill] and an anchor today. I usually climb with a couple of other retired OGs.
I think we should introduce a new term "DOG", for Distinguished OG!!
steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Aug 3, 2015 - 06:55am PT
Almost there at 69, but I don't want to rush it.
elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
Aug 3, 2015 - 08:17am PT
Yo.. I am 71 and by now have a shoulder that needs to be replaced, so the docs tell me, but from what I hear those replacements are not so good and the recovery time is very long... arthritis in the hands too... I haven't climbed in a few years now but as I have aged I have found a peace and personal satisfaction that was lacking in my younger days. I would climb if I could but for me it is no longer important. I have done other things to fill the gap left from not climbing and those are just as rewarding as climbing was... I stay in touch with the sport through my photography and writing, among other interests... so if you are still out there climbing then good for you... you should do what you feel is right for you and not feel pressured to do anything that isn't. Now I only do what I want to do... that is one of the great rewards of retirement... it is all on you!!
Gunkswest
climber
Aug 3, 2015 - 02:36pm PT
George Hurley of Wonalancet, NH (age 80) atop Pywiack Dome aft...
George Hurley of Wonalancet, NH (age 80) atop Pywiack Dome after leading House Calls (5.7) in late July, 2015.
Credit: Gunkswest
In the background are a 68 year old and a 55 year old with another 55 year old behind the camera. 194 years of climbing experience in the party. House Calls never stood a chance!
Sewellymon
climber
.....in a single wide......
Aug 3, 2015 - 03:04pm PT
George Hurley ROCKS!
jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
Aug 3, 2015 - 08:19pm PT
I am 71 and by now have a shoulder that needs to be replaced, so the docs tell me, but from what I hear those replacements are not so good and the recovery time is very long
I ruined my shoulders 55 years ago working the still rings but it only caught up to me about 10 years ago. The surgeon presented three options: shoulder replacement (no more gymnastics stuff at all, ever - including difficult climbing), resurfacing (he said sometimes the person is left with a lingering ache - I declined), and doing nothing. I chose the last.
OnsightOrGoHome
Trad climber
Fair Oaks
Aug 3, 2015 - 11:28pm PT
After nearly forty years climbing with my dad, he's still reaching the peaks. Here he is two years ago, at age 78, atop Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne with my younger brother.
Kevin and dad on top of Cathedral Peak.
Kevin and dad on top of Cathedral Peak.
Credit: OnsightOrGoHome
And last year on a wall in Yosemite.
Credit: OnsightOrGoHome
I think I'll call 'em, summer's winding down! Get on it!
Ron Hermanson
Trad climber
California
Aug 4, 2015 - 10:30pm PT
I have been using a slack line to help with balance. It is fun and it works. Go slow and then you will be thinking you could to some Dean potter moves on the line,he was a master.. Try it you will like it.
johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2015 - 09:12am PT
John R again (OP) Just got back from a 2 day trip to the Sierra East Side with Chuck and his Lancair airplane. Pine Creek the first day and yesterday we were at Patricia bowl at 4pm and I was at my house in Elk Grove (near Sacramento) by 8pm. That included a stop at in-n-out-burger (that's the west coast version of McDonalds). Airplanes make travel fast. Wish I could afford one. onsightorgohome's dad and George Hurley we see pictures of you herein at age 80 on top of some big features. Keep it up. I gota get some exercise tomorrow (today is my daughter's birthday so big celebrations are in order) so I think I'll go out and mountain bike South lake Tahoe doing Sidewinder, Armstrong Connector and Armstrong Pass bike trails. I don't go very fast uphill (it's over 2500 vertical) but go too fast downhill. Gone over my handlebars too many times. 6 stitches under my eye and stitches in my nuts once (hit the goose neck). Broken ribs twice. Mountain Biking is more dangerous than rock climbing. The problem is the faster you go downhill the funner it is. I will try to slow down or next time I'll probably kill myself.
David Lewis
Trad climber
North Conway,New Hampshire
Aug 6, 2015 - 09:04am PT
Another picture of George Hurley leading WI5 at 80 years young
Credit: David Lewis
George Hurley leading Widow's Walk Frankenstein NH 3/13/2015.
johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2015 - 03:40pm PT
Now this is what I am talking about: http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Linking-and-long-days-in-the-San-Juans-a-brief-perspective/t12825n.html
This may inspire me to solo the Tanya-Matthes-Cathedral traverse when the days get longer (like spring of 2016) But this wouldn't be close to what Donini did at 12 miles and 6400 feet elevation gain. It might be a little more technical which might make up a bit
TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
Aug 26, 2015 - 11:37pm PT
73...still climbing, often solo or with one of my partners
also flying, boating, commercial diving, SAR, volunteer fireman, and raising a poultry flock in the woods
this summer drove solo across the country and back to NJ for two weeks in the woods with Tom Brown Jr's Tracker School...Apache training all day and all night exercises in the woods and swamps with no lights
then drove up into BC islands to teach classes on tracking, awareness and wilderness survival with one of my climbing partners who is also my age and quite fit, Gifford Pinchot III http://www.pinchot.com/perspective/
drove a moving van back and forth between CA and WA several times this summer, loading and unloading...starting another round trip tomorrow...
generally just retired and loafing...
