Dangerous stringed instrument on fire

Nice, neat knot.
Check shoes.
Chalk hands.
"Climbing".
Get on rock.
Clip first bolt.
Climb up sloping face.
Clip second bolt, remembering to use longer draw.
Rest.
Move up into roof.
Left hand to big jug.
Clip 3rd bolt.
Right hand to crimp.
Left knee drop and left hand high into rail.
Match in rail.
Move left out onto arête.
Place feet and left hand high into next rail.
Match.
Right foot on top of arête and knee bar.
Clip 4th bolt.
Rest and shake out.
Left hand to pocket to the right of 4th bolt.
Set feet.
Right hand far out to side cling.
Set feet.
Right hand to side cling above head. Remember to take it high.
Left hand to rail.
Match.
Set feet.
Clip 5th bolt.
Focus.
Left hand to crimp next to bolt.
Right hand to crimp.
Right foot up.
Left foot to small, slopy hold.
Right foot heel hook and balance on left foot.
Right hand to small side cling.
Right foot out.
Stand up and push away with right foot.
Left hand into small pocket.
Right hand up.
Set feet.
Right hand into rail.
Clip 6th bolt.
Left hand to rail, above and to the left of right hand.
Set feet.
Right hand to crimp.
Set feet.
Left hand across and reverse side pull on sloper.
Balance.
Right foot out.
Left foot up into rails.
Bounce left hand up to big sloper.
Right hand up to side pull sloper.
Set feet.
Bounce left hand to smaller sloper.
Move right hand to big sloper.
Move left foot out left.
Match on left hand.
Move left hand to small pocket to right of bolt.
Set feet.
Match.
Clip 7th bolt.
Climb up easy holds to chains.
Clip into chains.

On Gaza

Picture a bear in front of you. You keep poking it with a stick.

Poke.
Poke.
Poke.
Poke.
Poke.

Finally the bear turns around and mauls you...and your family standing behind you. I'm really sorry for your family.

Ya think ya know someone...

It's funny, I have a friend whom I've known for nearly 10 years. Yet I'm only now starting to understand his motivations.

A new year

So, what to say after nearly a year of silence? I'm gonna go with "What up?"

A lot has happened in the previous year. No, I'm not going to write about it. I'm just too lazy.

But what I will do, is start to ramble on this blog. Nothing earth shattering will be said, just my personal thoughts will be recorded.

First thought. Developing for cellphones is like wrestling an oily python.

My kinda saint

St. Bernard of Menthon : May 28

Patron Saint: Alpinists, mountain climbers, mountaineers, skiers, travellers in the mountains.

Profile: Nobility. Priest. Archdeacon of Aosta in 996. Evangelized to the people of the Alps for over 40 years. Vicar-general of Alpine diocese. He started a patrol that cleared robbers from the mountains, and he established hospices for travellers and pilgrims to Rome. The large dogs, trained to search for lost victims in the mountains, are named for the Saint.

Representation: Man in a mountain setting holding a bishop's crozier; white dog.

Couldn't have said it better

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~Mark Twain

Binary according to the Bible

"But let your communication be Yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." Matthew 5:37