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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 25, 2016 - 08:16am PT
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Shades of Great Caesar's Two-Day-Old Pizza!
It's Lemmy!Motorhead - Eat the Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMVfpKBuyI
Not for everyone...swearing!
"OMG, he said SOB!"
Up kid, it's half past your youth
Ain't nothin' really changin' but the date
You a grand slammer, but you no Babe Ruth
You gotta learn how to relate
Or you'll be swingin' from the pearly gate
Ah, got all the answers, lo' and behold
You got the right key baby but the wrong key hole, yo
[Click to View YouTube Video]"No remorse."
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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May 25, 2016 - 08:54am PT
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Shimmy Shimmy in the Vimy
I flew my Vimy
Across the sea
But after awhile
I had to pee
The funnel was plugged
And so was my hat
So I hung it all out
And let it fly free
The copilot was
A rather dull chap
Until I decided
That I had to crap
He put up such a fuss
And tried to eject
So I held number one
Until we were done
The next time I fly
I'll eat less if I can
I'll stay off the fruit
And will steer clear of bran
-bushman
05/25/2016
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 25, 2016 - 09:13am PT
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Let me remind y'all.
I can't find the bridge, I can't find the third post of the first thread, WTF?
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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 25, 2016 - 09:21am PT
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You can't find it because it's out of sight.
Or maybe your shades are too dark.
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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 25, 2016 - 09:38am PT
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"Doing Without in the Black"
I flew in my Vimy the next time I flew
Out over Black Canyon just for the view
Atop the steep cliff there was a party of two
Young MooseDrool and old Jim were just getting through
I dipped my wings and they both kindly waved back
I was very amazed at their lack of a rack
It consisted of nothing more than two stoppers
The water bottles came with standard eye-droppers
They untied their slippers smiling big smiles of relief
Barefootiin’ the walk-back they talked of belief
In themselves and their judgment that saw them both through
Jim taught young MooseDrool so he can teach you
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/2817871/If-you-THINK-you-need-it-you-dont-if-you-KNOW
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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 25, 2016 - 10:01am PT
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It's time to kick out the jams, father-rapers and mother-stabbers!
(And the roaches--they'll be coming to lay roach bait in the place today.)
http://www.ashevillefm.org/musical-migrations
Starts at ten a.m. Pacific.
Migrants of the worst stripe.Euro-bums and gigolos and belayers-for-hire and dope-smokers and aid climbers and a few sporty types biding their time, sharpening their bits...real evil dudes.
But no goddam roaches cuz they smoked 'em.
BAIT! Might as well adopt them if I'm gonna feed them.
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Bushman
climber
The state of quantum flux
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May 25, 2016 - 11:12am PT
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I'd Rather be Retireded
I drove by the job site to check on my crew
You see climbing the trees is what I used to do
But finally last summer I knew I was through
When my veteran tree man is just as good too
It's always a relief when he's gettin 'er done
When I don't need to suffer it's always more fun
For this busted up tree man it makes much more sense
To stay out of the trees and to work on my fence
-bushman
05/25/2016
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 25, 2016 - 12:31pm PT
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I wanna tell you bout my good thing
I ain't disclosing no names but--
He sure is a good friend and!
I ain't gonna tell you where he comes from, no!
If I tell you you wont come again! Hey!
[intermission]
Excuse me
Oh will you excuse me
I'm just trying to find the bridge... Has anybody seen the bridge?
Better get there fast, The Warriors may be jumping off it soon.
(Have you seen the bridge?)
I ain't seen the bridge!
(Where's that confounded bridge?)
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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 25, 2016 - 12:59pm PT
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Maybe, if there'd been a bridge across the Red Sea, then Pharaoh's army would not have drowned, Mosaic Law never would have come about, and there would be no Ten Commandments, no Christians, and no missionaries.
Maybe. But I doubt it.
"Moses here's a Who, but he don't look Whoish."
Here is what the corner of N & Main looked like before the Cinema Cafe and its present building were built.This town has more switcheroos with names on streets and buildings than I care to enumerate.
J St. is Martin Luther King Jr. Way, L has retro-ed to Canal St., M was Huffman, Main was 17th, then Main, then 17th, and now it's Main again.
