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  1. part of the freedom to place a bolt anywhere i wish is the freedom to chop a bolt anyplace i wish.
  2. DONT USE WD40!!!!!! Or silicon. it attracts dirt. The problem will come back worse. Use a Wax Based lube like White Lightning, or Metolius Cam Lube. Or, use a Graphite-based lubricant like for sewing machines.
  3. Dru

    Starting a rack

    hooks are for sissy in canada we free solo your mother duct tape texan
  4. clip the ring with a Screamer!
  5. I think Bill Simpkins has some pictures of a trekking Pole on Tomyhoi
  6. anyone who needs to carry the guidebook on an ice route....
  7. Go War Driving!
  8. The only person who I am glad is banned is Trask. I say that cause I know he is lurking and reading this. EAT BALLZ ASSEYES! Who's got more posts NOW l0z3r
  9. Dru

    Starting a rack

    STFU you duct tape wearing wannabe! TriCams don't suck, you do
  10. In many cases the only way you can get to the anchor is by leading, especially when the route is steep. In these cases you just can't toprope it! Also toproping is for Mountaineers and gumbies.
  11. Dru

    Starting a rack

    Knotted slings as quickdraws is like shorts over polypro.
  12. Prusik in a day Sunday. That way you can hang out with the cool cats at RopeUp on Saturday night!
  13. Dru

    Balance as Bias

    This Brian Blair is a gay WWE wrestler
  14. Dru

    Balance as Bias

    Or the Blair Witch?
  15. Dru

    Starting a rack

    Ignore all those cautious people advising you and jump into leading as quickly as you can. Darwin will apply and either you will 1) die or 2) become a good trad leader.
  16. Dru

    Starting a rack

    tree killer!
  17. Dru

    Starting a rack

    knotted - length can be changed, and can be tied around things sewn - length cannot be changed and can only be put around trees, chockstones, etc by girthhitching which uses 2x as much sling as a knotted sling would. try equalizing two bolts and a rap ring using a sewn sling... but i agree, making runners out of knoted slings is like writing a tr in cuineform on clay tablets. there is a better technology.
  18. Dru

    Starting a rack

    knotted slings are way better than sewn slings for rapping off things, sporto not every climb comes with a convenient set of chains at 30m
  19. Dru

    Balance as Bias

    See here for the same phenomenon in biology: Intelligent design given equal time with evolution
  20. http://www.peak-berlin.com/index/ueb/i_klemmkeile.html they suire sell a lot of trad gear here!
  21. BAN ME BEFORE I SPRAY AGAIN!!!!1 oops sorry. OK for reals now. I think moderators should be the users with the highest post counts. At the moment this would be: Dru Iain [Cpt Caveman would be here if not banned] Greg_W catbirdseat muffy DFA One could hardly imagine a more diverse group than that.
  22. Dru

    Starting a rack

    rack of equalized s holding nuts
  23. Dru

    Balance as Bias

    Boykoff, M.T. and J.M. Boykoff. 2004. Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press. Global Env Change 14: 125-136. In this article, researchers did a content analysis of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal for the period 1988-2002, and found that adherence to journalistic balance leads to biased coverage of both anthropogenic contributions to climate change and resultant actions. They found that the majority of coverage (53%) gave roughly equal attention to the view that humans were contributing to global warming, and that other view that exclusively natural fluctuations could explain the earth's temperature increase. They also found that this trend towards informational bias has increased with time. By looking at the year-to-year distribution of coverage of anthropogenic contributions, they found that while in 1988 and 1989 the focus was on the anthropogenic contribution, by the release of the IPCC's First Assessment Report in 1990 the emphasis was moving towards balanced accounts. From 1990 forward, authors explain this shift by the politicization of the issue and the coalescence of a small group of influential spokespeople and scientists that emerged in the news to refute these findings. These "skeptics" have been very influential in the climate change debate in emphasizing uncertainty and delays in action. Boykoff and Boykoff conclude that there is a significant difference between the scientific community discourse and that of the press regarding both anthropogenic contributions to climate change and decisions regarding action. Discuss
  24. Dru

    Street Legal?

    Yeah, if being restricted to 25mph didn't piss him off then the guy tailgating sure did!
  25. isn't that rock super super soft? ihear it makes Peshastin seem like granite.
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