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She sounds wise beyond her years, and has a great attitude in general. She is out there climbing and loving it -- nothing wrong with that. In her response, she comes across as rather humble and accepting of her talent for what it is on a personal level, which is a refreshing contrast to the egos here who trashed on her to begin with.

Most of the popular/easy trad leads have chains or trees to anchor from, letting one concentrate on learning to place gear. But you should definitely have a clue about building an anchor before it becomes necessary.

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Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and Seasons in the Abyss should all do the trick. It's hard to with that kind of music blaring.

Now that's how you define hotness.

Is Angelina less of a hottie now that she's shed her bad girl image in favor of being a single mother? just as hot as ever! Well, of course you would say that.

Is Angelina less of a hottie now that she's shed her bad girl image in favor of being a single mother?

Take the main trail past Monkey Face and then be on the lookout for a climber's trail up to your right. The third pitch is a traverse (climber's left).

I'm not sure, but it seems Cracked is trying to pick up on Dave.

The ever entertaining perspectives on modern cc.com sexplorations ...

After a 7-hour drive, any climb in Leavenworth is perfect. Of course, some climbs are more perfect than others, but I'm not going to argue the granite.

I was wondering what happened to the Ratings discussion... That was a valid and interesting topic. Lame.

That's all well and good in theory, but 5.10a Smith nubbins is nothing like 5.10a friction slab is nothing like 5.10a columnar basalt is nothing like 5.10a granite crack.

Soft grades exist to make one feel like a climbing god. Conversely, the smackdown exists to humble those with inflated egos. It is a tenuous balance. Ratings are subjective, and as such can only be considered as suggestions of perceived difficulty -- your own mileage may vary depending on personal style, technique, strengths, weaknesses, and experience.

Going around the roof on the 2nd pitch of Spiderman at Smith looked intimidating for a mere 5.7. Anticipating a possible whipper, I took an extraordinary amount of time to set two perfectly placed and expertly equalized cams. I psyched myself up, committed to the moves, and then laughed at the extent to which I had built a psychological mountain out of a mole hill.

Bring a small stopper (#6?) if you want to ease the runout to the first bolt. Ease the runout -- where's the fun in that? I think it's called Revelations because on your way to that first bolt you find out whether or not you are truly a 5.9 Smith leader. If so, you're ready to move on. A testpiece of sorts, one might say. Conveniently, once at the top of Revelations you can set a TR for Irreverence (10a).

I simply state the facts, and you come back at me with a juvenile (dare I say it) personal attack? I expected more out of you, and nothing less, old sport.

But I saw Son of Caveman slinking around just yesterday. Besides, didn't you say goodbye for about the eight-millionth time yesterday?

Revelations.

that sounds fun thanks Dru Yeah, I was wishing I had a helmet. Luckily, Dru has bad aim and I was able to dodge the debris he rained down on me. The third pitch is a traverse to the left, so don't get suckered by the bolts to the right (but Dru just said that). Other than that, fun and easy.

That's what I thought, too... Cinnamon Slab is an easy 5.6 crack; if you don't have trad gear, that ledge can also be reached via Ginger Snap. I saw people on that route the last time I was there. The double-rope rappel looked fun! Is there a walk off?

Shouldn't this be in the NEW FOOD & DRINK FORUM?

It doesn't apply here because this is a privately owned and operated website. As such, those in charge are the ones who decide what stays and what goes. That they are willing to allow and put up with as much as they have here is a statement to their tolerance and willingness to conduct an open forum for the exchange of ideas and thoughts.

Your math is good, but it could use some work.