1 vote for Gort boy. Anyone who has posted so much useless crap in such a short amount of time AND put up chest-beating picture of himself toproping gets my nod.
What WE did to E-Rock? We had nothing to do with it - we lost track of him after a guy named Gavin convinced him to check out the sound system in his van parked out back.
I've bounced my head off of too many hard things while skiing to not wear a helmet. I wear one when mountain biking, so it makes sense to me to wear one skiing. It's also warmer than any hat I own.
Oh, and yeah - it's all about the image.
"Okay students, in order to maintain a safe and efficient glissade you must insure an equal distribution of weight between each ass-cheek. Does everyone have their gaitors on? Good. Now go just a few feet and stop...and for god's sakes - watch your speed! If I catch anyone hot-rodding..."
I'd like to see any of you climb like that if you didn't have any hands.
Especially if your spotter has nothing more than a duckbill going straight up your ass if you fall.
If you can get out climbing 2 or 3 times a week you don't need to lift weights, but if you're a weekend hero like me...it can only help if you don't get too big. I'm 5'8", 180 pounds though...so I'm fat and slow