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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 - Sep 17, 2015 - 09:20pm PT
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Well, Tad, I figure we won't have him to laugh at much longer. Nobody takes this man seriously and if they do, they deserve what they get if he's elected, same as with Bush.
As for myself, I'd like to see someone as smart and sharp as our Phylp running for office. But the circus needs the clowns or it can't function as a piece of entertainment and the dollar buys cheap entertainment anymore.
It's all an ego-trip with Trump, a chance to preen in front of large crowds and to extend his fifteen minutes of fame in an nfomercial to a mini-series on HBO.
Besides, I'm fresh out of TRs on ground-breaking routes and survival epics here, so whaddya?
I could bring BRONSON in for an episode, but he's usually too hammered to go on lately.
Droolin' banjos. It's not Anne Sophie Mutter, but they play for beer.
http://www.facebook.com/realviralwizard/videos/760734794045594/
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 18, 2015 - 02:13am PT
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Only in 'merica. . . Happy birth day US Air-force 1947 ?Yes I think ?
But let's keep this about rickety ill tempered old men who just want to climb - but breathing is nice too. I was hit by what ever I'm allergic to, and coughed and spewed, like a TB patient,
When I took the dog out just now before dawn.
Man that is an old image, dose anybody r. . . . . ember ? . . .Yo morbid going I eye aigh
The tragedy is that there is an opportunity, and it fills a twin need for me.
Taking fallible noobs off into the wild, It is what killed a few guides I used to know.
I think I said that I see clearly and that as much as it pains me to admit, I do not inspire confidence at first view. Also, unfortunately, the whole thing of showing more ijudots, how to hang a rope and point out gratuitous over-kill in the, safety of the gear given the forces generated - I just get sick of the crowds that it cause year to yr.
All that aside I need to climb and getting gas money a tolls is that a crime?
Now trending where I live this and it screams at me,,,(makes me scream)
Below; from the. Eastern mnt reject.,...
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"My girlfriend and I are looking to do some beginner/intermediate climbing and are looking for some people to teach us some of the basics (setting up the ropes,chocks,blocks cams and hexes). We have done some climbing at the Delaware Water gap in Pennsylvania with a guide. We would like to get out on the mountain and have fun and learn more about climbing. We do not have gear but may be able to get shoes,harness and helmet before our trip. If you are interested in hanging out and teaching the Nebs a few tricks we would be grateful for it. We are both athletic and have climbed basic areas. We scaled this rock about 7 times each. Any interest in going please let me know. Thank you, Dustin "
Barrel, you look ripe to FISH. . It is National Respect day!?!?
Randy Grandstaf, the Bardinsky? Others that I know,
the when, when you need to know when, you need to just say no.
Is Constantly at war with
The need . . .and my need to validate my climber ness . . .
my I still rate as . . .
That was going well but. The dog story of the two dogs that needed to be rescued and one dog stayed with the other when one fell in a well?.?cistern. . .
Then I had to walk the black princess. . .
She is a silly dog, now broken of her fear, of what we imagine was, of being returned to hell. When I called the icky breeder that we took the dog from he was expecting me to want my money back.?
That seems harsh, but man this girl dog is a b. We are breaking her of her fierce demeanor. It is sad to do but she was trained in the East German way of step up and bark as an aggressive -This is my job,now be afraid be very afraid.- she snaps and fains to bight, it is for show , . . I hope we'll I tell strangers that she is a service Shepard she is full stealth police attack K9 but
No one needs to know,
Ugh, for a bit, I hope but. You never know . I'll be Bach
Dum, Dum, dee, Doom. .
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 18, 2015 - 08:57am PT
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Leave all the bashing to the pinata purchasers?
I would like to get a glimpse of what is inside one of those dolls.
I don't think a rapist would fit, so it must be drugs.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 18, 2015 - 09:11am PT
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Power Wagon Surf n' Safari Vehicle The PWSSV, is ready for your next air B & B stay . . .
Jack !!there is chalk on a boulder!
Yours' truly, truly tries not to use white powders - other than caffeine which I abuse.
Now Liston Up Son these are special rocks that I would never post about, I planned, never , to show any picture,
it is that fine a beast!!
Really sculpture !
f- now it seems it might be better to out it !
There used to be a tag on it from the early 77 Sex, Drugs, & Rock n' Roll
Was what the rock was called. Like the lightning bolt that tag some how belonged. It's gone.
The holds are painted white with chalk across the bottom 1/8 of the Boulder the gym wall n'such, moves, from standing is weak sauce, not that I'm busting any sit starts at all.
The mouse that roars gets squished by opening the door
Poor form is the new form - I was given a tight rope all the way and pulled off
the guy said it was good a good belay where as mine sent him and rope stretch,
Blah, blah he was on a top rope at the top 1/16th of the 80 foot pitch at 185#, 6 ft, tall he wanted to hang at the spot he let go . ..
He has been studying a web discussion that pits the scared against thier brethren the frightened.
