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I liked Blood Clot. My most hated crux is on Quasar Bring on the Lower Gorge recommendations, I am making a fall tick list I haven't been on many .11s there but it seems like at those grades they start to become more face-climb less pure crack climb ... or at least the cruxs are face climbing sections to access easier cracks.

yeah exactly. cochise has big knobs because there were no glaciers to destroy them. y'all are VERY smart

and cochise stronghold is too far south to have ever been glaciated. we have our answer. the cc.com braintrust prevails again!!

have you ever taken an ice cube and tried to grind a hole in a piece of granite with it?

the double axle design defends the BD individual cam lobes from getting into weird tipped or twisted configurations. The big C4s are more stable than the old design (longer cam axle), check online stores and you can often find them 10-20% discount which will make them cheaper than the inferior WCs

Every weekend just about I ban one or two newly registered users who are using the Yard Sale to shill something. I don't always notice the subtle ones though, and I am inclined to give benefit of doubt when I am unsure. It's not like product-reps or gear store owners or gear manfacturers are unwelcome here. They usually are welcome as long as they are forthcoming about their identity. The sneaky ones who are faking Gear Critic threads to 'discuss' whatever stuff they've been pro-dealed to talk up .... those guys aren't welcome.

sorry I miss the message. I probably won't be back to squamish for a while now. hope someone else can work it out for you

what is soon? I will be going to Smith Rock Oct6th. I could collect your boat tomorrow in Squamish and bring it down in a couple of weeks... is the guy who found it named LJ?

discussing and insulting gear here is good. please save the namecalling and personal insults for the Spray forum.

didn't you read the first post in the thread??????? Oct 6,7,8 (+9th for the canadians)

minx you should go do Sidewinder on Liberty Bell. It is a super fun OW thrutch. 100% smiles. Then a moss&choss romp to the summit through overhanging juggy crumbling bulges. A+ .

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Is the tensile testing being done in the same facility and by the same jokers who produced the jingus units in the first place? Maybe I can just buy a 50cent Tensile Tested sticker one of those vending machines at the supermarket and save the hassle of shipping, probably give me the same peace of mind.

it's my last day at this sucky job that I hate and then I have a week and a half to play before I start an awesome new job that pays lots more and will send me to cool places. that's good today.

I'm not interested in doing a new route, just downgrading existing ones

My reason for camping is that I want to climb a couple routes up there but I don't want to hike up the hill every morning. Clean Break is my partner's choice, so we will do that, I am open to suggestions for another one. Action Potential, Gato Negro, Ultra Mega OK etc. all look fun ...

excellent beta. thank you all I don't have a water filter ... but I will bring along one of those gas siphoning bulb pump things. cheers

I am going to WA Pass this weekend, with a plan to do Clean Break and another route (maybe Gato Negro or maybe something on Burgundy Spire). Approaching from the Burgundy Col approach rather than Silver Star Ck. Is there water available on that side of the ridge in some area where it is reasonable to camp? I have heard that camping at Burgundy Col itself is sucky.

helicoptering into the memorial area is illegal isn't it?

there was also a rappel error fatality at Chek earlier this year

http://www.ushba.com/catalog/rock.html#tortuga

anybody find an autographed guidebook (not mine) in the apron parking lot saturday afternoon? it would have been a little smushed having been left on the wheel when the car drove away.

yes you can put it in the washing machine tie it up tight in a pillow case first if it is going in a top-loader. wrap it carefully around the agitator and BE VIGILANT THAT YOUR LOAD IS BALANCED! ... I say that in all caps just to be alarmist and american. a front loader would be better - and then the poo gets left at the laundromat instead of your own machine. don't use bleach

I like that game. Also the Pippi Longstocking one where you do laps around the kitchen without touching the floor.

on the rings you pull from a deadhang right through, over and press out to support. http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/eva_up.wmv