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And the cutting edge of bouldering is......... ....the tandem sit-start. Won't you join us?

One could argue that American applications of bolt trails are motivated by a far more ridiculous obsession.

Right!!! Safety, increased access, more traffic, cleaner rock, no more pin scars....virtually every lame pro-bolting argument completely supports (with no modification) the via ferrata. And if you object to these things, just remember not to be so small-minded: more destructive activities (ski areas, logging, etc.) justify low-impact activities like sport climbing and constructing the via ferrata.

TomTom? Sounds like a name you might read in the stall down at the Rebar.

How did I miss this one? Splendid stuff from a post on Ascensionist titled "INDEX IN THE YEAR 2020":

Your ethos Your pathos Your Porthos Your Aramis Your Brut Cologne You're writing home You are hopeless Your hopelessness Is rising around you, rising around you You like it It gives you something to do In the day time Hey buddy, you need a hobby You are tired of moving forward You think of the future And secretly you piddle your pants The puddle of piddle Which used to be little Is rising around you, rising around you You like it It gives you something to do In the night time Oh well, you travel to bars You also go to Winchell's Doughnuts And hang out with the Highway Patrol Sometimes you'll go to a pizza place You go to Shakey's to get that American kind of pizza That has the ugly, waxey, fake yellow Kind of cheese on the top... Maybe you'll go to Straw Hat Pizza, To get all those artificial ingredients That never belonged on a pizza in the first place (But the white people really like it...) Oh well, you'll go anyplace, you'll do anything Oh you'll give me your underpants I hope these aren't yours, buddy... They're very nice, though You go to Santa Monica Boulevard, You go to the Blue Parrot No problem, you'll go anyplace You'll do anything Just so you can hang out with the others The others just like you Afraid of the future (Death Valley Days straight ahead) The future is scary (Yes it sure is) Well, the puddle is rising It smells like the ocean A body of water to isolate England And also Reseda The oil in patches All over Atlantis, Atlantis You remember Atlantis Donovan, the guy with the brocade coat Used to sing to you about Atlantis You loved it, you were so involved then That's back in the days when you used to Smoke a banana You would scrape the stuff off the middle You would bake it You would smoke it You even thought you was getting ripped from it No problem Woop! Atlantis, they could really get down there The plankton, the krill The giant underwater pyramid, the squid decor Excuse me, Todd The big ol' giant underwater door The dome, the bubbles, the blue light Light, light, light, light Light, light, light, light Blue light blue light The seepage, the sewage, the rubbers, the napkins Your ethos, your Porthos, Your flag pole, your port hole Your language You're frightened The future Your lang... You can't even speak your own fucking language You can't read it anymore You can't write it anymore Your language The future of your language Your meat loaf Don't let your meat loaf Heh, heh, heh Your Micro-Nanette Heh Your Brut Cologne

Discuss.

Does that need a reply?

Is there a tail wind, or is that just your ass?

Funny how bent shafts and big price tags are endorsed by nearly everybody here for their ability to make hard climbs easy, but the real "tough guys" in the sport are all excited about the "leashless ethic" because of its tendency to make climbs more challenging. Also amusing that leashless climbing has earned "ethical status" when many proponents of this "ethic" endorse bolt trails in the mountains. But I digress. Save your money. Pick up some tools on e-bay second hand. Stick some leashes on them. Read the avalanche report, then go have a good time. If your're talented, old gear won't slow you down all that much. If you're not, you can blame your gear for the lack of progess. Either way, the point is to get up high and a little scared and to find climbs that challenge you personally. If you really NEED to spend hundreds on gear to get up the hardest climbs, then is it the climber or is it the gear? I climbed for years on Chouinard X-tools, with the slippery, staight, blue-fiberglass covered carbon handles. I used slippery wool mittens. Maybe that shit slowed me down, maybe not. Who cares? I enjoyed getting solid self-belays in the snow slopes above the steep ice and I enjoyed owning tools that were versatile enough for any kind of terrain.

As top ropes go, Willy's Twelve is easier than Doin' The Dishes but I thought it was challenging. Nice work. Deb's Crack is 5.10. It probably goes in double boots.

Can you top rope it with 3 feet of slack? Or are we talking about a sport-climber's top rope?

Fascinating! Thanks for posting.

listen and learn

After an incalculable number of ascents I am uniquely qualified to offer this invaluable advice: pull with your hands, push with your feet, an' 'forya knowit, you'll be on top of that bitch-kitty of a hill.

Raggedy black Is the way she dress Little green shoes 'N her hair's a mess On Halloween night At de costume ball She's a Goblin Girl An' she can gobble it all She's a goblin She's a Goblin Girl She's a goblin She's a Goblin Girl I been hobblin' 'Cause of the Goblin Goblin Girl ...Goblin Girl Some girls like To dress like a witch Some girls like to dress like a queen Best way a girl Can dress for me Is in a Goblin suit (They look so cute...) When they're a goblin There ain't a problin When they're a goblin I start a-wobblin' Pink all over Some is tan Goblin Girls From every land They look good From any which-a-way Every Halloween You can hear me say: "Goblin Girl, take it away..."

'tis the season

Exactly. Don't remember a bolt in that chimney. There is/was a very solid bong at the lip of the roof. Midnight rock has offered one of the very best experiences available to Leavenworth climbers for decades. In addition to steep cracks and nice exposure, the arduous hike and lack of bolts nearly guarantee solitude on some of the best rock in Leavenworth. Please don't disturb the equation.

Jack and Danny = fanny, but fanny ain't a plumber's crack.

Yeah? So what's a "Jack and Danny"?

Back in the day they called it 5.7 ....I attempted it in 37-Celsius heat and quickly decided it should properly be climbed in full winter conditions.

That's an equation that holds water.