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Gmburns2000
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sungam wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: sungam wrote: climbingtrash wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: I drop... PTFTW's like bombs. Zomg, 100 points to whoever can find out why that phrase brought a close up of Angry's crotch in tight lycra to the forefront of my mind. Casue it wuz misty's song for angry. About her dropping names like bombs. I forget why they were upset with each other. I kinda helped start awl that. Hehe, yes you did. I was vaguely involved as well, but just via shit talking both parties into escalation ^.^ You're such an asshole. You're probably the reason he doesn't post here anymore. I got a spot on her blog post. I got an invitation to go climbing with her any time I am in the area 
you never took advantage of that though, did you?
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Gmburns2000
Apr 16, 2012, 5:55 AM
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notapplicable wrote: sungam wrote: climbingtrash wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: I drop... PTFTW's like bombs. Zomg, 100 points to whoever can find out why that phrase brought a close up of Angry's crotch in tight lycra to the forefront of my mind. Casue it wuz misty's song for angry. About her dropping names like bombs. I forget why they were upset with each other. I kinda helped start awl that. Hehe, yes you did. I was vaguely involved as well, but just via shit talking both parties into escalation ^.^ You're such an asshole. You're probably the reason he doesn't post here anymore.
oh the ironing!
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 8:42 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Greggle wrote: So it's a beautiful day in My Town, TX. 73 degrees, sunny, low humidity... And not a geologic feature for 150 miles! Yes, your state sucks. I have been there thrice and found no redeeming qualities. The lack of trees is especially alarming. 
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 8:44 AM
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Death Valley.
Don't believe the hype.
It wasn't HOT.
It wasn't DRY.
It was cold, wet, and windy.
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 8:47 AM
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donald949 wrote: Death Valley. Don't believe the hype. It wasn't HOT. It wasn't DRY. It was cold, wet, and windy.
And reportedly there were 7 more behind up canyon!
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 8:57 AM
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donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: Death Valley. Don't believe the hype. It wasn't HOT. It wasn't DRY. It was cold, wet, and windy. We even hiked a small canyon next to a nice stream and up to a 30 water fall. And reportedly there were 7 more behind up canyon!
We also got down to some sand dunes and a dry canyon one day. Hiking up the small canyon was really cool. Over to a bunch of old mines and ghost town another day. Town was all gone, but the mill was still there, as well as a couple shacks miles outside of town. Got to check out some 130 yo charcoal kilns. They made charcoal to fire a gold/silver furnace back then.
Last day was just spent kicking back in the trailer as it was weather wuz blowing cold. Well our Lone Pine trip in Nov wuz colder. But it was supposed to be 75 to 85 awl weak. ONly day it was warm was Monday when we drove in. Sat as we drove home the mountains were all covered with a light dusting of snow. 
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 9:01 AM
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donald949 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Sometimes the scenery is the best part of a climbing day. [image]http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm148/notapplicable42/712006346_2544190036_0.jpg[/image] Little red X's??? 
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 9:20 AM
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sungam wrote: notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: edge wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: what do you guys know about this pack?  Mountain Hardware Supernatural 40 It's grey and black and has a side water holster. Not quite what I was looking for, but thanks for the effort. To paraphrase Caughtinside..." Ropes Day packs are all the same and you should just buy the cheapest on you can find" yeah, ok. retails for $220 but REI is selling it on their outlet store for $65. just bought it for the gf who needs a climbing pack. Thats a good deal! Really I was just trying to get you gear nerds all riled up. I seem to remember like 10 pages of pack wankery not too long ago... Aye, but those wernae day packs.
Packs.
Mmmm
Bought my 10yo son a bigger day pack. Actually fits him well. It was cheep, got it at Dick's, and its a Field and Stream. 
Hoping it holds together better than awl of that might indicate. 
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 9:22 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Greggle wrote: notapplicable wrote: Just finished a way sickrad day of granite crack climbing. Broke down the anchor and did some super sketchy summit scrambling well after dark and didn't get back home till 01:30 a.m. Twas a good day. Per your signature... "Babies are the worlds most efficient fun killing machines." There is a startling lack of punctuation here. Let's consider the options: Babies are the world's most efficient, fun-killing machines. Or... Babies are the world's most efficient, fun, killing machines. Please to clarify? #1 is what I meant, #2 is good though.
But we are getting owt moar noa.
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 9:24 AM
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climbingtrash wrote: sungam wrote: climbingtrash wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: I drop... PTFTW's like bombs. Zomg, 100 points to whoever can find out why that phrase brought a close up of Angry's crotch in tight lycra to the forefront of my mind. Casue it wuz misty's song for angry. About her dropping names like bombs. I forget why they were upset with each other. I kinda helped start awl that. Hehe, yes you did. I was vaguely involved as well, but just via shit talking both parties into escalation ^.^ Was strange how quickly awl that became a shit show.