These jockeys feel that for climbing fun to be all fun there must be no risk. They try to accomplish this by way of sanitation, to the point of having over thunk it and it no longer being fun.
Epics happen. They come along. Some times in sets.
Some time for long periods, like going deaf or mute, absolutely horrifying. Those that have not any experience can't have any understanding.
The need to stay Bright and positive if that is how you climb, is as important as the rope itself, stay positive see your way through, don't
Look for trouble. Don't trundle off route, pry less not more
ugly flakes, are what are good to learn to climb on .
Does that make sense ? Well rant almost over
the point is that it seems like a strong blind climber staggered up and painted two dozen holds.
On a rock, the size of Colombia Boulder but that has tons of 5.6-.12 moves.
. A rock that holds ten 'up downs' and a longer, traverse.
I was just at the spot , Ho, less than a month ago.
I am not pure I leave it as o found it twenty years ago with a can of Raid/Yard-Gaurd and old wormy towels and blankets, - now gone - I will be returning same - we'll wait if the story gets told .
It is the secret bivy spot for visiting climbers - fresh water swimming pond this and another rock or two and bathrooms with showers during the summer , policed by high school and college fresh man life guards who are heat stoked and would not say a thing if they did notice you .
DERP ,
yo Jake, or Jack(off)who ever you are - the place has one rule!
Do not Eff the place up!!
No Chalk,
certainly not points a be'dwaus" that are rough as shattered glass!
And then if you paint it till it glows . . Wash it off,
Then after finding this , the next thing I found was the trail that is some sort of paid to wreck the woods and cause boundary issues and generate work for full fence /survey issues ,
I found they have re routed the bike worthy trail to the toe of land where the old driving range
Now golf club borders, that entitled set of children feel they can yell hey at hikers or say boo about lost golf balls on a public open space,
Got golf balls ?
I do , they are a strange curse of my life I find them every where, and I have since I was a child. The things were at the creeks and streams. In woods and fields before I found a snake or a tic , I found a golf ball.
We used to go trespass into the swamps and ranges of an army base in the swamps of jersey and as much fun as the old shells and dummy bombs, were the huge amount of government generated golf balls in the sandy lead filled bowers and piney dunes.
Any way this trail goes by the end of the rocky hillside, where the miniature golf/family fun place next to the lake, -think perfect child hood summers for over fifty years at this spring fed me mini-Mohonk, then bing bang boom changes and they even used dynamite to remove a stone that we all had jumped off from age two until 2013. When the powers that be in hopes of ruining the place closed off the park and renovated. . . They actually were successful and wrecked a great community asset that turns out to be a protected by deed open space even though it is worth twenty milliom$$ in the north east real estate market,
In sure the golf club buying out the arcade ice cream shop is no coincidence. . .
Burp, duh.m. .??
So what happened to the 1st part that I writer ? Sub text, lost it!
at the place
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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 - Sep 18, 2015 - 09:17am PT
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Jackson is a name with some political history.
Andy Jackson of the Twenty Dollar Bills, winner of the 1812 New Orleans Battle of the Bands. His group beat the British Army Buckos, even though the Brits had over 100 drummin' boys.
Andrew Jackson, who appears on the twenty.
Jesse Jackson, who was beaten by Michael Dukakis for the '88 Demo presidential nomination, and who was long ago associated with MLK Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson
Jesse Jackson Jr, who is nearing the end of his prison term, and Sandi Jackson, his wife, who is waiting to begin hers.
Chuck Jackson. This is the lesser-known of the two singers using this name, and he is the younger brother of Jesse Jackson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independents_(vocal_group);
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Alan Jackson - Angels and Alcohol LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw7ejp4Y_5Q
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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 - Sep 18, 2015 - 09:45am PT
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So here's what's goin' on in my alley. Started at 7:30 with the concrete saw.
Still beatin' on it with the electric jack (it's so darling...reminds me of a portable hair dryer).
Takes more time, charge 'em more and you got a toy to mess with...no rental fees for compressor and jack, either. No hasslin' with pickin' them up and returnin' them...but then, a man's gotta make a buck, right, boys?.
Dang right, Jackson!
I don't really mind the noise...it's the middle of downtown and concessions must be made occasionally. It's not as if it was a big town where this happens all the time.
And it's somethin' to bitch about, I suppose, bottom line.
I'm not reporting "news" but cryin' over missed sleep...I had it on z-control this mornin', too. A smooth ride in dreamland. I dreamed about Montana sheep ranchin', I know that.
Or maybe it was just hooblie's photos.
Hey, you, get offa my cloud.
Keith Richards - Trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_btCZWi1jkg
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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 - Sep 18, 2015 - 11:49am PT
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Too funny.
ROTO-ROOTER.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 18, 2015 - 12:13pm PT
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Yeah yeah I C trade em smiles and winks can you send a note down on a string ? If so you could inquire about when they hope to have the plumbing fixed ? Can you flush when need be ?
