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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 - May 17, 2016 - 05:53am PT
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Don't sweat the small stuff.
Keep your head.
Don't get too warm.
I had one really nice wheat beer tonight and it hit the spot.
Here's the sunset pic I forgot to post.
Bob Seger - Mainstreet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7gT1xq9phA
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 17, 2016 - 07:06am PT
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"People call us to tell us somebody stole it, or they see someone riding their stolen bike and we ask if they have the serial number, and they don't," Easter said. "Even if we believe the person, if I can't prove it, I can't do anything."
And Easter is not a holiday associated with Jesus Christ ... but a ...
police officer.
A good example of their (lack of) mind set.
What would Bill say? He hasn't spoken on this one yet.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 17, 2016 - 10:16am PT
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Funny. I shared that the forums are addressing my own pet peeve, that all those noobs that I
Introduced to vertical rock prancing, have been silent & no one has surfaced from my past.
She pointed out her stalker, a bad guy from her long ago past who internet stalked her Linked-in page.
She also reminded be of
Brett Malone.. . ,ho boy. . .be careful what you wish for.
Brett came to me to learn to climb from a store in a hoy tee toy tee very Catholic only town, Madison Nj.
It is the same source that sent me Shira Waltzer by way of Kieth Lenard
The wife too came out of that simple black & white brochure.
It sat on the counter at the register of the old trading post,
some knew as the Wooden Nickel, or The nickel.
The place has been there, with one move, for 47yrs at least,
& now it is a store called Blue Ridge Mountain Sports.
They sell the standard schwag and some climbing gear 'cause it is an upper crust thing that makes
the suburban buyers of the North Face, Patagucci, and Black slymond,
feel like they are getting more real stuff , rubbing elbows with gym climbers buying that chalk,'n stuff.
Big Change ~
EXIT ALL OF THE ABOVE
RANDOMLY< BUT HERE 1st
Tami
Social climber
Canada
May 4, 2015 - 12:47pm PT
My experience with kids aged 16 to 18 doing research into marijuana is so they can justify their use of the product to their parents - who are all too often against the evil weed.
An excellent book - albeit a little dated now - is BUD , INC. by Ian Mulgrew. It considers the "marijuana industry" in Canada. It was published in '06.
I know there are some studies out there involving marijuana but one I know of - regarding Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome & the use of marijuana is highly flawed. There is also a syndrome Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome ( CHS ) which has been identified as probable CVS. Many CVS patients use cannabis to alleviate the nausea & pain.
I think as far as information is concerned, at this stage in the legal/illegal game it's difficult to get good information because of the status of the product.
For example here in Vancouver, there are mj dispensaries popping up like spring flowers. We have about 70 of the stores. Police are leaving them alone - at the behest of the city. Functionally they're working well - but for the usual issues of resales of the purchased product and some of them not being diligent about checking ID. The City wants to now charge a 30k licensing fee to the dispensaries but the Federal Gov't has said they can't do that because it's an illegal product that is being sold. They've asked the police to do their work but right now it's a standoff.
Curious times we live in regarding this product. In some cases , it's been shown cannabis products shrink brain tumours. It's been demonstrated to reduce certain seizures. You can look that stuff up.
It certainly has medicinal properties as a sleep aid and pain killer.
It's poorly represented by dumb dopers at 4-20 smoke ins. Parents who are anti-weed are up in arms about it's potential legalization citing emergency rooms stuffed with hallucinating teens now addicted to dope. In other cases, senior citizens vapourize the stuff to make life easier.
Where is the truth in all this ? Hmmm......I dunno. I can only go on my personal experience that it's far less addictive than tobacco and causes less awfulness than booze. It's not benign but it's also not creating Drug Crazed Monsters. Nor, do I believe, it's a gateway drug ( unless it's a gateway to being a carpenter......... hahaha ) .
True that many people who do "hard drugs" ( e.g. meth, crack, junk ) also have smoked weed at one time in their life. But I'd hazard a guess the vast majority of cannabis users do NOT continue on to "hard drugs".
The whole issue of cannabis being used globally as currency in the underground economy ? Oh, boy. There's a big black hole of investigation...
I left Tami's post in, it is a Dousy
nice, very nice:
The sunset at the end of the road
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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 - May 17, 2016 - 04:19pm PT
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That's a lousy way to end a post, but there are probably a reason or two or three.
Meh.
