PaliKona wrote:He certainly is the rebel ski mountaineer. Littering on the summit, claiming mountains as skied without hitting the summit, throwing rocks to test stability. Who partners with this douche?
^ Certainly know who his biggest adoring fan is.
RIP - M56
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Lobojasper wrote:I'm sorry to say this, but I fricken love Dr. Jon threads.
Oh believe me, so do I. The sheer amount of ski mountaineering RAGE on this site was nothing short of popcorn, blockbuster fare.
I actually ran into Dr. Kedrowski at Vail earlier this winter. In the context of heading inside the lodge to warm our hands during a particularly nasty winter storm, he seemed like an ok guy.
moneymike wrote:Funny that I come across this thread after reading a Wall Street Journal article about what we use the internet for...
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So, out of curiosity, what do you guys do with the other three percent of your time on the internet?
- Reading the WS Journal
- Helping people
- Checking the weather
And, come on, there has to be a 50% slice in there for bragging on social media
"When I go out, I become more alive. I just love skiing. The gravitational pull. When you ski steep terrain... you can almost get a feeling of flying." -Doug Coombs
Thank you for this. My quality of life has gone up considerably since this thread was started.
moneymike wrote:Funny that I come across this thread after reading a Wall Street Journal article about what we use the internet for...
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So, out of curiosity, what do you guys do with the other three percent of your time on the internet?
1. Obsessively reloading the SNOTEL graph page hoping the NRCS has updated the snow graphs.
2. Obsessively reading the political news and despairing.
3. Working
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A man has got to know his limitations.-Dr. Jonathan Hemlock or Harry Callahan or something F' it: http://youtu.be/lpzqQst-Sg8
'Life is too short to ski groomers'
"That man's only desire was to stand, once only, on the summit of that glorious wedge of rock...I think anyone who loves the mountains as much as that can claim to be a mountaineer, too."-Hermann Buhl, Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage
moneymike wrote:Funny that I come across this thread after reading a Wall Street Journal article about what we use the internet for...
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So, out of curiosity, what do you guys do with the other three percent of your time on the internet?
- Reading the WS Journal
- Helping people
- Checking the weather
And, come on, there has to be a 50% slice in there for bragging on social media
The article mentions that 57% of the bragging on social media also falls into the porn category and 39% contains enough bitching/complaining (overt or implied) that it falls into the bitching/complaining category. Then the remaining 4% of 50% represents 2% of the other category. READ THE ARTICLE BILL!
"Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right." -Henry Ford
"Slow and steady wins the race (unless you're racing someone who is fast and steady)."
jaymz wrote:My mother-in-law, whose knowledge of Colorado mountaineering is basically that her son-in-law likes to get out and climb things in Colorado, saw "Sleeping on the Summits" in a store and thought it'd be a nice gift. I graciously accepted it without looking the gift horse in its douchey mouth. It actually has some nice photography and is kind of fun to thumb through if you know nothing about 'Dr. K'; but once you do, every page is tainted and you can just smell the humble brag from cover to cover. I just hate that he got royalties from my family.
My wife was being thoughtful and got the book for me as well. I brought it back the same day and picked out a different book.
I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! Psalm 121:1-2
