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zBrown
Ice climber
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Here's how it goes, from an inside source.
First you go "on the book". If your number is rung for the bridge, then on the second day, you "walk the cable".
If you're not "up to it", then there is no third day.
As Ali, said, "that's owl she wrote".
She? If you're female unioneer then you're a sister, male brother.
Transgender? We'll get back to you, but possibly tranny.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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My wife and I were in Arizona at a rock climbing store in flagstaff?( 1996 ?) I think.
A sturdy guy looked me & the girl up and down, with a bit of a disapproving look,
then said "you two should go to Jtree".
That was all he said, we did not strike up a conversation.
The wife was very 'Noob' looking and the thought
of us heading to the West Stronghold did seem
like more than we east coast 'turons' could handle.
Was the helpful recommendation made by RLF?
just for fun lets see if there is some random climbing to be seen by rolling dice (random # trick 101) The Great 'Gordo' UP TOP? So Cool
The potential for a cheese grater swing ~ what were ya thinking' there on this one Gordo?
He has been in In my Prayers and thoughts , a lot lately He is a saint and his eyes see a-lot
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Hope you & yours are doing well, Todd.
But that is not a recommended way to top rope)
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Not looking good fire season_wise in SoCal.
Calabasas - 5000 evacuated, 500 acres, 30% contained (.8 square miles)
It doesn't take much
The fire started around 4:15 p.m. PT Saturday when a pickup truck struck a power pole on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas, the sheriff's department said.
Temecula - 140 acres, no evacuations, 30% contained
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Hi Mouse,
Thank you for Remember a Beginning.
Perfect. By now, you have a long natter from me.
It's raining here, feels just like it does in the Highlands in the rain.
Lots of remembering of beginnings, lots of new beginnings, still being Led by Faith and Love, and what could be better than to be here as new beginnings unfold?
Follow your heart :)
ff
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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 - Jun 5, 2016 - 02:33pm PT
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I looked and looked but couldn't see a sign of DMT driving on the Bay Bridge video.
I spent lots of time on night watch on TI in '67/'68 looking up at the tower that was climbed. I was set out there as bait for the enemy VC we knew would be swimming ashore some quiet, foggy night.
I had my trusty flashlight (use #40 in how to have fun with them), a wooden baton hanging from my white cotton guard belt, and a phone nearby to make hourly reports to the MAA.
I shall adjourn once more and read the missive from ff.
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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 - Jun 5, 2016 - 05:11pm PT
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A Wall O' Text brought down to size.[Click to View YouTube Video]A Kitten Huffers Anonymous production.
Posted here rather than to a politard thread now running amok on the Front Page.
I clean "forgot" to vote the other day, son of a gun.
OMG, I must not have a patriotic bone in my body!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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No No NO, Im not getting it .
New Beginnings well ok but MAA? TI? wtf?
I'm not as dense as that block wood birtchtree
but what are you on about?
I'm keeping up but barley. are there cliff notes that I can decipher?
or am I like; micro, & Brass & thee other Nutz - too -
just ship out of luck or locked outa' rock? Rocked outa' luck. . ?
Here at the gourmet condiments, on the backside of the Taco stand. . .
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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 - Jun 5, 2016 - 05:53pm PT
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A brief nod to the Paleo Diet.
Art by Herlita.
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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 - Jun 5, 2016 - 05:58pm PT
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Master At Arms. Treasure Island. Dingus MilkToast. Better?
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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 - Jun 5, 2016 - 08:23pm PT
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American West magazine article from August 1967.
Bonus round.A-R Bisson was the first to take a picture from the summit of Mont Blanc.
He received a new fountain pen, just as Hoover gave one to Shirley Temple.
American West magazine is as defunct as the dried ink inside that pen, unfortunately.
THAT was journalism as I remember it.
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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 - Jun 6, 2016 - 06:18am PT
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Crane Flat lookout to Quartzite Peak.
Welcome to Monday.
Don't miss the bus, Gus.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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ah yes the days of school folk being out of the house are quickly passing.
They must not miss the bus for 4 more days then - it is bust up the lovers' nooner,
& join them, mum & dad at the gym. ( ho my, It is only 3 days!)
I will have to do more than the 12 minutes, of simple stretching and crunches to flatten the curve,
birth the bowling ball, girth hitch the groin flop( hey? That I ain't got)
but the pronounced bulging muscles below my rib cage?
need a spankin' or I need to wear Spanks. . . ( the new age name for a 'Shatner' or a girdle )
( I'm Looking' a lot like my hero, Uncle Jim MAC. )
I am round, but not fat. Just pushing the scales beyond where I've ever been at
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sucks for me, that. . .
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Big Al is looking big too V V V V*
what happened to this guy * has happened to some hard climbers, but not all, for-ever.
that don't make it ok
just what it is, - for some
(* I Have now spent 1.5 hours looking over mfm's 27, 812 photos!
only to find that the machine is boogerded again) I was going to include the snap of . . )
Here are the other snaps that I was going to add sorry you have to plug them in yourself to see into my mind as to where I'm at. . .
t@8x*&#, oh wait I took some notes so here have a look`Tripping' Millis'Make me Trip' EyesJust ME, Tire sized?(not tied-Eyed) or Tired eyes, above yikes, not me yet
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Approximately 600,000 - 29,0000 = 571,000. That's more than even DMT could fit in frame. North or South Tower? ask Clint.
Probably a union boss (brother) and showoff.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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This finally puts the lie to the rumour that the bridge was pre-assembled and dropped into place by Army Rangers in Helicopters (who by the way will not be playing at Quincy this year).
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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 - Jun 6, 2016 - 12:17pm PT
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That's the south tower. Final answer.
Hell's Gate
A riveting subject, the Golden Gate:
The deaths of many who sealed their fate
By jumping early or jumping late.
Sometimes it pays to hesitate.
A split-second here, a long pause there,
Could make a difference when in the air.
More often than not, it's sad to share,
The jumpers gave in to their despair.
Trivia bonus: Number of rivets lying in the muck under the bridge, having been dropped.
So Wiki sez.
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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 - Jun 6, 2016 - 01:50pm PT
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Headband sightings."Did somebody mention a patriotic bone?"
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Woof Woof - Ain't that Fred "DogTown" Brown.
I know it isn't Slick "Watts-is-name"
Prizes for all correct answers.
The 'but wait', which comes as no surprize, is that if you got the right number of rivets and you buy one, you get the second one absolutely free except for shipping and handling (unloaded only by union hands at the SF port 'O' entry).
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Something I've always been curious about.
Say what? I don't need no stinkin' headband.
“I happen to be just as good as him—a good singer. You have to listen closely, but I hit all those notes.”
-James Brown on Caruso?
The pompa-doo of love?
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