Thanks John.

Hello Seth.

John

z8000783 wrote:Hello Seth.

John

Forget I said that.

John

Howdy Seth mate. How is it going?

Lazar wrote:Howdy Seth mate. How is it going?

Howdy right back atcha! Well, as you can see, it's the same old shit, different day. But then I had low expectations coming out of the gate.

Otherwise, quite well actually. Howzit witchu?

Seth wrote:

Lazar wrote:Howdy Seth mate. How is it going?

Howdy right back atcha! Well, as you can see, it's the same old shit, different day. But then I had low expectations coming out of the gate.

Otherwise, quite well actually. Howzit witchu?

Not bad not bad. I forgot about your blog (never figured out how to make those RSS feeds actually useable). Will have to have a trip back and have a read. Always enjoyed reading.....and disagreeing.

Hi, Seth!

Lazar wrote:

Seth wrote:

Lazar wrote:Howdy Seth mate. How is it going?

Howdy right back atcha! Well, as you can see, it's the same old shit, different day. But then I had low expectations coming out of the gate.

Otherwise, quite well actually. Howzit witchu?

Not bad not bad. I forgot about your blog (never figured out how to make those RSS feeds actually useable). Will have to have a trip back and have a read. Always enjoyed reading.....and disagreeing.

Good to hear from you. Think we ought to re-open the liberal delusion thread?

....nah.

stijndeloose wrote:Hi, Seth!

Howdy. How's the weather?

Had a lot of snow lately, but today's bright and cloudless. It's freezing, too.

stijndeloose wrote:Had a lot of snow lately, but today's bright and cloudless. It's freezing, too.

I'd like to get over there someday. I'd love to ride my bike through Russia and Ukraine, see St. Petersburg and Moscow and other places. Don't know if it's still safe to do so anymore.

I wouldn't do it alone, for sure. But I've been thinking about the same thing. One thing is certain: biking in Russia is nothing like biking in Europe.

I haven't actually done it yet, though.

Btw, I'm in Switzerland at the moment, but I figure the weather is pretty much the same back in Moscow.

stijndeloose wrote:I wouldn't do it alone, for sure. But I've been thinking about the same thing. One thing is certain: biking in Russia is nothing like biking in Europe.

I haven't actually done it yet, though.

Btw, I'm in Switzerland at the moment, but I figure the weather is pretty much the same back in Moscow.

Ever see "Long Way Round" with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman? Or the sequel, "Long Way Down?"

I love Grindlewald. Years ago, when I was there, I sat for three days on the balcony of my hotel just looking at the Eiger north wall on what I discovered was a pretty rare week of perfect weather with no clouds obscuring the face:


Eiger North Face at sunset © 2011 Altnews

No, haven't seen those. I'll try to get them when I get back to Moscow. Looks beautiful!

Did you do any climbing?

stijndeloose wrote:No, haven't seen those. I'll try to get them when I get back to Moscow. Looks beautiful!

Did you do any climbing?

Used to, back when I was young and stupid. I went to Grindlewald specifically to see the Eiger. Back in summer camp, which was a technical climbing camp in Colorado, our counselor used to read from "Eiger, Wall of Death" and "The White Spider" as a bedtime story for us boys. Really got my juices flowing..

I'm having trouble getting the Flickr image to show up. I had to create a Flickr account and I'm not sure how to link to the photo I put up. Any suggestions?

No idea, really. I just copied the URL and pasted it in another tab.

Not a good climber myself, mainly because I hardly ever do it. I did some canyoning in the Spanish Pyrenees a couple of years ago and it was ace!

Seth wrote:

stijndeloose wrote:I wouldn't do it alone, for sure. But I've been thinking about the same thing. One thing is certain: biking in Russia is nothing like biking in Europe.

I haven't actually done it yet, though.

Btw, I'm in Switzerland at the moment, but I figure the weather is pretty much the same back in Moscow.

Ever see "Long Way Round" with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman? Or the sequel, "Long Way Down?"

