pope

I was testing some search engines to see what kind of info might come up if "the man" started searching for things like "clambing" and "b_lting ethics" and "Mt. Garbfield" and such. The search for "blt" turned up the following: Here's a link if you would like to learn more about "blts".

I don't get it. Is this an event? Are you an old mofo? Do you mark it on your calendar when ol' Northwood pays a visit? Is this such a rare occasion that you are inspired to share it with a bunch of dorks who hang out on a bulletin board on a Friday night?

Look on the bright side. The law of averages suggests it should be very safe after these events.

Liberty Ridge being one of the 50 classics, I'm curious about what fraction of parties come from out of state. I would guess that climbers who arrive from other parts of the country are less likely to bail when conditions turn out to be less than perfect.

Was that image reversed? If so, I know the climb.

In general I think it's pretty good, although that belay on Bomb Shelter has got to be one of most shiznitty places on the planet. Some of the slings around that solution pocket are glued in place with "pigeon do". I highly recommend a N-95 mask up there.

A posthumous statement from Ulrich:

The itching, burning irritation of sunburn compounded by snow rash. Yow!!!!

There are some many things wrong with this picture! 1. The guy on the left forgot to put on his harness! Free solo! 2. He's wearing gaitors on a rock climb! 3. Are they sharing a sandwich? Perhaps they's tryin' to stick a B_LT!

We say, "Let's go particpate in that genre of climbing in which it is highly probable that we shall encounter females."

Actually, I think it goes like this: sport climbing:bouldering::game boy:T-ball

What are you thinking? You need to get real. Alpinism is what we do when we are out of shape for hard cragging.

Another explanation is that when an example of manly climbing sits squarely on their monitors, participants in this thread display difficulty recognizing it as such (somebody needs to point this out to them). Get a second opinion (from your sister ). Hey pinko, if you love the way they do things on the other side of the ocean, why don't you just move?

An alpine climb w/o difficult rock is merely a steep snow slog.

I see you have climbing and hiking as disjoint sets. Here's proof that the two activities can be equivalent:

Inductive reasoning.... based on your own situation?

Try it like this:

Don't concern yourself with being "pure". Mediocre climbers...or those of us who wish to experience the technical challenges without taunting death can put on a toprope and imagine what leading it would be like.

Don't tell me a dusting of chalk on the rock is somehow aesthetically equivalent to b_lts:

Is there anybody else that would be interested to see how phil jackson would do as a coach without jordan and co or shaq/kobe and co? My guess is he'd be an average coach. I really wouldn't doubt I could have won the NBA championship with the Jordan teams of the 90s. The Lakers have got a superstar at every position. When they lose, it will be a demonstration of Jackson's lack of ability to cultivate cohesion among a powerhouse of professionals.

That is a stupendous shot.

Even with the chalk trail, this is a manly climb. When he’s finished, he’ll leave the climb nearly in the condition he found it. Pope would say that the visual impact is ephemeral. A couple of good squalls will restore the route. BFD. I don’t have a problem with chalk, although if this climb were located in an area frequented by bird watchers and tree huggers, I would either leave it alone or perhaps I’d use a tinted chalk that matches the rock. You can berate the guy for being a hypocrite or whatever, but the fact remains that this is a climb requiring enormous balls. You aren’t going to be able to hang off some stupid-assed bolt while you mime the next two moves to a chorus of unsolicited beta from the clowns below. Bolts, unlike chalk, leave a permanent trail that facilitates cowardly ascents.

By this do you mean that somebody free climbed the roof pitch and placed all of the gear on the lead DURING the claimed "redpoint"? Or are we still talking about the fellow (name escapes me) who hung quickdraws from regulargly spaced knots in a static line tied off at the top of the pitch?