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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Sep 27, 2012 - 12:09pm PT
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^^^^^
No roadside test, huh?
WHAT IF THEY DANGLED ONE OF THESE IN FRONT OF YOU BRA, WHAT THEN????? IN THE CLINK WITH RAPISTS FOR YOU, PLANT-INHALER!!!
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covelocos
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Sep 27, 2012 - 12:11pm PT
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Doritos?!? Wouldn't touch 'em!
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ATS
climber
Mountain Project
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Sep 27, 2012 - 12:12pm PT
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Funny Greg!
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Sep 27, 2012 - 12:16pm PT
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I don't know, but Ron musta got the bunk weed with all the sh#t he has been spewing on the politard thread
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Sep 27, 2012 - 11:23pm PT
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Ah man....you cut your hair! Tools attitude's prolly left over from when all the climbers did blow.....Deja Vu! Solo'd the Dike on a beautiful October afternoon last year. First and only time on the thing and it was the most beautiful climbing experience of my life. Nobody else there...just the rock and the views. Went and had a great beer at the MT. ROOM and was driving the circle back to camp. Noticed a ranger tailing me...THE WHOLE FRIGGIN' WAY around until just before camp when the christmas tree lights up. Pulls me over, hits the spot and tells me to get out with my hands up. GUNDRAWN!...Now I always take the BABA way with the law. Mellow, no problem. But this was way beyond. GUN DRAWN! So I know he's trying to get me for drunk driving but there's nothing there for him and I let him know. But he's gotta find something 'cause if anyone looks like a stoner... It's ME!So he comes over, tells me to come to the back of the truck "with your hands out of your pockets" ask if there's any "drugs or firearms" and tosses the truck. Now, for the first time in my life I toss my usual BABA-esque demeanor out the window and proceed to give him all manner of sh#t (definitely ignoring Morris' advice) cause I've always wanted to see the inside of the infamous VALLEY JAIL. But this guy's got nothing. So he calls in BACKUP. Three more show up, flashlights blazing. I thought for sure the gloves and lube were coming out when one of them says "Hey Tony, what's doin'". I was maintenance in the past for the local(Stinson) NPS and he recognized me. So they went for a group huddle and the pull over man.....Apologizes! Let me Go! Ahaha... I'm not whining. Was fun! Reminds me of the time I made it to the end of a jury pool for a pot case and the Prosecuter asks where I'm from..."Bolinas" I say.."Dismissed" he says.
So sorry ya cut yer freak flag...Me, I'm never cutting it cause I'm over fifty and still got it....
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 28, 2012 - 12:07am PT
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So sorry ya cut yer freak flag...Me, I'm never cutting it cause I'm over fifty and still got it....
I cut the official freak flag awhile ago. Now it just grows out sort of long and I buzz it off....rinse and repeat. Kudos for rocking it though!
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MassiveD
Trad climber
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Oct 14, 2012 - 08:49pm PT
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I know nothing about any of this stuff, except what I recently read in a 300 (somewhat repetitive) page book on how not to be arrested. That read emphasized the need not be arrested, and pointed out that arrest does not mean conviction, but in the modern electronic world, arrest records never go away in the US, and will be used against you over and over when people check you later. He made a big deal about how long they will haunt even white professional types. So his advice was a little more nuanced (or possibly wrong) than don't talk to the cops, though that is a large part of it. Because you can end up arrested, and even if you beat it, they get the tag, and you get the unerasable record.
The book spent a lot of time discussing what cops are motivated by, what they are on the look-out for. For instance in the youtube video with the kids in the car. Having three in the car is a trigger point for cops. For one thing, with the same evidence they get 3 arrests, which is all they care about. So you could say that one is fine, but not a big percentage catch, and the guy could be in control of his sh#t. 2 is a witness, but 3 is a windfall.
He also spent a lot of time describing why it is that white, middle class, and polite, while OK are no protection at all. And arrest is an arrest for their part, and professionalism means they are trained endlessly about not being racist, and at least they are likely to enjoy the opportunity to be an equal opportunity arrester.
You should also not talk to cops casually. These can be official intelligence gathering contacts, and you can end up with file locally, that even if you never do anything may drag you into stuff, though that does sound more like a bad neighbourhood thing.
I don't remember what the book was called, but since I am not a lawyer I really can't vouch for it, but reading something reliable on the subject is certainly and interesting point of view.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Oct 14, 2012 - 08:56pm PT
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Well it got me to wondering: Do all weeds climb?
