"Blustery"
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dubsho3000
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Re: "Blustery"
Back to blustery, the word was in use a lot this Saturday. My friend thinks that the weather forecast on this site is actually written by BillMiddlebrook (not really). Whenever the forecast is wrong, it's that damn BillMiddlebrook. I always point out that it's just a link to NOAA, but he persists. So this weekend he just kept on talking about how Bill said it was going to be blustery, but it was bluebird.
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climbing_rob
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Re: "Blustery"
Sorry to keep the digression going, but If by any chance you haven't heard of or seen this product:Presto wrote: You'll have to explain that one to me, Ms. Woo ... as we are of the same "gender" (and, I'll try not to be to graphic here ...), trying to squat and combat wind gusts from many directions generally results in unwanted things happening to my boots ...
http://www.rei.com/product/407267?s_kwc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 2godui8xAg
you're missing out. Virtually 100% of the ladies I climb with use them, they are invaluable especially when in harness or lots of layers on really high/cold mountains. Lots of slang names for these, but once they are mastered (practice, practice, PRACTICE!), you too can perform the ceremonial writing of your name in the snow.
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Iguru
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Re: "Blustery"
Blustery means there are whitecaps on the small lakes. (5 miles of shoreline)
Of course in winter, you'll have to guess.
Of course in winter, you'll have to guess.
I gotta get me an Avatar.
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DeTour
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Re: "Blustery"
Not to mention educational. I frankly had never contemplated the topic before now. Now having considered it, I have to say it reminds me of the situation men face with females regarding the words we speak to them.Dancesatmoonrise wrote:Perhaps not, Ms. Woo, but the humor value in Presto's post is unparalleled.
Presto wrote:We, ... have to ... try to judge what is happening without really being able to see what is happening until it's happening.
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Once torched by truth, a little thing like faith is easy.
Swede Landing, 'Peace Like a River'
The land is forever.
- Steve Almburg, Illinois centennial farmer
Re: "Blustery"
by DeTour » Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:39 pm
Not to mention educational. I frankly had never contemplated the topic before now. Now having considered it, I have to say it reminds me of the situation men face with females regarding the words we speak to them.
We, ... have to ... try to judge what is happening without really being able to see what is happening until it's happening.
Word. :D I could not agree with you more.As if none of us have ever come back with a cool, quasi-epic story instead of being victim to tragic rockfall, a fatal stumble, a heart attack, an embolism, a lightning strike, a bear attack, collapsing cornice, some psycho with an axe, a falling tree, carbon monoxide, even falling asleep at the wheel getting to a mountain. If you can't accept the fact that sometimes "s**t happens", then you live with the illusion that your epic genius and profound wilderness intelligence has put you in total and complete control of yourself, your partners, and the mountain. How mystified you'll be when "s**t happens" to you! - FM
