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Umm, as the girls have told you before, size matters.

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Like Catdipshit said, get a 9.4 or similar for alpine. But, an extra 10-m is an extra 10-m in the mountains. Think about it. Overall, potential for fewer belays, slightly longer rappels, generally more flexibility. When you don't have it, you'll want it. Go 60. Like the wHoar said, get a 9.4 or similar for alpine. But, an extra 10-m is an extra 10-m in the mountains. Think about it. Overall, potential for fewer belays, slightly longer rappels, generally more flexibility. When you don't have it, you'll want it. Go 70.

I'd say he brought ethnicity into it: "As an African who comes from one of the poorest countries in the world, a place where a majority of the population lives perpetually in harm's way, you can easily imagine what went through my mind when I heard an evidently well-to-do Englishman say these words with that air of pomposity (if not boredom) that's always the mark of a public school education. But it would be too easy to criticize this film on such terms; it would place me on too high a moral ground. Being something of a gentleman, I would much prefer to take this drama-documentary to task on a more leveled plane, and confront it only as a work of cinema." Although Mr. Mudede may know others that may occupy the moral high ground in Africa, he currently cannot, as he is now lives in a reasonably multi-cultural city prospering as a "film critic," where his biggest dangers are paper cuts and being bored at the cinema. Sorry Charlie.

"Touching the Void is boring," says Charles.

Joe talks about getting burned out on adrenaline sports (and his friends dying) but just can't quit.

I bought a pair of these Pamir Bibs and they .

There are tons of titanium ice screws out there and Ushba makes a titanium ice axe. Try a new rumor.

If those $20 intuition liners are available in your size, buy a couple pair and then go to Second Ascent and buy plastic boot shells. Twight recommends buying a slightly smaller shell than normal for better technical climbing. The heat formable liners will mold to your foot and the inside of the boot.

We snagged a route on Shithouse Wall around 8 am Saturday (Tucks, I believe). Then the sun came out and ice started to calf off. After 7 straight days of ice climbing, we decided to bag it after a couple laps. Many people were real cool about sharing ropes. Other people were not (there was a very loud discussion at the Gazebo Wall around lunch ). The Swiss guy topped out on the comp route in ~18 minutes after doing multiple consecutive figure fours. He crawled over the lip after clipping the anchor biner and just lay there for several minutes. Announcer said he had just finished up a run of the flu. Impressive. Yates demoed a new detachable leash system involving a biner lashed to the tool and stiff wire loop strapped to the wrist. A friend has a pair and they work pretty well. Omega-Pacific showed a new prototype cam which has multiple unfolding cam sections, so the range is HUGE. Vasque had there new boots (the yellow singles and red doubles). I tried a few pitches on the yellow. The sole and shell around the foot is rigid, but the ankle is pretty stiff as well lateral. The rep said the production boots were different than the demos and were more flexible. There is a new company called The Magic Line which is making high end alpine gear. I bought a wool-lined (baaaaa) schoeller jacket with hood at the silent auction. They said that they will be coming out with an ice glove that is cut with curved fingers to the shape of the ice tool grip. (Yeah, I think the company name is pretty pretentious. )

I've been here since last Saturday.

You have to go to college? Does this mean that you don't want to go college? You should seriously rethink your priorities and get some direction in your life, dude. College was the best 14 years of my life.

you way wrong. people who ask noobie questions and chestbeaters who pretend to know the answers use rockclimbing.com. like lamb-one. A case in point. More quality content.

If? No, the content of cc.com has already been degraded, not only by the spray, but also by the people who don't post because they don't want to wade through the spray.

Well, Joe Simpson is no Ed Viesturs ...

Think Gone with the Wind meets Vertical Limit.

I went to see Touching the Void tonight.

Lubricate the threads if you're worried about this.

Me too. The ride in yesterday (fresh snow) and today (slush) was ok, the ride home was a bitch (ice). Brakes didn't work, and when they did, the bike skidded our from under me.

Smartwool, Icebreaker, and Duofold Merino wool. Baaaaaa.

She had seen enough.

Wouldn't Fred have also noticed that the cairn was on the false summit as well?

I baked a pair of the Morrow/Intuition liners for my Koflach Verticals. They were great for ice climbing at 4 deg this weekend.

I bought a copy of Don's Waddington guidebook, and it is excellent, not only for the route descriptions and photos, but also for the history. I'm looking forward to WCIce II.