Sure enough that day, as predicted, Uncle Bob [the ranger] searched Todd's sac for the tools of the trade, the offensive bolt drill and bolts. Did he find them? No, but what he did find puzzled him immensely. Why was Skinner carrying around a waffle iron, two croquet balls and a year's suppy of prophylactics?
Shit. This quote of his has always stuck in my mind:'Live your life like a thrown knife. Begin it.'
"It (the belay loop) was actually very worn," Hewett said. "I'd noted it a few days before, and he was aware it was something to be concerned about." Friends of Skinner said he had ordered several new harnesses but they hadn't yet arrived in the mail.