AP
Trad climber
Calgary
Aug 27, 2015 - 05:45am PT
The lesson is stay off the couch (except resting after a good day out).
smith curry
climber
nashville,TN
Aug 27, 2015 - 06:33am PT
Thanks for all the inspiration guys!
donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Aug 27, 2015 - 06:59am PT
AP....the couch is the key. You need to get off of it and go out and get things done, BUT....you also need to take complete rest days where you rarely budge from it.
johnr9q
Sport climber
Sacramento, Ca
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2015 - 08:53am PT
I am sure glad some of you "old" guys post using your real name. Most of the people that post on SuperTopo have a handle which doesn't give any light as to who they are. I'm sure I would know or at least know of the reputation of some of the posters if I knew who they were. Whenever I somehow get a connection of a handle and a name I write it down so I can use it in the future. Wish there was a list of handle/real names.
rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Aug 27, 2015 - 09:05am PT
Your real name is johnr9q?
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It was a better read at dawn some how, but I will transport more pics
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2015 - 08:47am PT
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They sucked me into checking a sidebar add for Buffalo Child Wings by using my Broncos as bait. I did find out something about beer I did not know about: nucleated beer glasses.
http://www.buffalowildwings.com/en/beer/
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Nucleated pint glasses
It is increasingly common to find pint glasses which contain markings on the base; very often these glasses are branded to one particular beer. The markings themselves are formed from small pits which aid in nucleation, allowing the gas within it to be released more easily, thus preserving the head.
Without the aid of these pits a regular pint glass will keep a head for only 3 or 4 minutes before appearing 'flat'. The markings come in a variety of styles ranging from a simple circular or square hatched pattern to more complicated branding messages.
I took this info and ran with it, as is my wont, to see where I might end up.
The fact that broncos were involved, and branding, led me to the Wild West and round-ups.The Hawaiian cowboy, known as the paniolo, evolved out in the Pacific during the Wild West, but has been largely overlooked. They likely prefer it that way, brah.The Orchid Isle (Hawaii) is not the mecca for surf that Oahu is, let's face it. But...when some of the spots get goin' they're probably worth a visit, surely.
Never been there, so I don't know.
http://www.thesurfingsite.com/Surf-Spots-BigIsland.html
Various artists / Hu'ehu'e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBI7p2btAkU&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4bv2xYO008WmcBMht-7b3G0&index=10
Best I can do on a Thursday.
Good luck with the shoes, Gnome.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 12:08am PT
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Like it? Game of Drones: Book One--The Pitons Have Eyes, by Mouse RR From Merced. Soon.
With an introduction entirely made by stitching together quotes from the works of JRR Tolkien and Royal Robbins.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 02:19am PT
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Speaking of whom...
I get so that I miss the climbs, now I'm out of the game. But it hasn't really been the same game at all for decades now.
We old-time climbers used to get to smell the rock dust from driving iron, and from cleaning it, especially. I miss that smell. The placing of chocks as a point of style and a creed by which to climb "drove" ironmongery to its knees.
It was quite a while ago that I purchased from Grossman a copy of Sentinel: The West Face. When I got the DVD I found that my computer's ability to read a disc was kaput, I let it slide, and never watched the DVD until tonight.
I've had the replacement part, got it from BS Computing for ten bucks. But I knew nothing about how easy it is to disassemble a desk computer. The part languished in the book case until this morning, when I trekked over to BS and asked them to install the bugger. It took like five minutes and I STOOD THERE GAWKING, thinking how technology just keeps on getting better and more simple, just like the idea of chocks overcoming pitons or digitized information makes paper obsolete. It seems like it's a game of paper, stone, scissors to me.
And so tonight I was finally able to watch this fine film and live out some of my own memories. In thinking it over, I don't believe I have ever watched the entire film except one time until today. I've seen snippets here and there, several times. Now, having the opportunity to freeze scenes and repeat narration, it's eye-opening to see the technology of that era explained and demonstrated.
But I think that the film's bent for philosophizing about life in terms of climbing is rather special and a classic. The blended dream sequence while the climbers are SLEEPING IN HAMMOCKS is greatly appreciated here in Sleepless Merced. The sight of RR's butt hangin' in Yvon's face is a touch of comedy I liked, as well.
Likewise, I'm listening to some classical CDs, which I have sort of missed. There is always the classical station in Sacto I can stream, though. But this new unit means that I can download a program to edit photos which was on my computer but which got wiped when a virus was cleaned.
