So far, this summer marks the third consecutive year in which my technical climbing abilities have diminished with respect to the previous year. In 2008 I thought I was about to become a 5.11a leader, but one route at that grade was all I managed (It's not all about the numbers! But it's partially about the numbers). In 2009 I climbed the Grand ( Read more... )

Well he's no Charlie Sheen, but he's getting closer ( Read more... )

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make: *** No rule to make target `love'. Stop.

So now that everyone has a GoPro helmet cam and access to some free crappy video editing software, the internet is positively awash in shitty first-person videos of someone making a pizza down blue runs. Someone made a pole mount for the cam and now the new trend is these backwards-facing videos where you get to see what someone's face looks like ( Read more... )

I have never bought a bottle of Chambord but I want to, because it looks like the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.


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ALL THIS NICE WEATHER, LOOKS LIKE WINTER'S OVER! I GUESS IT'S AN OKAY TIME TO SHAVE MY BEARD OFF SINCE IT'S NOT GONNA BE COLD AND SNOWY ANYMORE! ALL RIGHTY


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Oh my god you guys. Did you know in California, in the frozen eastern Sierra, you can soak in a hot spring in the middle of a snowy plain, under the moonlight, naked, with strangers? I didn't. Quick someone put flowers in my hair and fetch the patchouli ( Read more... )

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