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Ging wrote:Thats alot of CSI :cool:

What the climbing like? Sheffield has lots of gritstone near by, the best climbing in the world!
Red Rocks is mostly weathered sandstone. The reds and browns come from iron deposited in layers on the sandstone and leaching through the masifs. It's pretty weathered with lots of crack systems, chimneys, and chicken heads for free climbing. Climbing ranges from the 4+ scampering, to bouldering, to several canyons with tons of 5.6 - 5.9 single pitch climbs to world class climbs on Mt Wilson.

The shot below is of Mt Wilson and shows the Aeolian Wall with 4 different routes at 5.10+. I believe the shortest route is a 17 pitch ascent.

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Woman of Mountain Dreams entails a couple of overhead dihedrals guaranteed to test your faith in God and is rated 5.11a.

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The climber is pinned and on the lower approach but it's obviously a direct aid climb as the ratings imply.




vampyrewolf wrote:I wonder how far this course would go towards getting me nationally acredited... making me think now dammit
Don't know if it will do anything for your nationals but I'll take the I - as in international - cert any day. Best of luck ya Thevenin reducing 'lectron chaser........ :D



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It may be an international group, but I'd have to check if they do national or international accreditation. This course gives me a certificate but not accreditation unfortunalty. But then again I also plan to get into the 2yr program if I can find some way to finance it.
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java wrote: Moving to California in May- packing up the apartment.

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Civilian wrote:Where out here?
Sunny So-Cal. Verrrry sunny. I'll be working at the Air Force Flight Test Center up around the Lancaster-Palmdale area. Will be living in Rosamond and happy to be back where I can bicycle for miles without dodging maniac drivers. It also puts me closer to the back door into Death Valley and the Panamint Range, Sequoia and King's Canyon, and my beloved Pacific Ocean. Hated diving the swamps in Texas and Lake Meade, though close and deep, didn't have the marine life I enjoy. Home again!!!!! :D



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vampyrewolf wrote:It may be an international group, but I'd have to check if they do national or international accreditation. This course gives me a certificate but not accreditation unfortunalty. But then again I also plan to get into the 2yr program if I can find some way to finance it.

Stop protesting and get busy ya whippersnapper! :D It always looks good on a resume....... Certificates, accredited or not, show initiative on your part and can separate you from the other techs during interviews.


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Aloha ALL,

For me, it's **** or **** recovery...**** it. :mad:

Good things that keep me away are catching up on emails (yes, I know, I owe a LOT of you guys some replies. :o ) or just family time. ;)

Otherwise, it is possibly working on other projects that involve a Hole in the blade! :)

God bless and take care :cool:

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For me it's usually work, but not work in one sense - I test software for a living (along with all the accompanying paperwork - ISO9001 :( ) I can check in while tests are running, but if I'm on a deadline, like this week is going to be, with Microsoft's patch release, very little time may be available. The last little while, it's been prepping a rental property for rental after work hours and weekends, so it's been a little hectic. I like to drop in for a break :D

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Mainly my wife! :p

But also working on my website, my cats (seriously they 'park' on the keyboard when they feel neglected!) work, sleep, vacation etc...

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other forums... :rolleyes:
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My oldest daughter when she asks me "pretty please" if she can use my computer to watch a dvd.
And my workshop.
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smcfalls13 wrote:Is it any good? I'm kinda torn between KH2, Suikoden 5, or Drakengard 2 right now.

Yes I'm another video game guy, but sadly, my PS2 has not gotten the attention it deserve recently. I don't think I've used it for anything more than a DVD player in months... :o
I have been almost convinced that you never really STOP looking at the forums! Almost like you have a Wi-fi PDA that you can keep tabs on the forums with. You got several hundred posts (I think) in the past MONTH!!!

Anyway, school is the thing that keeps me off the most. Got 3 classes of all 400-level math this quarter, and it gets very time consuming.

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Well, I spend quite a lot of time at work (although a wise man told me once that everyone should have an activity, but this shouldn't degenerate into work), so I hardly find time for my families (here and there) :) . Usually the evenings are reserved for my kids and wife and after they go to sleep I find some time to check the Forum. I also check it from the office, but only a few minutes a day :(
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Ebay! :D Lots to look at there now. :)
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What Keeps Me Off Of The Forum? Let's see here, Work, Teaching Class, Working Out, Training for a BMX Race, and Quality Time with My Family (but it's usually during a race, and they don't mind) :o .

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uhiforgot wrote:I have been almost convinced that you never really STOP looking at the forums! Almost like you have a Wi-fi PDA that you can keep tabs on the forums with. You got several hundred posts (I think) in the past MONTH!!!
When I'm at work, I check in when I can, usually every few hours, but when I'm home, especially if I'm typing papers for school, I check in every ten minutes :p It's my way of procrastinating.

I think I average at least ten posts a day, and that's on a slow day. I'm one of those people who just can't shut up :o

I won't even tell you how often I check my email... :p

If I had a Wi-Fi PDA, I'd be even worse :cool:
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smcfalls13 wrote:When I'm at work, I check in when I can, usually every few hours, but when I'm home, especially if I'm typing papers for school, I check in every ten minutes :p It's my way of procrastinating.

I think I average at least ten posts a day, and that's on a slow day. I'm one of those people who just can't shut up :o

I won't even tell you how often I check my email... :p

If I had a Wi-Fi PDA, I'd be even worse :cool:
Nobody can keep up with this guy. ;)
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[quote="zenheretic"]Nobody can keep up with this guy. ]

You aren't far behind :p
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smcfalls13 wrote:When I'm at work, I check in when I can, usually every few hours, but when I'm home, especially if I'm typing papers for school, I check in every ten minutes :p It's my way of procrastinating.

I think I average at least ten posts a day, and that's on a slow day. I'm one of those people who just can't shut up :o

I won't even tell you how often I check my email... :p

If I had a Wi-Fi PDA, I'd be even worse :cool:
So I was RIGHT!!! Hmmm, checking email...

I gotta get your email address so as not to miss your next leftie liquidation. Still kinda spinning from that one :( :o

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Work....




That or Thailand :D
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Oh, let's see....there's work, daughter...you know...life in general. Although I must admit, I just picked up a Xbox 360 for my kid....quite addictive! (for both of us!) :D
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