I'm getting burned out watching Netflix, probably going to cancel the service to economize.
There are many of these old radio programs on Youtube, which is okay, because it's easy to listen as I type. Like now, as the murderer is ready for step three in his nefarious plan to commit...MURDER!
I barely recall Inner Sanctum, but did listen to it when we lived in Redding, CA. I was less than five years old, but we glued ourselves to the radio for other programs, especially The Lone Ranger, Fibber McGee & Molly, Cisco Kid, and The Shadow. Dad liked to listen to The Shadow with us when he had a chance.
Imagining how these characters appeared, the spaces they occupied during the story--the cabins, the range, and the railroad stations, etc.--was one of the things you had to do if you wanted to enjoy the shows to the max.
And the sound effects were so...effective.
I'd like you to open the creaky door and enter The Inner Sanctum...if you dare!
Inner Sanctum Mysteries - "Eight Steps to Murder" 06/04/46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-N8hGoI4E
You gotta love Mary Bennett and her Lipton Iced Tea commercials.
And so ends our little essay on old time radio shows...and the population of this country increased at a faster rate than Inner Sanctum could kill 'em. Eventually, the producers gave it up as an impossible situation.
And there was TV...which sometimes went old school on us, surprisingly, especially the camp Batman series.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 17, 2016 - 06:06pm PT
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Yup you are right not that that excuses me.
I was all caught up reading but I took no notes and now after doing the do all day,
O, some thread recommended a great read, a semi autobiographical Surf book.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2813232/Barbarian-Days-A-Sufing-Life
then I was on the search for the lost Jtree snaps, there was a whole series of me that someone took of my send of this thing whatever it IS? Cosmic might know?then without checking in here,
I was all over the Bushmans already amazing for sheer mirth, thread Bahha, haha Sheepbuggereres,
Where this is posted along with many other classic snaps.~and now it is to late to down load new snaps one of the 70 might be worthy we shall see, in the mean time, this will have to do.For the fans in Danbury I hope you will check back I will be posting the hat
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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 - May 18, 2016 - 12:31am 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 - May 18, 2016 - 12:34am 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 - May 18, 2016 - 12:35am 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 - May 18, 2016 - 02:22am PT
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Basket-weaving willows
Not-weeping willows
Cry me no river
Just be a giver
For no return
It is our way
As I sit here a stranger occupies my bed. Her name is Linda and she came here over ten days ago on hearing of a very close friend's accident and subsequent death in the hospital. She's from Henderson, NV. Her father lives there and she lives with him. She's 64 and is confined to a wheelchair as a result of having been in the way of a shooting here in Merced years back.
She was injured while here and the particulars are not clear to me, but it's of little consequence. She suffered a broken ankle and twisted the heck out of her knee when being carried by a friend. It needed attention and when she was released from medical care the folks transporting her dropped her here at the hotel which is not a hotel.
She had been out there sitting quietly, hoping to speak to the managers here about the possibility of renting, if it wasn't a hotel any longer. The office hours have been reduced to only four hours in the morning, however, so there was nothing to be done. Several tenants spoke with her, apparently, but none offered any help for a resolution of her predicament. I can't hold that against them, it being what it is, and all.
I was on my way out with my bike, my generously-gifted neebee-arranged Electra, heading to the market. There she sat, forlorn. We spoke and immediately I determined, not knowing of her physical needs--she is not only in a chair but has a colostomy bag, as well--but just hoping to somehow work with her as a way of giving back the help which has been directed my way from the folks here a the Taco. I wanted to feel good about myself, in other words.
I contacted Shelly, the night manager, who came down and gave Linda a briefing on the process of applying for tenancy, this and that, but it would all have to wait until the morning. Fine, we'll come in and speak with Rose, Shelly's boss, and see what's what for availability. The place hasn't been leasing for months (I did not know) because so many units needed fixing up after a minor purge of offending tenants. So they are catching up and hope to have something free by next week.
It's very complicated, but simple, really. She's in a hole and my arm is there. I've found how very weak I am by "doing for" her as much as I have today. I get tuckered very quickly, but take five, don't get in a rush, and take the same kind of care I would when soloing. Nobody's there with a stopwatch. Do what you can and don't sweat it that you can't hack it like you could. It's one of life's blessings to move slower, really. I mean as long as your back doesn't hurt 24/7 or your arthritis doesn't go on a rampage.