Merced HS became East Campus, El Capitan HS became North Campus. Now there is another El Capitan HS on G St, like its predecessor. And G St is known variously as G Grade, Snelling Highway, and J-16.
Time passes slowly in Mariposa, and things take a long time to change.
There is a line dividing the lanes of the highway now. But there is still no stop light in Mariposa Town. In fact, the only stoplights in the entire county are the ones at the Ferguson Slide bridge going into Yosemite on the Merced River.
Um, might THAT be the bridge you're lookin' for, babe?
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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 25, 2016 - 05:07pm PT
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^^^^
Cool blokes, dude!
I'm so "wearing clothes" that you liked it.
cue Cream...I'm So Clad
donino's probably much too "browed" to come here to The Flames.
cue Tina Turner...Browed Mary
He might get lampooned.
Aw, gee. Like Sherry refrained from dishing it out to Robbins, Pratt, et al.
Donino, the B'dass from Colorado
Jim's skin is thick and so's his brain
Preferring ice to pouring rain.
The masochist, the pure guru--
Don't let his "stoke" be part of you.
He's Coloradan don't you know?
He's not some innocent from Idaho.
His piper call you should ignore.
You can't be sure of what's in store.
Good times today, sandbag tomorrow.
You will learn, to your great sorrow.
--MFM (with a grin for Jim)
All the Flames' best, Jim.
You have become "The Man" around here, the big Kahuna, and you live up to that billing.
Smile, dang ya!
Say, "Hard cheese or somethin'."
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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 26, 2016 - 06:10am PT
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Yesterday...an excellent cloud day.
Today looks exceedingly clear.Good flying weather.It's been fun so far.
Eagles - Life's Been Good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x6kTYSDusw
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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 26, 2016 - 06:20am PT
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They say that I'm cloud-crazy and it takes all my time.
And that was just a sample from Tuesday.
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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 26, 2016 - 06:40am 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 26, 2016 - 07:03am PT
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Flaming pig-bird.
Harley softail.
"It's too loud."
Depends on where it is & who's riding.
In the woods and rural abodes of hard-working men and women who've invested life savings in homes AWAY from such noise-makers (not all bikes roar--they have cool owners), the rapping of pipes and blasting all in earshot with waves of scary, powerful NOISE is a terrible breach of manners.
Protestant home-owners unite! Smite the heathens, the pagans, the dirty angels, the schmoes, the low-down skunks, and the Modified Motorcycle Ass's throughout the land in the name of sanity and quiet living.
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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 26, 2016 - 08:05am PT
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Vapor - A Tribute to Skyscraper Dan
Move the body
Do something really wide
Remove the body
Do something completely
Move the soul
Do what moves you
Remove the soul
Keep yourself from being yourself
Keep moving
Never stop being yourself
Go forward
You can whip it
Whip it Goodwin
http://www.tripleblack.com/#!dan-goodwin/c1d4c
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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 26, 2016 - 04:00pm PT
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Interview - Robs John Muir
I don't recall who sent whom a FB friend request. Don't matter, it's been fun making R J's acquaintance.
Got a lot of respect for his bike-riding stamina, not to mention his climbing record.
Cheers, Robs John!
Watch for parking meters....
http://books.google.com/books?id=d0G8BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=Stonemasters+El+Gran+Trono+blanco&source=
bl&ots=1CeRJpSrUD&sig=-8EpCOyAyiv4u_AgF5DPNhr1YFI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij0oDy6PjMAhVU5WMKHfcsDH8Q6AEIHDAA#v=
onepage&q=Stonemasters%20El%20Gran%20Trono%20blanco&f=false
Snagged off of Robs' FB pages.Throwback Thursday: A twenty-year-old leading the second—and crux A4 pitch—-
on The West Face of El Capitan (V 5.9 A4 FA: TM Herbert and Royal Robbins, 1967)
back when the route was still a big-wall aid climb.
The scary expando flake, hooks and wire loops over nubbins, and no fixed gear or bolts anywhere…
Probably the sixth ascent, circa 1972.
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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 26, 2016 - 05:34pm PT
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From Valley Uprising.
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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 26, 2016 - 08:56pm PT
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Wait, my children, and you shall hear,
Of the time I climbed into a giant ear.
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