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11-15-2005, 12:39 PM #1
New here
Thought I'd say "hi", don't know much about message boards and protocol but I thought I'd jump in, a good pal of mine said this was a pretty fun place.
I love Utah, my parents were both born here but moved to California as kids, raised my mug there then decided to move back while I attended college. I was going to go back but I loved the outdoors, no way I'm living anywhere but the Intermountain West. My personal favorite area is the Swell through Boulder Mountain. Every time I drive through Torrey I tell my wife that we're retiring on the south side of town right before highway 12. I've got 25 years to break her down, plus I'm sickeningly handsome and possess the full charm of a handsome Hugh Grant without the male prostitute fetish.
Anyway, I'll probably pretty active when its time for me to hit the Swell. I need some good advice on locations and places to visit while I'm there.
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11-15-2005, 12:41 PM #2
My handle? The name of my queen sized pillow top airmattress which fits perfectly in my Springbar tent... Its one of my most prized possessions.
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11-15-2005, 12:57 PM #3
welcome to the site, nice avatar
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11-15-2005, 02:09 PM #4
Torrey huh? A friend of mine says thats where he would like to retire too. Actually, I wouldn't mind retiring there either. If ya want info on the swell, check out the canyoneering section, and look under trip report index.
Have fun!!
It's only "science" if it supports the narrative.
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11-15-2005, 02:27 PM #5
Hi there and welcome! How'd they let you add that big avatar?
I have lots of friends that have lived in Torrey. They were all associated with Aspen or AYA programs.
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11-15-2005, 03:27 PM #6Nice, I'll take a look. Sometimes when I'm in Torrey I'll just hang in front of the B and D burgers for hours and refuse to leave. Everyone gets pissed at me, I don't care, I just keep buying my kids ice cream cones.
Originally Posted by rockgremlin
Torrey huh? A friend of mine says thats where he would like to retire too. Actually, I wouldn't mind retiring there either. If ya want info on the swell, check out the canyoneering section, and look under trip report index.
Have fun!!
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11-15-2005, 03:35 PM #7Thanks and on the avatar, I dunno, I really haven't been on message boards before so I just cut this one from some Overstock.com add and inserted it into my profile. BTW - my airmattress isn't that big, just for effect. Originally Posted by Shan
Can I say one thing about my backpacking/camping evolution? Well, more of a story really? I totally grew up in the Bay Area as a minimalist backpacker, thinnest and lightest was my mantra. I used to scoff at anyone with heavy equipment, then I moved to Utah for college and you could basically walk five miles and be in solitude, hell, drive 40 minutes and be in the middle of nowhere. I kept up the minimalist format til I was about 31 when I took my then 9 month old to the mouth of Crack Canyon, I pumped up a full size air mattress..... HOLY SHIT! It was like I saw the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ himself.... I've probably camped a good 50 times since then and my air mattresses just keep getting bigger and bigger, its like someone shot the air mattress drug directly into my vein and its the most addictive shit on the planet. One day, one day, I'll be sleeping on a 5 pound pillow top feather bed airmattress and I'll refuse to leave my tent..... one day, we can all have a dream, one day....
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11-15-2005, 03:47 PM #8
All Hail Torrey Utah.... my wife, me, and my 6 year old, Torrey Utah in the background.
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11-15-2005, 03:50 PM #9
Nice picture
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11-15-2005, 03:53 PM #10Don't **** with it dillweed... Originally Posted by nitmik
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11-15-2005, 03:56 PM #11
oh the temptation
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11-15-2005, 04:00 PM #12I'll smother you with my Triple D airmattress Mike... I'll do it. LOL! Originally Posted by nitmik
oh the temptation
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11-15-2005, 04:32 PM #13 Originally Posted by TripleDelux
That's AWESOME!!!
BTW, what university did you go to, and your major was...?It's only "science" if it supports the narrative.
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11-15-2005, 04:51 PM #14
Welcome to the site Delux! I like your thing and I think Sombeech will really like your mattress...
BTW...Can you and your step brother nitmik re-size you avatars to 100X100 or smaller. Cooooo thanks.
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11-15-2005, 04:51 PM #15I went to the U, graduated in History, thought about Law School, too hard for an geezer like me to start over. I'm working for a health care start up that is about to blow through the roof, its been painful and fun, my better half works for United Airlines so we travel alot, in fact she took the boys down there today and I'm meeting up with them tomorrow, ****, is this Lex? Never mind, probably know this already for some reason.... LOL! Originally Posted by rockgremlin
Originally Posted by TripleDelux
That's AWESOME!!!
BTW, what university did you go to, and your major was...?
The U and my company and my wife stuff maybe new.... Mike just old me I'm suddenly in the top 40 posters after 2 hours. We gotta shake this place up.
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11-15-2005, 04:52 PM #16
I can't say the F word? What the ****?
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11-15-2005, 04:54 PM #17Mike, resize mine, I'm lazy.... Originally Posted by accadacca
Welcome to the site Delux! I like your thing and I think Sombeech will really like your mattress...
BTW...Can you and your step brother nitmik re-size you avatars to 100X100 or smaller. Cooooo thanks.
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11-15-2005, 05:05 PM #18
Welcome to the site.
Man! That avatar's huge! (So is the mattress) I'm a fan of packing the huge padding on hiking trips. Some call me queensize.
But anyways, here's your same pic, that will fit in the profile settings. The filter doesn't see the properties on hotlinked pics, so that's how it got so huge. What you can do is save this little version of your avatar to your PC, then upload it on your profile. Or I guess you could hotlink from the smaller pic if you wanted.
Yeah, sorry dude, we try to keep it PG around here. We welcome the censored words though. Originally Posted by TripleDelux
Nice meeting you, and again, welcome to the site.
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11-15-2005, 05:33 PM #19 Originally Posted by Sombeech
Need I say more? That huge coiled up red thing is about 10 pounds of pure comfort.
While the dude in the blue shirt is about 210 lbs of pure man.
I'd have to be a man to haul that pack around. I believe it was 67 lbs that year. And would you believe I still forgot some things? 
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11-15-2005, 05:38 PM #20
Where is that Havasu picture of you with that clear air mattress?
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