freeclimb9

The idea behind GU, Gatorade, Powerbar, etc., and similar products, is that by keeping blood glucose levels elevated, muscle glycogen gets replenished faster. This is supported by many studies. GU is basically just a glucose polymer blend. You don't become physically reliant on such a product, but maybe psychologically so. If you're doing fine physically, but your partners are hating it unless they're constantly refueling, maybe you're just in much better shape?

No. I won't ask for details of your glorious trip in which you supplied hard currency to a regime that is starving its own populace. In other words, no somos el mismo, cabron.

or Kurdish, or Armenian, or Sami? Stupid questions, all. And the stupid answer is increased Park Fees.

BD standard prophets with tool loops = never gripping your tools as daggers.

cracked, I don't put the tool through the loop. I haven't cut it off yet, though.

Yea, it'll turn inside out. But then the release tab would be pinned under straps.

Your diet could be described as "ketogenic". It was demonstrated in a study ('The Human Metabolic Response to Chronic Ketosis without Caloric Restriction: Preservation of Submaximal Exercise Capability with Reduced Carbohydrate Oxidation,' Metabolism, vol. 32 (8), pp. 769-776, 1983) that a low-carb diet increased an athlete's ability to metabolize fat. No increase in performance was noted, however. "In short, high-fat diets conserve carbohydrate, which is good, but lead to little carbohydrate storage, which can be very bad." However, if your exertion load is sub-maximal (about 60% of max VO2, or less), that's not "very bad". Just don't expect to be able to climb at, or near, your lactate threshold for long periods without carbohydrate supplementation. There's no question that the fat fuel tank of the human body is much bigger than the glycogen reserve. Here are some quotes from pponline.co.uk: "Various methods have been used to try and make the body more efficient at using fat and therefore boost performance by conserving the body's glycogen and intramuscular triglyceride stores. These have included: 1 extreme diets consisting predominantly of fats, a nutritional strategy which has been successful with rats but has shown no performance benefit in humans 2 increasing the percentage of fat ingested in the diet, which has been recommended in some triathlon magazines. This is not thought to result in an improvement in performance, and it probably has other, negative health implications 3 ingesting fat intravenously. This method has been employed in professional cycling." BTW, a carb-rich diet was first shown to be beneficial to endurance athletes in 1939, and has been repeatedly confirmed. The question becomes one of "at what exertion level to you want to climb"?

here's a photo of the Robo: Though it's not entirely clear from the image, the hanging tab --to be pulled with the teeth for releasing the leash-- is more easily reached when on the left hand than when on the right. I like to place pro with my right hand. So, my fix has been to use a Grivel leash that is much like the BD Lockdown, or the one on the DMM Fly. But that type of leash isn't my ideal since it comes off easily when unweighted (I wouldn't want to drop a tool and have it continue falling). Maybe I'll just go back to a slider style leash.

Why do the Robo leashes only come in one orientation? That is, why are they oriented for easiest use with the left hand only (the release tab is on the back of the right hand)? I thought I'd gotten a mixed up set of the leashes last year when I discovered both were identical, rather than mirror images. Frustrating, it is. Any clever solution? Are Android leashes similarly made identically?

ditto

Perhaps a reiteration of the phrase "historic differences" would help pound the meaning through your thick skidlid.

"Every rose has its thorn" was a coded HIV warning?

At the heart of the historic differences between folks who label themselves as "sport", or "trad", climbers is this: No trad climber has ever had to overtly identify their heterosexual orientation. The same can't be said for lycra-inspired sport climbers.

What's with the must-suffer-to-get-better mind-set? Are you Penecostal, or something?

Spend the money on the decadent coffee drink consumed while you read at your leisure.

there's always been a connection to what's most often published in magazines, and what's close to the editor's office. For the climbs above Vail, it also helps that they're visible from the freeway, and have a short approach. Of course, the local ethos is a big factor too. It seems that in many western locales, climbers are pretty quiet about what they do.

Soap Lake is contemplating adding a giant lava lamp to its town center. Perhaps a whole town makeover to a Summer of Love theme? Hookahs and hairy armpits? Hey, the pandering by way of wierd kitsch worked for Leavenworth.

Redhat money must be good.

must be the pheromones in the fear sweat.

something like a donkey punch to your expectations? that's gonna leave a mark.

Felch a guinea-pig, trash. I'll stick to fantasies of playing tennis with Maria Sharapova.

What? You think I can't learn from PeeWee Herman's misfortune?

I don't give a fuck if you climb. Just picking at a scab to see if it bleeds.

The world is my oyster. Fuckin'A. Some parts are more like snot than others. Some parts are salty. I'll avoid negative comments about the PNW. I like the place. I even climb there from time to time. Got a need to get a bitch-slap by Dragontail off my back. Do you climb much, trash?

Sentimental, are you? Touched deep inside where you're soft and tender like a little girl? fuh Q