I love this stuff

For some reason I have always been fascinated with deep sea weirdies.  Thought I'd share this article with you guys...check out the pics above of the aptly named blobfish and the megamouth shark.

I also ran across this blog called ugly overload, which also satisfies (and simultaneously piques) some of my curiosity about the weird and wonderful life forms that share this planet with us.

And while we're at it, here's a photo of the Giant Antarctic Death Worm forming a "rubber band ball of terror" from the Zoologix Blog:

Seeking input

So, I'm interested in what you guys think:

Is it possible to be a full time athlete (climber or otherwise) and not be a complete narcissist?

thoughts?

Stream of Conscience

More steroids.  Another MRI.  Republican National Convention.  Oreos.  Cycling. Mountains.  Air Conditioning.  Rock Climbing. Parents.  New Housemate.  Moving in to a room that I've lived in for 2 years.  Wow I can't believe that men and sex didn't enter the first 10 or so nouns.  Must be the steroids.

I am a huge gumby, or: WWPCD? (What would Peter Croft Do)?

Temple Crag: the rock that we didn't climb.

Peter Croft would have done every route on Temple Crag in 2 hours, solo and barefoot in a snow storm.

Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse: The Traverse we didn't do.

Peter Croft would have trail ran this thing.  After he did every route on Temple Crag barefoot and solo in a snow storm.

Frazier jumping off of the boulder that he did almost trundle on top of himself.  This event did kill my mojo for Thunderbolt to Sill.

Peter Croft doesn't trundle boulders.

Lounging that we did.

Peter Croft doesn't know the meaning of the word "lounge".

Frazier and I napping all afternoon at the base of Temple Crag:  activities we did.

Peter Croft doesn't sleep.

Laurel Mountain: Yep, we certainly did fuck this one up too.

Peter Croft did this car to car in 3 hours.  True story.

Looking down the gully: We didn't onsight the 5.2.

Peter Croft doesn't understand what "5.2" means.

We did realize that we are huge gumbies, we did get off route, and we can't read a supertopo.

Peter Croft writes better guidebooks than Supertopo.

Despite all of this, we did read the Croft guide and we did summit!

Peter Croft summits.  Always.

Frazier did pose on the summit.

No known photos of Peter Croft actually exist.  Does Peter Croft actually exist?

So did I.

I am no Peter Croft.

Fall Winter Tick List

So...here's what I hope to flail on pro-style (it's the only thing I do professionally...flail) this season:

Astroman

Rostrum

Grand Illusion

West Face El Cap

Half Dome (not bothering with the free)

Snake Dyke

Stoner's Highway

Tales of Power/Separate Reality

Regular Route - Rainbow Wall

Cloud Tower

Nutcracker

Moonlight Buttress

So that's it for now.  I probably will need to fill it in with easier stuff...there are so many classics I've never done!

this is cool: wet bugs!

From the website: Zooillogix

photos of wet insects...I'm guessing they got a spray bottle or something.

Photos are by Martin Ann.

HIP HOP GRANNY DOWN WITH THE KIDS IN CHINA

This is amazing.