Be that as it may, I'm not all that tired. Those of you who've been in "my rooms" know how small it is. I had the top bunk bed filled with stuff, but it all fit in the closet. The upper bunk has been just a catch-all and stuff up there is out of sight and out of mind. But it's where I'll be sleeping for the next however many nights. It's all set to be occupied and I really should think about doing that very thing.
But let me say to you all at large that the attitude of caring shown by Taco-heads is inspiring. To every person who's done me a favor or given me a gift or a kind word, even, I want to say "Thank you for the generosity and thank you for the example."
What goes around comes around. I'm not the only one helping Linda--you've already gifted her by gifting me, do you see? The dang chair is too wide to fit the door to the bathroom so we choogled SLOWLY over to Las Palmas, a Mexican food place a block from here, but THEIR BATHROOMS WERE OUT OF ORDER! No biggie, we'll just take our bag of effluvia over the other side of old 99 to The Brandin' Arn restaurant. They's all a buncha shetkickers anyways.
Pray that Linda will be taken care of and that I will have patience and strength. Think about how you would feel were you in her socks. All I'm asking for is prayer and vibes.
Now we'll be settling in for the night. Have a good one.
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Stone Cowboy
Trad climber
Livermore, CA.
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May 18, 2016 - 02:30am PT
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Thankyou
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 18, 2016 - 03:47am PT
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All befor having children, I took n strays and curs down on thier luck, non just released by
Mental health or corrections, but usually homeless , which for many just ends up being
slow suicide.
As the point was driven home by a climber typ dude, some deserve, the lot they are living but very few, most just find the speed of life, the need to tread carefully not falling to far down the open man hole. The suck in' sphincter that takes those with troubles and magnifies them making the troubles bigger,exponentially.
God bless you sir - a mouse with the hart of a lion!
Share this if it is ok, we are all going THERE sooner or later, if in giving comfert and sharing
can resolve in a small way, resolve another's un-survivable circumstances,
That is what a gud human does, in the world of the past, it was de regular now? Not so much.
Here where we ,a family on the edge of disaster always, find it hard to"just look the other"
We ofte. Grab a hitchhickin' unit. Try to give car service, and transport to any we see struggling .
I love the love of my life for her way with me and all strange, dangerous kooks that I've brought home over the years - back yrs ago.
There were more than a few who took when they left, the nature of why they were as they were, Was thus laid out.
Some were bad,& knew better, all should have known to just ask.
but faced with the good will running out,
they just could not help themselves from helping themselves to some needed thing.
It is a sign of long term deprivation.
Feast or famine livin' over, the wrong side of 'normal', ( a hard won edge) sucks .
Again the prayers for you, the good vibes of course too.
In all the long nights I've wondered if there is more that I can do for you?
I'm not an easy going laid back guy as you hear when I babble at 78 speed
The needs of the immediate, trump those of the long range, when savings and pockets
are more often empty than full.
What does it all mean?
Sucky people with all , so much more than they need,
and then so many more
still hoping to have a straw bed some day.
Meyh, this unbalanced existence !
Good on you for steppin'in Here.
So
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 18, 2016 - 06:46am PT
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look at what V Has Been Up To:
Vitality M, Mountain climber
San Francisco
Topic Author's Reply - May 17, 2016 - 01:40pm PT
It is funny you asked what I am climbing in the big wide. Last weekend, after a day trip to get my ass kicked on Border Country (Middle Cathedral Yosemite Valley), did a fairly cool new route in the Kings Canyon. On an unclimbed (as far as we know) wall. Was mostly WIDE. With super cool partners/friends. Maybe limpingcrab will post a TR? Some difficult offwidths that were CLEAN and splitter. Nice chimney and some good climbing overall. One pendulum. Not sure if it would go free there. But anyway, not much aid overall.
Not sure what is sold and not. I sold several things but kind of abandoned it because my energy was going elsewhere. Full time work, health issues of my grandmother, climbing, training, other little things in life, who cares. Hope all is good with you Gnome!
[ Click to View YouTube Video]
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Border Country, Description;
A wide open slab on the northwestern face of MC. Low angle to vertical corners and clean face on the lower half;
steep and exposed on the upper half,
following the path of least resistance on golden knobs and plates on impeccable rock.
70 bolts on 1800 feet of mostly face climbing.
This route was established in memory of our friends Jonny Copp and Micah Dash,
titled after Jonny's poem "Border Country",
written a day before they perished on Mt Edgars hideous flanks.