But I do remember her *music*
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erisspirit
Apr 16, 2012, 9:30 AM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: erisspirit wrote: speaking of scotch, I bought some I hadn't seen before when I was in london... No idea if it's considered any good but I thought it was tasty... ... when I had samples of it at 8 am at the airport  it's not scotch, it's single malt whiskey. if it's not single-malt then it's not what you'd call scotch. what kind was it?
dalmore
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donald949
Apr 16, 2012, 9:32 AM
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erisspirit wrote: skiing at San jacinto was great! really nice conditions. I also learned how to do kick turns. I did however manage to do a number on my ankle on a fall that really shouldn't have been that bad. I haven't been happy with my boots (bought because they were stuuupid cheap) and after somehow tweaking my ankle horribly in them everyone is rooting for me to get new ones :P doh! I'm supposed to go to mammoth next week... If my ankle is functioning then I might demo some nicer boots. I was being hard on myself for my crappy skiing... the BF had to point out to me that I'm on day 7 of skiing and day 2 of back country. So I guess I can't expect to be all that great yet So now I'm having some scotch... it heals ankles right?
Yea, give teh skiing tyme.
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Gmburns2000
Apr 16, 2012, 11:57 AM
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erisspirit wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: erisspirit wrote: speaking of scotch, I bought some I hadn't seen before when I was in london... No idea if it's considered any good but I thought it was tasty... ... when I had samples of it at 8 am at the airport it's not scotch, it's single malt whiskey. if it's not single-malt then it's not what you'd call scotch. what kind was it? dalmore
qualifies as single malt. well done.
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edge
Apr 16, 2012, 12:12 PM
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edge wrote: Overheard in the produce section of the local grocery store. A mother addresses her two year old who is sitting in the cart: "Oh Elizabeth, the grapes don't look very good today." To which Elizabeth replies,very matter of factly: "I pooped." That, and making an elk hide drum, are the highlights of my day thus far.
The 23" powwow drum that I made on saturday, western red cedar and elk rawhide. Today I made a cedar stand for it and the first coat of spar varnish is drying now. This is the first of two drums that I made this weekend, the other being a 15" hand drum for a client.
Alas, no pictures of Elizabeth pooping in the produce aisle.
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sungam
Apr 17, 2012, 1:14 AM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: sungam wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: sungam wrote: climbingtrash wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: I drop... PTFTW's like bombs. Zomg, 100 points to whoever can find out why that phrase brought a close up of Angry's crotch in tight lycra to the forefront of my mind. Casue it wuz misty's song for angry. About her dropping names like bombs. I forget why they were upset with each other. I kinda helped start awl that. Hehe, yes you did. I was vaguely involved as well, but just via shit talking both parties into escalation ^.^ You're such an asshole. You're probably the reason he doesn't post here anymore. I got a spot on her blog post. I got an invitation to go climbing with her any time I am in the area you never took advantage of that though, did you?
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sungam
Apr 17, 2012, 1:15 AM
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donald949 wrote: Death Valley. Don't believe the hype. It wasn't HOT. It wasn't DRY. It was cold, wet, and windy.
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sungam
Apr 17, 2012, 1:38 AM
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donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: Death Valley. Don't believe the hype. It wasn't HOT. It wasn't DRY. It was cold, wet, and windy. We even hiked a small canyon next to a nice stream and up to a 30 water fall. And reportedly there were 7 more behind up canyon! OK, so you you prolly be hard pressed to find another canyon with in the park that had a year round stream and falls. We also got down to some sand dunes and a dry canyon one day. Hiking up the small canyon was really cool. Over to a bunch of old mines and ghost town another day. Town was all gone, but the mill was still there, as well as a couple shacks miles outside of town. Got to check out some 130 yo charcoal kilns. They made charcoal to fire a gold/silver furnace back then. Last day was just spent kicking back in the trailer as it was weather wuz blowing cold. Well our Lone Pine trip in Nov wuz colder. But it was supposed to be 75 to 85 awl weak. ONly day it was warm was Monday when we drove in. Sat as we drove home the mountains were all covered with a light dusting of snow.
We did, however, pass a dude on a lay-down bicycle while a trailer full of water that was biking across the valley that day. WTF. At least he had a sun umbrella.
We just stopped by one of the towns for a moment, I remember thinking it was pretty neat.
I figure a mix of our experiences would have been best. Hoit enough to find out why it is "death" valley, but also being able to, you know, leave the car.
