pope

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.

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'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.

Dude. DUDE! Don't use that word....."the Man" is doing string searches for that word. We write "b_lts" when we want to discuss the topic. And to answer your question, I don't see an enormous difference.

I've been accused of pasting this photo in threads where it doesn't belong. WELL IT BELONGS HERE!

Same ol' recycled crap. How about something really refreshing?

Shabby research. Such a creation already exists on Condor Buttress.

You know, that is precisely the consideration that makes me in favor of building that gondola up the Squamish Chief.

Wow. Pope is a prophet.