Location
Park beneath the notch, head straight up drainage.
Start is left of a large gray corner with a single bush.
Left of the start is a single pitch route with anchors.
locate the first bolt of BC 30' up beneath a flaring seam/corner.
Protection
12 draws, cams- 1 each .33" to 2.5" Rap route on bolted anchors.
See it all here:
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/The-Dream-Team-plus-me-and-1-9-New-Routes-in-Kings-Canyon/t12971n.html
Thnx' for giving me a chance to post this.
IN Honor,
For the memory the fallen,
and bravery of those who dare to believe IT WILL GO
and then Proceed to endure, perceiver and Triumph.
Good climbing,
safe returns,
and many more sunrises in the Mountains to all
now to down load some snaps . . . 0 shoot, out of time
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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 - May 18, 2016 - 06:52am PT
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I IMAGINE
the feelings of, the times of maniacal behavior, and what that might be like
Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah392lnFHxM
the knife of despair sliding into the guts of my consciousness, and what that might lead to
a heaven, the abode of fallen stars where dragons co-exist peacefully with unicorns and the halcyon fishes the river of plenty
a hell, where fallen angels fear to fly and which the plague avoids like the plague
and then I sing myself a lullaby,
sweet and soft and low,
telling that it is best to know
certain things
and not to know others
MFM
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 18, 2016 - 07:35am PT
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Lets kick it back to what we do here the best
That is JEST
Laugh at the fate that has left us such a mess and confess that as sinners we all must live out this distress
We can all be togetha' for evha & evhr when we get to the Promised land.
HEY DANBURY! SO MANY WERE BLURRY, BUT HERE YA GOthen we have what broke the ice of stranger danger, you kids IZ kooland i really loved the hatDOG SKULL JUSt 'CAUSEand then some things for Dingus a guy here.
WHO,?
 we are all (sort' of) wondering about,
he has a few wobbles that need straightening out as do we allOK these will just hold this space it seems all the good pics & a bunch from the parking lot of life are in need of a re-shoot.`IT'S A WEAR PATTERN ON TOP OF THE BRIDGE;HEY THNX AGAIN KIDDOS WE WILL SEE IF WE SEE U AT IVES, OUTDOOR SUMMER SHOWS RULE, LITTLE KIDS MAY GET IN THE WAY
(Lookin' at it , Girl, Yer Pants rule!)
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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May 18, 2016 - 08:04am PT
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take five, don't get in a rush, and take the same kind of care I would when soloing
^^^ nominated: best use of ascent related wisdom in a horizontal circumstance.
savor these notes and pass 'em down the line: http://youtu.be/9xrKHN9cgCU
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 18, 2016 - 08:24am PT
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so this the honey at the spot of sin-nessasary tree cutting down when it had shade from 300+ year old willows it was a dreamy sp[ot, Now?
Not so muc
C I'm not won , one to try to rock the boat the road department here is a joke
those three old old trees were just fine if a limb dropped what of it ?
how much time and wasted tax dollars were spent? did 'jose'" claim a workers comp injury too?
the thing got to sorry breath in deep thnxz youz`
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 18, 2016 - 11:58am PT
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then I think of how I almost had a partner lined up for the best hard-core ('trad')
climbing on a short approach criteria 1 Time Being: Line Not Shown Here
2 Mission Improbable 5.10 (Grade & Protection needs confirmation) FA: 1977 Rich Romano & Dave Feinberg
3 Killer Bees 5.11R (Grade & Protection needs confirmation) FA: 1992 Rich Romano & Phil Schillaci
4 Sweet Meat 5.9 FA: 1960 Art Gran & Bill Yates FFA: 1968 John Stannard & G. Livingston
The initial climbing that leads to the ledge with the large tree is very easy(5.3?) but extremely loose.
@^@ I did a 'variation' or Link-ups
off the shady ledge
5 Swinging C 5.9 FA: 1962 Bill Goldner, Paul Karmas, & Gerd Thuestad FFA: 1968 John Stannard & Don Morton
5a Super Sunday 5.10 FA: Rich Romano This is a much cleaner and exciting line
6 Hang'Em High 5.12- 510R (Grade & Protection needs confirmation) FA: 1980 Rich Romano & Russ Clune
* more really good climbing just past here 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 - May 18, 2016 - 03:48pm PT
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Seen Werner? I need a cigarette.
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