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sungam
Apr 17, 2012, 1:39 AM
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donald949 wrote: climbingtrash wrote: sungam wrote: climbingtrash wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: I drop... PTFTW's like bombs. Zomg, 100 points to whoever can find out why that phrase brought a close up of Angry's crotch in tight lycra to the forefront of my mind. Casue it wuz misty's song for angry. About her dropping names like bombs. I forget why they were upset with each other. I kinda helped start awl that. Hehe, yes you did. I was vaguely involved as well, but just via shit talking both parties into escalation ^.^ Was strange how quickly awl that became a shit show. I don't even remember what it wuz awl about. But I do remember her *music*
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sungam
Apr 17, 2012, 1:42 AM
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edge wrote: edge wrote: Overheard in the produce section of the local grocery store. A mother addresses her two year old who is sitting in the cart: "Oh Elizabeth, the grapes don't look very good today." To which Elizabeth replies,very matter of factly: "I pooped." That, and making an elk hide drum, are the highlights of my day thus far. The 23" powwow drum that I made on saturday, western red cedar and elk rawhide. Today I made a cedar stand for it and the first coat of spar varnish is drying now. This is the first of two drums that I made this weekend, the other being a 15" hand drum for a client. Alas, no pictures of Elizabeth pooping in the produce aisle.
I don't wanna give you too much credit for an ugly sounding drum
And we all completely forgive you for not having poop-pics.
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sungam
Apr 17, 2012, 1:49 AM
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So exactly 1 fucks were given at the climbing wall last night, and that was a cricle-jerk-hissy-fit over me and my buddy Joe putting on weight over the last couple of months after losing a bunch last fall and phailing on everything. Apart from that, no fucks were given in the slightest.
We talked the gym manager into spicing up the music selection with some top gun, My Little Pony remixes, Pulp Fiction remixes (10/10 would bang again at the look on some of the other climbers face's at the line "Any of you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every last motherfucking one of you!") and we all laughed at each other when we fell off of shit.
It was a return to the old "if you stomach doesn't hurt as much from laughing as your arms do from climbing, it wasn't a good time" mentality. Definitely psyched for the good weather that is rumoured to be on the way. I bought broccoli on the way home.
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edge
Apr 17, 2012, 7:38 AM
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sungam wrote: edge wrote: edge wrote: Overheard in the produce section of the local grocery store. A mother addresses her two year old who is sitting in the cart: "Oh Elizabeth, the grapes don't look very good today." To which Elizabeth replies,very matter of factly: "I pooped." That, and making an elk hide drum, are the highlights of my day thus far. The 23" powwow drum that I made on saturday, western red cedar and elk rawhide. Today I made a cedar stand for it and the first coat of spar varnish is drying now. This is the first of two drums that I made this weekend, the other being a 15" hand drum for a client. Alas, no pictures of Elizabeth pooping in the produce aisle. Cool drum. I take it that you haven't played it yet by the carnish not being done comment. When you do, I think you should post a vid so we can hear it's sound. I think it looks great, but I'm really curious if it sounds as nice as it looks. I don't wanna give you too much credit for an ugly sounding drum And we all completely forgive you for not having poop-pics.
No, I said the varnish was drying on the stand...
Since the rawhide on the drum was so thick, and it was an enclosed cylinder, it took about 36 hours to dry and was ready to play Monday morning. It sounds amazing, but benefits from having a stand that suspends both drum heads in the air and keeps the bottom off the ground.
I don't really know how to rotate the vid, and I am not going to go reshoot with the camera horizontally, but you can get an idea here. Due to ambient noises and being outside, the vid doesn't really capture the amazing overtones and reverb of the drum. When it is played, the vibrations resonate right through your arm and chest, which is pretty cool.
The thing with a rawhide drum is that it changes with fluxuations in humidity, so will sound deeper in sticky weather and higher in dry weather. This can be mitigated somewhat by placing it in the sun for a few minutes or hitting it briefly with a hair drier, or misting it slightly with water. Usually you can find various "sweet" spots on the head to avoid doing this whatever the humidity.
http://smg.photobucket.com/...current=DSCN7101.mp4
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Lazlo
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Pretty cool. I dig the team name
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Lazlo
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erisspirit wrote: yay almost the weekend! I didn't have anything planned, but I might end up skiing this Sunday!
Did you go skiing? Where did you go?
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Lazlo
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Greggle wrote: notapplicable wrote: Just finished a way sickrad day of granite crack climbing. Broke down the anchor and did some super sketchy summit scrambling well after dark and didn't get back home till 01:30 a.m. Twas a good day. Per your signature... "Babies are the worlds most efficient fun killing machines." There is a startling lack of punctuation here. Let's consider the options: Babies are the world's most efficient, fun-killing machines. Or... Babies are the world's most efficient, fun, killing machines. Please to clarify?
I think that might be the point.
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