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  Soccer-fuchibol-football
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  @was-dar Don't know jack about soccer. Other than when I went to school it was a sport the girls played. All the boys played real football. And basketball and/or baseball, but the bmoc's were definitely the real football players. Never mind that they rarely won a game. So whence came the status? I loved playing real football but didn't have the size, nor blazing speed to compensate for the lack thereof, so didn't go out for the team. Glad I didn't cuz in retrospect lots if not most of those dudes from bitd seem to have far more issues with arthritis and such. Not to mention being a bit brain dead. Not sure which may be cause and which may be effect on that one. Same kind of gender schism with volleyball. Fast forward a few years and I'm now at UCSD where volleyball was the really big deal and the volleyball gods the big Kahuna's on campus. My girlfriend of the time was born and raised in San Diego so I was begrudgingly "accepted" into her beach culture crew. They'd have to be pretty buzzed and into jungle ball mode before I'd get into a game though. Nevertheless volleyball came to be my all time favorite team sport. Got to be pretty good buddies w/one of the gods, Paul Kotas, as we were both into road bikes and did a fair bit of cycling together. Paul had mercy on me and schooled me up on the basics of pass, set, and hit to the point of being halfway decent. Paul used to play in the Cuervo Open but didn't quite have the requisite height once it became the Cuervo Invitational. Went on to be a trainer for the US Women's Olympic Team and periodically coached at UCSD. Last I saw him was suckin' down shots from the luge at his 50th. His wife sings in a band and we had some good live music. I contributed a few pryoclastics to the event that I'd brought down from El Norte, but not enough for the cops to get definitively pinpointed in on our location. Damn good party. Paul runs a handy man business in North County now. Not talked to him in a decade. Guess I should work on remedying that. Maybe get back down to SD one of these days. Kind of intended to to take the niece on a college tour trip and hit a few UC campuses but she wants East Coast. And hell, if I am going to drive all that way, might as well spend my time at JTree, eh? Except I really do miss the ocean beaches. Sigh... Sucks to be landlocked. Oh wait, was this thread about Soccer? Yah, mon... it seems not too many RPU folks are aficionados of the sport. Did I mention that I don't know jack about it? I can still have some level of appreciation for the athleticism involved though. Highly tuned athletes are something to behold regardless of sport. Except hockey. Oh wait, didn't you also start a hockey thread somewhere? So yeah, I guess yer' a freak(*). I was checking out some stuff on bigstupid and arctic-refuge today though and it seems you're actually pretty okay, despite your poor choices in sport. But nowhere near as strange as @zBrown, who posts up about Brew 102 in a craft beer thread. Yeah, us climber types have always been known to be a bit "touched in the head". I mean, why else would we do that 'chit? Maybe chickens come home to roost after all that oxygen deprivation at altitude. In any case, welcome to the club. Seems you're in some pretty good company. @David-Harris As for manly men and cricket... Maybe you were thinking of Lacrosse? Seems to be becoming a deal hereabouts amongst the real football crowd. Maybe because it's a complimentary contact sport played in the Spring on a field roughly sized as real football? I've never played it, nor had the opportunity but it seems like it could be pretty cool. Speakin' of beer... 'nuff random tongue in cheek tom foolery from the peanut gallery fer' one night. I hear, in my ear, some craft beer callin' my name. Prost!
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  Yosemite NP Plans and Projects
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  Found this while fumbling around the web. It's a list of plans and projects for the park. For instance, Glacier Point road may be closed thru 2021-2022. https://parkplanning.nps.gov/parkHome.cfm?parkId=347
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  Gordon Williams, an Idaho climbing legend, passes.
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  Bump for a good tribute thread. I'll go back and read more (e.g. close encounter), but sweet writing Fritz. Effing-A: North Raker!!!!
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  Your BEST! ORIGINAL IDEA EVER! Please share?
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  @Skywalker Oh, man, does that bring back memories. But we solved our problem with what was then known as a "Jolly Jumper". You can google it, but the basic idea is similar, up to a point. Yes you install an Eye-bolt in the ceiling, but what you suspend from it is a... hmmmm... bungee type cord, down to a seat into which you put the kid, at a height such that his toes just touch the floor. Result? Hours of insanely happy bouncing.
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  Van vs Pickup w/Camper Question
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  My astro was a very nimble jeeper…
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  Reasonable Park Climbing Rules
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  Layton and I did our first desert climbs in CNM (the same 2 climbs!). But even back in '76 there were problems with the rangers. The Man just doesn't like seeing people go places in his turf where he can't; rubs his nose in his own inadequacies.
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  Who does decent resoles these days?
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  Paying $60+ for a resole is too much. I stopped doing it about two years ago. I just buy new shoes and donate the old ones. That way I also get to test different brands. But I don't climb that much, so I use three pairs a year, max.