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Oct 18, 2012 - 05:11pm PT
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Romney=Stupid POS
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Oct 18, 2012 - 05:25pm PT
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LOL
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
the green triangle, cali
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Oct 18, 2012 - 05:54pm PT
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"lets talk about the economy, about jobs, not marijuana... " LOL @ U sir.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Oct 18, 2012 - 06:01pm PT
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I LOL'd @ Mitt.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Oct 18, 2012 - 11:18pm PT
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ROTFLMAO till I realized he might end up as the most powerful man in the world.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 18, 2012 - 11:33pm PT
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do all weeds climb?
HAHA liked that.
Back to talking to the police....
A couple weekends ago my friend was partying at Santa Clara University. It's the typical college party scene there, streets full of drunk college kids. Anyways about eight cops show up to try and control the crowds because it is starting to get a bit rowdy. My friend (who was drunk but completely in control) noticed that a cop left his car door open with the keys in the ignition. He was walking home, and figured he would help the cop out. He went over to the officer and told him that there are a lot of dumb drunk kids causing trouble tonight and you might not want to leave your car door open with the keys in it, because someone might be drunk and dumb enough to take your car for a ride. All of this was said to help the officer out, and not to make fun or cause trouble in anyway. However, the cop immediately freaks out on my friend, puts him in handcuffs, and begins to search him. He throws him in the back of his car, and off to jail he goes for the night. I believe the charges were drunk in public, but I'm not 100% on that. So anyways heres another example of don't talk to the police. He was trying to help a cop out and ended up spending the night in jail!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 19, 2012 - 01:54pm PT
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Oct 19, 2012 - 02:12pm PT
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I think climbing fills the need in my life that others seek from weed.
When I am chillin' at a belay station, watching the spider threads drift through the air backlit by the sun, looking down on the shiny backs of ravens and tracking the graceful speed curves of the swallows, such a reality is so wonderful that I need nothing to alter it.
When I was a kid, surfing and boogie-boarding filled the same niche; after the adrenaline of the activity, chillin' on the outside waiting for the next set, staring to the rhythmic bumps on the horizon, watching the brown pelicans hunting and diving... I'm grateful for having clear memories of these things.
All that said, there was this fungal experiment in Anza Borrego about 20 years ago where I swear I composed the best music ever ( a simultaneous fusion of classical, jazz, bluegrass, funk) and woke up the next morning sleeping on a scattering of fist-sized rocks on top of a hill.
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sibylle
Trad climber
On the road!
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Oct 19, 2012 - 03:19pm PT
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Crossing the border from Canada (Squamish) to the US this year, the border guard asked me if I carried a medical marijuana card! I'm a middle-aged female, mother, professional, who doesn't smoke pot. Or cigarettes. Or drink ... total health fanatic.
I was outraged and almost yelled at him about did I look sick or something?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 19, 2012 - 03:56pm PT
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Like many out there I indulge quite a lot in Ma Nature. I zone in on creativity, I tell myself. My eyes get red and that feels good, too, perhaps the best thing about it. I only smoked on a climb, other than bivouacs, one time and did not like it, and I would never do it again. Straight arrow on leads, belays, rappels. Mom didn't raise total freaks and screwballs.
I don't boulder very well stoned, or if I do, likely I'll disappoint myself or be dissatisfied, having semi-wasted my time. You can still get a workout on the boulders being stoned, witness the Wine Travese legends. But don't listen to vicarious experience. You need to learn these things the hard way, by your own hands.
I know that I may act and sound like I'm halfway nuts from time to time and I don't care, it's what it is and weed has only a little to do with that. But if you look like a freak, I can see immediate LEO cogs turn as he scopes you out. He's gonna hassle you.
"I was outraged and I almost yelled at him..."
If you are reasonably straight-looking, or in Sibelle's case, TOTALLY straight-looking, and the schmeglies trouble you, it's right to get uptight, but not in their face. Not a good idea, ever. Sibelle fears no prick in a uniform, but realized the prudent way was to STFU for the moment.
Sometimes you can't help looking like a slob and sometimes your ride's not looking too organized, so they have "cause" to stop you for inspection, in their estimation. But you got back to the car way late and had an epic getting there and the gear and rope and packs and sleeping bags are kind of a mess. And you both are tired-ass and kina bitchy about the way things went. The reds flash and,
"Joad City, let's roust the Okies!"
I can only say this: I am glad I don't drive any longer, if this is what the situation has become. I have had DUIs and deserved the hell out of each one, too. But not once was I ever stopped on account of profiling or for appearing stone-worthy. Just lucky, I gotta think. I'm no smarter about this shyte than you.
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