I love Grindlewald. Years ago, when I was there, I sat for three days on the balcony of my hotel just looking at the Eiger north wall on what I discovered was a pretty rare week of perfect weather with no clouds obscuring the face:

Have you seen the The Eiger Sanction?

My dad had a book titled Eiger Direct which I haven't got around to reading yet.

rEvolutionist wrote:

Seth wrote:

stijndeloose wrote:I wouldn't do it alone, for sure. But I've been thinking about the same thing. One thing is certain: biking in Russia is nothing like biking in Europe.

I haven't actually done it yet, though.

Btw, I'm in Switzerland at the moment, but I figure the weather is pretty much the same back in Moscow.

Ever see "Long Way Round" with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman? Or the sequel, "Long Way Down?"

I love Grindlewald. Years ago, when I was there, I sat for three days on the balcony of my hotel just looking at the Eiger north wall on what I discovered was a pretty rare week of perfect weather with no clouds obscuring the face:

Have you seen the The Eiger Sanction?

My dad had a book titled Eiger Direct which I haven't got around to reading yet.

One of my favorite movies, just for the climbing scenes...and the jugs on that Indian chick, wow!

I read an American Cinematographer article on the filming of the Eiger scenes, and yes, that really was Clint Eastwood doing ALL of his own stunts, including the rope-cutting scene outside the railroad station window. He was really, truly hanging about 3000 feet above the ground and he did cut the rope. No special effects in any of the climbing scenes. At the time, it was a big deal because nobody had ever put a major Hollywood star on anything like the most dangerous face in all of Europe.

I really, really admire Eastwood for that film, and I'm as jealous as hell. I always wanted to climb the Eiger, but was never good enough.

Seth wrote:

rEvolutionist wrote:

Seth wrote:

Ever see "Long Way Round" with Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman? Or the sequel, "Long Way Down?"

I love Grindlewald. Years ago, when I was there, I sat for three days on the balcony of my hotel just looking at the Eiger north wall on what I discovered was a pretty rare week of perfect weather with no clouds obscuring the face:

Have you seen the The Eiger Sanction?

My dad had a book titled Eiger Direct which I haven't got around to reading yet.

One of my favorite movies, just for the climbing scenes...and the jugs on that Indian chick, wow!

I read an American Cinematographer article on the filming of the Eiger scenes, and yes, that really was Clint Eastwood doing ALL of his own stunts, including the rope-cutting scene outside the railroad station window. He was really, truly hanging about 3000 feet above the ground and he did cut the rope. No special effects in any of the climbing scenes. At the time, it was a big deal because nobody had ever put a major Hollywood star on anything like the most dangerous face in all of Europe.

I really, really admire Eastwood for that film, and I'm as jealous as hell. I always wanted to climb the Eiger, but was never good enough.

That's interesting. I always wondered if it was real. It certainly looked like Eastwood was really climbing there. This realistic filming also reminded me of a film by the German Werner Herzog called The Wrath of Aguirre. Have you seen it? I wouldn't have wanted to be an actor in that film.

rEvolutionist wrote:

Seth wrote:

rEvolutionist wrote:

Have you seen the The Eiger Sanction?

My dad had a book titled Eiger Direct which I haven't got around to reading yet.

One of my favorite movies, just for the climbing scenes...and the jugs on that Indian chick, wow!

I read an American Cinematographer article on the filming of the Eiger scenes, and yes, that really was Clint Eastwood doing ALL of his own stunts, including the rope-cutting scene outside the railroad station window. He was really, truly hanging about 3000 feet above the ground and he did cut the rope. No special effects in any of the climbing scenes. At the time, it was a big deal because nobody had ever put a major Hollywood star on anything like the most dangerous face in all of Europe.

I really, really admire Eastwood for that film, and I'm as jealous as hell. I always wanted to climb the Eiger, but was never good enough.

That's interesting. I always wondered if it was real. It certainly looked like Eastwood was really climbing there. This realistic filming also reminded me of a film by the German Werner Herzog called The Wrath of Aguirre. Have you seen it? I wouldn't have wanted to be an actor in that film.

Yes. And then there's the doc about Herzog's other Amazon film, the one about the boat...can't dredge up the name just now.