It's like a new day dawning, as the narrator says in the film.
Late night thoughts while listening to Rossini.
I want to take this opportunity to honor our memories of the late Chuck Pratt, who was a cameraman on this film, along with Tom Frost.
Doug Robinson's thread "Chuck Pratt."
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=861139&msg=861139#msg861139
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hooblie
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from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 28, 2015 - 02:46am PT
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sometimes when the western sky yells displaya show goes on in the eastwhile evening slides into placeeasily
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 03:15am PT
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For Jan.
From a fan.
For the heck of it,
but mainly to help cheer you.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 03:21am PT
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And hooblie wins a pair of castanets!!!! Bravo!!!!
I don't know is on deck.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 04:22am PT
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After taking care of the computer business, I spent nearly two hours down on the intersection of Main and M hoping to get some interesting shots; but at two p.m. on a midweek day it's virtually all business.
The guys with the neat old cars, the rods, the GOOD STUFF that soaks up money--they're all out tryin' to turn a buck to pay for their toys.
I never really realized how many people apparently think they need a huge-ass 4x4. You never see them dirty and 'the engines just gleam.'
I saw a number of people who I have met either in my building, riding the bus, or out on the streets truckin' around.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Aug 28, 2015 - 06:07am PT
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Wait for it, actually it needs to be put into a loop,[Click to View YouTube Video] some where else the question of of how do you deal with crowds?[Click to View YouTube Video]
Now true to all things cosmic, this is how I was known to deal,? to find each other in the woods, the troop of us, affectionately called Lobes would ~ Geek ~ Make that sound the 1st Campmeruader made , a loud sharp GEEK, was responded to in kind . Some times it got playful back and forth around the chasms in the heat of summer, people Geekin" for the send, the toasting of the send the taking off of the shoes as a signal that the days end was close, we Geeked the weather if it thundered, from the Ditch to Penitente, http://www.gardenbetty.com/2011/12/prayer-and-climbing-at-penitente-canyon/
Around Rocky Mountain National Park too.
The Geeks from the east
would call from chasm and dark keep,
crowds and lookey-loos, Ignored.
GEEEKE~
Also from Idaho, the story of the Boy Scout and his dad climbing off the grid and the dad slid and was crushed by a boulder, for three days?!! and saved by this young sons stoic , Do Not Panic Mantra. . . .
cheers and jeers from the desk top thnx bee. . .
and neeeb's, nice to see you ;0 Every where,
The thing that Chuck, sent, is a very proud send!
An `X` rated killmb means not enough Protection,
to keep you 'alive' - Did you Know that?
if so I am chashed for having thought you did not, ( apology If nee bee )
but in case the posts (of one other at least) LEFT you scratching your head,
That WEeedge is a hero with an H when he wants to be.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 06:15am PT
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The video on the tag end of that one, Marmot licks a Go-Pro, reminds me of how destructive to cars the marmots were at Mineral King. I suppose they are still as bad today as they were back in the nineties.
Jim Shirley told me never to park where the rest of the vehicles parked. The marmot tribe living there at that trail head were famous for eating, chewing through rubbery parts underneath the cars! Lotta tow service up there...NOT!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Aug 28, 2015 - 06:41am PT
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OR for some foolishness, or transgressions Weege seeks out and finds penance On serious stone. . .prolly a First ascent,
BAD-AZZZ! No kidddin'
Thnx, schweeet, !
There's Water to my left,
There's watr' to my right, 'nd overhead
Under - board splits surf, Toobbddhh !!
vomited from the maw,washed
rag doll style pounded in sand,
Stand up, and puke sea,
this was the 50 ft run out "5.9" right off the belay. . .
(Fully, committed)Deadacated
for your consideration
I am stoked to bring A new
person to my private Idaho
First ascents for sure
! The place is a destination no one has taken a look at in 30 years. Then it blipped on the web for a nano second, back in 2013.Home to stacks of loose blocks and corners that lead to over-hangs, this generation of climbers and the last for that matter have overlooked these cliffs of Pudding stone.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 07:45am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 28, 2015 - 01:56pm PT
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"In a typical human of 70 kg, there are almost 7*1027 atoms (that's a 7 followed by 27 zeros!) Another way of saying this is 'seven billion billion billion.'"
--A quote from the valedictory address at non-sequiturial school
The valedictorian (Reilly's niece--OMG!) majored in shorthand, oddly enough.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Aug 28, 2015 - 05:03pm PT
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Makes one wonder how many there are in an atypical human of 70 kg. Then the floodgates open:
an archetypical human of 70 kg
an archer of 70 kg with arrows
an archer of 70 kg without arrows
an arrow carried by an atypical bow hunter
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There could be literally as many as a million billion trillion of these instantiations of the principle, but does the principle itself carry any weight?
If there once was, is that any guarantee that there will be again.
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