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  Hey Picture uploaders and serial posters...
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  I've been using a free app called "image Resizer" for a couple of years. It has a very easy batch resizing function.
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  Surfin'
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  So how many surfers are there in the U.S. with a net worth of $1.5M (which puts them in the 95th percentile of net worth rankings)? I do not know the answer. But, BTW, check out the water depth at 2:42 in the video upstairs.
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  YIN VS YANG - POST YOUR PHOTOS PLEASE!
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  @FritzRay Cool Especially the cats really capture it. I get the subtlety of the butterflird but dig the visual of the cats. On second look, dunno... all of these have their attraction. Nice mind food. Good job coming up with the creative expression.
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  Austin Howell, Free Soloist, has died.
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  Life, more tenuous than a yellow line on the Captain, a gift to each one of us to cherish and use in the best way we see fit.
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  2019 tour de France
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  Nice. Ya, I'm nowhere near fit now. You have to ride A LOT to stay in good road shape. Froome's crash: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/chris-froome-crash-latest-france-cycling-dave-brailsford-a8956411.html?amp#aoh=15623604213216&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %1%24s "The 34 year old took his hand off his handlebars to blow his nose when a gust of wind caught his front wheel and sent him careering into a wall at 54kmh (33mph) in France on Wednesday." The fastest I've ever gone on a bike was bombing Tioga before they opened it one year. I had a death grip, dodging boulders and gravel, so tight my arms hurt at the Mobile parking lot. No way I was going to let go for anything let alone some snot.
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  Tioga Pass Conditions
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  Anyone been through recently? What's the snow conditions around Tenaya lake?
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  Dealing with Pain & Aging
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  @The-Gnome Well... I might suggest "Can`kles" since evidently you can still go hiking.
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  Paul Humphrey aka Disaster Master
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  @was-dar Darwin, I didn't know Paul until I read "Paul's Balls" on the Taco. And then I went back and read all his stuff. He was one interesting individual. Thanks for reposting Up & Down Life here.
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  Cornice conditions at Shepherd's Pass?
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  I don't know if it implies anything about your trip or the experience you are looking for, but Bishop as seen lot's of PCT hikers bailing out the last few weeks and they can be seen with hitch hiking signs to Reno and other places north.
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  Best Lenticular clouds, while returning from "Deepest" Nevada.
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  @FritzRay Not as absurd as one may initially think... Was browsing Netflix and presented with Bob Lazar: Area 51 And Flying Saucers (2018). Never knew that the Area 51 stuff stemmed from physicist Bob Lazar breaking the story. For those interested w/o access to Netflix, it is available full length online from xstreamcdn. I'm unfamiliar with that site so, as always when dealing with free streaming media, caveat emptor. Very nice cloud shots, btw
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  The first 10 Charter Members
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  I'm really not sure how this post reappeared. I wrote it when I registered, I thought that I'd lost it, then a month later I logged in and it was sitting in the add/edit post window. What? @JonJ said in The first 10 Charter Members: @Wallghost ~ Thanks for setting this up. Looks good. I got sidetracked when nah000 added those links to Oli’s Tales. Gold for sure. Some I had read but lots I missed. GOLD FOR SURE ! ! nah000 was holding out on us! I'm still deep into those Links. I'm looking forward to attending Redpoint University ! RedPoint U (or Redpoint Climbers Forum? - the RCF has a mainstream inclusive ring to it too.) I also think it sounds really good when talking about "it" as the source of information. When 'talking' on other forums: "I just read over on "RCF" . . . or "Over on the RCF, they're saying that Boot Flake split off at the ankle and should now be called Shoe Flake". I hope that the RCF will grow into a who's who of climbers as great a gathering around a new virtual campfire as hot & bright as the old place. The old place where the name "ST" morphed from a "good map" to a menu item. and an item on the appetizer menu, to boot. I'm all in to do my part to make this place the "Magnum-Burrito, a full dinner menu item that serves up enough to have take home - left-overs: don't forget your doggy bag. A new Virtual-space, an actual place. a stop on the virtual super-highway where a thick climber ethos makes folks want to be climbers for life. A fun place where all will feel welcome to garble and ramble on about back in the day and last weekend or what I climbed yesterday, even if it was only 5.3d. A place to get one's spoof on. A place where, while carrying, the tongue-in-cheek name "Redpoint", We shine the twin climbing-halogens of On-sight flash & 1st try with good Beta* -if not Ground-up- ethics into the dark gloom that is sure to overtake modern rock climbing as the Olympics introduces a whole new generation to plastic-pulling while calling it rock climbing . . . Jack M, who coined that & other words was only 38yrs old when he was shot dead !!! Via Con Dios
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  What happened to the Taco, anyway?
