G-spotter

the leash is a form of aid. the only ice climbs done free are the ones that have been done leashless. In europe everyone agress this is now the case. May be in the mountains there is still a place for the leash, just as we grade routes with hardest grade and obligatory (avoid crux by pull on gear) grade?

I only use gear made by Iraqi political prisoners.

quote: Originally posted by Dru: november 11 ish. i hate dru. i wish this rope had broken and he had fallen and died.

what do you think is better - a benevolent tyrant, or electing a barnyard animal to rule you? sometimes it seeems to me like the chickens are running the foxhouse and the bats have taken over the church. but if all these animals die because of global warming, will you blame yourself or Bush??????

I offer only the simulation of aggression and the simulation of lust. But they are realistic simulations!

"A light on the Bong-tree stems it throws." PineyK is the Dong!!!!!

Let me tell you about a bogus sample... there is a MC 900 Foot Jesus single that samples Chuck D rapping over a James Brown break... I mean why couldnt they go to original sources (the Godfather of soul) and just rap themselves? Hello??

I think the proper thing to do there would be to eat the lotus, not smoke the weed.

I do believe that summit is Mt. Analogue, rising out of the mists of inaccessibility which veil it from the world. [ 02-13-2002: Message edited by: G-spotter ]

quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: Time to get a Guinness outta da fridge Boring......... Cold Guinness? Ugh! Guinness is best drunk at ROOM TEMPERATURE!

As a young European immigrant, with only rusty English, I found Michael's assistance in acessing the climbing here to be invaluable. I would like to take this oppertunity to thank him for being such a gentleman and honorable fellow. And for the beers!

Andorra is not in Spain. we are a separate country and the home of the guy who founded barrabees. you will have to look up Durdane, it can be quite hard to find. maybe if you separated washington from the USA you would then climb better? lets see how do i do this : smile:

you are all quite silly people. why dont you climb some hard routes leashless like we do in Europe? i think your aberrant behaviour will only cause losses in performance...

the idea to go leashless came from the first ice comps where climbers would pump out and fall off and hang from a well placed tool by the leash, dangling in space, unable to go up or down or reach again the tool from which they were suspended. in this sense it is not unlike an etrier attached to your tool which in the Canadian Rockies they used in former time. i agree that on multipitch alpine the leash may be more necessary to prevent dropping because it could be serious if you were to lose a tool. but these routes have also different game rules so perhaps it is only at ice crags that the leash should not be used?

quote: Originally posted by Lambone: Fuck Android Leashes... They are great untill the clips fall apart! I should have known not to trust anything with little techy parts and springs and shit. Maybe I'll get another pair in a couple of years when BD gets their shit figured out. As of now I'm writting them a letter to tell them that I almost died when BOTH of my leashes simutaniously fell apart on Syncronicity. I'm gunna demand free lockdown leashes or else I'm taking them to court for reckless endangerment. Why does everyone in America climb with the leash, in Europe we now call the leash as aid, and to do a "free ascent" you must climb leashless. The good tools come with hooks for clipping to your harness belt or special sling and the leash is not required. This technique does provide stronger arms and hands though.

I like "take" because it sounds like "toke". "Oh shit. TAKE!!!!""Oh wow, ok dude {ssssssssuckkkkkk} - whoa dude, way to fall like that and harsh on my hit!"