I once agreed to do a rockclimb w/ a friend of a friend who testified to his competence. As we hiked in to the base of the climb he had to stop for a 3rd time to retie his shoes.
At this point I decided that perhaps someone incapable of tying his shoes in a competent manner perhaps may not be a person to trust setting anchors or belaying. When I told him that I wasn't into climbing that day and was going to bail he replied that he was glad because he had done a hit of LSD the night before and was feeling a little drifty.
When I later confronted my friend about his judgement he told me that I was too judgemental and that the doper could do 100 pullups in 2 minutes! Climbing isn't dangerous, bad partners are dangerous.
mike r
