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Excellent points, Peter! Good question! Are we talking fixed rope... Or something that would encourage even more traffic, maybe one of these.... But to really get people up onto the Cheeks, you should probably do it right....

Thanks for asking first. That's mighty bif of you. But since you asked, I think that a bunch of bolts and a fixed line, for the purpose of increasing traffic, are a bad idea. If the climbing up there is that great, people will make the effort. Keep it wild.

Anybody who can top-rope Caboose can probably lead Pressure Drop.

And as a bonus, you can tell your buddies you climbed a 5.11 crack (although it's Squamish 10b).

Thanks for the TR and skilled photography. Liked this one in particular: pix

Right now? I'm returning some lingerie that your sister left at my pad. BTW, tell her to stop calling me.

Does somebody believe otherwise?

Why should one appeal to the idea of respecting the style of the first ascent party when defending rap-placed bolts? Correct me if I'm wrong, but rapelling and ascending are entirely different activities. When you do the math, one must deduce that rap-placed bolts aren't protected by the convention of respecting the first ascent party's fixed gear. If they're offensive, and if they weren't placed during an ascent, I say remove them. (There's no shortage of clip-n-go climbs).

And here is a second-hand quote regarding retrobolting at Darrnington, from a climber of committing slab routes: "I have to add this point. Duane Constantino told via email and a telephone call several years ago that he did condone replacing his original 1/4 inch bolts on all old climbs BUT he felt the commitment should be there and not to ADD other bolts to the climbs HE personally drilled and led. I discussed this with DW, but he felt a safety factor must be added so the "new" climbers would come to Darrington and climb. This safety factor idea was spawned by MP and DW so the forest service would see user numbers and keep the road open. Any one can say I am not being truthful but a call or email to Duane will tell it like it is. He is all for keeping the lines original and bolt replacement only at or near the original placement. Duane and I climbed together for a long time and I know the commitment his is willing to submit himself to and I also know the commitment others are not willing to take. Sisu"

Even before these perverted T-shirts, I've always felt that Sesame Street wasn't the best influence for the kids. Not enough sesame, too much street.

Any BIG LOU fans?

One of the activists there (back in the early 1990's) told me about a fall off of Battle of the Bulge in which a bolt pulled....not out of the rock, rather the cobble that held the bolt pulled out of the wall!

Which one of you assholes is going to stick a bolt in that thing?

"Can Seattle stop Steve Smith? Can anybody stop Steve Smith?" How many times did we hear that this week? Nice to see him ending the game by fumbling away Carolina's vanishing chance at a come-back.

No, Pal. I called it. POPE the Greek

After 11 years of coaching, I took a year off to have more time for my family, and I've actually found time to watch the Seahawks this year. Gosh this has been fun. Time for my liberal brothers to quit brooding over social inequities and US foreign policy and such. Get ON the couch and get fired up! Oh, and did I mention that POPE IS A PROPHET ?

You will find equal adventure and she will experience greater satisfaction if you just go shopping at Bellevue Square instead.

We can cover one guy. Bump him hard within the first five yards to disrupt the timing. Double cover him beyond ten yards. No problem.

They're banged up. A third string back who can't break a big one means Seattle can double up on Carolina's single-threat offense. Chicago mysteriously didn't adjust for this opportunity and paid. Carolina's defensive front won't be 100% in Seattle (read the reports). Watch for Seattle to control the game on the ground. I'm predicting an impressive win for your Seattle Seahawks. And I don't see the Broncos or Steelers stopping the party either.

It gets pretty cold up in the hills. There are plenty of good sit-starts at the Beardsley boulder pile (NW Phoenix) and the locals will be happy to sandbag you.

(1) Buy one of these: (2) With newly acquired tool, donate one day of your life to sanitation projects in the vertical plane (I have some ideas). (3) After satisfactory completion of steps (1) and (2), look me up and I'll be happy to offer instruction. (4) Ignore Dru. And ignore the "place gear while soloing" advice from Mr. Chocolate. This should probably appear as step (1).

Jumbo this is good-bye I ain't gonna lie So wash up your pie Wash up your pie

Dude...

As if you're not all over that.

You have 28,988 posts. Can you be happy with that, or must we endure more?