New? Those were there when I lost my Neutrino on Girth Pillar! In 1927. In a meteor shower. And my partner was not only dead, but his gangrene was so bad that I couldn't eat him when we ran out of raw potatoes.
There's a big, big difference in the experience between one bolt on a pitch and twenty bolts on the same pitch. But according to your statement, if you place one bolt you may as well place twenty or thirty?
focussing on negative consequences is a good way to fail. if you get in a car accident today (and you COULD), would you ever post a dumbass remark to cc.com again? better stay home...
If your only choice is pulling the move or downclimbing, and you'll fall off if you try to downclimb, you don't really have a chance do you. If it is that runout how are you going to back off? Inflate the helium balloons you'
re carrying and make like Pooh?
no, i got the next pitch which was 50m 10a no pro.
Stroke, stroke, stroke.
why don't you describe the biggest runout you've ever taken and at what grade then homey? dick measuring is no good when all your opponent can do is "the tuck"
Compact flourescents will be replaced by LEDs within a couple years. LEDs use 1% of the energy of an incandescent, which is 1/25th of the energy of a compact flourescent. Get ready to re-upgrade soon.