G-spotter

there's not even a roof on the pitch that was freed

Go chop 'em then tiger! Although, let's put it this way. Sonnie has freed Cobra Crack (only one of the three hardest trad routes in the world), and Monkey Face East Face without bolts. That Rodden chick has done some 13d trad here and there too and freed El Cap routes. So, if it's so good to protect on trad gear, how come these trad masters didn't bother nuttin' it eh?

pin scars = chipped pockets = not a real crack

bolted pin scars maybe, there's not much crack there.

Is the anarchist bookstore making money or is it a way for some trustafarian to get a tax writeoff?

Or at least, I won't get stuck with a shallow one. A girl is in the checkout line at a supermarket with a drunk behind her. The cashier is running the girl's purchases through... single frozen chicken pot pie.. small tube of toothpaste.. things like that. In an effort to make conversation the drunk says "So I guess you're single, eh?" Girl ignores him A little louder this time "SO I GUESS YOU'RE SINGLE, EH?" Girl turns around, red faced and furious. "Yes, damn it I'm single. And anyone could tell that looking at the way I'm buying single portions of everything that I live by myself! That's how you could tell, wasn't it? Well, just shut up!" "Aw naw" says the drunk "I figured it's cause you're ugly."

local is less than 2 hours from home, unless there is no climbing less than 2 hours from home for you.

You make a strong case fo doing nothing G. You work for the government don't you? not for years... and my brother runs a couple of successful bookstores

Uh oh... Boulder... you said the danger word. run away now while you still can, before the Boulder Brainwashing takes hold!

if your booty ain't smokin hot already maybe u don't get a guy

Human parthenogenesis has been feasible for years already.

ice axes are the primary tool for self arrest. you found out the hard way that crampons are a poor substitute. belaying and protecting such a slope with ropes and snow pro (pickets, flukes) would also be an option.

So the difference between Castro and your garden variety tyrant is that Castro improved the Cuban hospital system to the extent that he can get treated in his own country. Your average African dictator would have to go to a French hospital in Paris.

Maybe SuperCat will hear your plea for help

This is an example of third class climbing.

If you get the Waddington guide, Alpine Select etc, pretty much any Elaho climbing guidebook, Alpine grades are used. There's a shitload of D to TD routes. I sense you are looking for ice/snow routes rather than rock routes, though. you won't find many of those in that grade range in Alpine Select (West Face Couloir on Tantalus; winter routes on Slesse; James Turner north face); better check out Wadd guide.

Chessler Books already has the online pretty much sewn up. Specialty bookstores in general are a good way to go broke. You know what a bookstore owner would do if he won the lottery? Just go on running the store until the money's gone.

maybe the pet owners in the giant housecat thread can advise.

There's a velvet painting of Yoda in the nearest pawnshop. Maybe I should buy it for Olyclimber?

Cats alawys want to eat your food. So cook a little bit extra for kitty. Or get her some live mice. You can buy them at the pet store cause snake people need live food.

And you're never short of paper plates. In fact, Chilliwack is just Lynden with mountains added. And Tim Horton's. (Hope has none, and we have seven. But we have 3 Starbucks too. That's multiculturalism.)

Did you know that there is no Tim Horton's in Hope? Yup. But keep your spray out of my soul climbing thread

When I moved to the Valley 6 years ago I pretty much kept on climbing a lot at Squamish and Lillooet. I didn't have any climbing partners out here so I was mostly climbing with Vancouver folks anyway and there was hardly any climbing known out in these parts except for Slesse. Now 6 years later I still climb in Lillooet and Squamish but only when the Valley isn't in for whatever reason. Undoubtedly the climbing in Squamish is better than the valley... I made a list while thinking about a guidebook and there are something like 300 "crag" routes between Surrey and Hope, which is like as many as just the Smoke Bluffs. But the more we crag out here the more there are and there are lots of FAs There are more boulders in Hope than in all of Squamish. But only about 1% of the developed boulders. For a couple weeks (maybe two, maybe three) a year there's more ice in Hope than in Lillooet. And probably half of it is still unclimbed. But really, considering stuff like Box Canyon, you can climb local ice even if it's raining in Hope. Alpine wise the mountains around here are pretty good. Every time I cross one thing off my alpine to do list it seems like three more get added. So the point of this is not to brag about how rad my local area is but just to say how good climbing local can be. Travel less and climb at home more everybody. Lets hear it for/from all the other "local climbers" on cc.com

agape vs. eros. who will win?