See ya'
Got to hear and watch .tv?
?i want kg go vvfrey now tome climb rock all thetimreveryday. .
That's an over heated tablet on crack right there no white powders not even stone dust from saws, do not breath that stuff.
Your welcome,
(Signed) - Captain Obvious. .,
Did you see El Caps report from the bridge ? The shot through the trees? Fine !
Pine parentheses. . .
Not to bump you yet, too early on a Friday night,
I saw that picture, 'stripes'
Ho yeah I stopped and zoomed that one too
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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 - Sep 18, 2015 - 04:14pm PT
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I will raise you a pair of bracken brackets after seeing the pine parentheses.
--Fern Nothing
Fear Nothing.
I don't see any "No Fear" decals and bumper stickers like I used to.
And Goths are almost retro.
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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 - Sep 18, 2015 - 08:09pm PT
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Stinkin' britches. Who needs 'em?
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/curious-fact-of-the-week-shortest-bridge
A bridge from a home to its island backyard is said to cross over the US/Canadian border. The story of Zavikon Island goes back to the late 19th century with the tiny bridge between the two islands said to be the shortest international crossing in the world.
However, some sources indicate that both islands are in fact in Canada. Nevertheless, the story endures, with the diminutive bridge's charm supplanting geographic facts. The bridge is just 32 feet long, stretching from one island to the next in the Saint Lawrence River. The whole area has clusterings of hundreds of small islands in a 50-mile-long archipelago split between New York in the United States and Ontario in Canada, with the boundaries sometimes murky in the waters.
The bridge between the islands came resulted their dual ownership. And if you have two islands, why not make one your backyard? According to this 1910 postcard, flags once even marked the supposed boundaries. The area itself is also gorgeous, with rocky shores and migrating birds mingling with the lush foliage on the international shores.
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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 - Sep 18, 2015 - 08:56pm PT
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 19, 2015 - 07:44am PT
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Ensenada*, you say?
Nigel Bruce was born there. Bruce Lee's son, Brandon, was going to be married there, but you know how The Crow doesn't fly.
*I get no compensation from either Cuidad Ensenada nor Collings guitars.
It took a bit over one year to repair the toll road.
Bring your long board, surf Alisitos (K58) and party La Fonda.
Would it have mattered if Richie had sung 'La Fonda' rather than 'La Bomba' at the Pacoima Junior High concert?
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 19, 2015 - 08:05am PT
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Who is it? YOU GOT ME.
What I remember is that Nikki's dune bug steering went out and we nearly crashed into the central pillar of that bridge at high speed.
Girls (from L.A. I would guess) showed up in bell-bottom pants.
I had my first quesadilla at the SM restaurant and first abalone at the restaurant across the street from Hussong's. I remember drinking a lot.
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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 - Sep 19, 2015 - 01:27pm PT
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You got your Ensenada and I have my plain old Planada (though it started out as Geneva II).
Food for thoughting, amigo.
All is for nada, in the end, according to some theory. Sum theories differ somewhat, but I don't know nothing about them. All I know is right now I'm hungry and an empenada in each hand would make me less so.
http://laylita.com/recipes/all-about-empanadas/
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 19, 2015 - 02:23pm PT
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de nada!
Surfers Rule?
Prey[sic] for Surf? Surfers' forums have a high ratio of aszholes to posts.
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Cuidad no, La Cenicienta del Pacífico si!
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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 - Sep 19, 2015 - 03:19pm PT
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The Cinderella of the Pacific.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 19, 2015 - 03:47pm PT
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The article thoughtfully explained that one to me already. So, repetidamente de nada.
If you see The Bull in here, let me know. I'm trying to find him on the wing of one of these.
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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 - Sep 19, 2015 - 07:09pm PT
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Canyon Passage by Ernest Haycox was one of the western titles which feralfae shipped to me when she cleaned her shelves.
I admit to starting the book, reading half at least, then giving in to the temptation to seek IMD's info on the Hollywood version.
I admit to watching most of the film, then falling asleep and waking up in the middle of Kit Carson, but I'm an old fart prone to sleeping at odd times.
But I went back and found out about how No-Good George fared and it confirmed two things I already knew:
Friends are where you find them; and good friends are worth more than gold.
[Click to View YouTube Video]No-Good George playing with the boy's pokes.
As to the book, it's a classic non-western western because it's filmed IN THE MOUNTAINS! It's got classic stars: Andy Devine and his boys, Lloyd Bridges without any of his boys, and Susan Hayward, who makes fools of most all the boys.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sep 19, 2015 - 07:30pm PT
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Nik's bug wasn't quite as fancy and the good-looking guy was in the shotgun seat.
I told him lay of the tokes and stick to the Lucky Lager.
Dude was versatile to say the least. They hired him to work on the toll road.
did not like the quesadilla, sandwich is fine with him.
Shades of future past
Tales you lose, Indian Head I win.
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