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Its your lucky day. Because I would like to offer you my services as a gear tester. I'm very good at using and abusing gear and since I own few Grivel products I think its crucial that you, as the Grivel rep, supply me with all of the new products on the market so I can test them. Go ahead and send me a private message and I will arrange a time out of my busy schedule that you can stop by and drop off my new gear. It will defenitly get used and I will have an opinion on it. Thanks. Oh and if you are the mammut rep, I had better try out some of the new rock shoes too. I wear street size 11.5, so go ahead and bring some of those by too, thanks.

It was a dood

Who wouldn't be after that. It occured to me after I listened to that interview that he might have been able to pour his water on the sandstone before trying to chip it away, since sandstone loses lke 60% of its strength when wet. But maybe he didn't have enough water and that would have been too risky, since if it didn't work he'dbe extra fucked.

And their library is awesome

I don't really know, but I imagine that this is viewed as a public forum and once someone posts something it becomes public property and there aren't really a whole lot of restrictions on its use. The only party that might have a superior claim of ownership or copyright would be Jon or Tim, but that is doubtful.

Copperhead (cop'-er-hed) n, v: 1. something you've read about in books and magazines and pray to God you never encounter in real life 2. to place the aforementioned, see aid, also clusterfuck AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAA HHHHHAAAAA

Apparantly you've not seen the new and improved SMOKE FILLED* avalung. * copyright Dru

Good for Will and all but too bad he got in for just a bouldering pic. Kind of boring if you ask me.

A7U - when you figure it out, let me know. I'm waiting for the Reader's Digest condensed version too.

You gotta hang up a sign that says "I reserve the right to refuse service to fat smelly men" B/c that's just foul.

Its, in fact, so sad the only thing you can really do is laugh. On the other hand, I doubt those kids are ever going to talk back to their mom again!

Just got to keep it as simple as possible

1. Just make sure you and your partner are double backed and tied in correctly 2. Communicate with your partner, make sure he/she's belaying you, and vice-versa and shit. 3. Don't repel off the end of your rope, make sure partner doesn't 4. When lowering don't run out of rope, make sure partner doesn't either 5. When setting anchors make sure no American Triangle, and that rope is not run directly thru bolts (I've seen that so many times, its sad really). 5. Smoke Pot = Double check Knot Follow these 6 rules and You'll be just fine.

Actually sounds like a good cross-section of the climbing community as a whole

www.webshots.com They did a good job for me, probably a better one out there though.

or 4) Learn a trade. You might be happier, make as much $ as if you went to college or more, and have more free time and more flexible schedule.

Those are cool. Sometimes when I just want to grab a hold of the rope too and see where everyone's going. I mean, shit, what's cooler than a field trip!!

In a climbing mag recently they, believe it or nor, had a useful tip written by Peter Croft. He said too often when people climb cracks they only use the crack for feet and this causes the barn door effect. He said put your feet where they are the most comfortable even if its just a smear that enables you to bring your other foot up higher. I'm not saying I've totally alleviated the problem you describe from my climbing, but after I read that I kept it in mind and it has helped. The other thing I always do is look at my feet as much as possible, because out of sight - out of mind. If you look at your feet you will use them more and more efficiently.

After rereading that exchange, that was pretty fucking juvenile Oh shit, I'll never grow up.

But YOU'RE clearly a dumb-ass.

I don't give a shit. More power too them. I'm just being honest and saying if I saw a group of people like Alpinfox described, I would probably make fun of them (and so does everyone else, so quit being hypocritical). Why? because its unnecessary and silly to seige the outdoors in groups and train for glacier climbing at a ski area. Still, they never interfere with my outdoor experiences so all-in-all I really don't care and I wish them all the best.

DAMN BOY!!!!! That sorry motherfucker got his ASS kicked. HAAAAAAA! How Jerry Springer.

Your dumb. Now get a fucking life monkey-boy.

What sort of lame ass pretentious name is privatepilot. "I've got my own airplane, blah, blah, blah, blah." Asshole. Spray makes the world go round.

u r pathetic arent you? Why? Because I tell the truth. No, because you need someone to make fun of to feel good about yourself. So? You are making fun of me right now so you can feel better about yourself. Hypocrite. Don't have much to say to this do you?