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  @wilbeer said in What happened to the Taco, anyway?: @wilbeer I have to say ,that trip report was not about me, I posted to remember some of you folks I believe I was online friends with. It is now bothering me a bit. Marlowe ,Hooblie,Gunkie,Z and many others,Edge. How fucking petty,really. Yes, it seemed vindictive and purposely hurtful to wipe away an obviously well-meaning attempt to say : "hey everyone its been something more than just a message board" "It has been so much more than less.... & a shout-out to remember not to forget all the good vibes ." ~ Some Places where The issues of Copyright infringement were Glaring. . . . ! I tried to dig through the 'menu' that has been re-listed according to the number of posts from most to least; to see what was left. In my mind I thought it would be easy to find a specific thread. I was wrong. I did, 5 days later, find it, (I might/should have asked @zBrown, if he remembered if he'd responded...) . ~The Steve Grossman Historical Thread Omnibus, by nahOOO~ (All 'HOT LINKS' Removed) , Many times during my searching, I stopped to investigate threads with interesting titles. I was also taken by reading over a whole page of the menu. The variety, the diversity and engagement of the participants that is displayed on one page is worth noting. At the point that I made it to threads containing 127 posts, I stopped, distracted by a few different threads. I've copy/pasted that page here: It is a great example of the diverse spectrum of topics, dates & individuals that regularly contributed & made it such an entertaining site. Thread-Title/Msg Dot/Author, Date of final post, # of Posts [threads containing 128-127 responses] x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x "StoneMaster Stories" (Part 6) the epic continues: WBraun- , Mar 16, 2013 01:15am 128 ` Potential Govt Shutdown: AP- , Dec 23, 2018 09:13pm 128 ` Real Life with Doctor Kodos: Scary Larry- , Jan 7, 2005 02:25pm 128 ` How would you invest $400k ?: ground_up- , Dec 22, 2011 06:43pm 128 ` Anyone got a job for a carpenter?: Brandon- , Jan 15, 2019 12:56pm 128 ` Scott Brown wins Massachusetts - FANTASTIC NEWS MEN!!!11: JuanDeFuca- , Jan 20, 2010 11:31pm 128 ` Fritz Wiessner- A Man For All Mountains: Steve Grossman- , Apr 14, 2019 05:05pm 128 ` Woody Stark appreciation thread: Blitzo- , May 20, 2019 07:03am 128 ` fluoride in your drinking water? reduces IQ says Harvard: rockermike- , Sep 25, 2017 07:22pm 128 ` Help Needed at Gordon Party April 21: dee ee-, Apr 20, 2012 09:02am 128 ` Clouds of Supertopo II: EdBannister- , Dec 5, 2013 02:31pm 128 ` Donini and Lowe Plan Nose-in-a-Day Attempt: Beautiful_Corn- . Apr 4, 2013 08:02pm 128 ` Granite Frontiers: uscclimber-, Sep 25, 2009 03:13am 127 ` The Saline Valley: Batrock-, Dec 31, 2018 02:50pm 127 ` Anyone here pick up my cams left on Midterm? booty ethics?: snowhazed- , Jan 22, 2009 05:49am 127 ` President Planning Yosemite Trip June 17-19: JEleazarian-, Aug 26, 2016 07:36am 127 ` Tested two 1/4" anchors: Banquo- Jan 17, 2014 07:40pm 127 ` old people (over 40) -- when did your body begin to betray?: marv- Aug 18, 2010 12:14am 127 ` Let's welcome the flood of rockclimbing.com refugees!: Hardman Knott- Apr 17, 2019 08:56am 127 ` A Hero for Our Times: chill- , Nov 3, 2017 10:02am 127 ` JT accident; WoodySt- , Jan 30, 2008 09:57pm 127 ` The Rick Stockwell Thread ....(Tuolumne Semi-Old School): Tarbuster Oct 24, 2017 07:07pm 127 ` Why does everyone hate climbing so much?: mike m Jun 5, 2014 12:20pm 127 ` Reno climbers: GoMZ Sep 27, 2010 11:27pm 127 ` Tons of exposure - submit your pictures!" Ed Hartouni Feb 7, 2015 11:27pm 127 ` best easy routes you've done" GoMZ Sep 25, 2012 06:42pm 127 ` Firearms for wilderness protection: Damn this looks high Dec 31, 2010 07:18pm 127 ` Interesting things you've seen at a rock concert: the Fet Mar 7, 2017 11:37am 127 ` One of the Five Worst Crags: Chiloe Jul 26, 2013 03:03pm ...127 ` ` Blown Out Climber Series: Routine Sunday Ski & Rubble Ogle: Tarbuster Feb 3, 2017 11:14am ...127
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  Nanda Devi Avy
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  My thoughts and prayers are with all the loved ones, families and friends of those that lost their lives. So very sorry.