I usually try to avoid the same old stuff that so many of the other webcomics hinge upon- 20-something sex angst, unadmitted video game addiction, dungeons and fire breathing lizards, and comic book nerdery. But today… I let my inner nerdery fly a bit.
Second of four extra comics for you guys!
Thanks, everyone who’s clicked on the ‘You And Hubris‘ tip jar button and joined Team Hubris!
Hey! Check your calendars! It’s ‘Tell a Friend about Hubris Day’! Don’t you love holidays?
All pretense of subtlety aside, I really am asking you to pass around the word if you’re a Hubris fan. I’m ’bout to do some more advertising and such, but when the numbers get bumped up, it’s just plain thrilling.
Thanks, Team Hubris!
Okay, we get it. Women are sick and tired of trying to live up to the media’s version of ‘acceptably attractive’. It takes a lot of time, energy, money and aggravation to look like that, and nobody in today’s workaday world has time for that crap.
On the other hand, it’s a bad idea to ask a guy if he wants to be admired for his body. Frankly, the worse the body, the more emphatically our answer is “YES!” The difference is that we’re not gonna put down the chips, get off the couch and go paint our faces in the hope that it’ll help. Half the time, we’re not even gonna shave.
We just wanna be loved worshipped for who we are. By a supermodel.
If you’re not going to make an appointment, then you have to make an entrance.
Jeff Outdoors –
Black Diamond Alpine Bod Harness
The man abuses outdoor gear, so you don’t have to
Your best buddy (you know the one who gets you into trouble regularly) has convinced you to go on an adventure that requires you to buy about $1000 worth of mountaineering equipment, and you don’t have any clue what to buy. One of the things on the list is “Harness”. This one is easy… go buy the Black Diamond Alpine Bod Harness. Forget the regular Bod harness with the padded waist – it just soaks up water.
The Alpine Bod is a diaper style harness, which means it needs a big carabiner to hold it together. It is made of black webbing. It’s easy to put on after you practice a couple of times. It’s adjustable enough to go on under rain pants, or over layers of fleece and Gore-tex. It’s light and packs very small. It’s been around for a long time for a very good reason.
Thanks to my brother, I have a new Alpine Bod to replace my totally worn out old Alpine Bod, and thanks to Black Diamond for not changing anything except for making the leg loops with quick release buckles instead of ladder lock buckles. When your brain is addled by altitude and lack of sleep, you need to have gear that you can operate when you’re loopy. Not that I’ve climbed anything huge, but my old Alpine Bod has been with me on nearly all the high peaks in Washington. We’ve hung in crevasses together, been yanked off my feet together, waited out storms together, and wandered across endless glaciers in British Columbia together. It’s a keeper.
Pros
Cons
Bottom Line
Don’t climb a mountain without it.
And you can purchase one for yourself right here at the House O’ Hubris! Click on the harness:
I used to tell my parents what I was doing on weekends. I quit. It makes them nervous. When you fork over that much money to get a kid raised, you hate to think he’s going to wind up stuffed under a rock on some nameless river. Seems like bad investing or something.
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