Somewhere I have photos of dinosaur tracks next to petroglyphs in new area we were developing, how full circle is that?

@LynneLeicht Awesome to have you join us Lynne! Thank you!

@Happiegrrrl , hey there say, dear friend... i know... i am calfi and south tex... i love the 90's temps... this place is hard on me, too... oh myyyyy... prayers, for safe trip!!! pet the pupdog, for me,

I only have two NRPS songs on any playlist.. Contract and Garden of Eden. You'd think there'd be a classic live performance of either on YouTube, but no! I did find a more recent live recording of Garden of Eden that sounds pretty alright.. nice pedal steel New Riders of the Purple Sage - Garden of Eden

After feasting on Mac&Cheese, Mickey brought up his apparently indeterminate condition, asking his mom for her thoughts. "Honey," she said, "Why must you concern yourself with problems that lie so far from your abilities to deal with them? Why not simply enjoy the back and forth between universes? Nevertheless, I'm going to put you in touch with Tegmark, who has done pioneering work in multiverses. But first you must quit your whining and pick up and continue your studies in that textbook on algebraic topology that you cast aside when you first ventured forth on your idiotic quest to become a Yosemite God!"

@jgill said in Anything interesting related to philosophy, mind, spirituality, religion, science, mathematics, etc.: Please give us the play, Bouldering with Socrates I tried. But there is a moderator-imposed limit to the length of a post on this site, so... ...so I'll ask Toby to raise that limit so that we can post some important historical writing.

Thanks for the link to Clint's list. Looks like he hasn't been updating it since 2012. I don't keep up with progress in the sport - it seems like a whole different world out there now. I sometimes wonder about the evolution of rock climbing in the 1960s with all the civil rights and Vietnam turmoil. In retrospect, it might be that climbing was somewhat insulated from those issues although the turmoil itself and the beginnings of a general sense of entitlement may have had an effect. I don't recall those horrendous matters being widely debated around campfires. I do remember climbers and others going temporarily nuts from doing drugs in those gatherings. I do remember a strong competitive movement emanating from Yosemite and elsewhere in California. And also a tougher crowd attracted to the sport - like the Vulgarians at the Gunks. The niceties of the late 1940s and early 1950s, like college outdoor clubs and what now seems like a "stodgy" American Alpine Club gave way to rougher and more daring personalities. I keep hoping a real historian will magically show up here.

OK. Maybe, I had better share a winter climbing photo. Dragontail in the Cascades. No! I did not climb it in winter, but I did climb the north face of it's adjacent peak, Colchuck.

The apparatus that separated the shoes from the drums with six foot breaker bar Coulda used a muffler when they popped Sounded like a grenade tossed into the garage

Bring em on ACOPA. I can't wait to try em out.

I tie in and go first often enough, but I do use a guide book. Oh, well. Fritz, I'm SO down with the knee pads. When you want some action on the ledges, they really help. But seriously, I had the foresight to put them on for big routes in The Valley, and chimney's and aid were so much more comfortable. The endless slots at the top of the DNB were made reasonably fun with knee pads. Without, you be grindin' for miles.

@FritzRay said in Anbody out there actually climb anymore?: I confess to climbing a 5.7 at Idaho's City of Rocks this June, Fukkin wimp. Last night I sent the orange route at the gym. Felt like at least 11+. Of course, at my age (slightly greater than yours) a lot of climbs feel like 11+....

Our early 1990's Grenadines "shared-adventure" was with the fellow on the left, who was assistant manger of The Trailhead in Missoula & 1/3rd owner of that 45' boat. It didn't cost a lot & we had a lot of fun, but Captain Ron cheated in the "French-Cut" photo. He tucked his fairly long shorts all into the middle. Good times with folks who are still friends!

that time of year. followed a bar for quite a ways today..

my system is pretty advanced. Charge controller recognizes where the battery is at and has all kinds of different modes. It keeps track of days. every 28 days gives it a equalization treatment. I should email the solar company's tech support and ask them what is best.

@Alfalfa said in SmokinDuck: @johntp how can you assure us that was not Werner? It walked like a duck and smoked like a duck as in every post sure sounded like him. I read many posts by him on gear collection threads telling people to throw away their outdated stuff and admonished those who felt attached to, or fetishized those items. I've read the posts by st00pid on WF, and by SmoknDuck here. No, I can't 100% assure the two are not Werner, but Werner as I know him would not hide behind a false name. Also, although the character seems to display similar traits, I am confident it is an impersonator enough to put up $100 to anyone can show it is. Should be simple for toby to track down the IP address. His moniker on ST was "WBraun". If Werner wanted to participate either here or on WF, he would likely use the same. If you remember the final days of ST, SmoknDuck showed up there as a parody of Werner. I just don't see Werner as the type to take on an alternate persona. But he does like to mess with people, so who knows?

Wayne sounds like he lived a full life. I wish I had met him. My buddy, Randy grew up in the Valley next door to him and Wayne's sons were my buddies best friends in the early 70s. I just talked to my friend and told him of Wayne's passing. One of my old friends from YMS, Bill Frey, is coming here today and I will share the news with him although I think Bill worked there in the Lloyd Price days but likely knew him.

@manmountain said in Shipping to PO Boxes: have a bunch of gear from then, ropes, losta pins & blades, a hammer, bongs, nuts (Hexcentrics), Rurps & hard boot crampons, all worthless Not if you sell them on eBay; anything with a diamond C is hot. Post some pics up on the vintage gear thread. and yeah, I remember you from ST.

@Scole said in Vintage Gear: I remember doing the Bard-Harrington in Lee Vining Canyon with Roy McClenahan years ago. He placed one snarg so deep I could barely see the biner sticking out of the ice. It took me ten minutes to chop it out: That sucker was going nowhere. I forwarded the link to this thread to Roy. He enjoyed seeing this post.

@Scole good memory. I used that rope method as poor man's climbing skins on a solo traverse from Lee Vining to the Valley and realized that I no longer had any way to edge and almost took the drop and chop on an iced over section of a snow slide on Tioga road just below Ellery Lake. Even good skiers are reduced to near beginner level with a heavy pack at least back in the days of skinny backcountry skins and torsionaly soft leather boots . Good writing and amazing memory.